Emergency Programs

Mission and Goals

Mission:

The NCDA&CS Emergency Programs Division mission is to reduce the vulnerability to, or the impact from, any disaster, disease or terrorist attack on the agriculture community of North Carolina. The Emergency Programs Division provides leadership within the NCDA&CS and the agricultural community for emergency preparedness and response. Emergency Programs Division establishes public-private partnerships between vital government agencies, industry and volunteers.

Goals:

• Preserve the ability of the NC Agriculture Community to produce stable supplies of food, and other agricultural products.

• Diagnose and investigate infectious animal and livestock diseases, intentional plant pest introductions, unauthorized biological control agent releases, and environmental health problems and health hazards in the NC Agriculture Community.

• Provide the full resources of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services to support the State of North Carolina in any emergency situation.

• Reduce the vulnerability of the staff, vital assets, services and operations of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.

• Reduce the vulnerability of state animal, and livestock, plant, crop, and other beneficial organism populations from the effect of a multi hazard emergency event.

• Support the partners and customers of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services in reducing their vulnerability to and recovery from the effects of a Multi-Hazard emergency event.

• Inform, educate and empower people to respond to specific agricultural community issues pertaining to a threatened or actual Multi-Hazard emergency event.

• Enforce laws and regulations that protect public, animal, and livestock, plant, crop and other beneficial organism health and insure their general safety in case of a Multi-Hazard emergency event.

• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of departmental and community-based agricultural services available to respond to a Multi-Hazard emergency event.

• Develop and maintain policies and plans that support the agricultural community's efforts in preparing for and responding to a Multi-Hazard emergency event.