Boone County Emergency Management: Duties
Boone County Emergency Management provides many services for Boone County , including the cities of Florence , Union and Walton :
- Planning and execution of disaster and emergency mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
- Development and maintenance of the Boone County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).
- Planning and response coordination for any natural or man-made emergency or disaster.
- Provide 24-hour response coverage for any significant emergency within the County and act on behalf of the County and/or City in coordinating multiple agencies and resources as necessary.
- Maintain the Emergency Warning Systems (including the ?Communicator? and ?Geo Notify? telephone alert system and the Outdoor Warning Siren System).
- Maintain the primary and alternate Boone County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) facilities and equipment.
- Provide information and assistance as necessary to the County Administration and City Administrations regarding any significant emergency situation including any emergency declarations.
- Hazardous material release reporting, response, and enforcement. (including the operation of the Boone County Hazardous Incident Response Team - HIRT)
- Develop and organize training exercises annually for public safety agencies to test response procedures within the County EOP .
- Retain our status as a ?StormReady? community as designated by the National Weather Service by maintaining various severe weather preparedness resources.
- Maintain working condition and equipment inventory for the Mobile Incident Management and Communications Unit (299), Mass Casualty Incident Unit (298) and Hazardous Materials Response Unit (373).
- Represent Boone County on a number of committees and organizations including: Northern Kentucky Emergency Planning Committee; Ohio River Emergency Response and Notification Committee; Cincinnati Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI); Boone County Citizen Corps Council; Boone County Fire Chief's Association; Northern Kentucky Hazmat/WMD Response Unit, Inc. and many others.
- Provide emergency preparedness information to the public including presentations to organized groups.
- Develop and maintain the Boone County Community Emergency Response Team ( CERT ) program.
- Tornado shelter surveys for schools and businesses
- Enforcement of Open Burning laws and ordinances.
- Oversight for Boone County Water Rescue
This list is not completely comprehensive, but it should provide some idea of our general ongoing duties.
