Emergency Management protects county residents by coordinating all activities necessary to improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters, including:
The National Weather Service's StormReady program helps America's communities with the communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property before, during and after the event. StormReady helps community leaders and emergency managers strengthen local safety programs. Chesterfield County is recognized as a StormReady community.
Chesterfield County Emergency Management offers free community preparedness courses, including basic emergency preparedness and financial emergency preparedness. Emergency Management staff are available to attend community meetings to provide preparedness information.
View the Central Virginia Regional Emergency Preparedness Guide (PDF) and the FEMA Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (PDF) (EFFAK) and learn how you can be prepared, both physically and financially, for disasters.
You can like the Chesterfield County Facebook page or follow us on Twitter to help stay informed.
You should also monitor local news and radio stations. A weather radio should also be kept with your emergency supplies.
Chesterfield County is susceptible to a variety of threats, both man-made and natural. Examples of these include but are not limited to:
Hurricane season is June 1st through November 30th in the Atlantic and May 15th through November 30th in the Eastern Pacific. However, it is possible for tropical storms to occur outside of those date ranges.
You should go to any public school that can be used as a shelter. High schools are chosen first because of their available resources. Other criteria for opening a school for a shelter would include proximity to the event. Be sure to take items such as medications, blankets, clothes, and identification to the shelter.
Sign up for Chesterfield Alert for information about shelters before, during and after an emergency event.
You are to remain in your home or office (wherever you are at the time of the emergency) and protect yourself there. You should also do the following:
County-specific disaster information will be posted to the storm information page.
Additionally, Chesterfield County Public Library (CCPL) locations may be utilized as information stations during a disaster.
