Office of Emergency Management

Emergency Preparedness

Maintains the City's Master Emergency Operations Plan and provides training and technical assistance to other departments and agencies in the development of supporting agency plans.

Emergency Alert & Notification Systems

OEM notifies emergency responders, City employees, private partners and citizens in the event of a significant emergency that may affect public safety.

Training and Exercises

OEM designs and conducts drills and exercises for the City using a variety of emergency scenarios, and coordinates training for emergency response professionals. These exercises and training programs are developed and delivered in conjunction with a number of partners at the Federal, State and local levels.

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

The CERT program is intended to train neighborhood and community-based volunteer teams that will: inform, educate, and train their neighbors on disaster preparedness; assist public safety agencies and local community boards with public events; respond to locally occurring disasters by strictly following CERT protocols, and supporting emergency personnel upon their arrival and at their request; and assist agencies in managing spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site.

Homeland Security Grants

OEM is responsible for the management of grant funds allocated by the state and federal governments to address the City's unique equipment, planning, training, and exercise needs and to assist in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to and recover from threats or acts of terrorism.