Lawrence County Emergency Management is in the process of establishing a special needs registry for the citizens of Lawrence County.
The Special Needs Registry identifies individuals who require special assistance during emergencies, including, but not limited to hurricanes, evacuations, sheltering-in-place, and chemical spills.
Any individual, regardless of age, who has a chronic condition, disability, special healthcare need, or may require additional assistance during a time of emergency should register.
Examples include people who:
* Use life support systems such as oxygen, respirator, ventilator, dialysis, pacemaker, or are insulin dependent
* Have mobility disabilities and use a wheelchair, scooter, walker, cane, or other mobility device
* Are visually impaired, blind, hard of hearing, or Deaf
* Have speech, cognitive, developmental or mental health disabilities
* Use assistive animals or a prosthesis.
We hope to develop an online form in the future but at this time we simply ask you to email LCEMA with your essential information. Type of assistance that you may need, any disability or medical equipment that you require. Let us know as much detail as possible.
For example if you are dependent on oxygen let us know if you normally keep extra bottles in addition to your oxygen machine. Let us know if you have any type of backup to allow you extra time before you need assistance.
We also need the individuals name, phone numbers and address of each individual that you submit for this registry.
While this Registry does not guarantee assistance, it allows first responders to appropriately plan, prepare for, and respond to the needs of the community.
How Your Information Will Be Used
Information submitted to the LCEMA might be shared with first responders and emergency management officials to plan for, mitigate, respond to and recover from emergencies. Strict confidentiality is maintained at all times. Only those that have a reason to access the information are authorized to do so.
Please take time to submit this information for yourself or any other individual that your aware of.
Thank you,
Michael Woods
Lawrence County EMA Director
This is Lawrence County Emergency Management with an important message for all residents and businesses located in Lawrence County.
CodeRED has upgraded our service to offer CodeRED Weather Warning, an automatic severe weather notification service, to alert citizens in the path of severe thunderstorms, flash floods and tornadoes.
We encourage all residents and businesses to go to signup or update their information on the Lawrence County Emergency Management website, click on the CodeRED logo located at http://www.lawcokyem.org/LCEM/Emergency_Notifications.html and enter their contact information. At sign up you may select which types of warnings you’d like to receive. There is no direct charge to you for this service.
If you know of anyone who did not receive this notification who lives in Lawrence County please encourage them to visit the Lawrence County EMA website and enter their information.
If you do not have Internet access, please contact a friend or family member to help add your contact information to the emergency database. You can also call Lawrence County EMA directly at 606-638-0334 for assistance.
