Public Safety and Emergency Management

Our Mission
The mission of the Accomack County Department of Public Safety (DPS) is to provide the highest level of life and property safety to our customers through the extension of fire prevention, fire control, emergency medical, disaster preparedness, and public education services. We are in place to respond quickly in an effort to save lives.

 

The Department of Public Safety provides three main functional services to the public:

 1.) Emergency Management

          The Emergency Management Office, a division of the Department of Public Safety, is responsible for ensuring protective actions for the public through a uniform and organized effort to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and technological emergencies (such as hurricanes, terrorism, tornadoes, ice or snow storms or nuclear disasters).

2.) Career Fire & EMS Staff

           The primary purpose of supplemental staffing is to respond to Fire/EMS calls during times when volunteer availability is low and to provide assistance at emergency calls.  At this time, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) employs twenty-six (26) full time and four (4) part-time staff members who are assigned to nine (9) volunteer Fire/Rescue stations.  

3.) Administration & Liaison

Staffed by the Director and an Administrative Assistant, function to support career staff, act as a liaison between the volunteer fire/EMS agencies and County government, and serve on regional committees/groups to further emergency services within the region and County.

 

  

Additional Programs and Services

  • Safety Education
    • Mobile Fire Safety House
    • Free Smoke Detector Program
    • Hurricane Readiness brochure
    • Community Emergency Response Training (CERT)
    • CPR training
  •  Support
    • Eastern Shore Regional Fire Training Center
    • Existing CERT teams
    • Regional Eastern Shore Hazardous Materials Team
    • Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service(RACES)
  • Related Committees
    • Hampton Road Emergency Management Committee
    • DELMARVA Emergency Task Force
    • Tidewater EMS Council
    • Eastern Shore EMS Council
    • Accomack County Fire-Rescue Commission
    • Eastern Shore Disaster Preparedness Coalition

 

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Public Safety
Accomack County
24420 Lankford Highway
Tasley, Virginia 23441

Mailing Address:
P.O.Box 102
Tasley, Virginia 23441

Director:
Jason R. Loftus
safety@co.accomack.va.us

7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Monday through Friday

(757) 789-3610 or 824-4274



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