NYC Emergency Management
| NYC Emergency Management | |
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 Agency van with current logo. |
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| Formed | 1996 |
| Jurisdiction | City of New York |
| Headquarters | 165 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NYC |
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| Website | www1 |
The NYC Emergency Management (NYCEM) (formerly New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM)) was originally formed in 1996 as part of the Mayor's Office under Rudolph W. Giuliani. By a vote of city residents in 2001 it became an independent agency, headed by a Commissioner who reports to the Mayor. In 2006 the office was reorganized under the Deputy Mayor for Administration by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The agency is responsible for oversight and development of the City's emergency management plans. NYCEM regularly tests plans by conducting drills and exercises, and responds to emergencies to ensure that other agencies not only follow these plans, but to foster communication amongst the responding agencies. NYCEM also operates the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) where city, state and federal agencies join representatives from the private and nonprofit sectors to coordinate complex responses to emergencies and disasters.
The agency also developed and runs the Notify NYC emergency alert program, by which citizens can sign up to receive phone and email alerts about emergencies and events happening in their neighborhoods.
The agency is also the administrator of New York City's community emergency response teams. Each community emergency response team (CERT) is coterminous with a local community district.
The current Commissioner of NYCEM is Joseph Esposito, a former New York Police Department Department Chief.
From 1999 until September 11, 2001, New York City's Emergency Operations Center was housed on the 23rd floor of the 7 World Trade Center building. Prior to the decision to use 7 World Trade Center, MetroTech Center, in Brooklyn, was also considered for the Emergency Operations Center.
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