Emergency Management
Jon Rosenlund, Emergency Management Director
Phone: (308) 385-5360
100 E First Street, Grand Island, Nebraska 68801 or
P.O. Box 1968, Grand Island, Nebraska 68802-1968		 Email your comments and questions to the
 
 

Jon Rosenlund was appointed Emergency Management Director in 2007.  Jon has a Masters Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Russian, both from Brigham Young University.  Jon’s career in 9-1-1 communications began in 1996 as a public safety dispatcher, and expanded into the field of emergency management in 2003 in Sterling, Colorado.  While there, he served as a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainer and established the Logan County, Colorado CERT and Citizen Corps.  Jon and his wife, Becky, have five children.

Jon believes that actual community preparedness results from the combined efforts of local governments, families and businesses.  Jon ascribes to the motto, “Self-Sufficiency is Emergency Preparedness.”

“Self-Sufficiency is Emergency Preparedness”

The 911 Communications Division receives and dispatches emergency calls for 20 area public-safety and public-service agencies and departments. The division also administers the city-county voice communication systems.

The Emergency Preparedness Division administers the emergency preparedness program for all of Hall County. This includes the local emergency operations plan, public warning system, emergency public information and resources.

Both divisions operate from the Emergency Operating Center which is maintained in a state of readiness at all times to respond to emergencies and disasters

Local Warning System

  The local warning system consists of National Weather Service Radio (162.400 MHz) and outdoor warning sirens. Upon hearing the outdoor warning sirens, residents should tune to local radio or television for information concerning the emergency.

For scanner radio monitor enthusiasts, try these frequencies :

155.820 Grand Island-Hall County Emergency Management
156.000 National Warning System (local re-broadcast)
161.730 Emergency Alert System RPU from EOC
146.940 Grand Island Amateur Radio Society
462.700 Grand Island REACT
462.725 Third City Radio Association

Informative Links

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
Tornado Facts/Building a Tornado SafeRoom (FEMA)

 Nebraska State Patrol

Red Cross

Avian Influenza Information - Pandemic - (World Health Organization)

Weather Resources

Sun and Clouds

Local NWS Weather Radar

National Weather Service

State Patrol Road Conditions

 

 

 

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