Emergency Management

Emergency Management is charged with:

  • Educating Belton residents on what actions they should take in the event of a community-wide emergency
  • Ensuring that available aid flows from volunteer, state, and federal sources during recovery through prior preparation and direct action
  • Identifying hazards
  • Maintaining a plan of action for the city in the case of a community-wide emergency that would exceed the normal capabilities of the city’s emergency services, public works, and residents
  • Providing warnings for dangerous weather, such as tornadoes or floods, in conjunction with the National Weather Service and in cooperation with other emergency management and safety agencies in the area
  • Serving as a direct aid to the mayor and city manager during a community-wide emergency

Department Head

Claire Canaan