Disaster & Emergency Services

Carbon County Emergency Management is the agency responsible for coordinating comprehensive emergency management in Carbon County. We build, sustain, and improve our ability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate hazards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare for, coordinate, and implement emergency and disaster functions (preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation) to ensure continuity of government and operations, survival of the populace, and reduction of human suffering and property damage.
• Establish, develop, and coordinate with multiple agencies the county-wide DES program for emergency response.
• Conduct both exercises and testing of emergency plans and warning systems, as well as provide public education and training programs.
• Respond to emergency incidents and hazardous materials incidents in Carbon County.
• Work with the sheriff’s office, elected officials, and first responders in evacuations, as well as maintain shelters and inform the community of facts during emergency situations.
• Establish and manage the EOC, as well as inform and advise the Carbon County Board of Commissioners, mayors, and other entities responsible for emergency management.
• Act as liaison related to local, state, and federal agencies.
• Manage or act as a media source through public information.
• Prepare and manage funding grants with reporting requirements to the Carbon County Board of Commissioners and the State of Montana DES.
• Serve as the designated department for writing, reviewing, and maintaining the Carbon County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (to include the Hazmat Plan, Distribution Plan, and the Continuity of Government and Operations Plan), along with the Carbon County Emergency Operations Plan.
• Serve as Chairperson of the Carbon County Local Emergency Planning Committee.