Local Resources

County and Tribal Emergency Managers

• List of Emergency Managers (22kb pdf)

It is the responsibility of each county and tribal government to maintain an emergency management organization to serve the entire county.

Each of these organizations must prepare and maintain a local emergency operational plan, exercise that plan, and ensure training opportunities for key officials and responders. Each city with in the state should either participate in its own county's emergency management organization, or maintain one of its own.

It is the responsibility of the county and tribal officials to notify the Department of Emergency Services of their plans, and to designate a person to coordinate emergency management activities on the local level. This "emergency manager" is the key to a successful local program to save lives, protect property, and the environment.