New York City Emergency Management

New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM)
predecessor	New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
Headquarters	165 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn , New York City , New York
Authority management	Deanne Criswell
Web presence	nyc.gov/site/em/index.page

New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) is the civil protection and civil protection agency for the city of New York City .

It was established in 1996 as the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and was part of the administration of Lord Mayor Rudolph Giuliani . In 2001, due to a referendum, it became an independent authority with an additional commissioner at the head of an alderman who reports directly to the mayor. Under Giuliani's successor Michael Bloomberg , a reorganization took place in 2006 with the subordination to the deputy mayor for administration .

The authority is responsible for monitoring and drawing up the deployment plans for various disaster scenarios . She is responsible for the operation of the emergency operations management during exercises and in an emergency with the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC). This is to ensure the cooperation of all federal, state and city authorities as well as the auxiliary services (including private ones).

Responsibilities in the event of major incidents are regulated as follows: The municipal fire brigade has its own top management, as does the municipal police . NYCEM will coordinate the authorities and emergency services. When this becomes necessary and in what form is determined internally.

Typical deployments were or are September 11, 2001 , winter storms, impending floods, hurricanes like Irene and Sandy , extreme heat, large-scale power outages like 2003 or 2019 , the 2004 Republican National Convention (party convention of the Republican Party), the 2005 traffic strike or the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States .

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  Brooklyn office

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  NYCEM vehicle

literature

• William K. Rashbaum and Michelle O'Donnell: Roles in Disaster Cause Rift in City . In: The New York Times , April 3, 2004.
• Marc Pitzke: Disaster control in New York: waiting for the apocalypse. In: Spiegel Online from January 24, 2007

Individual evidence

1. ^ Meet the Executive Staff - NYCEM .

Web links

• Homepage: New York City Emergency Management