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Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management


The Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) plans and prepares for emergencies, educates the public about preparedness, coordinates emergency response and recovery, and collects and disseminates emergency information.

Car flooded outFlood Safety

The weather here in Southeast Texas can be pretty crazy! Barely out of a drought, and now there's talk of excess rainfall. All while climatologists are still forecasting drought! No stranger to severe weather, the Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management has learned a few things about flood safety. We have a whole folder of flood safety information posted on this site, but here are some highlights:

Turn Around, Don't Drown!

Since 1960 over 600 people have been killed by floods in the State of Texas alone, with 65% of those deaths in vehicles. There are two main threats when driving though standing water more >>

Fort Bend County Emergency Preparedness Workshop - Friday May 11, 2012 8am-1pm at the Rosenberg Civic and Convention CenterRegister Buttonflyercontact

About this site

This site exists to keep you informed on the happenings at the OEM and on current EM news throughout the region, state and country. Our goal is to provide a valuable online resource for other emergency responders, the public and the media.

Development of this site is funded by a grant from the US Department of Homeland Security, administered by the State of Texas Governor's Division of Emergency Management.

Hazard Mitigation Action Plan

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Volunteer Opportunities

Fort Bend County OEM offers many opportunities for volunteers to be engaged in emergency planning, response, recovery and mitigation. Please see the Volunteer section of our site for more information, and check out the upcoming events listed below:

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Lightning Safety

This week please take time to learn more about lightning and how to stay safe!

More lightning information can be found at lightningsafety.noaa.gov

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Information Library

As we find interesting information relating to emergency management, we post it to our Emergency Management Information Library.

The purpose of this Library is to help inform, collaborate with, and support others in the field of emergency management.

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