Emergency Management Division

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The Village of Hanover Park Emergency Management efforts include Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Planning, Public Education, Disaster Training, and other preparedness activities. Emergency Management develops the village-wide emergency plans with an All-Hazards approach towards preparedness. This means the Village of Hanover Park works together within our municipal public safety structure, local stakeholders, and surrounding municipalities to protect its citizens to all types of hazards.  

Although some hazards are less frequent than others, Hanover Park Emergency Management facilitates additional planning and training on hazards with the highest potential including Severe Weather events, Active Threats, Public Health Emergencies/Pandemics, Winter Weather events, and Transportation Emergencies.

Having severe weather is no longer rare in the Chicagoland area. When it occurs, violent winds, hail, flooding and a few tornadoes can cause significant damage. This map shows the probability of a tornado occurring in the United States. Although Hanover Park is not in the dark red zone, the threat of a tornado and all associated hazards are significant for our area. 

Recently the Storm prediction center at the NOAA has noticed a trend of “tornado alley” shifting eastward and encompassing Illinois. In 2023, Illinois had the most tornadoes in the United States totaling to 130 tornadoes. Now more than ever, Illinoisans need to become weather aware.

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The NOAA has issued the 2024 US Weather and Climate Disaster summary that shows all significant severe weather events from October 2023 through October 2024. There were 24 separate billion-dollar disasters that impacted the United States this year!

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