Richard Kraemer, OEM Coordinator

The mission of the Office of Emergency Management is to protect life and property in emergencies. The Emergency Management Coordinator prepares detailed plans for response to natural and man-made disasters. The OEM also provides for the training of volunteers to be relied upon in fire and medical emergencies. The County OEM gets involved in any disaster that gets beyond the capabilities of the municipality to properly respond. The OEM is often activated whenever there are severe blizzards, floods, hurricanes, fires and chemical spills by coordinating the activities of the 12 municipalities in the County. Assistance may also be obtained from the State OEM.

Pursuant to the plans, the County OEM brings the available resources to bear at the scene of emergencies. Several examples include the following: ambulances may be dispatched when there is a mass-casualty situation; transportation may be provided during a blizzard to assure essential personnel get to work (e.g., doctors taken to hospitals and correction officers taken to the Correction Center); plows may be dispatched to clear the road and escort emergency vehicles to their destinations; water buffaloes may be obtained to provide drinking water when the water system breaks down; boats may be obtained for evacuation during floods; and fire apparatus may be dispatched when a fire gets beyond the capability of the local municipality to get the fire under control with its own fire apparatus.

MERCER COUNTY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

Preparing for Emergencies

Hazard Mitigation Plan - 2026 Update

Mercer County is updating its 2021 Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazard Mitigation Plan, which expires in 2026. This website will be used throughout the planning process to post information, collect comments, announce meetings, and to post draft plan documents. Throughout the 2026 plan update, you may contact the project team with questions and/or comments. Once the draft plan is released for public comment, you may use this form to submit your questions and/or comments.

Mercer County Hazard Mitigation Plan

 Citizen Survey for the Hazard Mitigation Plan

Stakeholder Survey for the Hazard Mitigation Plan

Free viewers are required for some of the attached documents.
They can be downloaded by clicking on the icons below.

Download Acrobat Reader Download Windows Media Player Download Word Viewer Download Excel Viewer Download PowerPoint Viewer