MANGAGEMENT AGENCY

(EMA)

In 2022, Spalding County's Emergency Management Agency created the Spalding County Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) in addition to updating its PreHazard Mitigation Plan, which was approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) .

Together with Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital, Griffin and Spalding County partners, EMA also planned and completed a joint crisis exercise that included a mock plane crash and mass casualty incident. By training like a real event, the agency was able to determine if current emergency plans needed updating.

EMA hosted two community CERT programs and one program just for UGA Griffin personnel.

It was a hot August in Spalding County, and EMA responded with a community comfort station, created in partnership with Spalding County Leisure Services and Griffin and Spalding Fire Departments.

EMA continues working on an updated Animals in Disaster Plan and is assisting the Georgia Department of Agriculture with the Coastal Georgia evacuation plan.