Office of Emergency Management
Not to be confused with the Office for Emergency Management.
In the United States, an Office of Emergency Management (OEM), alternatively called an Emergency Management Office (EMO) in some areas, is an agency at the local, tribal, state or national 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. OEM is also used in Canada notably in Toronto.
Examples
Local
- Houston Office of Emergency Management (web site)
- New Orleans Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (web site)
- New York City Office of Emergency Management (web site)
- Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management (web site)
States
- Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) (web site)
- California Office of Emergency Services (OES)‹See TfD›(web site)
- Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHSEM) (web site)
- Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) (web site)
- Louisiana Governors Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) (web site)
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Management (MEMA) (web site)
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) (web site)
- New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (OEM) {}
- New York Emergency Management Office (SEMO) (web site)
- Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) (web site)
- Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) (web site)
- Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) (web site)
- Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) (web site)
- Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) (web site)
Territories and Commonwealths
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Emergency Management Office (CNMI EMO) ‹See TfD›(web site)
- U.S. Territory of Guam Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense (GHS/OCD) ‹See TfD›(web site)
Federal
Outside US
- City of Toronto Office of Emergency Management (City of Toronto OEM)
- Emergency Management Ontario (Emergency Management Ontario)
Previous OEM Organizations
- The Office for Emergency Management was a World War II office in the Executive Office of the United States Government.
See also
- Civil protection
- Hazard prevention
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Emergency management
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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