DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Description: The DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agencies represent the police, fire, rescue, and other emergency services provided by the District of Columbia including the DC Emergency Management Agency (DC EMA).

Inventory Elements:

• DC Homeland Security and Emergency Centers

Projects:

• none

Roles and Responsibilities:

Emergency Management
• Receive mayday messages and security alarms, determines an appropriate response, and either uses internal resources or contacts a local agency to provide that response
• Recieve landline public safety calls and forward to appropriate dispatch center
• Conduct offensive operations to mitigate a hazardous material emergency
• Supports coordination of evacuation plans among federal state and local transportation, emergency and law enforcement agencies that may be involved in a large scale evacuation
• Coordinates evacuation plans among allied agencies and manages evacuation and reentry of population in the vicinity of a disaster or other emergency that poses as a risk to security
• Interface with other transportation management agencies to support coordinated emergency response involving multiple agencies
• Maintain centralized emergency management system
• Monitors and detects potential, looming and actual disasters including natural and man-made disasters
• Provide emergency response plans or event plans

Incident Management
• Interface with other transportation agencies to support coordinated emergency/incident response involving multiple agencies in District of Columbia