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Department of Emergency Management & Homeland SecurityButler County, Kansas
The Butler County Department of Emergency Management & Homeland Security is now located at the Department of Safety Building at 2100 N. Ohio, Suite B, Augusta, KS 67010. Full time staff consists of the Director, Jim Schmidt, Asst. Director, Kathy Guy and Office Administrator, Charlene Miller. We are assisted in our efforts by over 50 trained and active volunteers. We are available to speak to any civic group, public or private business, school, etc. on emergency preparedness issues or act as consultants on emergency planning. We are responsible for writing and maintaining the Butler County Emergency Operations Plan, the swift and coordinated response of public and private assistance during disasters, damage assessment and resource coordination following disasters, and all available assistance for recovery. We also act as the administrative arm of the Butler County Local Emergency Planning Committee (L.E.P.C.)/Citizens Corps - the parent organization of our Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), Secretary to the Butler County Fire Chiefs Association, and Hazard Mitigation Director for the county. In February 2003, the Board of County Commissioners added to our department's responsibilities by including Homeland Security to our title. With this change, our County Commissioners have appointed us as the legal point of contact for state and federal information on all homeland security issues for our county. Would You Like To See Our Latest Newsletter? Our quarterly newsletter, "The Coordinator" is now available if you have an Adobe reader. Just click on the title of our newsletter and you can read (or print out) the latest and greatest edition!
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