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Thank you for visiting the Adams County Emergency Management Agency Website. Our goal in offering the website is two-fold. First we hope that you will gain a better understanding of what the role our agency plays in Adams County. Second, and most importantly, we hope that it is a educational and informational source for you and your family to pre-plan and prepare for disasters.
The Adams County Emergency Management Agency is a department of Adams County. Our office serves the City of Hastings, as well as all local agreements with Villages throughout Adams County.
The Adams County Emergency Management Agency is dependent upon volunteers to exist. So if you view the page and feel you would like to be a part of our Agency, please click on the application site. We will review your application and have you come down to our office to discuss how you would best be able to assist.
We often have people ask us "What exactly is Emergency Management?"
Emergency Managment is much more than just monitoring weather. We respond to Hazardous Material Incidents, major fires to assist with accountability and rehab of firefighters in Hastings and in Adams County as well as a resource to different agencies. We assist the Local Emergency Planning Committee on education and response to possible chemical spills at Industry locations. We also are the Local Homeland Security Coordinator which include writing, submitting, and administering the Homeland Security Grants that the City and County have received over the last 6 years. We also work with the Adams County Exercise Design team in planning, developing, writing, and running various exercises with fellow emergency responders in the County. We also work with families, business"s, schools and industry to help them write emergency disaster plans, and help them practice those plans when requested. We also work in setting up the Emergency Operations Center and serve as Incident Commanders or work with Unified Command when disasters strike.
Again thank you for reviewing our site. Please contact us if you need additional information. We are also available for public presentation on any of the topics included on this website.
Loren Uden
ACEM Director
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