Key Responsibilities of Emergency Management

Establishing a formal emergency management organization to be charged with duties related to the protection of life and property in the county during an emergency, which includes:

• Develop a vulnerability analysis to identify hazards that may have a potential impact on the jurisdiction.

• Develop a county EOP outlining the roles and responsibilities of the County Emergency Management organization during an emergency that will be updated annually and certified by the county EMA.

• Establish and conducting an emergency preparedness exercise and training program.

• Develop a system, based on available resources, to provide for timely warning of the public and the dissemination of instructions for self-protection during an emergency

• Establish and conduct an ongoing emergency preparedness public education program.

Conduct emergency operations with support from within the jurisdiction and municipalities, and if needed the state, and effectively supporting the conduct of such operations.

Serve as the central point for coordinating resources and information between municipalities and the Maine Emergency Management Agency.

Provide situational awareness related information to the Maine Emergency Management Agency by collecting information from local jurisdictions and relay updates and warnings from the state back to local jurisdictions.