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The Racine County Office of Emergency Management is
charged with preparing the county to respond to crisis situations. This is
accomplished through planning, training, exercising and actual response to
emergency and disaster situations. An integral component of the emergency
management program is public outreach, educating the public on hazards to the
community and proper safeguards to take. 
Current threat level: 
In the event of an emergency situation, one or more emergency management
personnel may respond to the incident site and assist in the field command
post. In large situations, an Emergency Operating Center (EOC) is opened to
coordinate emergency response. Many agencies are represented in this center and
officials like the County Executive, the Mayor, the Sheriff, the Police Chief,
the Fire Chief, the Public Health Director and the Public Works Director would
staff the EOC. The Racine County/City EOC is located in the basement of the
Sheriff's Department Law Enforcement Center.
David L. Maack, CEM, is the Racine County Emergency
Management Coordinator. He is assisted by Lori Greenwood, who provides staff
support. In addition, there are five volunteer Deputy Emergency Management
Coordinators. They are Lt. Dave Voss, a retired City of Racine Police Officer,
Lt. Jim Dobbs, City of Racine Police Officer, Sgt. John Patla, a retired Racine
County Sheriff's Department Deputy, John Prochniak, a Mt. Pleasant Police
Officer and Skip Twardosz, a retired police officer from Illinois.
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