Marathon County Emergency Management is the lead county agency charged with coordinating Marathon County’s planning, preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery efforts for natural and man-made disasters. Marathon County Emergency Management provides assistance to county departments with their planning and to local municipalities with emergency responses, requests for county and state assistance, severe weather incidents, special events planning, and other threats to public safety. Emergency management operates under the authority of Chapter 323 of the Wisconsin Statutes and county ordinance.