Emergency Management
Upcoming Meetings
Unless otherwise indicated, these meetings will be held in person with the option to attend virtually. Any member of the public wishing to attend these meetings please contact Emergency Services at (734) 222-3911.
Hazardous Material Response Team Authority Board
•Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.
Homeland Security Task Force
•Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.
Emergency Medical Service Commission
•Friday, July 29, 2022 at 8:30 a.m.
Local Emergency Planning Committee
•Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Everbridge
Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office is now using the Everbridge notification system to communicate with citizens. Stay up-to-date on happenings in your neighborhood through email and text messages sent by the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office. Everbridge is a secure and identity-certified communication service that allows local, county, and state law enforcement agencies to connect with local residents over cell phone, email, and internet. Visit www.washtenaw.org/alerts to sign up!
Wireless Emergency Alerts
Mobile devices are an important communications tool that can be used to alert people as soon as possible that their lives or property are seriously at risk. CTIA and the wireless industry, along with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), developed the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) to send concise, text-like messages to users’ mobile devices. This ensures as many Americans as possible are alerted to dangerous situations.
Community Emergency Preparedness Workbook & Guidelines
Your Emergency Services Division is working closely with all levels of government and with several non-profit agencies to be ready in the event of any serious impact on the health, safety and welfare of the community. Still, it is extremely important to take responsibility for the safety of your family and to prepare for all emergencies.
Washtenaw County’s Outdoor Warning Siren System
The Emergency Services Division is responsible for the activation of 88 designated outdoor warning sirens throughout Washtenaw County. Except for scheduled testing, these sirens will be activated when significant severe weather has been detected (a tornado or a severe thunderstorm with damaging winds confirmed to be 75 miles per hour or greater); when a hazardous materials accident occurs that requires immediate protective action by the public, or for other critical events such as homeland security emergencies.
Services
• Large-scale emergency preparedness, planning, training, response and recovery services
• Emergency Operations Center activation readiness and survivability
• Pre-disaster public awareness campaigns for severe weather and technological accidents
• Coordination of public information during crisis events
• Supervision of severe weather training, tracking, reporting, and warning systems
• Hazardous environmental incident planning, investigation, and enforcement
• Management of the county’s Enhanced 911 telephone system including Washtenaw Metro Dispatch operations
• Implementation and management of Homeland Security projects
• Financial management of Washtenaw County’s HazMat Team
• Emergency Medical Services Commission and Medical Control Board support