What is Emergency Management all about?

In Marion County the Emergency Management team consists of Jeff Anderson, Emergency Management Director and Emily Feagins, his assistant. Randy Emal is a sign technician for the department.

Feagins tells us what Emergency Management is all about, “What is Emergency Management, and what do we do? So, Emergency Management is really working on planned preparedness and being there to assist fire, EMS and law with whatever they might need.”

In addition to dealing with tornadoes and floods, there is much more to the job. Employees work with the National Weather Service and help monitor road conditions. They assist in house fires and they are a direct Red Cross contact. 

During the Nationals last year Emergency Management was there to assist when an elevator stopped working and help was needed to get fans out of the stands. Emergency Management is a resource for a lot of different departments and they are a Homeland Security contact and so much more.