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The Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. [1] The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a ...
EMI offers a full-spectrum emergency management curriculum with more than 500 courses available to the integrated emergency management community, which includes: FEMA staff and disaster employees; Federal partners; State, Tribal, and local emergency managers; volunteer organizations; and first responders from across the Nation. EMI supports ...
Agency van with current logo. New York City Emergency Management ( NYCEM) (formerly the New York City Office of Emergency Management ( OEM )) was originally formed in 1996 as part of the Mayor's Office under Rudolph W. Giuliani. [2] By a vote of city residents in 2001 it became an independent agency, headed by the commissioner of emergency ...
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( Stafford Act) [1] is a 1988 United States federal law designed to bring an orderly and systematic means of federal natural disaster assistance for state and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to aid citizens. Congress's intention was to encourage states ...
In use. 1959–present. The Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center is a government command facility located near Frogtown, Clarke County, Virginia, used as the center of operations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Also known as the High Point Special Facility ( HPSF ), its preferred designation since 1991 is "SF".
The National Emergency Training Center ( NETC) serves as an interagency emergency management training body for the United States government. [1] The college campus was purchased by the U.S. Government in 1979 for use as the National Emergency Training Center. NETC is home to the National Fire Academy, United States Fire Administration ...
NCH Healthcare System. The NCH Healthcare System (NCH) is a not-for-profit, healthcare system located in Naples, Florida, United States with 4300 employees as of 2021, of which 730 are staff physicians. [1] [3] The healthcare system consists of two hospitals: the Baker Hospital located in downtown Naples and the North Naples campus.
An office of emergency management ( OEM) (also known as a office of emergency services ( OES ), emergency management office ( EMO ), or emergency management agency ( EMA )) is a local, municipal, tribal, state, federal/national, or international organization responsible for: planning for, responding to, and dealing with recovery efforts related ...