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Emergency Management (EOC)

Mat-Su Borough has an Emergency Management team running a world class Emergency Operations Center (EOC). This team is responsible for all large scale planning, preparedness, response and recovery operations in the MSB. These duties include preparedness grants, preparedness activities and outreach to the community, as well as emergency telecommunications and E911, Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), and the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). A major portion of this responsibility is the staffing and operations of the Emergency Operations Center, and the training required for DES, MSB and partnering agency employees to be able to staff an efficient and professional EOC when needed. EOC operations includes, but is not limited to, mass notification, incident planning and coordination, logistics, finance, purchasing, documentation and liaising with partnering agencies throughout the MSB and the State. Major disaster recovery is also managed out of the EOC to include multiple state and federal open Presidentially declared disasters currently. This involves working as the recovery chair and collaborating with MSB project managers and internal customers, the State of Alaska, FEMA and other Federal agencies, to repair or rebuild schools, roads, bridges, etc., and all the required paperwork and programmatic needs in order to recover and receive reimbursements for those disaster projects. The EM team is also the first point of contact for individual MSB residents in dealing with disasters after being declared by the State.

The Emergency Manager is assisted by a skilled and dedicated team of 2 full time Emergency Telecom staff and 13 part time EOC Specialists, each with specific areas of expertise. It takes all of this hard-working team to keep our Borough functioning and providing essential services, even during times of widespread disaster.

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