EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

“ Preparing Makes Sense!”
Get a Kit, Make a Plan. Be Informed, Get Involved

What is Emergency Management?

Definition

Emergency management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.

Vision

Emergency management seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable communities with the capacity to cope with hazards and disasters.

Mission

Emergency management protects communities by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters.

Specific Objectives

• Save lives and protect property threatened by hazards
• Reduce duplication of efforts and resources
• Increase flexibility in the capacity to handle “all hazards”
• Integrate support and objectives from other jurisdictions