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Gardabaer Emergency Management

The Emergency Management Agency is intended to support and strengthen the actions of individual municipalities through coordination, information and communication channels.

Garðabær Town Hall

Gardabaer Emergency Management

All municipalities in the capital area appoint an emergency committee with a mission statement that defines the role and purpose of the emergency committees, and this appointment forms the basis for the staffing of the emergency committees. The emergency committees operate during both regular and civil defense hours.

The role of the Gardabær Emergency Management Board is to coordinate actions and take emergency measures in times of danger to prioritize statutory services and socially important activities. As well as ensuring public safety, minimizing potential social harm, and protecting the foundations of the municipality's services to maintain essential activities.

The role of emergency management

The primary duty of the Municipality of Gardabaer is to promote the safety and well-being of the residents of the municipality. The role of the Gardabaer Emergency Management Board is to coordinate actions and take emergency measures in times of danger to prioritize statutory services and socially important activities. As well as ensuring the public good, minimizing potential social harm and protecting the foundations of the municipality's services to maintain essential activities.

Otherwise, the municipality's administrative structure remains unchanged, and each manager is responsible for his or her own workplace/workplace according to the traditional structure.

  • The mayor is the chairman of the Garðabær emergency committee, which is activated in times of crisis according to the chairman's decision. The emergency committee has the authority to make decisions and incur expenses beyond what is stated in the budget, provided that in such cases their handling cannot be delayed.
  • The mayor, together with the town council, is responsible for the management of Gardabaer. The departments, offices, companies and institutions of Gardabaer are each responsible for the services they provide.
  • The City Council grants other necessary authorizations for special expenditures and is on standby in times of crisis where it may be necessary to call an extraordinary meeting.

The Garðabær Emergency Committee operates according to response plans and its employee is responsible for calling meetings, preparing meetings, and processing them in consultation with the mayor.

Gardabaer Emergency Committee 2022-2026 - the main members are

  • Almar Guðmundsson - bæjarstjóri, ábyrgðarmaður neyðarstjórnar Garðabæjar
  • Lúðvík Örn Steinarsson - sviðsstjóri fjármála- og stjórnsýslusviðs
  • Linda Udengård - sviðsstjóri fræðslu- og menningarsviðs
  • Svanhildur Þengilsdóttir - sviðsstjóri velferðarsviðs
  • Guðbjörg Brá Gísladóttir - sviðsstjóri umhverfissviðs
  • Ágúst Þór Guðmundsson - sviðsstjóri þjónustu- og þróunarsviðs
  • Ásta Sigrún Magnúsdóttir - samskiptastjóri
  • Hulda Hauksdóttir, - deildarstjóri þjónustu og stafrænnar þróunar, starfsmaður neyðarstjórnar Garðabæjar

Emergency Management - Deputies are

  • Guðný Hrönn Antonsdóttir - samskipta- og kynningarfulltrúi
  • Edda Björg Sigurðardóttir - grunn- og tónlistarskólafulltrúi
  • Egill Daði Gíslason - deildarstjóri umhverfis og framkvæmda
  • Inga Þóra Þórisdóttir - mannauðsstjóri
  • Lúðvík Hjalti Jónsson - fjármálastjóri
  • Snædís Björnsdóttir - lögfræðingur á velferðarsviði
  • Vala Dröfn Hauksdóttir - deildarstjóri upplýsingatæknideildar
  • Kjartan Sævarsson - deildarstjóri fasteigna

Civil Defense in the Capital Region

All municipalities in the capital area, Garðabær , Hafnarfjörður, Kópavogur, Mosfellsbær, Reykjavíkur, Seltjarnarnesbær and Kjósarhreppur, are responsible for the Civil Protection Committee of the Capital Area (AHS).

The Capital Region Fire Department oversees the work of the Civil Protection Committee in the Capital Region on behalf of the municipalities. The employees of the Capital Region Civil Protection Committee are the managing director and the department head, who are also employees of SHS (the Capital Region Fire Department).

See more about civil protection on the SHS website.

National Civil Protection

The National Commissioner of Police is responsible for civil protection activities according to law and has a special civil protection department. The website almanvarnir.is contains information about civil protection nationwide. There you can access information about civil protection and follow announcements about civil protection levels.