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Fort Bend County
Office of Emergency Management


Show in the OEM back lotThe 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.

About the Office of Emergency Management

An Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is an agency at the local, state or national level that holds responsibility of comprehensively planning for and responding to all manner of disasters, whether man-made or natural. An OEM may also be requested to provide consequence management for large special events such as major gatherings, visiting dignitaries, etc.

Emergency Management organizations often hold different names (such as "office of emergency preparedness" or "emergency management," but perform the same function. In the United States, FEMA is the agency responsible for emergency management on the national level. Examples of state and local agencies are listed below. Large federal and state agencies, such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as private companies often maintain OEM's as discrete departments responsible for handling organizational emergency preparations and response plans.

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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Alerts & Advisories

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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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