Governor's Office of Homeland Security

The Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), which is part of the Maryland Military Department, provides logistical and infrastructure support to the Office of Homeland Security. MEMA manages many of the federal grants funding a broad range of initiatives leading to enhanced protection from and responses to the full range of natural and man-made disasters which could threaten our citizens.

STAYING PREPARED >

GOALS FOR A PREPARED MARYLAND Security begins at home. On September 11, 2001 it became all too clear that America itself had become the second front in a new kind of war. In Maryland, as elsewhere in our nation, homeland security often begins with a call to 911—a local call that is answered by the firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians in our cities and counties.