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The Role of Your EMA
 The
Allen County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) was established
in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code (ORC 5502) in 1988
to serve as the countywide agency for the purpose of overseeing
the planning, response, recovery and mitigation of any and
all major disasters/emergencies that occur within the county.
The Allen County EMA serves all political subdivisions within
the county including all townships, villages and municipalities.
 In
Allen County, the EMA also serves as the emergency coordination
and public information arm of the Allen County Hazardous Materials
Emergency Planning Committee and as a result has authority
under ORC 3750 which are the state laws dealing with the storage,
manufacture and transportation of hazardous materials.
The EMA has the responsibility for maintaining
the county's Emergency Operation Center (EOC) located in the
Justice Center, 333 North Main Street in Lima and for establishing
secondary EOCs as needed. The agency is also charged with
the establishment and updating of the county's Emergency Operations
Plan. This plan is county's formal outline of emergency response
to all types of disasters/emergencies likely to occur here
including flood, tornado, winter storms, drought,  earthquake,
hazardous materials releases, transportation crashes, civil
disorder, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and radiological
emergencies.
The agency is staffed by a fulltime director
and administrative assistant. Six volunteer deputy directors
and two volunteer public information officers round out the
agency's staffing.
Russell J. Decker, Director
Sheila Hullinger, Administrative Assistant
David Webb, Deputy Director
Scott Fessler, Deputy Director
Fred Fassel, Deputy Director
Doug Litsey, Deputy Director
Paul Harris, Deputy Director
Gene Davis, Deputy Director
Tom Myers, Deputy Director
Maj. Gene King, Deputy Director
Becky Saine, Deputy Director
Anne Decker, Public Information Officer
George Dunster, Public Information Officer
Fred Vobbe, Communications Officer
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