The mission of the Marshall County Emergency Management Agency is to protect the residents and visitors of Marshall County by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, man-made disasters or acts of terrorism, in order to save lives, protect property and the environment.
The EMA is a department of the Marshall County government but works closely with all public and private partners to ensure its mission is achieved. An advisory board, which includes members appointed by all town councils, ensures that all communities are involved in oversight of the EMA. IC 10-14-3-17 requires a county to maintain an EMA and an EMA advisory board and lays out how such entities are organized.
The EMA Director is overseen by the Marshall County Commissioners on a day-to-day basis and the agency's budget is established by the Marshall County Council.
