Iowa Emergency Management Association

The IEMA Mission

The Iowa Emergency Management Association exists to advance the professional interests of its members and to assist Iowans in preserving life and protecting property in the face of any hazard.

Welcome to IowaEMA.com

Our website has many pages of information about emergency management in Iowa; an entire preparedness section to better help our citizens prepare for disasters, and an entire library of documents for the public and our members to download. If you have any questions regarding this website, please contact our webmaster at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Iowa Legislature

The Iowa Legislature is in session for 2012. Click here to see IEMA's positions on various pieces of legislation making their way through the capitol.

Documents of current interest

Association Officers

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Emergency Management News

Gov. Branstad launches individual disaster assistance grant program

Monday, 23 April 2012 14:04

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad has launched the Iowa individual disaster assistance grant program in wake of the recent storm damage in Fremont and Union counties. The program provides grants up of to $5,000 for households with incomes at or below twice the federal poverty level, or a maximum of $37,000 annual income for a family of three.

IEMA members join Governor Branstad in signing of SF413

Friday, 13 April 2012 12:40

The Iowa Emergency Management Association, members of the House of Representatives and the Iowa Community Action Association all joined Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds at the Capitol Thursday to watch Governor Branstad sign into law Senate Files 413 and 2289. Senate File 413 is an Act relating to financial responsibilities of local emergency management commissions while Senate File 2289 is an Act relating to the Iowa Disaster Aid Individual Assistance Grant Program administered by the Department of Human Services.

Pictured left to right: A.J. Mumm, Polk County Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC); David Morlan, Boone County EMC; Representative Bob Hager, Allamakee County; Larry Hurst, Mills County EMC; Gary Brown, Woodbury County EMC; Lana Ross, Executive Director, Iowa Community Action Association; Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds; Governor Terry E. Branstad; Representative David Tjepkes, Webster County; Mike Goldberg, Linn County EMC; Michael Ehret, Dickinson County EMC; Jeff Anderson, Marion County EMC; Kent Hartwig, Advocacy Strategies; Mike Wentzien, Iowa State Association of County Supervisors and Darrell Knecht, Howard County EMC.

Kent Park storm shelter nearly complete

Wednesday, 04 April 2012 08:02

The Kent Park tornado safe room is nearly complete. The shelter, built within the Johnson County park, was funded through Hazard Mitigation Funds awarded to Iowa following the floods of 2008.