GEMA, Atlanta-Fulton Emergency Management Agency (EMA)

9/28/09 GEMA ConCall Report:

3. GEMA Report (Dan Stowers)
• 17 counties with a federal declaration at last count: Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Heard, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Stephens and Walker.
• Emergency Support Function staff still in SOC, will probably scale down operations after tomorrow.
• No severe weather impacts for the next few days.
• Public assistance assessments continue in a few counties, indiv assistance assessments continue as well.
• Counties have requested light amount of assistance from GEMA; lots of praise for vol orgs from county EMAs for work done so far. One ARC request for staffing at Chattooga County DRC.
• DRCs: Locations open today in Cobb, Cherokee, Douglas, Paulding, Stephens, Carroll, Chattooga, & Walker counties. Rockdale & Catoosa DRCs to open on Tuesday. Gwinnett, Fulton, & Dekalb DRCs open on Wednesday. Addresses for current DRCs can be found here. Below is a list of new DRC locations for Tuesday & Wednesday:
o Rockdale/Newton: Rockdale County Government Annex, 1400 Parker Road, Conyers, 30012 (open Tuesday @ 8)
o Catoosa: Learning Center, 36 Muskogee Trail, Ringgold, 30736 (open Tuesday @ 8)
o Gwinnett: Mount Park Depot, 5055 Five Forks Trickum Road, Lilburn, 30047 (open Wednesday @ 8 am)
o DeKalb: Browns Mill Recreation Center, 5101 Browns Mill Rd Lithonia, 30038 (open Wednesday @ 8 am)
o Fulton: Fulton County Government Center, 141 Pryor Street, S.W., Atlanta 30303 (open Wednesday @ 8 am)
• Still looking for volunteers to man staff VOAD desk at SOC – contact Bob if you can assist. Currently looking for help on Monday.
• Not addressed on call but a few reports of issues with AidMatrix. Ed & Giovanni aware of issue, will work with Jami on follow-up with AidMatrix moving forward.
• Situation report updates available here. Twitter updates available here.

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Atlanta-Fulton County
Emergency Management Agency
130 Peachtree Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Contact Information:

Alfred Rocky Moore
Director
Atlanta-Fulton EMA

Office: (404) 730-7904
FAX: (404) 893-1656
Email: rocky.moore@fultoncountyga.gov

What we do:

• Maintain the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for Fulton County and the City of Atlanta
• Provide 24-hour on-scene emergency response to emergencies and disasters
• Provide 24-hour emergency notification to multiple response agencies
• Provide liaison with local, state and federal authorities during major emergencies and disasters
• Develop, coordinate and conduct emergency management training/exercise programs
• Develop and distribute emergency management presentations, brochures, pamphlets, public service announcements and other relevant information for civic organizations, businesses, and the public.