Responsibilities of the Agency
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Overview:
The EMA is a geographic countywide agency that reports to the Clinton
County Emergency Management Commission. The Commission consists of
the Mayor of each jurisdiction, the Sheriff, and a member of the Board
of Supervisors or their designee. The Clinton County Emergency Management Commission has 16 voting members. The Coordinator of
Emergency Management is the executive agent for the commission.
The Commission is governed by the provisions of Iowa Code, 29C and
directs the activities of the Agency in meeting in four functional
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Preparedness |
| The EMA coordinates all
emergency actions under the guidelines of the Clinton County
Multi-Hazard Emergency Operations Plan. This plan addresses the
preparation, response, recovery and mitigation actions for all potential
risks to the public. These actions address natural disasters from
tornadoes, thunderstorms and floods to hazardous material, industrial
and radiological releases from the various industrial sites in and
around Clinton County, and civil actions to include urban terrorism and
civil unrest. The EMA conducts public information presentations,
distributes emergency related literature, conducts shelter and
evacuation assessments, and conducts in-service presentations as
requested. The presentations and assessments in both private and
public facilities are provided at no cost as a public service. The
EMA also coordinates emergency management related training courses in
the local community, as the state level and at the Emergency Management
Institute all at no cost to the participant. EMA sponsors all
emergency or disaster related exercises to maintain all agencies at a
high state of readiness. |
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Hazard and
Risk Assessment |
| Clinton County, Iowa is
faced with numerous hazards that could potentially affect the lives and
property of the residents in both urban and rural areas. These
hazards include natural, man-made and civil related incidents. The
Multi-Hazard Emergency Operations Plan is based on the following Hazard
and Risk Assessment: |
| Natural, which
includes but is not limited to thunderstorms, tornadoes, winter
storms/blizzards, floods and droughts. Man-made, which
includes but is not limited to fixed industrial facilities, hazardous
materials facilities (29 reporting), extremely hazardous facilities (36
reporting) and industrial accident/explosion/fire. Transportation,
which includes but is not limited to road, railroad, air and river
traffic. Agriculture, which includes but is not limited to
farm ag businesses which transport via road and rail. Nuclear
Power Plant - Commonwealth Edison Nuclear Power Plant located in
Cordova, Illinois. Civil, which includes but is not limited
to urban terrorism, colleges, special events. |
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Recovery |
| Recovery activities are
all actions taken after a disaster or emergency situation to meet the
needs of the public in restoring public services and assistance to
return individual lives and the business community, as much as possible,
to a normal or pre-disaster condition. The EMA will coordinate the
recovery activities of the affected communities in conjunction with city
and county resources and will coordinate the requests for and
disbursement of state and federal assistance funds and the establishment
of a Disaster Assistance Center for the public to request assistance
from various support agencies. |
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Mitigation |
| Mitigation is any activity
that will reduce the impact or affect of a risk or hazard.
Mitigation activities will be coordinated with various local, state and
federal programs in accordance with the Risk and Hazard
Assessment. All mitigation activities will be coordinated by the
EMA from local requests to the state and federal emergency management
agencies to include the disbursement and accountability of mitigation
project funds. |
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