Adams County has a new and improved emergency response plan.

The basic plan was approved several months ago by the board of supervisors, but a companion set of responders’ responsibilities still had to be compiled.

After previous meetings, started in January, emergency response agencies met one last time to fine-tune their roles in the response plan.

Representatives from agencies like law enforcement and mass care met with Mississippi Emergency Management Agency personnel Thursday, Civil Defense Director George Souderes said.

The MEMA officials converted the information to an electronic format, put it onto a disk and gave the plan’s addition the go-ahead, he said.

“That completes our planning process,” Souderes said.

“We will review the information starting Monday.”

Souderes said he wanted to go over the information one last time before he made copies of the electronic plan and distributed them to the agencies.

“We want to make sure all the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed,” he said.

Sparked by Hurricane Katrina and funded by the local Untied Way, a study released in July found the county’s disaster plan was outdated, incompatible with state and federal plans and needed to give more complete details.

Soon after, Souderes said he had been waiting for guidelines from state and federal emergency management agencies before updating the county’s plan, which was last updated 10 years ago.

Along with a new organizational plan for response, the new plan added emergency support functions for areas like agriculture and energy, Souderes said.

The updated plan could be used immediately, if needed.

“But I hope nothing happens between now and the time we can get copies of the disk to support agencies,” he said.

Souderes said he wanted to thank the community and government and non-government response agencies for all the help they provided.

“We want to thank those who have a part in this plan for helping to bring it all together so it can be a revised, brand-new workable community emergency response plan,” Souderes said.