Now into the 21 st Century, we find that today's demand on county government services continues to be paramount. Our priority is to adapt and respond to risks and various crisis (natural or man made) within the county with the goal of maintaining continuous and safe operations. The Apache County Risk and Emergency Management Office seeks to partner with all county departments as well as the community to achieve this goal.
Our stated commitment is to strive to create a “Safety Culture” within the county. This will be accomplished by incorporating a continuous improvement process that focuses on pragmatic risk and crisis (emergency) management practices.
Vision:
To meet the risk and emergency management challenges facing Apache County in partnership with our stakeholders.
Mission:
To provide quality and innovative services to the benefit of our clients and which support the county good.
Commitments:
To realize our vision and to accomplish our mission, our commitments are:
To strive for excellence in all that we do.
To act at all times as professionals.
To be responsive to our stakeholders' need for service and assist our stakeholders in meeting objectives which advance their best interests.
To use new technology and management innovation to maintain and improve our delivery of services when feasible to do so.
To work together as team with a positive manner and attitude, both within the county and in partnership with our stakeholders.
To be proactive and innovative in our delivery of services.
To learn from our partners and stakeholders about their needs and limitations, and to educate our partners and stakeholders about our needs and limitations, to provide the best service possible.
To maintain a "can do" attitude and healthy, safety oriented perspective toward any challenge that confronts us.
To exemplify integrity by striving to meet our commitments.
