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The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency is charged by state statute to reduce the vulnerabilities of the people and communities of Nebraska from the damage, injury and loss of life and property resulting from natural, technological, or man-made disasters and emergencies.

Technical Hazards

NEMA’s Technical Hazards Section includes Radiological Emergency Preparedness, Public Information and the State’s Emergency Response Commission. Priorities of the section included preparations for radiological emergencies. Preparations is necessary of the state’s two nuclear power stations and use of Interstate-80 as a transportation corridor to ship radioactive material and radioactive waste across the state. The agency’s public Information officer (PIO) is part of this section because of the federal requirement that nuclear power station incidents activate a joint Information Center (JIC). The PIO is a major player in the JIC. The Technical Hazards Section also serves as staff support to the State Emergency Response Commission which supervises and coordinates activities of the Local Emergency Planning Committees across the state.

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