The primary responsibilities of the emergency management division are dictated by the Emergency Management Services Code, and include the following, among others:
1. To prepare, maintain and keep current an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).
2. To establish, equip and staff an Emergency Operations Center (EOC), consolidated with warning and communications systems.
3. To organize, prepare and coordinate all locally available manpower, materials, supplies, equipment, facilities and services necessary for disaster emergency readiness, response and recovery.
4. Provide prompt and accurate information regarding local emergencies to appropriate Commonwealth and local officials and agencies and the general public.
The Department's powers and duties are prescribed by a host of State and Federal legislative acts, including the following:
Each legislative act dictates to a varying degree of responsibility of county government. These responsibilities may require only a mandate to report, or may charge the Department with direction and control.
EMA Administrative Offices: 610-782-4600 (Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time) 610-782-4610 (Facsimile) Mailing Address: Lehigh County EMA 640 W. Hamilton Street, 8th Floor Allentown, PA 18101
Radiation Protection Act Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act Hazardous Material Emergency Planning & Response Act Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law Solid Waste Management Act Pennsylvania Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act Federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act Dam Safety & Encroachment Act Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief & Emergency Assistance Act Aboveground Storage Tank Law Clean Air Act