NIMS Training   
Class Nov. 5-6, 2009 ICS300 and Nov 9-10, 2009 ICS400
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The Monroe County Emergency Management Division is responsible for planning and coordination to large-scale emergency and disaster events, including:

• Natural
• Technological
• National Security
• Nuclear

We provide a number of services to the county and to the community, including:

• Emergency planning to effectively prepare for, mitigate for, respond to, and recover from, large scale emergencies and disasters.
• Maintain an emergency operations center that can be activated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to serve as a central location for direction and control of an incident.
• Maintain databases to procure needed resources in an emergency.
• Coordination of public education campaigns to prepare the public for emergency events.
• Provide emergency public information to the public in an emergency.
• Coordinate with volunteer organizations to provide severe weather response.
• Maintain and operate a county-wide early warning siren system comprised of 105 outdoor sirens to warn the public of emergency events.

H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu)

Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been identified in the United States. Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection also have been identified internationally. Investigations are ongoing to determine the source of the infection and whether additional people have been infected with swine influenza viruses. There are confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in Monroe County. Emergency Management and the Public Health Department continue to work together and monitor events as they unfold both locally and internationally.

Additional information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention 

Additional information from the Michigan Department of Public Health