Social:Office of Emergency Management

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Short description: Government agency that plans for and responds to disasters


An Office of Emergency Management (OEM), alternatively called an Emergency Management Office (EMO), or an Emergency Management Agency (EMA) in some areas, is an agency at the local, tribal, state, national or international level that holds responsibility of comprehensively planning for and responding to and recovering from all manner of disasters, whether man-made or natural. An OEM may also be requested to provide consequence management for large special events such as major gatherings, visiting dignitaries, etc.

List

U.S. local

  • City of Sacramento's Office of Emergency Management (SacOEM) (web site)
  • Houston Office of Emergency Management (web site)
  • Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) (web site)
  • Los Angeles Emergency Management Department (EMD) (web site)
  • New Orleans Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (web site)
  • New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) (Previously the New York City Office of Emergency Management) (web site)
  • Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management (web site)
  • San Diego Office of Homeland Security (OHS) (web site)

U.S. States

  • Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (Alaska DHS) (web site)
  • Arizona Department of Homeland Security (AZDOHS) (web site)
  • Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) (web site)
  • California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES)‹See Tfd›(web site)
  • Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) (web site)
  • Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) (web site)
  • Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) (web site)
  • Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMHSA) (web site)
  • Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) (web site)
  • Indiana Department of Homeland Security (web site)
  • Kansas Division of Emergency Management (KDEM) (web site)
  • Louisiana Governors Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) (web site)
  • Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) (web site)
  • Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) (web site)
  • Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) (web site)
  • Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) (web site)
  • Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) ([1] web site)
  • Mississippi Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (web site)
  • Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (web site)
  • New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (OEM) (web site)
  • New York State Emergency Management Office (SEMO) (web site)
  • North Carolina Department of Public Safety (web site)
  • Ohio Emergency Management Agency (web site)
  • Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) (web site)
  • Oregon Office of Emergency Management (OEM)[1][2]
  • Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) (web site)
  • Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) (web site)
  • Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) (web site)
  • Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) (web site)
  • Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) (web site)
  • Vermont Department of Public Safety (web site)
  • Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) (web site)
  • Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division
  • West Virginia West Virginia Division of Emergency Management (WVEM) (web site)
  • Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) (web site)

U.S. Territories and Commonwealths

U.S. Federal

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (web site)
    • Emergency Management Institute
  • EPA Office of Emergency Management (web site)
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Office of Emergency Management (web site)
  • Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (web site)

Canada

Caribbean

Africa

  •  Kenya Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre (NDOC) (web site)
  •  Somalia Somali Disaster Management Agency

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Previous OEM Organizations

  • The Office for Emergency Management was a World War II office in the Executive Office of the United States Government.
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Public Health Emergency Preparedness (replaced by Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response).

See also

  • Civil defense by country
  • Civil protection
  • Department of Public Safety
  • Emergency management
  • Emergency management in American universities
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Hazard prevention
  • List of state departments of homeland security
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency

References

Further reading

  • Tierney, Kathleen J.; Lindell, Michael K.; Perry, Ronald W. (2001). Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press. ISBN 0-309-06999-8. 
  • Waugh, William L. (2000). Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters: an Introduction to Emergency Management. Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-76563-163-3. 

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