Better Prepared…

Tooele County participates in the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP). Its purpose is to enhance the emergency preparedness of the communities around the nation’s chemical stockpiles until they are destroyed.

Since the program began in 1988, the state and local emergency management officials have teamed with the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to improve their ability to serve you.

Teamwork
Cooperation between the various agencies promotes better decision making, and better decision making results in a safer community.

This partnership has helped our community by enhancing emergency plans and providing training, chemical accident response equipment and warning systems.

State and local emergency professionals identify specific needs in our community. They bring local perspective and knowledge to the planning process and are the heart of the emergency response effort.

Community Readiness
Tooele County Emergency Management has an upgraded Emergency Operations Center (EOC), the nerve center of the response to any emergency. CSEPP provides funding for essential emergency staff members.

Community officials meet in the EOC to get information, make decisions and coordinate emergency response efforts to help you keep yourself and your loved ones safe.

Communications systems provided to our community by CSEPP enable everyone to respond faster and more efficiently. And CSEPP full-scale exercises are held regularly in the community. They allow responders to practice and receive training.

CSEPP training gives our emergency responders, such as police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians, skills and knowledge they can use every day.

Long after the chemical stockpile is gone, emergency professionals will still use the training and equipment they received through CSEPP to protect you in times of emergency.