Emergency management includes: prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Emergency response plans and procedures are in place, and are continually reviewed and updated to support the resilience of our community to a variety of hazards.
Emergency preparedness is a collective effort of many. While departments such as police, fire or public works will lead various emergency response and management activities, all city departments and other community stakeholders and essential services are necessary to support emergency planning and management activities as needed when preparing for hazards, during and after emergency events.
You are also an important part of response and recovery to any emergency.
We have assembled a number of resources at this location to help you prepare for emergencies.
- Davenport is a NOAA Weather Ready Nation Ambassador. Find a number of warnings and preparedness tips to a variety of weather emergencies on their website, http://www.weather.gov/wrn/.
- Davenport has also been designated a Storm Ready Community by NWS/NOAA. Find more information on the Storm Ready Community website, http://www.weather.gov/stormready/.
- Emergency Preparedness Guide. As a component of the City and County's Energy Assurance Plan, the City and County were able to develop an emergency preparedness guide. This comprehensive guide provides clear information about ways the Community can stay informed, be prepared, lower risk, prepare for and recover from many natural disasters and other events that cause short and long term disruption of energy resources. The guide provides information on warning sirens, what to do with animals in an emergency, how to prepare if you require prescriptions and more.
- American Red Cross and American Red Cross Mobile Apps
- Crime Prevention, Reporting and Resources
- Fire Prevention
- Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)
- Flood Plan. Use this link to find sign-up for notifications when flood events occur, and how to prepare and react to flood conditions.
- National Weather Service Office and Forecasts (Local) can be found at this link.
- Notifications and Alerts. Use this link to sign-up for various emergency notifications and alerts.
- Ready.Gov
- Safeguard Iowa Partnership. Safeguard Iowa provides preparedness and planning resources for businesses and organizations in the state of Iowa, with a goal of fostering public/private collaboration and strengthening our community’s resilience to disasters.
- Sanitary Sewer Backup Brochure
- Scott County Emergency Management Agency
- Scott County Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Scott County Hazard Mitigation Plan assesses our vulnerability to a variety of hazards and identifies actions that can be taken to mitigate the effects of those hazards.
- Snow & Ice Control Plan. Use this link to find sign-up for notifications when winter weather events occur, and how to prepare and react to snow and ice events.