Region 1 Council
ADEM Northwest Area — the Ozarks and the Arkansas River Valley
17 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Club councils
Clubs grouped into the regions their state already works in.
A club council is a group of clubs in the same part of a state. Every county belongs to one council, so a club is in the council that covers its county — nothing to join and nothing to fill in.
Councils give neighboring clubs somewhere to share exam sessions, field day plans, emergency exercises and presenters, and give NARA a way to reach a region rather than one club at a time. Each council has a council representative — a volunteer named on the council’s page, with contact details — who keeps its clubs in touch with each other and carries their concerns to NARA.
How the regions are drawn
We do not draw new lines on the map. For most states we have adopted the boundaries the state already uses and that are recognized by its emergency management or public safety officials: Kentucky’s KYEM areas, Missouri’s Highway Patrol troops, Tennessee’s homeland security districts, Texas’s TDEM regions, Arkansas’s ADEM areas. Whatever a state calls them, we publish them as numbered regions and keep the state’s own name for the area alongside.
Working to the same boundary as the state EMA or DPS means a club’s council matches the emergency manager, served agencies, ARES district and mutual-aid partners it would work with in a real event, and nobody has to learn a second map. Where a state has no such regions of its own, we build a council map with the clubs there and say so on the state’s councils. Pick a state to see its regions.
Arkansas 5 councils · 0 clubs
Arkansas’s councils follow the field areas the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management assigns its area coordinators to, so a club’s council matches the area its county emergency manager already works with.
Region 2 Council
ADEM Northeast Area — the Ozark foothills and the northeast Delta
17 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 3 Council
ADEM Central Area — Little Rock and central Arkansas
11 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 4 Council
ADEM Southwest Area — the Ouachitas and southwest Arkansas
15 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 5 Council
ADEM Southeast Area — Pine Bluff and the southeast Delta
15 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Florida 10 councils · 0 clubs
Florida’s councils follow the ten regions the Florida Division of Emergency Management assigns its response coordinators to, so a club’s council matches the region its county emergency manager already coordinates through.
Region 1 Council
FDEM Region 1 — the western Panhandle, Pensacola to Panama City
7 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 2 Council
FDEM Region 2 — the central Panhandle and Tallahassee
9 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 3 Council
FDEM Region 3 — the Suwannee Valley, Gainesville and the Big Bend coast
12 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 4 Council
FDEM Region 4 — northeast Florida, Jacksonville to Flagler
7 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 5 Council
FDEM Region 5 — Greater Orlando, the Space Coast and Marion
8 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 6 Council
FDEM Region 6 — Tampa Bay and the Nature Coast
6 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 7 Council
FDEM Region 7 — Polk and the Heartland
5 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 8 Council
FDEM Region 8 — the Treasure Coast and Palm Beach
4 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 9 Council
FDEM Region 9 — southwest Florida and the Caloosahatchee
6 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 10 Council
FDEM Region 10 — southeast Florida and the Keys
3 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Kentucky 10 councils · 0 clubs
Kentucky’s councils follow the ten areas Kentucky Emergency Management staffs its area offices for, so a club’s council matches the area manager its county emergency management already works with.
Region 1 Council
KYEM Area 1 — the Jackson Purchase
12 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 2 Council
KYEM Area 2 — the western coalfield and the lower Ohio
12 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 3 Council
KYEM Area 3 — the Barren River and Pennyrile country
12 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 4 Council
KYEM Area 4 — the Falls of the Ohio and the Lincoln Trail
12 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 5 Council
KYEM Area 5 — the inner Bluegrass
11 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 6 Council
KYEM Area 6 — northern Kentucky and the Licking valley
12 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 7 Council
KYEM Area 7 — the FIVCO and Gateway counties
12 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 8 Council
KYEM Area 8 — the eastern coalfield and the Big Sandy
11 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 9 Council
KYEM Area 9 — the Cumberland Valley and the eastern Bluegrass edge
15 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 10 Council
KYEM Area 10 — the Lake Cumberland counties
11 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Missouri 9 councils · 23 clubs
Missouri’s nine councils follow the Highway Patrol troop areas, which are also used for emergency management and interoperability, so a club’s council usually matches the region its served agencies already work in. Region 1 is Troop A, Region 2 is Troop B, and so on.
Region 1 Council
Highway Patrol Troop A — Kansas City area and west Missouri
13 counties · 4 clubs
Representative needed
Region 2 Council
Highway Patrol Troop B — Northeast Missouri
16 counties · 1 club
Representative needed
Region 3 Council
Highway Patrol Troop C — St. Louis area and east Missouri
12 counties · 6 clubs
Representative needed
Region 4 Council
Highway Patrol Troop D — Southwest Missouri
18 counties · 4 clubs
Representative needed
Region 5 Council
Highway Patrol Troop E — Southeast Missouri
13 counties · 3 clubs
Representative needed
Region 6 Council
Highway Patrol Troop F — Central Missouri
13 counties · 3 clubs
Representative needed
Region 7 Council
Highway Patrol Troop G — South central Missouri
9 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 8 Council
Highway Patrol Troop H — Northwest Missouri
15 counties · 1 club
Representative needed
Region 9 Council
Highway Patrol Troop I — Ozark corridor along Interstate 44
6 counties · 1 club
Representative needed
South Carolina 6 councils · 0 clubs
South Carolina’s councils follow the six regions the South Carolina Emergency Management Division works its counties in, so a club’s council matches the region its county emergency manager already coordinates through.
Region 1 Council
SCEMD Region 1 — Upstate west, Greenville and the Savannah River lakes
8 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 2 Council
SCEMD Region 2 — Upstate east, Spartanburg and the Catawba
7 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 3 Council
SCEMD Region 3 — Lowcountry, Charleston and the southern coast
8 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 4 Council
SCEMD Region 4 — Midlands, Columbia and the Lake Murray counties
5 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 5 Council
SCEMD Region 5 — Central Savannah River Area and the southern Midlands
6 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 6 Council
SCEMD Region 6 — Pee Dee, the Grand Strand and Sumter
12 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Tennessee 11 councils · 0 clubs
Tennessee’s eleven councils follow the Homeland Security Districts, the multi-county teams the state already uses for planning, grants and mutual aid, so a club’s council matches the district its emergency management agencies work in.
Region 1 Council
Homeland Security District 1 — Northeast Tennessee and the Tri-Cities
8 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 2 Council
Homeland Security District 2 — Knoxville and East Tennessee
16 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 3 Council
Homeland Security District 3 — Chattanooga and southeast Tennessee
10 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 4 Council
Homeland Security District 4 — Upper Cumberland
13 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 5 Council
Homeland Security District 5 — Nashville and the midstate
7 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 6 Council
Homeland Security District 6 — South central Tennessee
6 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 7 Council
Homeland Security District 7 — Clarksville and northern middle Tennessee
7 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 8 Council
Homeland Security District 8 — Columbia and the western midstate
7 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 9 Council
Homeland Security District 9 — Northwest Tennessee
9 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 10 Council
Homeland Security District 10 — Jackson and southwest Tennessee
8 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 11 Council
Homeland Security District 11 — Memphis and the Delta
4 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Texas 8 councils · 0 clubs
Texas’s councils follow the eight regions the Texas Division of Emergency Management works in, so a club’s council matches the region its state and county emergency managers already coordinate through.
Region 1 Council
TDEM Region 1 — Panhandle, South Plains and the Big Country
60 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 2 Council
TDEM Region 2 — North Texas and the Metroplex
30 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 3 Council
TDEM Region 3 — East Texas and the Golden Triangle
38 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 4 Council
TDEM Region 4 — Houston and the upper Gulf Coast
13 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 5 Council
TDEM Region 5 — South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley
18 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 6 Council
TDEM Region 6 — San Antonio, the Hill Country and the middle Rio Grande
28 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 7 Council
TDEM Region 7 — West Texas, the Permian Basin and the Big Bend
37 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Region 8 Council
TDEM Region 8 — Austin, Waco and the Brazos Valley
30 counties · 0 clubs
Representative needed
Not sure which council you are in?
Look your club up in the directory — its council is shown on the listing, worked out from the county it meets in.
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