Elected Officials

As an elected official of your community, your responsibilities include protecting the health and safety of the people you serve. On this page you will find links to tools and resources for planning, training, mitigation and other aspects of emergency preparedness at the local level.

What you need to know about:

• What you need to know about disasters:
  • Who is in charge in a disaster?
• What is bioterrorism?
• Emergency Planning for Foreign Animal Disease
• How does Kansas receive or provide assistance from other states?
• How is Agricultural damage reported?
• National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• Kansas Commission on Emergency Planning and Response "Managing the Risk" Annual Report

What should my jurisdiction be concerned about?

• Identifying the threats
• Protecting critical facilities
• Risk communications
• Training responders
• Preparing to respond under the Incident Command System

Grants specific to Kansas

• Equipment and Training
  • Office of Domestic Preparedness
  • For Health Departments
  • Hospital Preparedness Program Grant Materials
    • DHS Training
  • KS-TRAIN

Other Information

• Biosecurity Journal
• Kansas State Response Plan