Our Mission

The Anderson County Emergency Services Division is responsible for protecting the health and safety of Anderson County by coordinating disaster preparedness planning, risk mitigation, response, emergency communications systems, and incident recovery activities.

Services

• Large-scale emergency preparedness, planning, training, response and recovery services
• Emergency Operations Center activation readiness and survivability
• Pre-disaster public awareness campaigns for severe weather and technological accidents
• Coordination of public information during crisis events
• Supervision of severe weather training, tracking, reporting and warning systems
• Hazardous environmental incident planning, investigation and enforcement
• Management of the county's Enhanced 9-1-1 telephone system
• Implementation and management of Homeland Security projects