Office of emergency management

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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, federal, or international level that holds responsibility for 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, damage assessment following a disaster, etc.

List

This list is not comprehensive and simply covers several major OEMs.

U.S. local

U.S. states

U.S. territories and commonwealths

U.S. Federal

Canada

Caribbean

Africa

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.
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'
    Public Health Emergency Preparedness
    (replaced by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Oregon Office of Emergency Management : OEM Home Page : State of Oregon". OEM Home Page : Oregon Office of Emergency Management. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Oregon COVID-19 Response : Home : State of Oregon". Home : Oregon COVID-19 Response. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. ^ Texas Division of Emergency Management.
  4. ^ "CDERA prepares for change in name, mandate". Barbados Advocate. Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2009-05-14.

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