2024 Police Annual Report

EMERGENCY SERVICES AND DISASTER AGENCY (ESDA) STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL: QUALITY OF LIFE

PURPOSE 2

DIVISION FUNCTIONS

The number of ESDA members attending National Weather Service sponsored storm spotter training, tabletop exercises and other Emergency Management Agencies sponsored training will increase by 25% to enhance the level of preparedness for Mother Nature and manmade related incidents or disasters destructive winds are detected. With the new construction of the EOC, systems will be in place to monitor weather in real-time to reduce the risks of injury while performing weather spotting in severe conditions.

The function of ESDA is to coordinate emergency management functions within the Village of Orland Park as are prescribed in and by the State Emergency Operations Plan and such programs, orders, rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, and in addition, shall conduct such functions outside the corporate limits as may be required pursuant to any mutual aid agreement with any other political subdivision, municipality or quasi-municipality entered into as provided in “The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act” (20ILCS 3305), as amended.

OBJECTIVE 3

GOAL NO. 1

Meet and evaluate the current severe weather general order with the Command staff.

To increase the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the Village of Orland Park ESDA’s emergency management functions.

PURPOSE 3

In 2022, the Village of Orland Park Village Board approved a complete overhaul of the police department’s outdoor warning siren system. This new technology will allow for the automatic activation of the sirens should the Village be named in the path of tornadoes. Additionally, the sirens can be activated manually when severe/ destructive winds are detected.

OBJECTIVE 1

Increase efforts to recruit new volunteers for ESDA (ongoing).

PURPOSE 1

COMPLETION DATE

To allow the police department to continue in its primary function and provide uninterrupted public safety services by increasing the ranks of ESDA by 10-20% to handle ancillary duties (i.e. traffic control, road closures and power outages).

Fourth quarter of FY2025

OBJECTIVE 2

Increase member involvement with training offered by the National Weather Service and other Emergency Management Agencies (ongoing).

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