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Welcome to Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
The Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (OEMHS) provides planning, training, exercises, and educational outreach programs related to natural and man-made disasters to assist and prepare citizens, government agencies, and private/non-profit organizations prior to, during, and after a local emergency or disaster.
 
The OEMHS works as an interagency coordinator in partnership with local, state, federal and private entities to provide comprehensive planning, response, mitigation and recovery capabilities for all hazard potentials facing the City and County of Denver. We also manage the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during any major emergency or disaster and activates emergency warning systems.
 
We are located in the City & County Building, 1437 Bannock Street, Room 3, Denver, CO 80202
 
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CERT 

The Citizen Emergency Response Training (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, and disaster medical operations. Using their training, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event and can take a more active role in preparing our community.
  
Emergency Management News Updates

FEMA chief promises help for the Bay Area (The Bay Area Citizen)
FEMA may be a little slow on the draw at times, but you have to give them an A for their effort during the recovery from Hurricane Ike.

Judge orders Jefferson holdouts to leave FEMA trailers (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
The first two of 260 FEMA trailer lawsuits that Jefferson Parish filed have gone to court, and the outcome was not good for the defendants. State District Judge Donnie Rowan gave the trailer dwellers until Monday to turn in their keys.

FEMA extends Ike deadline (Waller County News Citizen)
AUSTIN, Texas – At the request of the State of Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that renters, homeowners and business owners who suffered damages from Hurricane Ike now have until December 12 to register for state and federal disaster assistance.

Hamburger Luncheon draws residents, FEMA reps (Baytown Sun)
Along with volunteers grilling hamburgers Saturday at the Roseland Park Pavilion, two FEMA representatives set up shop to help answer questions about Hurricane Ike recovery.

FEMA Opens Center and Extends Help Deadline (WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria)
WMBD/WYZZ-TV— PEORIA --FEMA is opening a Disaster Recovery Center in Peoria County to help anyone affected from September's storms and flooding. Services will include housing, referrals, loan assistance and application status information.

Miller Ferry receives FEMA grant (The Salisbury Post)
ATLANTA — Miller Ferry Fire Department in Rowan County will benefit from grants released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today. FE ...

FEMA installs trailer; city says get rid of it (Galveston County Daily News)
TEXAS CITY — FEMA installed a mobile home for a woman whose island apartment was flooded, but Texas City doesn't allow the temporary structures.

FEMA Relocates to Whitehouse (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
AUSTIN -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency/State Disaster Recovery Center has relocated to Whitehouse and will be open today through Monday to provide face-to-face assistance to those who suffered damage from Hurricane Ike.

FEMA: Funds Available For SoCal Fire Victims (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
Residents who had homes damaged or destroyed in the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and Santa Barbara counties can now register for state and federal disaster relief with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, officials announced Saturday.

Radford Fire Department gets FEMA grant (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Radford Fire and EMS will receive a grant from FEMA. The federal agency will give the department $22,709 through the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant.
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