The Shrewsbury Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) is responsible for the coordination of all emergency response disaster operations.
Employees
The agency consists of a part-time director, liaison representatives from all the Public Safety Departments in town, and is staffed by volunteers who serve as:
- Communications officer
- Deputy director
- Hazardous materials specialist
- Operations officer
- Public information officer
- Radiological officer
- Red Cross liaison
- Shelter officer
- Weather specialist
Agency Duties
Our agency performs:
- Activation and operation of any Emergency Shelter required at the time of a local disaster
- All 4 phases of emergency management:
- Mitigation
- Preparation
- Recovery
- Response
- Operation of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and for training the EOC staff
- Training exercises for natural and man made disasters, such as:
- Blizzards
- Hazardous materials incidents
- Hurricanes
EOC & Shelter Locations During a Disaster
In the event of a local disaster:
- Our primary EOC is the selectmen's meeting room at the Town Hall
- The alternate EOC is Fire Headquarters on Church Road
- Our primary shelter is Oak Middle School on Oak Street
- The alternate shelter is the High School on Holden Street