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Local Support Services

Program Overview • Regional Coordinators

Local Support Services expands upon the work of the agency's Field Services activity, which employed three regional coordinators to provide hands on emergency management support/resources to local jurisdictions. Almost identical to the Virginia State Police Divisions, the seven, newly designated Emergency Management (EM) regions contain an average of 16 - 20 jurisdictions.

A dedicated, professional regional coordinator has been assigned to each EM region to provide ongoing support in the design, development, analysis and implementation of comprehensive all hazards emergency management programs at the local and regional levels.

LSS is the eyes and ears of VDEM senior staff, offering an unparalleled opportunity to forge strong relationships that will enhance our ability to effectively partner with Virginia localities in times of crisis. During normal operations, these field coordinators will maintain a continuing dialogue between localities and VDEM central office staff to ensure that state and federal programs support and enhance development of comprehensive local emergency management capabilities. They will also help to synchronize target and threat assessments, state planning, federal funding and incident management activities between state agencies and localities.

When major emergencies or disasters affect communities, the regional coordinators provide critical coordination of information and resources to those communities in order to alleviate problems and to promote a return to normalcy.