Westfield Emergency Management Emergency Management 339 Western Ave. The Emergency Management Agency, which has its Emergency Operations Center located at 339 Western Avenue is adjacent to Westfield State College and across the street from Stanley Park. The Operation Center is equipped with all the materials necessary to coordinate personnel to respond to any threat. The entire building can be utilized using an auxiliary generator should public utilities be lost. To ensure the safety of the residents of the city during possible emergency situations.
Many possible hazards exist within the community.
To coordinate all city departments, state and federal assistance should an actual event occur. The plan is comprehensive as it encompasses not just emergency response but mitigation and recovery from any possible scenario. Consists of all city department heads, American Red Cross, ambulance services, Air National Guard, Army National Guard, hospitals, nursing homes, major businesses and others concerned with the safety of the city and its residents. Supplements the city's regular full time police force. It consists entirely of volunteers from within the community who have been to the Intermittent Police Academy training them for full police powers.