Hamilton County proclaims August 2026 National Emergency Management Awareness Month; EMA highlights flood response
July 31, 2026 | Hamilton County, Ohio
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The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners read and adopted a proclamation July 30 recognizing August 2026 as National Emergency Management Awareness Month and formally thanked the county Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency and its partners for preparedness work.
Nick (speaker 7), who appeared at the dais to accept the proclamation, summarized the agency's recent response to a flash flood in Hamilton County and described coordinated exercises coming in August and thereafter, including a cyber exercise with Coleraine Township and a riverine flooding exercise with the county EOC team. He thanked the commissioners for their support and noted the agency is scheduled for a national accreditation review in October; the agency was accredited about 4.5 years ago at the edge of the COVID pandemic.
Commissioners praised the EMA team for readiness and highlighted interjurisdictional coordination during recent emergencies. The board took a photo with EMA staff following the remarks.
Why it matters: The presentation tied immediate community impacts — recent flooding across multiple neighborhoods — to sustained investments in preparedness and continuity-of-operations planning, and signaled an upcoming accreditation review that may carry operational implications for the agency.
Nick (speaker 7), who appeared at the dais to accept the proclamation, summarized the agency's recent response to a flash flood in Hamilton County and described coordinated exercises coming in August and thereafter, including a cyber exercise with Coleraine Township and a riverine flooding exercise with the county EOC team. He thanked the commissioners for their support and noted the agency is scheduled for a national accreditation review in October; the agency was accredited about 4.5 years ago at the edge of the COVID pandemic.
Commissioners praised the EMA team for readiness and highlighted interjurisdictional coordination during recent emergencies. The board took a photo with EMA staff following the remarks.
Why it matters: The presentation tied immediate community impacts — recent flooding across multiple neighborhoods — to sustained investments in preparedness and continuity-of-operations planning, and signaled an upcoming accreditation review that may carry operational implications for the agency.
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