Winneshiek County Emergency Management

Mission Statement

Assist the citizens of Winneshiek County with emergency and disaster mitigation, planning, response and recovery. This effort is accomplished through planning, training and exercising in partnership with public safety responders, elected officials, and the public.

About Emergency Management

Emergency Management Coordinators work for a Commission.  The Commission members, per Iowa Code, is defined as each Mayor from within the county, one member of the county Board of Supervisors and the county Sheriff.  Per Iowa Code, every county in Iowa has an Emergency Manager.

The Winneshiek County Emergency Management Commission and its Agency is to provide coordination of all response and recovery agencies serving in the county; to assist in the development and training of these agencies to meet their respective mission goals; and to develop and maintain strategies that will sustain safe communities and a viable economic system from natural, technological, or human-caused threats or hazards.

Duties of the Emergency Management Coordinator

The Emergency Management Coordinator, on behalf of the Winneshiek County Emergency Management Commission, coordinates planning, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts to protect lives, property, and critical infrastructure before, during, and after emergencies as defined in Iowa Codes 29C, 34A, and Iowa Administrative Code 605.

“We build relationships with stakeholders so that Winneshiek County has the resources we need to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate natural and man-made emergencies that impact our county.” - Sean Snyder

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