Bourbon County Work Values

Daily Duties at Bourbon County:

A. Administration and finance 1. Develops and maintains a five-year strategic program plan for accomplishing the mission of the Emergency Management Agency. 2. Annually prepares the county Emergency Management Agency budget; coordinates and advertises a public hearing on the budget; presents and defends the budget to the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners for approval. 3. Conducts one-on-one liaison with the various agencies that comprise the Local Emergency Planning Committee for Bourbon County (LEPC) and with the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners as required; coordinates and advertises public LEPC meetings. 4. Writes grant applications and administers emergency management and homeland security grants awarded to Bourbon County. 5. Maintains & manages a complete set of financial accounts for the agency budget and a separate financial account for each separate emergency management program or homeland security program grant awarded to Bourbon County; Reviews and approves all records of deposits, receipts and vouchers for payment of debit transactions. 6. Recruits, leads, trains and directs Emergency Management Agency’s staff and other agencies as directed by the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners. B. Hazard identification, risk assessment and capability assessment 1. Continually identifies credible hazards that may affect the jurisdiction. 2. Completes a formal, written hazard analysis and risk assessment of jurisdiction and updates said document at least once each five years. 3. Performs periodic capability assessments of emergency management and homeland security elements to determine operational capability and readiness of the jurisdiction to address identified hazards and risks. 4. Serves as a committee member of the Local Environmental Protection Program, as the Hazardous Materials representative. 5. Serves as either the Flood Plains Manager or assists the Flood Plain Manager in reviewing, approving, and evaluating properties in the Bourbon County area for the National Flood Insurance Program. C. Resource Management 1. Develops a systemic method to effectively identify, acquire, distribute, account for, and utilize resources essential to emergency functions. 2. Identifies resource shortfalls in the emergency management program and develops the steps and procedures necessary to overcome such shortfalls. 3. In collaboration with other private and public entities in the county, establishes mutual aid agreements that provide reciprocal disaster services and recovery aid and assistance in case of disaster. D. Planning 1. Develops and maintains a comprehensive county wide emergency operations plan which is multi-hazard and multi-functional in nature and includes a part “A” operations plan, part “B” pre-disaster mitigation plan and part “C” disaster recovery plan; reviews and updates 20% of the part “A” operations plan annually; reviews and updates parts “B” and “C” a minimum of every five years. 2. In coordination with the Kansas Homeland Security and Kansas Department of Emergency Management, maintains and reviews annually the Bourbon County Radiological Emergency Response Plan which defines the jurisdiction’s response to an emergency in the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Station Emergency Planning Zone. 3. Develops and maintains hazard specific emergency response plans for hazardous material releases, infections animal disease, terrorist incident, and biological or pandemic flu emergencies. 4. In coordination with the Kansas Homeland Security and Kansas Department of Emergency Management, maintains and reviews annually the Bourbon County Continuity of Operations Plan. Provides information and training to assist local agencies and jurisdictions in preparation of associated Continuity of Operations Plans. F. Direction, Control and Coordination 1. Equips, maintains, activates and coordinates activities of the Bourbon County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), serving as the Bourbon County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Coordinator. 2. Coordinates National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliance requirements with all jurisdictions in Bourbon County. 3. In coordination with the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners, establishes and maintains the capability to effectively direct, control and coordinate emergency disaster response and recovery efforts. 4. In coordination with the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners, establishes a means of interfacing on-scene incident management with county multi-agency coordinating systems, to include the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).F. Damage Assessment 1. Develops and maintains a damage assessment capability consistent with state and federal requirements and designates individuals responsible for the function of damage assessment. 2. Trains individuals to perform the function of damage assessment. G. Communications and Warning. In coordination with the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners: 1. Identifies a means of disseminating warning to the public, key officials, emergency response personnel and those other persons within the county that may be potentially affected by certain hazards; 2. Identifies the primary and secondary means of communications to support direction, control, and coordination of emergency management activities. 3. Coordinates the Bourbon County Storm Spotters in conjunction with the needs of the local jurisdictions and municipalities, providing a means of determination of potential hazards due to inclement weather conditions. H. Operations Responds to actual multi-hazard emergencies or disasters per the county comprehensive emergency operations plan and sustains response or disaster recovery efforts 24 hours-a-day for as long as the situation dictates. I. Training 1. Meets the minimum training requirements established as provided in the Federal Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Act, as amended; Chapter 48, Article 9 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and the Kansas Administrative Regulation 56-2-2, to include annual completion of a minimum of 24 hours of stateapproved emergency management training. 2. In coordination with the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners, arranges for and actively supports ongoing emergency management and Homeland Security related training for local public officials, emergency responders, volunteers, and support staff. 3. Ensures the professional development and training of Emergency Management Agency staff. 4. In coordination with the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners, actively supports and receives training in Incident Management, and serves as the local coordinator for the Incident Management Team representatives that may respond to all hazard incidents in the jurisdiction.J. Exercises 1. Develops and maintains a county-wide five-year multi-hazard exercise program in accordance with state and federal requirements. 2. Directs and or participates in the design, development, conduct, and evaluation of drills, seminars and tabletop, functional or full-scale exercises. K. Public Education and Information 1. Assists the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners in training and designating the individual or individuals who are responsible for emergency management public education and information functions. 2. Develops and maintains a system of receiving and disseminating emergency public information. 3. Develops and maintains a systemic method of develop, coordinate, and authorize the release of emergency public information. 4. Coordinates the capability to communicate with special needs populations.

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Tags

Planning, Emergency, Trainer, Preparedness, Exercise Design, Safety, ICS, Continuity

Skills

Leading training sessions, Public speaking, Quick to learn new computer systems and software, Master Exercise Practitioner - MEP, Event Planning, Non Profit agency management, Experienced in Microsoft Office Suite and WordPerfect Office Suite, Experienced in emergency management software including Web-EOC, CAMEO, ALOHA, Wiser, SAGE, HSIN, HSEEP., Experienced in public / private Grant Writing and the Foundation Center website

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