About us

Kentucky Division of Emergency Management is a division of the Kentucky Department of Military Affairs and its role and function are goverened by legislative action as dictated in Chapter 39 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/titles.htm .

The Kentucky Division of Emergency Management
(KYEM) consists of our main office located on Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky and 14 Area Offices located throughout the state. We have many internal programs, including ; the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, Earthquake, Mitigation, Search and Rescue, Training, and Amber Alert. 

KYEM also has an active Public Assistance and  Individual Assistance programs that, during times of declared disasters, will coordinate with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to offer assistance to those who qualify at disaster field offices set up where they are needed.

We have an operations desk that can be reached at 1-800-255-2587.  Our duty officers are available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

Provide a comprehensive Emergency Management System to protect life and property, public peace, health, safety and the environment of the Commonwealth of Kentucky through an ALL HAZARDS approach to mitigation, preparedness, RESPONSE and RECOVERY from disasters and emergencies which a local emergency response agency determines is beyond its capabilities.