Joyce Flinn
Readiness and Response Bureau Chief
Joyce Flinn is the chief of the Readiness and Response Bureau for the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division. She has been with the Division since 1997.
Ms. Flinn coordinates response activities during activation of the State Emergency Operations Center. Most recently she served as Chief of Operations during the extensive flooding on the Missouri River that began on May 25, 2011. She was also Chief of Operations when the state was impacted by an EF-5 tornado and subsequent historic flooding that impacted the majority of the state beginning May 25, 2008.
Other responsibilities managed by the bureau include working with voluntary and faith-based partners; Citizen Corps; intrastate and interstate mutual aid; donations management, WebEOC and operational readiness of the State Emergency Operations Center. Geographic Information Systems (GIS), communications, the Duty Officer program, the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program and the Radiological Maintenance Facility are other key programs/initiatives managed by bureau staff.
Ms. Flinn has a degree in criminal justice from Simpson College.
