Kendall County, IL
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The Mission of the Kendall County Emergency Management Agency is Prepare for, Respond to, Recover from and Mitigate all forms of natural and man made disasters that may affect Kendall County.
About KCEMA:
The Kendall County Emergency Management Agency is centrally located in the Kendall County Public Safety Center located at 1102 Cornell Lane Yorkville Illinois along with the Kendall County Sheriff's Office and KenCom Public Safety Dispatch. KCEMA is staffed by one full time EMA Director a part time EMA Deputy Director and several volunteer residents of Kendall County
Authority for emergency management in Kendall County comes from the Illinois Emergency Management Act (20 Illinois Complied Statutes 3305/1 et seq. January 1, 2002 and 29 Illinois Administrative Code Part 301 Amended at 42 Ill. Reg 15933, effective July 31, 2018 ) that requires each community to appoint an Emergency Management Agency Coordinator as well as at the county level. At any level of government, the EMA Coordinator’s duties are to oversee planning, training, and preparing for emergency response during non-disaster times, and to act as the coordinator of emergency operations during disasters.
No area in Illinois, including Kendall County, is immune from severe weather, large fires, hazardous material spills, or other disasters. The emergency management program represents insurance to the county when disaster strikes by ensuring that all emergency response groups are well trained and coordinated.
The Emergency Management Agency is not a replacement for the police, fire, ambulance, or other emergency response groups. The Emergency Management Agency coordinates response and recovery in declared disasters when more than one department is responding to a threat; the disaster extends beyond the normal mutual aid boundaries of the affected community, or when several communities are involved.
The importance of the Kendall County EMA becomes apparent during times of emergency. After a disaster has happened it is too late to write a comprehensive plan, train personnel, or establish complex emergency communications systems. The County EMA provides guidance, planning models, and workshops on emergency management to local communities and their own EMA staff and volunteers.
If you need to contact the Kendall County Emergency Management Agency or are interested in volunteering please contact: