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Emergency Management Agency

Charles Worden, Emergency Management Director and Fire Chief

Union County Fire Department
Shoe Factory Road
Blairsville, GA 30512
Phone: 706-439-6091
E-mail: ucfire@uniongov.com

The Emergency Management Agency office is responsible for maintaining the County Emergency Operations Plan and for the overall management of any disaster that should befall the County. We respond to all types of emergencies such as lost persons on trails and injury, etc.

Working closely with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, (GEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA) the American Red Cross and other state and federal agencies, Union County is very well prepared in case of emergency.

In the past five years, Union County has responded to three Federally declared disasters and received funds to handle damage from a blizzard in 1993 and a tornado that hit the county in 1998 and a huricane in 2004.

The Fire Chief is responsible for the daily supervision of the County's 6 full-time paid firefighters and oversees more than 80 volunteer firefighters. He also oversees E911.

Union County has 12 district fire stations. Stations 1, 2 and 4 are ISO rating 7/9. Station 1-Blairsville, Station 4-Rockytop, Station 2-Jones Creek are 7/9 rating for areas within 5 miles of these stations. All other areas with stations within 5 miles are ISO Class 9.

Georgia Emergency Management Agency

Federal Emergency Management Agency ~ East Georgia American Red Cross