Joint Emergency Management System
The Northwest Central Joint Emergency Management System (JEMS) is a cooperative effort by eleven communities to provide for regional, shared Emergency Management services. There are Twelve communities participating in the JEMS program including:
• Arlington Heights • Barrington • Buffalo Grove • Elk Grove Village • Hoffman Estates • Inverness • Mount Prospect • Palatine • Rolling Meadows • Schaumburg • Streamwood • Wheeling
Through the system, participating communities utilize the program staff to drive industry standards and best practices into regional planning training and exercises. From an all hazards approach JEMS staff collaborate with municipal leadership to build community-wide emergency management capabilities in all four phases of emergency management (Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation. Below is a list of some of the duties that are carried out by JEMS personnel, in collaboration with each member community:
• Maintenance and updating of each member’s Emergency Operations Plan
• Maintenance of member's Continuity of Operations Plans
• Ensuring that each member community’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is appropriately maintained and ready for immediate use
• Providing training for personnel in each of those communities on topics such as EOC operations, and assisting in developing and providing local and regional exercises
• Working with the communities to ensure that all employees are trained in the National Incident Management System as required by their positions, and that the training is documented as required by federal statutes
• Assisting members with development of Incident Action Plans for planned events, assisting with emergency planning activities, and developing Emergency Management budgets
• Attending local, regional and state planning committee meetings and serving as a liaison to state and county Emergency Management agencies
The JEMS program considers itself an example of intergovernmental cooperation and collaboration, allowing multiple communities to have the benefits of a professional Emergency Manager while sharing the benefits of successful practices and lessons learned.
Annual Report
2016-2017 Annual Report
2017-2018 Annual Report
2018-2019 Annual Report
2019-2020 Annual Report
2020-2021 Annual Report
Training Opportunities
Event Calendar
