Knott County Emergency Management

• Emergency Management Director: Greg Mullins
• Phone: (606)785-5260
  
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• Emergency Management Assistant Director: Jo Short
• Phone: (606)785-9386
  
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• Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm

 

Disaster strikes anytime and anywhere. It takes many forms -- a tornado, a flood, a fire or a hazardous spill, an act of nature or an act of terrorism. It builds over days or weeks, or hits suddenly, without warning. Every year, millions of Americans face disaster, and its terrifying consequences. Quite often, Knott County residents become affected by these events.

What is Emergency Management?

 

The Knott County Office of Emergency Management provides:

• Effective and orderly governmental control and coordination of emergency operations in emergencies within the scope of Kentucky Statutes;
• Develops and maintains the County's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan providing emergency management planning for the entire county;
• Coordinates emergency management activities, services and programs within the county, including:
• Teaching people how to get through a disaster
• Helping equip local first responders
• Making disaster assistance available to our communities, businesses, and individuals
• Training and emergency simulations
• Reviews and provides technical assistance for all Health Care Facilities' (Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Adult Living Facilities and Ambulatory Surgical Centers) disaster plans
• Serves as liaison to the State Division of Emergency Management and other local emergency management agencies and organizations; and
• Serves as the liaison and the coordinator of municipalities’ requests for State and Federal assistance during pre and post-disaster operation.

 

Staffing:

We are a team of dedicated professionals that have public safety and mitigation of potential disaster situations as our main focus.  The Knott County Emergency Management Office is staffed with six members. Each member is responsible for different aspects of the mission. In addition to the staff, dedicated volunteers assist with coordinating programs, communication and training.

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