Who We Are:
The Manatee County Emergency Support Group, Inc (MCESG) is an auxiliary support unit for tactical, administrative and logistical communications in any emergency, declared or undeclared. The organization is aligned to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is intended to function according to the Incident Command System (ICS). MCESG recognizes the Threats/Hazards Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRA) of jurisdictional authorities within Manatee County Florida and strategically develops auxiliary communications resources and capabilities utilizing not for profit fundraising and volunteer labor. We are involved on a day-to-day basis with familiarization and training for eventual use in any situation that may benefit from our support.
Our Purpose and Objectives
We provide essential auxiliary communications capabilities in any national, state or local emergency, declared or undeclared.
We function according to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS).
We recruit and train individually licensed FCC operators with a desire to voluntarily serve their community and country.
We provide reserve resources for all radio, dispatch and electronic technician roles in support of our served agencies.
We support our served agencies as a non-profit corporation in the State of Florida, intended as an IRS 501(c)(3) entity.
