State Offices of
Emergency Management
Typically
your state will have a agency in charge of preparing and responding to
emergencies and disasters. This may be referred to as the department
of emergency management (OK) or civil defense (HI) or Office of Emergency
Services (CA) or some similar name. In addition to the state level each
county will have a similar office. The personnel in these offices typically
have obtained professional certification as an Emergency Manager and/or
Business Continuity Planner. The services they offer vary by state. You
might consider checking documents offered by other states in the event
your state does not a have a wide variety. (California and Virginia have
more comprehensive sites).
Your state office should provide training courses to the public, Information on hazards in the state, a method and criteria for reporting emergencies and disasters and a method of providing mutual aid to communities in the event of a disaster. They might act as a clearinghouse for civilian based community search and rescue teams (see CA and WY).
Alabama
http://www.aema.state.al.us/
Alaska
http://www.ak-prepared.com/
Arkansas
http://www.adem.state.ar.us/
Arizona
http://www.dem.state.az.us/
California
http://www.oes.ca.gov/
Colorado
http://www.ops.state.co.us/
Connecticut
http://www.state.ct.us/dps/ctoem.htm
Delaware
http://www.state.de.us/dema/
District of Columbia
http://dcema.dc.gov/main.shtm
Florida
http://www.floridadisaster.org/
Georgia
http://www2.state.ga.us/gema/
Hawaii
http://www.scd.state.hi.us/
Idaho
http://www2.state.id.us/bds/default.htm
Illinois
http://www.state.il.us/iema/
Indiana
http://www.ai.org/sema/introduction.html
Iowa
http://www.state.ia.us/government/dpd/emd/index.htm
Kansas
http://www.ink.org/public/kdem/
Kentucky
http://kyem.dma.state.ky.us/
Louisiana
http://199.188.3.91/
Maine
http://www.state.me.us/mema
Maryland
http://www.mema.state.md.us/
Massachusetts
http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/mema/
Michigan
http://www.msp.state.mi.us/division/emd/emdweb1.htm
Minnesota
http://www.dps.state.mn.us/emermgt/index.html
Mississippi
http://www.temd.state.ms.us/
Missouri
http://www.sema.state.mo.us/semapage.htm
Montana
http://discoveringmontana.com/DMA/DES/index.shtml
Nebraska
http://www.nebema.org/
Nevada
http://dem.state.nv.us/index1.htm
New Hampshire
http://www.nhoem.state.nh.us/
New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/njsp/ems/ems.html
New Mexico
http://www.dps.nm.org/emergency/em_index.htm
New York
http://www.nysemo.state.ny.us/
North Carolina
http://www.dem.dcc.state.nc.us/index.htm
North Dakota
http://www.state.nd.us/dem/
Ohio
http://www.state.oh.us/odps/division/ema/
Oklahoma
http://www.onenet.net/~odcem/
Oregon
http://www.osp.state.or.us/oem/
Pennsylvania
http://www.pema.state.pa.us/
Rhode Island
http://www.state.ri.us/riema/
South Carolina
http://www.state.sc.us/epd/
South Dakota
http://www.state.sc.us/epd/
Tennessee
http://www.tnema.org/
Texas
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/
Utah
http://www.cem.state.ut.us/
Vermont
http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vem/index.html
Virginia
http://www.vdem.state.va.us/
Washington
http://www.wa.gov/wsem/
West Virginia
http://www.state.wv.us/wvoes/
Wisconsin
http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/dma/wem/index.htm
Wyoming
http://wema.state.wy.us/
