Welcome to the new Kentucky Emergency Management website. Our website has a new look and feel, with you, the user, in mind. We hope you'll find it more user friendly as you use the toolbar located at the top. Just move your cursor over the headers and click to open corresponding pages.
Please keep in mind as you navigate to pages and links of your interest, some may have changed and additional updates will be forthcoming as we complete the transition from our old website. We strive to be your one stop shopping for emergency management in the Commonwealth and ask for your patience as we continue to work to improve this new site.
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Vision - A resilient Commonwealth, safe, secure, and prepared for emergencies and disasters through the programs and efforts of a superior emergency management team, staffed and led by professional managers and administrators.
Mission - Protect and Restore our Commonwealth
Kentucky Emergency Management Announces Mitigation Grant Award
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb 9, 2012) - The Commonwealth of Kentucky has received notice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of approval and the awarding of a mitigation grant totaling $8 million to the University of Kentucky. FEMA will provide 75 percent or $6 million the University of Kentucky will provide 25 percent or $2 million.
Kentuckians Participate in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb 9, 2012) – More than 426,000 Kentuckians participated in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut Earthquake Drill on Feb. 7 as part of Earthquake Awareness Month in Kentucky as proclaimed earlier by Governor Steve Beshear.
