Emergency Management

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”

In Jefferson County, the overall emergency management responsibility rests with the Jefferson County Sheriff. The responsibility to oversee the Emergency Management program has been delegated to an appointed Emergency Management Coordinator. The Emergency

Management Coordinator is NOT the person in charge of a response to a disaster, instead this position is responsible for coordinating the plans of the various components of the emergency management system.