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2. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

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   A free-standing law, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) was commonly known as SARA Title III. Its purpose is to encourage and support emergency planning efforts at the state and local levels and to provide the public and local governments with information concerning potential chemical hazards present in their ...

3. Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

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   The agency has direct predecessors going at least back to 1955. In 2002, it was promoted to be a staff office headed by an Assistant Secretary, and in 2006 it was expanded and renamed the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In July 2022, it was announced that the agency was being ...

4. United States federal government continuity of operations

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   The George W. Bush administration put the Continuity of Operations plan into effect for the first time directly following the September 11 attacks.Their implementation involved a rotating staff of 75 to 150 senior officials and other government workers from every federal executive department and other parts of the executive branch in two secure bunkers on the East Coast.

5. Office of emergency management - Wikipedia

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   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 to natural, manmade, technological, or otherwise ...

6. Mutual aid (emergency services) - Wikipedia

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   Large municipalities typically have enough fire and emergency medical services resources to handle large local incidents. However, in the case of multiple alarm fires, mass casualty incidents (MCIs) or large-scale hazardous material incidents, that municipality may call in resources from surrounding towns to either respond directly to the incident scene or take up quarters in their fire and ...

7. New Orleans Office of Homeland Security & Emergency ...

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   The office is structured into two divisions: Response & Interoperability and Planning & Preparedness. [1] The agency oversees the NOLA Ready preparedness program, which includes the NOLA Ready Emergency Alert System, which is New Orleans’ emergency preparedness program. It keeps residents informed through alerts, social media, public events ...

8. Toronto Office of Emergency Management - Wikipedia

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   an emergency plan; training programs and exercises for employees of municipalities and other persons with respect to the provision of required services and procedures to be followed in emergency response and recovery activities, public education on risks to public safety and on public preparedness for emergencies, and

9. Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance

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   An overview of ERHMS. Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance (ERHMS) is a health monitoring and surveillance framework developed by a consortium of federal agencies, state health departments, and volunteer responder groups designed to address existing gaps in surveillance and health monitoring of emergency responders. [1]