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Disaster Assistance
WILDFIRE EVACUATION PRE-PLANS
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Disaster
strikes anytime and anywhere. It takes many forms -- a hurricane,
a tornado, a flood, a fire or a hazardous spill, an act
of nature or an act of terrorism. It builds over days or
weeks, or hits suddenly, without warning. Every year, millions
of Americans face disaster, and its terrifying consequences.
The Albany County
Emergency Management Office is coordinated by the Laramie
Fire Department, reporting to the Board of County Commissioners.
The A.C. Emergency
Management provides:
- Effective and orderly governmental control and coordination
of emergency operations in emergencies within the scope
of Wyoming Statutes;
- Develops and maintains the County's Comprehensive Emergency
Management Plan providing emergency management planning
for the entire county; Mitigation
Plan (2.47MB)
- Coordinates emergency management activities, services
and programs within the county, including:
- Teaching people how to get through a disaster
- Helping equip local first responders
- Making disaster assistance available to our communities,
businesses, and individuals
- Training and emergency simulations
- Reviews and provides technical assistance for all
Health Care Facilities (Hospitals, Nursing Homes,
Adult Living Facilities and Ambulatory Surgical Centers)
disaster plans
- Serves as liaison to the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security/ Emergancy Management and other local emergency management agencies
and organizations; and
- Serves as the liaison and the coordinator of municipalities'
requests for State and Federal assistance during pre and
post-disaster operation.
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