White County Arkansas

Emergency Management

OEM / Fire Coordinator - Tamara Jenkins
Assistant: Courtney Teague

Tamara Jenkins, Office of Emergency Management, White CountyFire Dept logoLEPC logoCERT logo

Welcome to the White County Office of Emergency Management (OEM).

Mission

Our purpose is to protect White County Citizens and their property from the effects of natural, man-made, and technological disasters.

We will work together with all county departments and elected officials. The OEM Coordinator attends continuing education seminars throughout the year in order to stay abreast of changes to ensure responsible assistance and aid for the Citizens of White County.

To fulfill our charge, we recognize the four phases of emergency management:

Preparedness

Planning, training and exercising on how to respond to an emergency.

Recovery

Assisting the local jurisdiction to return to a normal lifestyle

  • Other Needs Assistance
  • Role of FEMA

Response

Coordination actives and resources as the emergency is evolving

  • OEM Field Operations
  • County Emergency Managers

Mitigation

Ways to reduce or eliminate loss if the same event occurs

  • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
  • Pre disaster Programs

 

What is the role of the White County Arkansas OEM?

OEM is charged with supporting the national system of emergency management. OEM provides for the national emergency management system by encouraging the development of comprehensive disaster preparedness and assistance plans, programs, capabilities, and organizations by the State and its local governments. OEM ensures that funding is located, acquired and provided to White County law enforcement, fire fighters through grant funding. Hazardous Materials Program; Hazard Mitigation Program; Public Assistance Program; Emergency Grant Program; and other initiatives and programs, as allowed.

Because disasters often disrupt the normal functioning of governments and communities, and adversely affect individuals and families with great severity, special measures, designed to assist the efforts of the affected jurisdictions in expediting the rendering of aid, assistance, and emergency services, and the reconstruction and rehabilitation of devastated areas are necessary. OEM provides the organization necessary to facilitate the rapid acquisition and delivery of resources necessary to recover from "major" disasters.

 

OEM Responsibilities

  • Citizen Documentation to report the effect of disasters’, tornado, flood, and contamination.
  • Tier II
  • Grant Management
  • Homeland Security Grants
  • LETPP Grants
  • SHSGP Grants
  • ACT 833 Fire Fighters Grant
  • Emergency Operation Guide
  • Annual Update of information
  • Mitigation Plan

 
  • Tier II Hazards
  • Fire Coordinator representing 30  White County Fire Departments
  • LEPC Chairman
  • Quorum Court Annual Report
  • 911 Board Monthly Report
  • White County GPS Mapping
  • Flood Plain Office
  •  Aid Citizen Documentation  of Safe-rooms and Storm Shelters
  • Report to  FEMA and ADEM
  • Respond to Hazard Calls

 

 

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Contact Information

Phone: (501) 268-4810

Fax:(501) 279-6278

Address:
417 North Spruce St. Suite-4
Searcy, AR. 72143

Office Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Thursday: 8:00 am-11:30 am

Thursday afternoons are dedicated to:

 

Helpful Documents

Important Dates

October 30, Yearly - Fire ACT833 Grant