Department of Emergency Services

Keeping Geauga County Safer
Through Preparedness

12518 Merritt Road
Chardon, Ohio 44024-9049

(440) 285-2222, 564-7131, 834-1856, Extension 2170
Direct Line: (440) 279-2170
Administrative Fax: (440) 286-1023
Operations Fax: (440) 285-7016

About Us

The mission of the Geauga County Department of Emergency Services is to serve the citizens of Geauga County through effective planning for natural, man-made, and technological disasters.
Our goal is to save lives and to protect property through coordination of an integrated emergency management system with all emergency response organizations, support services, and the private sector.
We are an advocate of community efforts, including educating the general public and government officials to mitigate and prepare for potential emergencies.
We will support efforts to train and exercise emergency responders in both the public and private sectors.
We will manage and coordinate efforts toward a rapid recovery from disasters with an effective disaster assistance program.

The Geauga County Department of Emergency Services is an agency that assists the citizens of Geauga County on a countywide basis through mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
We accomplish this by working with local government agencies, county government agencies, police, fire, and private agencies in coordinating the resources of Geauga County in the event of a major emergency or disaster situation.

Geauga County has many plans and procedures in place, including: an Emergency Operations Plan for man-made, natural, and technological emergencies; a Chemical Emergency Response Plan for those hazardous substance facilities in Geauga County; and the Radiological Emergency Response Plan for incidents that occur at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant.

This department reports to the Board of County Commissioners:
Walter M. (Skip) Claypool, Timothy C. Lennon, and Ralph Spidalieri.