APPOINTED DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Craig W. Mansfield, Director of Emergency Management

East Haddam Emergency Management

Email: ehaddamemgmgt@easthaddam.org

Jennifer L. Spencer, Deputy Director of Emergency Management

EX-OFFICO MEMBERS

Steven Helder, Public Works Superintendent
Brian Auld, Chief East Haddam Fire Department
Misy Cotter, Chief East Haddam Ambulance
Russell Melmed, Director of Public Health – Chatham Health District

Functions of the Office of Emergency Management

The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) develops and maintains emergency operations plans. These plans enable the Town to respond quickly and effectively to an actual incident through training drills, site visits and exercises.

Emergency Management coordinates resources and agencies during large scale natural and man made emergencies, manages the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), relocates disaster victims, manages the town’s shelters, reviews and keeps on file specific high-hazard facility emergency plans, writes and submits emergency management grants, is responsible for the Town’s Emergency Operation plan and training and exercising that plan.

Emergency Management is also directly responsible for coordinating resources and emergency operations between local, state, and federal emergency management and homeland security agencies. The Towns Emergency Management Director is the Point of Contact between the Town, the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) and the federal Department of Homeland Security.