Dixie County Emergency Services

Dixie County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan

Dixie County is vulnerable to a variety of hazards that threaten our communities, businesses and the environment. This Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) establishes the framework to
ensure the County will be as prepared as possible to deal with these hazards.

The CEMP outlines the roles and responsibilities of the public and private sector agencies within the county involved in emergency activities as well as the coordination required to obtain assets external to the county, i.e. Federal, State or other local governments. The CEMP unifies the efforts of these groups for a comprehensive approach to reducing the effects of an emergency and/or disaster.

The CEMP addresses the four phases of emergency management (Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation), parallels federal and state activities set forth in the Federal Response Plan and State of Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and describes how national and state resources will be coordinated to supplement County resources in response to a disaster.