Emergency management aims to facilitate and maintain a strategic framework that enhances policies with a comprehensive and integrative program that focuses on an all-hazards approach to emergency management in the City of Raleigh. Emergency management coordinates planning and preparedness, response, and recovery efforts to mitigate the impacts of a disaster or emergency. By planning and preparing for natural, man-made, and technological events in advance, emergency management plays a crucial role in reducing the loss of life and property by minimizing disruptions to essential services and infrastructure.
Emergency management functions unite stakeholders and support communication, collaboration, and information sharing to improve emergency response and enhance community engagement and participation. Promoting multidimensional efforts to reduce the City's vulnerability to hazards is essential for community-wide resiliency.
Emergency Management also manages the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), which is staffed with City personnel to ensure a unified response to support our community before, during, and after a disaster event.
