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Welcome...

The Governor's Office of Homeland Security was established on 23 June 2003. The Office serves as the direct liaison to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as well as coordinating State departments, agencies, counties, and municipalities in matters of homeland security and emergency preparedness.

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.

OUR VISION

To protect the public through a continuous, cost effective, and sustainable State of Readiness that is resistant to foreign and domestic terrorist threats, and prepared for natural disasters.

OUR MISSION

To provide emergency management and terrorism prevention services to the citizens of Maryland through an All Hazards Approach that builds on the creative coordination of existing state functions and local resources such as emergency management, law enforcement, fire, and communications.

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.

Visit the Department of Homeland Security site Ready.gov to find out how you can prepare against terrorism.