Training is provided in the areas of Hazardous Materials, Damage Assessment, Disaster Assistance, etc., to various response personnel in the county. In 1994, the Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association, in conjunction with the County Commissioners and Radiological Emergency Preparedness Committee, saw the implementation of a county-wide repeater system which is utilized by fire, ambulance and law enforcement departments. The repeater system allows for one-button paging to all departments saving time as well as having one frequency for everyone to communicate on. One of the primary missions of Lincoln County's Emergency Management Agency is the responsibility for county government's interests in fire and rescue services with the coordination of overall fire and rescue activities. Working with the Lincoln County Fire Chiefs Association, training has been provided to many individuals by sponsoring Firefighter I and II classes and training with Rockland County, NY, fire departments.
Operations involves the response to many incidents.
This responsibility is met using full-time employees with dual roles and a volunteer staff of 20 individuals. Hazardous Materials Awareness level training is provided on a yearly basis to fire, ambulance, law enforcement and public works personnel. Resources are used in planning, training, technical assistance, and providing instrumentation to support the development of radiological protecting systems. Wiscasset, the shire town of Lincoln County, houses Maine's only nuclear power plant. Training is conducted yearly and federally mandated drills are held on a bi-yearly basis.