LANCASTER COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Presented By: Randall S. Gockley, Coordinator
STAFF & SUPPORT
• Co-Located with
Lancaster County 9-1-1
• 6 Career Staff
• 100’s Volunteer Staff
• College Intern
RESPONSIBILITIES
MITIGATION
RECOVERY
RESPONSE
PREVENTION
PREPAREDNESS
ADMINISTRATION
• Communication with Emergency Services and
General Public
• Grant Administration
• Daily Operation Functions
• Records Management
• Agency Support
OPERATIONS
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Information Technology Enhancements
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
State-of-the-Art Emergency Operations Center
Knowledge, skills, and abilities in emergency,
incident and resource management and
planning.
• Systems – Flood Warning, Nuclear Power Plants
Sirens, Emergency Alert System*, Alert &
Notification
Note: * - Systems Pending
PLANNING
• Use of All-Hazards Planning
• Responsible for more than 35 different plans.
• Involvement and maintenance with more than
550 individual facility plans.
• Assistance to local municipalities and other
governmental agencies.
• Operations Security (OPSEC)
• For Official Use Only (FOUO)
TRAINING DIVISION
• Coordinate Training and
Educational Programs
• Exercises with hands-on
participation.
• Foster Inter-discipline
Coordination
• Maintain Individual
Training Records for more
than 6,400 county
personnel
HAZ MAT DIVISION
• 300+ Fixed Facilities (Reportable)
• 1,300+ Chemicals Reported
– Flammable/Toxic/Corrosive
– Contaminate the Environment
– Harm the Public (YOU!)
• 165+ EHS Sites (3rd in PA)
• LEPC / Haz Mat 2 Liaison
• Training of Responders
– (444 in 2008)
COLLABORATION
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Haz Mat 2
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
Citizens Corp.
Volunteer Organization Active in Disasters
(VOAD)
County Animal Response Team (CART)
Amateur Radio (RACES)
County Rescue Task Force
Numerous Others
PA TITLE 35
• Requires every
municipality and
each county to
have an EM
organization.
Rules of Engagement
• County EMA involvement to provide assistance &
support to a single municipality when requested.
Rules of Engagement
• Required to coordinate the response to any
multi-jurisdictional emergency /disaster.
Natural Threats
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Flooding
Tornados / Wind-Storms
Earthquakes / Tremors
Snow / Ice Events
Thunderstorm / Lightning
Droughts
Man-Made Threats
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Nuclear Power
Hazardous Material Releases
Acts of Violence
Mass Casualty Incidents
Fires
Terrorism
OVERSITE
• 24 hour Command Center to assure
coordination from State and Federal Gov’t.
SOUTH-CENTRAL TASK FORCE
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Lebanon County
Dauphin County
Perry County
Cumberland County
Franklin County
Adams County
York County
Lancaster County
CHALLENGES
• Pandemic
• Farm “Process” By-Products
• Population Diversity Outreach
– (Amish, other Cultures)
• New Crisis Response
• Special Needs Populations
• High Public Expectations
Space Debris / Asteroids
LANCASTER COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
P O BOX 219
MANHEIM PA 17545
1-800-808-5236
Email: rgockley@lema.co.lancaster.pa.us