What is Emergency Management?
Emergency management is best defined as the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.
Who is in charge of Emergency Management in Jefferson County?
Oregon law, under Oregon Revised Statute 401.305, declares that “ Each county of the state, and each city may, establish an emergency management agency which shall be directly responsible to the executive officer or governing body of the county or city”