Emergency management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.

 

Comanche County – Lawton Emergency Management Vision Statement:

Emergency management seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable communities with the capacity to cope with hazards and disasters.

 

Comanche County – Lawton Emergency Management Mission Statement:

To assist the Comanche County-Lawton community by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters.