In the event of a disaster, Delaware County Emergency Management coordinates the county’s resources and agencies to reduce the impact it has on the county.
The Delaware County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s main goal is to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect property and the environment from “All Hazards” – Natural, Manmade, or Terrorism.
We strive reduce or eliminate the effects of day to day emergencies and large scale disasters in Delaware County through preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery.
We achieve our goals through the four phases of emergency management (Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery), conducting training and training exercises, and through education.
This week, we recognize the amazing heroes behind the headset who are the FIRST to answer your call for help. They are the calm voice among the chaos on the other end of the phone when you call 9-1-1. Please join us in celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
We are honored to work with these agencies daily, and even more so during crises. We recognize and appreciate their dedicated service to the residents of Delaware County - thank you to all of our telecommunicator partners: Delaware County, OHIO, Sheriff's Office Delaware County, OH 911 - DELCOMM Ohio State Highway Patrol ... See MoreSee Less
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Due to the chance of showers and storms in our area today, we are canceling our April siren test. The threat for severe weather is low, but we always encourage folks to review their severe weather plans this time of year as it has been an active couple of weeks across Ohio and spring has just started! ... See MoreSee Less
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Delaware County is under a Tornado Watch until 11PM. ... See MoreSee Less
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