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Welcome to the Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (OHSEM) Web site.
Updated daily, this Web site gives you the tools to get informed, get prepared, and get involved.
An involved community is a well prepared community and your family’s partnership with Harris County is the foundation of our homeland security and emergency management strategy.
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett and OHSEM hope you will visit our site often.
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The Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (OEM) will help prepare, safeguard, and protect the citizens and property of Harris County from the effects of disasters through effective planning, preparation, response, and recovery activities. To accomplish this mission, the Harris County OEM will:
- Coordinate and maintain the development of a comprehensive emergency management plan (the Basic Plan) to provide effective disaster preparation, response, and recovery operations;
- Provide and coordinate the development and delivery of effective public outreach programs to educate, prepare, and inform our citizens and emergency response partners;
- Activate and staff an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to coordinate and support efforts to respond to, and recover from, emergencies and disasters;
- Collect, provide, and disseminate information to first responders, elected officials, the media, and our citizens during an emergency; and
- Work closely with all local, state and national resources to obtain funding and other aid in support of county initiatives.
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