The Champaign County Emergency Management Agency is actively engaging the Local Emergency Planning Committee. Representatives of first responders, medical, transportation, education, and businesses required to report their use and storage of hazardous materials met on March 23, 2012 to hear a presentation from Kathy Allen, Manager of the Hazardous Materials Section of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. It was announced that Champaign County is in receipt of a grant under the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Program.