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Emergency Management

Location

109 W. Madison St.
Mount Ayr, 50854
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Contact Information

641-464-3344
mstark@ringgoldcounty.us

Hours

Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Please call ahead for an appointment. Staff are frequently out for meetings, training, etc., and are not always available during office hours.
Holiday Closures

Our Team

Melissia Stark
EMA Coordinator
Alert Iowa
EMA Commission
Phases of EMA
Siren Testing
Storm Shelter
Emergency Management is a coordinated effort, involving local, state, and federal government agencies as well as volunteer organizations and businesses. Within an integrated emergency management framework, these entities assist citizens and their communities to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and eliminate or reduce the effects of natural, man-made, civil, and technological emergencies and disasters.

Ringgold County Emergency Management is the department that is responsible for the entire county's emergency plans. Those plans include everything from pre-disaster mitigation, a multi-agency response to a car accident, hazardous materials spill, school shootings, terrorism, recovery from an incident, and everything in between.

We are also the Homeland Security contact for the county and distribute important information from state and federal agencies to local officials and response agencies.

What We Do

  • Develop and maintain the County's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, providing emergency management planning for the entire county
  • Operate, maintain, and enhance the Ringgold County Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
  • Coordinate emergency management activities, services, and programs within the county, including teaching people how to get through a disaster
  • Help equip local first responders
  • Make disaster assistance available to our communities, businesses, and individuals 
  • Host trainings and emergency simulations, including yearly drills and spotter training. Serve as liaison to the State Division of Emergency Management and other local emergency management agencies and organizations. Serve as the liaison and the coordinator of municipalities’ requests for State and Federal assistance during pre- and post-disaster operations