City of Baltimore - File #: 12-0076R

• File #: 12-0076R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Mayor's Office of Emergency Management
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 11/19/2012
• In control: Public Safety Committee
• Final action: 9/8/2014
• Title: Informational Hearing - Mayor's Office of Emergency Management FOR the purpose of inviting representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management (MOEM) to inform the Baltimore City Council and the citizens of Baltimore about the activities of this agency and how these activities may help protect Baltimore from the impact of natural and man-made disasters.
• Sponsors: Warren Branch, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Carl Stokes, President Young, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, William H. Cole, IV, Nick Mosby
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/8/2014	0	Public Safety Committee	Recommended Favorably
9/8/2014	0	City Council	Adopted
11/4/2013	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
11/22/2012	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/19/2012	0	City Council	Introduced
11/19/2012	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Branch


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Mayor's Office of Emergency Management

FOR the purpose of inviting representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management (MOEM) to inform the Baltimore City Council and the citizens of Baltimore about the activities of this agency and how these activities may help protect Baltimore from the impact of natural and man-made disasters.
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The Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management (MOEM) evolved from Baltimore’s Civil Defense program that was established to prepare and protect citizens from nuclear attack, during the time of the “Cold War”, which started in the 1950's.

In 2002, after the great Howard Street Tunnel fire, in 2001, and after the events of “9/11” in that same year, Mayor Martin O’Malley moved the office from the Department of Public Works to the Fire Department. In 2008, under Mayor Sheila Dixon, the Office of Emergency Management was incorporated into the Mayor’s Office, while it administratively remains part of the Fire Department. Today the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management is concerned with preparedness and response to natural and man-made disasters.

According to MOEM’s City website, on a day-to-day basis, its primary function is to implement programs that prepare the City for major emergencies. It is responsible for citywide interagency preparedness by ...