About DEM 2017

I hear you know how to get stuff…

Who is DEM and what do they do?

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Disaster Response

Where we live

Emergency Management

Response and Recovery

 State Emergency Operations Center (also virtual)  WebEOC  Mobile Command Vehicle  Community Support Liaisons  Resources and Missions (Statewide and EMAC)  FEMA

When do we step in?

 Scope of incident  Two or more local EOCs

activated  Two or more state

agencies activated  When requested

When we start getting questions from the Governor’s office

We get busy

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Improving coordination

 Many resources – Haste makes waste  Who is in charge?  Coordination at the local level  Conference calls  Know your stakeholders

Joe Dougherty Public information officer Utah Division of Emergency Management jdougherty@utah.gov