Johnson County Kansas

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.

The county offers these volunteer and internship opportunities for service and education of residents.

How to be safe during extreme weather events.

Review the systems available to residents to be notified when a weather or other emergency happens.

For the millions of Americans who have physical, medical, sensory or cognitive disabilities, emergencies such as fires, floods and acts of terrorism present a real challenge. The same challenge also applies to the elderly and other special needs populations.

Schools are a large part of our community in Johnson County. With 20-25% of the community in and out of schools each day, no other institution has more interface, which is why we have identified them as one of five key groups to engage at a deeper level.

Johnson County Emergency Management has reviewed and compiled a number of disaster-planning documents and links that your organization may find useful.

Johnson County Emergency Management has compiled a number of planning and preparedness documents to assist citizens with household emergency planning.

The Emergency Management department serves as the County’s designated disaster response agency and emergency operations center with the responsibility for all disaster and emergency management and response coordination.

The Johnson County Emergency Communications Center (ECC) serves an area of approximately five-hundred and fifty square miles in suburban and rural Johnson and Miami counties.