The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) collaborates across the Institution to improve the Smithsonian's ability to respond to emergencies and recover from disasters. OEM works closely with Smithsonian staff to perform emergency planning and manage emergency operations, conduct training and exercises, perform risk reduction activities, and improve the Smithsonian's overall capacity to respond to and recover from natural, technological, and human-made hazards. Our work also involves working side-by-side with local, state and federal partners to address emergency issues at our facilities and properties, and promote the greater public safety interests in the communities we call “home.”
Mission – Manages the institutional Emergency Management program, leading and supporting Smithsonian units in enhancing preparedness and resilience, through training, exercises, planning, risk mitigation, and coordinating emergency response and recovery operations in actual or potential emergencies/disasters.
Vision – Become the preeminent emergency management (EM) organization for research, education, and museum facilities and organizations in the world!
Helpful Links
- Ready.gov
- District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (DC HSEMA)
- Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)
- Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM)
- New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM)
- New Jersey Office of Emergency Management
- Cambridge (MA) Emergency Management
- County of Hawai’i (Hilo, HI) Civil Defense Agency
- Santa Cruz County (AZ) Office of Emergency Management
- St. Lucie County (FL) Division of Emergency Management
