Q.

    What Benefit Does the New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management Provide the Community?

A.

    Emergency Management has the primary responsibility for ensuring that New Hanover County is able to effectively deal with emergency and disaster related situations. There are many emergency and disaster situations where material and personnel resources needed to handle the incident will be quickly strained or exhausted.  Through proper planning, training, and coordination, these resources can be better utilized until additional resources are available.

Through the concept of Integrated Emergency Management (IEMC), we are able to:

    The Emergency Management Staff consists of highly trained, experienced personnel, who bring specialized training and experience to the Department.