Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (OEMHS)
Emergency Management Support Branch
The Emergency Management Support Branch includes OEMHS’ management analyst, a communications specialist; and an emergency management technician. This branch carries out the following tasks:
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Provide support to the EMLC’s efforts to prepare for emergencies and allocate resources during time of emergency;
- Provide support to the EMLC for intra-agency cooperation and decisionmaking to address emergency management issues;
- Provide support to the EMLC for policy development and setting Agency priorities in emergency management;
- Provide coordinated communication strategy and central automated information systems;
- Carry out internal and, with the close support of APHIS LPA, appropriate intergovernmental and external communications outreach regarding Agency emergency management and homeland security activities; and
- Maintain the OEMHS Web site.