Disaster & Emergency ServicesResponsibilities During Flooding
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Disaster and Emergency Services (D.E.S.) or Emergency Management is an integrated effort to prevent - or minimize the seriousness of - emergencies and disasters and to plan and coordinate the community's response to them should they occur.
- Protect public property - Roads, bridges, water & sewer plants, etc. Barricade roads, clear roads of debris, etc.
- Assistance to private persons & property.
- Provide life saving measures:
- alert & notification through CodeRed, media, NOAA weather radio and other means.
- coordinate emergency rescue of persons where necessary (emergency crews will not be asked to rescue livestock and pets).
- coordinate recovery
- Alert Red Cross for immediate sheltering needs, if necessary.
- Provide sandbags for sale, subject to availability.
- Provide life saving measures:
- Activate Emergency Operations Center as necessary to coordinate activities.
- Declare emergency or disaster, as necessary. Levy 2 emergency mills, if necessary.
- Request State to have a Natural Disaster Determination by Secretary of Agriculture (emergency low interest loans, SBA assistance and tax consideration).
- Provide damage assessment assistance to state and federal government.
- Provide assistance to FEMA in opening Disaster Assistance Center(s) (DAC) to provide assistance to individuals (primarily low interest loans, temporary housing, etc.).
- Provide for the recovery activities of public property - restore roads, bridges, etc.
- Keep records to assure proper reimbursement from state and federal government.