Emergency Management Agency - County
Acting under the Health and Safety (Title 35) Code “Emergency Management Services”, the County of Lycoming, along with all other counties in Pennsylvania, has been established in accordance with the plan and program of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA).
The County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) has the responsibility for emergency management, response and recovery within the County through maintaining an up-to-date County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) along with training and exercises for EOC staff.
The County EMA also works closely with each of the 52 municipal EMAs in the County to provide them assistance in their planning, training, exercising and public education.
The Lycoming County Emergency Management Agency Coordinates and supports the following programs:
- Emergency Operations Planning for all 52 municipalities
- Fire training courses offered to all county emergency responders
- Specialized training for Municipal EMA Coordinators
- Emergency planning assistance to public, private and government agencies
- Drought Management Task Force
- Flash Flood Warning volunteer program
- Disaster Communications Service volunteer amateur radio program
- Radiological Emergency Response volunteer program
- Firefighting Foam Bank administration
- SKYWARN weather observation volunteer program
- National Weather Service assistance and cooperation
- Emergency Alert System warning program
- Citizen Corps Council
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training