Ingham County Sheriff's Department |
Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management |
Ingham County Emergency Management Coordinator, Sheriff Gene L. Wriggelsworth
Emergency Management Program Manager, Sergeant Robert Ott
Telephone Number: (517) 676-8223
United States Department of Homeland Security
Current Threat Level: The United States government's national threat level is Elevated, or Yellow.
Ingham County Emergency Management
Mission: “In partnership with the citizens of Ingham County, it is the mission of the Ingham County Sheriff, through its Office of Emergency Services, to provide a comprehensive Emergency Response Plan. The Office of Emergency Services will provide our citizens with an efficient and comprehensive response in emergency situations, which is designed to save lives, prevent property damage, and protect the environmental resources. These services will be provided at the highest possible standards, while respecting the rights of all people.”
In 1997, pursuant to Public Act 390 of 1990, also known as Michigan’s Emergency Management Act, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners appointed Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth as the Emergency Management Coordinator for Ingham County. Sheriff Wriggelsworth has appointed a command sergeant to the position of Program Manager to administer the day to day responsibilities and management of the Emergency Services office itself.
All governmental municipalities within Ingham County fall under the guidance of the Ingham County Emergency Operations Plan with the exception of the City of Lansing, which maintains its own Emergency Operations Plan and management staff.
The Program Manager’s responsibilities include:
- Develop and annually update the Emergency Operations Plan and annexes
- Prepare plans for population protection, evacuation, sheltering, and emergency services
- Coordinate disaster response and recovery programs
- Provide emergency management training opportunities
- Conduct exercises to test the different phases of the emergency operations plan
- Promote public awareness of hazards and encourage individual preparedness
- Coordinates homeland security grants and activities
The program manager focuses planning activities on the four phases of emergency management listed below:
- Mitigation: activities aimed to eliminate or reduce the probability or occurrence of an emergency or disaster. It also refers to activities designed to postpone, dissipate, or lessen the effects of a disaster or emergency. Examples include strict regulations on the transportation of hazardous materials in urban areas or warning sirens to alert the public of impending severe weather.
- Preparedness: plans to ensure the most effective and efficient response to an emergency or disaster and to lay the ground work for response operations. Preparedness is essential because it is impossible to completely mitigate against all types of emergencies.
- Response: the first phase directly after the onset of the disaster or emergency. It is intended to provide emergency assistance, sheltering, medical care, search and rescue, damage assessment, and or other measures to enhance future recovery operations.
- Recovery: continues beyond the emergency and focuses on returning all systems back to normal. Short term recovery activities include returning vital human services to minimum operating standards, such as providing crisis counseling, food, clothing, heat, water, and power. Long term recovery could include offering redevelopment loans, legal assistance, community planning, and government financial assistance.
A model of the emergency management cycle:
Local (Emergency Management) Resources:
Local Resources:
- Capital Area Center for Independent Living
- Capital Area Humane Society
- Central Michigan 211
- Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Community Mental Health
- Ingham County Animal Control
- Ingham County Health Department
- Ingham Intermediate School District
- Michigan Association for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
State Resources:
- Michigan Commission for the Blind
- Michigan Emergency Management Association
- Michigan Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division
Federal Resources:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Department of Homeland Security
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (F.E.M.A.)
- FEMA for Kids
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
International Resources:
Personal Preparedness:
Volunteer Organizations:
- American Red Cross Mid-Michigan Chapter
- Capital Area United Way
- Community Emergency Response Team
- Lansing Area/Ingham County Amateur Radio Public Service Corps
- Salvation Army
- Tri-County Office on Aging
Weather:
