Arkansas Department of Emergency Management is organized in such a way that enables the state DHS to interact primarily with counties. However, sub-grantees may also include local municipalities—as well as tribes, non-profit organizations, or other emergency management organizations/entities. The Disaster Management Division within the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management is a division that consists of three branches—Operations, Area Coordination, and Recovery. The division, as a whole, oversees many of the programs that relate to local governments and first responders. The Disaster Management Division prepares for disaster situations, coordinates assistance, and provides supplies/manpower in the event of a disaster. The Area Coordination Branch within the Disaster Management Division “provides assistance, coordination, guidance and information to local governments on grants available from ADEM or other sources, available training opportunities, and general information to help them operate their local emergency management programs.” There are 77 counties within the state of Arkansas and for each county there is a local area coordinator. These counties are organized and clustered to form five regional of which has their own area coordinator. Arkansas distributes federal homeland security funds by way of counties and grouped regions. The following table identifies the counties and regional areas within Arkansas. Counties & Regional Areas Central Area: Northeast Area: City of Little Rock Clay City of North Little Rock Craighead Cleburne Crittenden Conway Cross Faulkner Fulton Lonoke Independence Perry Izard Prairie Jackson Pulaski Lawrence Saline Lee Stone Mississippi Van Buren Greene Poinsett
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management is organized in such a way that enables the state DHS to interact primarily with counties. However, sub-grantees may also include local municipalities—as well as tribes, non-profit organizations, or other emergency management organizations/entities. The Disaster Management Division within the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management is a division that consists of three branches—Operations, Area Coordination, and Recovery. The division, as a whole, oversees many of the programs that relate to local governments and first responders. The Disaster Management Division prepares for disaster situations, coordinates assistance, and provides supplies/manpower in the event of a disaster. The Area Coordination Branch within the Disaster Management Division “provides assistance, coordination, guidance and information to local governments on grants available from ADEM or other sources, available training opportunities, and general information to help them operate their local emergency management programs.” There are 77 counties within the state of Arkansas and for each county there is a local area coordinator. These counties are organized and clustered to form five regional of which has their own area coordinator. Arkansas distributes federal homeland security funds by way of counties and grouped regions. The following table identifies the counties and regional areas within Arkansas. Counties & Regional Areas Central Area: City of Little Rock City of North Little Rock Cleburne Conway Faulkner Lonoke Perry Prairie Pulaski Saline Stone Van Buren Northeast Area: Clay Craighead Crittenden Cross Fulton Independence Izard Jackson Lawrence Lee Mississippi Greene Poinsett