The mission of Cowley County Emergency Management is to serve the citizens of the County through effective planning for natural and man-made disasters. Our goal is to save lives and to protect property through coordination of an integrated emergency management system with all emergency response organizations, support services and volunteers. We will be an advocate for greater community efforts to mitigate and prepare for potential emergencies. We will support efforts to train and exercise emergency responders in both the public and private sectors. We will manage and coordinate efforts toward a rapid recovery from disasters with an effective disaster assistance program.
This agency is committed to effective actions to prevent some disasters and to reduce the impact of those over which we have no control.
Siren Testing
Siren testing will be conducted on the first Tuesday of August, September and October, weather permitting. Regular weekly testing will resume in March 2012
Severe Weather Presentations
Cowley County Emergency Management, in conjunction with the Cowley County Emergency Auxiliary is pleased to announce that we are willing to provide Severe Weather presentations to anyone making a request. These presentations are free and can be delivered on-site to schools, classes, public organizations, civic groups, etc. If you are interested, please call the Emergency Management office at (620) 221-0470 to schedule a presentation.
Cowley County Emergency Operations Plan
The Kansas Division of Emergency Management “EOP” is printable in a PDF format which requires Adobe Reader. The documents presented below contain the majority of information contained within the Cowley County Emergency Operations Plan, but links referred to within these documents are not accessible within this website. Download the entire EOP (compressed ZIP archive).
- Basic Plan
- ESF 1 – Transportation/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 2 – Communications/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 3 – Public Works and Engineering/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 4 – Firefighting/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 5 – Emergency Management/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 6 – Mass Care, Housing and Human Services/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 7 – Resource Support/Checklist of Action
- ESF 8 – Health and Medical/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 9 – Search and Rescue/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 10 – Oil and Hazardous Materials/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 11 - Agricultural and Natural Resources/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 12 – Energy and Utilities/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 13 – Public Safety/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 14 – Long Term Community Recovery/Checklist of Actions
- ESF 15 – Public Information and Ext Comm
- Biological Incident Annex
- FAD Incident Annex
Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan and Hazard Analysis Plan
The Cowley County Emergency Management Agency has completed an extensive update of the 2005 Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Cowley County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee has analyzed the overall risk and impact from past hazards on area residents, property, and critical infrastructure. That information was considered in evaluating and updating past mitigation policies and initiatives to prevent future disaster losses, in particular for natural hazards.
Social Media Disclaimer
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These are simply meant to be additional tools from which you can gather information. Please do not use these tools as your only source. Continue to refer to local media outlets for more information.
Websites and Social Networking sites are NOT to be used to report any information such as emergencies or other issues that require immediate assistance. If you have an emergency, do not use these tools – call 911. RSS Feeds, Twitter and Facebook are only meant to disseminate information to the end user.
Resource Manager Personnel Application
Download the Resource Manager Personnel Application
