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The Office of Emergency Management (OEM)of the Archuleta County Sheriff's Department was formed to handle the very diverse calls that the Sheriff's Department is responsible for. Many of these calls fall outside of normal patrol or investigations response. Such calls include hazardous materials response, Meth Lab stabilization, law enforcement support, search and rescue, technical rescue, wildland fire suppression and disaster response. The Director of the OEM has the additional duties of being the County Emergency Manager. The Director of Emergency Management coordinates disaster response and training for the
county. He also serves as a liaison between all public safety agencies in the
county and public works in the event that a natural or man made disaster occurs
within the County. The Director and his staff maintain a close working relationship
with the Colorado Office of Emergency
Management and the Department of Homeland Security and its field staff.
The emergency manager also maintains and manages the County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The EOC serves as the command and communications center for multi-agency emergency personal when an event occurs that requires multiple agencies to work together. Representatives might include Pagosa Springs Police Department, Pagosa Fire District, Upper San Hospital District, County Administrator, and public works. In this center the county emergency manager can communicate directly to the State Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and to the Colorado EOC to allocate state recourses and assistance. The EOC is only staffed during emergencies and can only be activated by the emergency manager or the assistant emergency manager. The EOC was staffed at full operational strength during the spring of 2005 floods of the Rio Blanco and San Juan rivers. The County EOC is located in the Archuleta County Airport complex. Wildland Fire and Rescue
By Colorado State Statute the County Sheriff has the responsibility of
wildland fire suppression on unincorporated land within his county. The Sheriff
is also charged with Search and Rescue in this county. Because of this, the EOD
employees seasonal staff to better facilitate quicker response times to wildland
fires during the summer and fall months. All seasonal employees are trained in multiple aspects of emergency response and have other duties outside of fire
suppression. In many cases the EOD staff will be first on scene of a Tech-Rescue
or Search and Rescue mission. EOD personal can begin scene size-up and rescues
operations while other resources are being organized. This provides a big
advantage because groups the EOD calls on to help The Emergency Operations Division and it staff work closely with the United States Forest Service, BIA, fire departments and EMS within Archuleta County to provide a fast and professional response to any emergency that may arise in Archuleta Count |
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like Upper San Juan Search and
Rescue and Mounted Rescue are volunteer organizations and take time to respond.Copyright© 2009 Archuleta County Government |