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To minimize the effects of a significant emergency or disaster through the coordination of a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Objectives

  • Mitigation - To actively work towards sustained actions to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from hazards and their effects.
  • Preparedness - To plan, train, and exercise county resources for efficient and effective response to and recovery from emergencies and disasters. To establish and maintain a program of public awareness to enhance public self-sufficiency in disasters.
  • Response - To coordinate county, regional, state, and federal resources in an emergency operations center to save lives and property through evacuating potential victims, providing food, water, shelter, and medical care to those in need, and restoring critical public services.
  • Recovery - To coordinate county, regional, state, and federal resources to rebuild the community so individuals and businesses can function on their own and return to a normal life in a timely manner.

 

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Yorktown, Virginia 23690-0532
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