Emergency Management

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The Racine County Office of Emergency Management is charged with preparing the county to respond to crisis situations. This is accomplished through planning, training, exercising and actual response to emergency and disaster situations. An integral component of the emergency management program is public outreach, educating the public on hazards to the community and proper safeguards to take.

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In the event of an emergency situation, one or more emergency management personnel may respond to the incident site and assist in the field command post. In large situations, an Emergency Operating Center (EOC) is opened to coordinate emergency response. Many agencies are represented in this center and officials like the County Executive, the Mayor, the Sheriff, the Police Chief, the Fire Chief, the Public Health Director and the Public Works Director would staff the EOC. The Racine County/City EOC is located in the basement of the Sheriff's Department Law Enforcement Center.

David L. Maack, CEM, is the Racine County Emergency Management Coordinator. He is assisted by Lori Greenwood, who provides staff support. In addition, there are five volunteer Deputy Emergency Management Coordinators. They are Lt. Dave Voss, a retired City of Racine Police Officer, Lt. Jim Dobbs, City of Racine Police Officer, Sgt. John Patla, a retired Racine County Sheriff's Department Deputy, John Prochniak, a Mt. Pleasant Police Officer and Skip Twardosz, a retired police officer from Illinois.