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Osceola County Emergency Management (231) 832-6172 P.O.Box 25, Reed City MI. 49677 www.osceolacountyemd.org |
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The Osceola County Emergency Management website is available to ensure convenient availability of emergency management information to local government, public, and private entities, especially individual citizens and families, with the intent to support efforts in mitigation (prevention), preparedness, response, and recovery to local hazards (emergencies) through community partnerships.
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Page last updated January 26th, 2008 |
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OCEMD Holds 300 & 400 Courses Osceola County Emergency Management has been conducting its first round of NIMS ICS 300 level courses in the jurisdiction. As of the weekend session, attendance has been a great success with the course training over 25 emergency responders. Slots remain for the upcoming 400 level courses in February. Course registration is $25 per class and covers the participants lunches for the two days.
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N.I.M.S. Compliancy The National Incident Management System (N.I.M.S.) is a Presidential Directive affecting most government, public, and private entities that would have a role in emergency. OCEMD is currently working with local entities to meet this critical requirement to ensure future grant funding. |
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Samantha Cass Appointed As New Mecosta County Emergency Management Director Osceola County EMD is proud to announce that Coordinator Samantha Cass submitted her resignation from OCEMD effective January 21st to accept appointment by Mecosta County Sheriff Department as the Emergency Management Director. She will have the opportunity to work with retiring Director, Dan Dowdy until his leaving the program February 21st. Samantha will be exiting OCEMD after having served since June of 2006, 9 months of that service in the challenging position of Regional Coordinator serving Osceola, Mecosta, Lake, Clare, and Isabella Counties. Diane Bush Appointed As New Regional Planner As Samantha takes up her duties in Mecosta, OCEMD Coordinator Diane Bush will assume the duties of Regional Coordinator and resume her former rank of local Coordinator. OCEMD Hires New Specialist, Michelle Wayne OCEMD is proud to announce the hiring of Michelle Wayne as the department’s new administrative/planning specialist. Although Michelle is new to the official staff roster, she has had a long history of association with the program that began back in 2005 when she was a student in high school. Through her involvement with the Mecosta/Osceola Career Center’s Public Safety program, she assisted OCEMD in the management of the 2005 Pine River High School Terrorist Attack Full Scale Disaster Exercise, and became interested in emergency management as a possible career. Since, Michelle has maintained regular activity with the program, twice being a final consideration for employment with the department. After being the ‘runner up’ for the local planner spot in 2007, Michelle joined the EMST team and has been one of the team’s most active members, assisting in emergency responses, volunteering with exercises, and contributing to the planning process. Michelle is entering the emergency management profession as the youngest EMD Specialist in the district and has already accumulated significant emergency management credentials including completion of FEMA Independent Study Courses, several E.O.C. activations, and NIMS ICS level 300 certification. She will continue intensive basic training for approximately 1 month prior to assuming her full Specialist duties and extended service with the department.
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Mecosta County Emergency Mgt Director, Samantha Cass |
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Regional Coordinator, Diane Bush |
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Admin Assistant / Specialist, Michelle Wayne |
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Local Emergency Planning Meeting Team Scheduled Altered For 2008 Due to a schedule conflict with the Osceola County Board of Commissioners meeting, the Osceola County L.E.P.T. meeting schedule has been altered to the 4th Wednesday of each month to support increased attendance. The date was selected at suggestion of C.E.O. Larry Emig and coordinated not to conflict with neighboring county L.E.P.T. meetings. Visit the L.E.P.T. Page For Annual Schedule and Meeting Notes
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