Emergency Management
	Winona County Law Enforcement Center 201 W. 3rd St. Winona, MN  55987 phone: (507) 457-6351  fax: (507) 454-9387

The City of Winona contracts with Winona County for Emergency Management services.  Bob Bilder is the City/County Emergency Management Director.  He reports to County Sheriff Dave Brand.  The Winona Fire Chief acts as the liaison to the Emergency Management Director for planning, budgeting and during actual emergencies within the city.

The Emergency Management Director works as the liaison to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help secure federal funds following natural disasters such as floods and severe weather.  This position coordinates efforts of multi-agency responses to large scale incidents and chairs the monthly meetings of the Winona County Emergency Coordinating Council.

Current projects that the Emergency Management Director is involved in include:
    *    A new outdoor early warning siren system was installed in the City in
         2000/01
    *    Create and coordinate a Winona County Fire Chiefs' Association
    *    NOAA Weather Transmitter
    *    Monitoring of hazardous material incidents in the county
    *    Works with local volunteer amateur radio group to ensure there is a
          back-up communication system in the event of a failure of primary
          system.
    *    etc., etc., etc.

Pictured is Bob Bilder with the new computer that controls and monitors the outdoor early warning siren system that was installed in 2000/01.

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