Bulloch County Public Safety and EMA

08/28/2026

⚠️ Flash Flood Warning issued for Statesboro, Register, Georgia Southern, Jimps, Kennedy Pond, Irongate, Westbrooke, Somerset, New Hope, and Emit until 730PM.

08/26/2026

Last night, our CAFE Rehab Team deployed to Evans County to provide mutual aid and support during a landfill fire. Once again, it is about a shared bond that stretches across every county line in Georgia.

08/19/2026

We continue to work on our updated hazard mitigation plan. It covers preparations and responses to a range of emergencies from hurricanes to floods to wildfires and more.

As we prepare to submit our plan to FEMA, we invite you to read through it. You can submit any concerns to EMA Director Corey Kemp at [email protected]. You can find the full plan and a summarized version on our EMA webpage.

Emergency Management Emergency Management is the managerial function of Bulloch County government, charged with creating and maintaining the framework within the community to reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters that includes all cities within the county. Bulloch County Public Saf...

08/19/2026

Storm Ready & Proactive

Bulloch County EMA is continuing to strengthen our community’s ability to prepare for and respond to severe weather and disasters.

As part of this initiative, EMA and Bulloch County VOAD partnered to expand available equipment and resources that can be used during storm response, debris removal, and recovery operations.

This is another step in EMA’s commitment to being more storm-ready, proactive, and prepared to respond before, during, and after an event. Working together with our community partners helps ensure Bulloch County is ready when our residents need us most.

08/18/2026

PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT – 6:40 AM | 8/18/26

We currently have multiple possibly armed suspects fleeing law enforcement on foot in two areas of Bulloch County this morning:

📍 Wolf Pen Lane at Cypress Lake Road
📍 City of Register

Law enforcement officers are actively searching both areas.

If you live in or near these areas:

- LOCK your home doors.
- SECURE your vehicles.
- Be aware of your surroundings.
- DO NOT APPROACH OR ATTEMPT TO CONFRONT ANY SUSPECTS.

If you see anyone suspicious, CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY.

Please avoid these areas if possible and allow law enforcement to work safely. We will provide additional information as it becomes available.

08/13/2026

Georgia Southern is doing it again! 🦅💙💛

The university is welcoming its largest incoming freshman class ever — more than 6,500 students! And with that comes plenty of traffic around campus and throughout Statesboro.

So, if you find yourself stuck in traffic this weekend… take a deep breath, turn up the music, and remember: 6,500 new Eagles have to get somewhere too! 😂

Let’s show them what the Boro is all about. Drive safe, be patient, be kind, and give these new Eagles a big True Blue welcome!

Welcome to the Boro, Class of 2030! 🦅

08/12/2026

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY
Heat Advisory issued August 12 at 1:30PM EDT until August 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
* WHAT...Heat index values 108 to 112 degrees expected.

* WHERE...Portions of southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina.

* WHEN...From 11 AM to 8 PM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

08/10/2026

These numbers show how busy our communications officers are! That category of "other" includes everything from animal control to utility problems...and everything in between.
Thank you to these first responders!

08/06/2026

Are you prepared if we get a hurricane or tropical storm in our forecast? Emergency Management Director Corey Kemp goes over a few things you can pack now and be ready. (the list is shorter and less complicated than you might think). For more info, visit Bulloch County's EMA webpage at https://bullochcounty.net/emergency-management/

08/05/2026

Last night commissioners approved separate contracts to install a bridge at GW Oliver Road and replace the bridge on Cypress Lake Road.

GW Oliver was damaged during Debby in 2024. The drainpipes will be replaced with a bridge. The understructure of the Cypress Lake Road bridge was damaged in May 2025 when a pickup truck went off the bridge and struck a wooden pylon and steel beam.

We have secured a majority of the funding for GW Oliver through FEMA/GEMA. The majority of funding for Cypress Lake Road will come through GDOT. The local funding will come through TSPLOST.

We anticipate both bridge structures being completed and the roads reopened Fall of next year, weather permitting.