Integrated Emergency Management Benchmark

State Emergency Management Agencies in the United States

This list is under construction. It was last updated on 17 March 2000.

Agency Links

Alabama Emergency Management Agency: (C) office contact information and a brief statement of agency functions
Alaska Division of Emergency Services: state emergency management agency
American Samoa Territorial Emergency Management Coordinating Office: no link has been located to a web presence for this office
Arizona Division of Emergency Management: state emergency management agency
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management: (A) state emergency operations plan, complete legislation texts, daily reports and event situation reports, live camera in the operations room of the emergency operations center
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services: state emergency management agency
Colorado Office of Emergency Management: (A) executive summary of the emeregncy operations plan, current situation reports and year-to-date incident summary, information on Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
Connecticut Office of Emergency Management: (B) sparse site with a basic description of agency mission and functions and a list of five area offices
Delaware Emergency Management Agency: state emergency management agency
Florida Division of Emergency Management: state emergency management agency
Georgia Emergency Management Agency: (A) active and archived situation reports, selection of maps, list of disaster declarations since 1990, annual training report, current news, area directory of local directors
Guam Emergency Services Office: no link has been located to a web presence for this office
Hawaii State Civil Defense: (A) brief mission statement, history of current civil defense headquarters in Diamond Head, information on Emergency Alerting System functions and architecture, list of potential disasters
Idaho Bureau of Disaster Services: state emergency management agency
Illinois Emergency Management Agency: (A) emergency management agency act text, articles from current newsletter and some archived stories, maps, coordinator directory, school emergency planning guide, kids' page
Indiana State Emergency Management Agency: (A) broad description of the scope of programs in a state agency's divisions (Technological Hazards, Preparedness, Operations, Mitigation/Recovery) - emergency management contacts for all counties
Iowa Emergency Management Division: (X) site is marked as undergoing renovations, has links to individual Emergency Management Kit (public education handout) and media kit
Kansas Division of Emergency Management: (A)
Kentucky Division of Emergency Management: state emergency management agency
Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness: (A)
Maine Emergency Management Agency: (A)
Maryland Emergency Management Agency: state emergency management agency
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency: state emergency management agency
Michigan Emergency Management Division: state emergency management agency
Minnesota Division of Emergency Management: (A) complete state emergency operations plan and some county plans, local emergency management director's handbook, annual report, on-line Tier II database on State Emergency Response Commission page
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency: (A) comprehensive emergency management and emergency alerting system plans, text of Mississippi Emergency Law, extensive forms library, and overview of agency - much of material appears dated
Missouri State Emergency Management Agency: state emergency management agency
Montana Division of Disaster and Emergency Services: (A) extensive hazard assessment section, mission sattement and organizational chart and staff lists, current situation reports, specific goals and objectives for the division
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency: state emergency management agency
Nevada Division of Emergency Management: (A) extensive response and recovery guide for local officials, fairly extensive public education fact sheets, county directory, and overview table of response actions at each level of government
New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management: state emergency management agency
New Jersey State Police Emergency Management Section: (A) detailed explanation of the work of the section's five bureaus, summary of major responses and exercises, wide variety of resource and productivity data
New Mexico State and Local Preparedness Bureau: state emergency management agency
New York State Emergency Management Office: state emergency management agency
North Carolina Division of Emergency Management: state emergency management agency
North Dakota Division of Emergency Management: state emergency management agency
Northern Mariana Islands Civil Defense Office of the Governor: no link has been located to a web presence for this office
Ohio Emergency Management Agency: state emergency management agency
Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management: (A) includes the final emergency management report for the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building, information on Disaster Resistant Oklahoma and Safe Room initiatives, and a newsletter file
Oregon Emergency Management Division: state emergency management agency
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency: state emergency management agency
Puerto Rico Office of Civil Defense: no link has been located to a web presence for this office
Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency: state emergency management agency
South Carolina Emergency Preparedness Division: state emergency management agency
South Dakota Division of Emergency Management: state emergency management agency
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency: state emergency management agency
Texas Division of Emergency Management: state emergency management agency
Utah Division of Comprehensive Emergency Management: state emergency management agency
Vermont Emergency Management Division: (A) provides model town emergency operations plan and rapid response plan templates, an emergency call taker form, current newsletter file, and descriptions of mitigation and preparedness programs
Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management: (X) site has no content and is marked as being under construction
Virginia Department of Emergency Services - effective 1 July 2000 Department of Emergency Management: (A) list of disaster declarations to 1969 and storm history information, newsletter file from 1996, extensive selection of search and rescue materials, current plans list, large state-wide directory
Washington State Emergency Management Division: (A) emergency operations plan, strategic plan, and other plans, newsletter archives, search and rescue resource pages, description of units in the agency
Washington, District of Columbia, Office of Emergency Preparedness: (X) site marked as under revision with a name and telephone number for contact
West Virginia Office of Emergency Services: (A) includes the applicable laws governing emergency management, text of the Emergency Operations and Emergency Alerting System Plan, and information on the State Emergency Response Commission
Wisconsin Emergency Management: (A) includes file of WEM Digest state newsletter from 1998, model municipal emergency operations plan, description of mission and programs, downloadable forms, and a current hazards matrix
Wyoming Emergency Management Agency: (A) state emergency management agency mission and services list, summary of major disasters, monthly activity reports, search and rescue statistics, State Emergency Response Commission membership
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