SERVICES:

• Emergency Alert System – a network of broadcast stations and interconnected facilities that have been authored by the Federal Communications Commission to operate in a controlled manner during a war, state of public peril or disaster, or other national emergency as provided by the EAS Plan.
• Emergency Operations Center – the site from which civil government officials exercise direction and control in an emergency.
• Emergency Operation Plan – a brief, clear and concise document that describes action to be taken and provides instructions to all individuals and local government services, and states what will be done in the event of an anticipated emergency.  The plan will state the method or scheme for taking coordinated action to meet the needs of the situation.  It will state what action is to be taken, when and where it is to take place, and who is responsible, based on pre-determined assumptions, objectives, and capabilities.
• Emergency Public Information – information is disseminated before, during and/or after an emergency designed to instruct and transmit direct orders to the public via the news media.
• One of our primary public educational programs is Safety Town – a program designed to teach young students about various safety issues.  Approximately 500 kindergarten students participate in this program each year.  The program teaches vehicle safety, how to and when to call 911, gun safety, bicycle safety and chemical emergency safety. 
• The Office of Emergency Preparedness, in coordination with the Iberville Parish Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and the Iberville Community Awareness Emergency Response (I-CAER) Committee, is represented throughout the year at health fairs, schools, civil group meetings, community advisory panels, church groups and agency safety meetings.  A variety of safety and emergency information is provided to the public at these events.

• Evacuation Control Procedures – the plans made by various services to outline their duties and to ensure the orderly movement of people during the evacuation period.