This agency is charged by state law and recognized by local ordinance to prepare, implement and maintain an emergency operations plan.  This plan is designed to reflect how to respond in a given natural, or man-made disaster and providing for coordination of resources, to disseminate information and give direction to the general public.

The EMA is comprised of an Emergency Management Coordinator, Deputy Coordinator and other emergency service providers that come together during a time of emergency in a coordinated effort to respond to and mitigate a potential or actual emergency of an exceptional magnitude.


Kenneth Barton, Emergency Management Coordinator
Dee Dee McGuire, Deputy


Lancaster County Emergency Management
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency