Herman R. Johnson, Director - EMA - 4
councilmanhjohnson@gmail.com George Yarns, Deputy Director - EMA - 4A Alan Jenning, EMA - 4B Patrick Williams, EMA Louis Kareha, EMA - 4E Doctor
The EMA Office is
located on the first floor of the Clarks Summit Borough
Building
Hours: 9:00AM to
10:00 M-F
January
6, 2010, swearing in of Patrick Williams as Emergency
Management Coordinator by Mayor Harry Kelly. Also
shown, Herman Johnson, EMA Director.
Emergency Management Coordinator appointed by Clarks Summit Borough Council and recommended by Lackawanna County Emergency Management Agency to the Governors office for appointment of EMA Coordinator in the Borough of Clarks Summit.
The EMA-4 Coordinator shall prepare all hazard emergency operational plans for the borough which shall be submitted to Lackawanna County Emergency Management Agency for approval.
It shall be the responsibility of all municipal departments and agencies to perform the functions assigned and to maintain their portions of the plan in a current state of readiness. The borough plan shall be reviewed periodically with the borough department heads and the Emergency Management Director/Coordinator.
The Borough of Clarks Summit hereby establishes the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the municipal standard for incident management. This system provides a consistent approach for Federal, State and Municipal governments to work together more effectively and efficiently to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause. NIMS will utilize standard terminology, standard, organization, action plans, for training and exercising resource management, and designated incident facilities during emergency or disasters.
The NIMS Incident Command can be utilized by all borough emergency and disaster responders for incident management. All emergency management while engaged in EMA activity shall be immune from liability.
An Emergency
Preparedness Guide is available in the Borough Office for your
reference. The Borough Building is a Certified National
Defense Building and the Clarks Summit Elementary School is a
meeting place in case of a disaster.
