Jim Budway, Cumberland County Director of Emergency Management
Jim Budway, Cumberland County Director of Emergency Management was the speaker Tuesday, July 22nd.
In Maine, emergency management is coordinated regionally by Emergency Management Agencies (EMAs) in each of our 16 Counties. County Directors are appointed by their respective County Commissioners, and funded in part by County, and in part by federal funds provided through MEMA.
The mission of the Emergency Management Agency is the coordination, preparation and carrying out of all emergency functions, except military, to minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from a disaster which exceeds local and county resources.
The Emergency Management Agency’s responsibility embraces active involvement in state and federally administered programs which include:
- Civil Emergency Preparedness (MRSA Title 37B and 42 USC 5121 et seq.)
- Terrorism / Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Hazardous Materials and Community Right to Know programming (MRSA Title 37B and PL 99-499 Title III and 40 CFR 1910.120)
- Dam and reservoirs safe operation and planning program (MRSA Title37B,chapter 21
