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Thank you for visiting the Adams County Emergency Management 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 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 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 is Emergency Management? Emergency management is the process of preparing for, mitigating, responding to and recovering from an emergency. Emergency Management is a dynamic process. Planning, though critical, is not the only component. Training, conducting drills, testing equipment and coordinating activities with the community are other important functions. Emergency Management 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 being a resource to different agencies. We assist the LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) on education, and response to possible chemical spills at Industry locations. We also are the Local Homeland Security Coordinator which includes writing, submitting, and administering the Homeland Security Grants that the City and County have received over the last 8 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, businesses, 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.
Loren Uden
ACEM Director
 
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