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Lt. Baker is the
Director of Emergency
Management with the
County of Kalamazoo and
is a Division Commander
with the Kalamazoo
County Sheriff’s Office.
Paul serves as the
Director of Emergency
Management for
Michigan’s 9th largest
county. In addition to
24 years of service in
Law Enforcement, has
served for 20 years in
the fire service and the
last 10 years as a
paid-on-call Fire Chief,
which he retired from on
May 31, 2005.
Paul has been a member
since 2001 and currently
serves as the MEMA
President. He was
appointed Treasurer in
2002, and holds
leadership positions on
the county’s local
Hazardous Materials
Team, Domestic
Preparedness Tacks Force
Committee, Disaster
Committee, Local
Emergency Planning
Committee. Severs on
several State and
Regional committees such
as: Michigan’s 5th
District Medical
Coalition, Professional
Emergency Management (PEM)
Board, Homeland Security
Advisory Council (HSAC),
and the Regional 5th
District Homeland
Security Planning Board
(Chair).
As Director, Paul is
responsible for the
county Emergency
Operations Center
readiness / operations,
Serves on the EOC Staff
as the Operations Chief
/ EOC Manager during
events, Coordinates all
Homeland Security and
other grants. As a
Lieutenant he is the
Division Commander and
manages the day-to-day
operations and in
addition to himself he
has three full-time
staff, one part-time
clerical, several
office/project
volunteers and several
hundred plus volunteers.
Paul is certified as a
Law Enforcement Officer,
Fire Firefighter level
2, Fire Officer level 3
and Terrorism
Instructor, Licensed
Medical First Responder,
and most recently
Certified in Homeland
Security Level III. Paul
has received recognition
from Law Enforcement for
Live Saving, Bravery and
Everyday Hero from the
Red Cross. Has also
managed a Presidential
disaster declaration.
Paul has been married to
his wife Donna for the
past 17 years and they
have an eight-year-old
Golden Retriever named
“Mollie”.
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