Standard Operations

Osceola County provides many emergency services to the citizens on a daily basis. Some of the services overlap into city government jurisdictions. While the cities within the county provide many services to their citizens, they also depend on Osceola County for services such as social services, health, sheltering of evacuees, and Emergency Management.

The statutory function of emergency management occurs within the Office of Emergency Management. The Director is delegated the authority. This delegation process occurs by way of the Board of County Commissioners delegating day to day activities through the County Manager. The County recognizes that emergency management is every employee’s responsibility as well as the public’s responsibility.

Osceola County Emergency Management must maintain the highest standards in preparedness and planning efforts. Florida statutes as well as the National Incident Management System comprised of six core components requires specific compliance criteria as mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive #5. All plans and training as well as specific infrastructure must meet these guidelines.

During threatening conditions, Emergency Management will activate proactively according to the threat. When activation occurs, the Executive Policy Group is convened to receive direct information and provide priority decision making. There are three levels of activation, Level 1, the highest and Level 3, the lowest. You can discover more information in the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan – Appendix A.