ALFRED — There’s a familiar face at the helm of the York County Emergency Management Agency these days.

With the abrupt resignation of EMA Director Kimberley White Kaiser late last week, Robert Bohlmann is back in the director’s seat, at least for now.

County Manager Greg Zinser said Kaiser, who became director on May 1, 2011, tendered her resignation June 29.

“I have decided to resign my employment with York County as of today and pursue other opportunities,” Kaiser wrote in her resignation letter.

In the letter, Kaiser did not give a reason for her resignation.

Kaiser was hired from an initial field of 11 candidates. She had previously been deputy emergency management director in Lincoln County, where her role included finance and administration.

Bohlmann appeared at Thursday’s York County Commissioner’s meeting, where his interim directorship was announced.

“I’m happy to be back to help,” he said.

Bohlmann retired one year ago after a career in public safety, civil defense and emergency management that began when he was a 15-year-old volunteering for the Civil Defense team in his Connecticut hometown in the 1950s. He was director of York County EMA for 17 years.

Zinser, in a telephone interview Friday, said commissioners are taking a breather, for now, before deciding what the next step for EMA will be.

“The county appreciates the efforts Ms. Kaiser made on its behalf as director of York County Emergency Management Agency,” Zinser said in a prepared statement.

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, Ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com.