A note from the Director...
Welcome to the Monongalia County Office of Emergency Management
website. I would like to thank you for visiting our site.
Hopefully it will provide you and your family with vital information in
preparation for an emergency situation. I encourage you to review
our site and develop a Home Disaster Plan for your family. Feel
free to contact our office for assistance in disaster planning.
9-1-1 - Our Enhanced 9-1-1
service opens a gateway to you for police, fire, and emergency medical
services anywhere in Monongalia County. Our highly trained
Telecommunicators are prepared to answer your call, extract all
pertinent information, and dispatch the appropriate responders to your
location. For those callers who are unable to provide complete
information, our E-9-1-1 service displays your telephone number and a
dispatchable address that will be used to send you help. For our
citizens using wireless telephones, we now receive a callback number and
the location(s) of the cell tower(s) from which the call has reached us.
In the not too distant future, we will also receive location information
directly from the handset, allowing us to more accurately pinpoint your
location (for some service providers this is already possible).
Emergency Management - The
Monongalia County Office of Emergency Management is responsible for
preparing, testing, and maintaining a County Emergency Operations Plan
to assist in dealing with major incidents in our community. This
plan assigns responsibilities to the various public safety and public
service agencies and provides for a coordinated response to disaster
events.
Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC) - We also maintain a Hazardous Materials Emergency
Response Plan that must be tested annually. This plan is incident
specific in that it deals with only hazardous material indicants.
However, this plan incorporates many aspects, such as evacuation, from
the County Emergency Operations Plan. Our agency is designated as
the guardian of records under the Emergency Planning and Community Right
to Know Act of 1986. In this role we accept and maintain
information on reportable quantities of hazardous materials within the
County. This information is available to the public at their
request.
We invite you to participate in our efforts to protect our friends
and neighbors in Monongalia County... spread the word, learn
safety steps you can take to protect yourself and your family, develop a
disaster plan, and BE PREPARED!
Ryan N. Thorne, ENP
EMC/Director, Monongalia County OEM / MECCA 9-1-1