Washington County Dept. of  Emergency Management Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Washington County Emergency Management (WCEM) is a volunteer organization dedicated to minimizing the effects of disasters upon the people of the community.  The professional and volunteer staff of WCEM are trained to respond to a wide variety of technological and natural disasters.   Hazard mitigation is an important part of group activities and includes the identification and elimination of possible long term hazards.  Another function of the group is the coordination of local, State, and Federal response to a disaster event.   WCEM is responsible for the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) for the coordination of disaster emergency response.

WCEM personnel are trained in a wide variety of skills including the following:

Disaster Preparedness      Disaster Team Organization     Search / Rescue
Emergency Medical     Basic Fire Fighting      Traffic Control
Weather Spotting      Damage Assessment    

   Washington Co. and Bartlesville are Storm Ready Certified!

FREE Medical ID Wallet Card!

Tornado Siren Test are conducted in Bartlesville the first Monday each month at 1:15 p.m., alternate test day is second Monday at 1:15 p.m..

  During storm watches and EOC activation you can monitor our radio traffic on the following frequencies:

158.745Mhz    155.235Mhz  

154.355Mhz     146.655Mhz HAM