DARE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

DARE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Dare County Emergency Management has the lead role in preparing for and directing the response to major emergencies and disasters, both natural and man-made within Dare County. The Department of Emergency Management is the local community-based equivalent of the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management Agency at the State level and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the Federal level. It works closely with all agencies (public and private) before, during and after emergencies and disasters to provide the coordination of comprehensive protection of lives and property.

Dare County Emergency Management has a full-time staff that receives specialized training in many varied fields. Like other public safety officials, staff members serve the community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS  VIA TEXT, EMAIL, & PHONE

All Dare County Residents should sign up to receive email, text, and voice notifications from Dare County Emergency Management through the new emergency alerts system, powered by Regroup.

You can do this by going to the Dare County website and search under Departments for Emergency Management and select Emergency Alerts. You can also review valuable information on this site about Planning for a Mandatory Evacuation and Reentry in case of a Hurricane as well as receiving bulletins and notices about high winds, flooding and other necessary information for inclement weather conditions that could affect our lives as Residents of the Outer Banks.