Emergency Management Division

  1. 1 Emergency Management 101, Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue
  2. 2 What is Emergency Management? Prevention, Mitigation, Preparation, Response, Recovery
  3. 3 Concepts in managing a disaster, goal to improve the outcome and how by using phased approach
  4. 4 Prevention: an activity we can do to avoid an event, for example, going to dr or lifted beach house
  5. 5 Mitigation what we can do to reduce the chance of an event such as building permits
  6. 6 Preparation: Boosting ability to response w/ mutual aid, social media, training and exercise plans
  7. 7 Response: what we do immediately before, during and after a disaster. Save lives, reduce cost
  8. 8 Recovery Actions to take to get back to near normal conditions such as financial aid, build roads
  9. 9 Picture of an Emergency Operations Center
  10. 10 When do we open an EOC, because of a disaster. Why? Emergency Management helps with logistics
  11. 11 What does an EOC do? Collects data, makes decisions and coordinates actions
  12. 12 Who is in an EOC? Departments like social services, electric company, cell phone companies, VDOT

Emergency Management Division logoShenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue's Emergency Management Division is dedicated to minimizing loss of life and injury, damage to property from disasters, both natural and man made. We work purposefully to strengthen our all-hazard emergency management approach. We strive to accomplish this through continuing outreach, coordination, planning, training, and exercising, for "all hazards" by applying all five phases of emergency management - preparation, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Shenandoah County has partnered with CodeRED Community Notification. If you're interested in signing up for alerts about dangerous weather or other emergencies, visit the enrollment page.

Use the links on this page to download information and checklists that will help you learn how to live safer and be prepared to face events that we all hope won't come.

Prepare

Preplan

Home Safety

Seasonal Safety