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Office of Emergency Management

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Mission statement
Enhancing community safety and survival through mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

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The City of Saco Office of Emergency Management is a functional department within the city structure, the office is the local representative of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The office is responsible for the development and upkeep of the city's emergency response and all hazards plans.

The office is also responsible for the coordination and management of resources during natural and manmade disasters, as well as enemy attack and large scale emergencies. These resources consist of city departments, county state and federal agencies as well as volunteers and private organizations.

A message from the Director
Please take the time to educate yourself and prepare to self-sustain for the first 72 hours of a disaster or emergency.

• http://www.fema.gov/hazard/winter/wi_before.shtm
• http://www.maine.gov/mema/prepare/
• http://www.maine.gov/mema/prepare/prep_tips.shtml

Preparing for severe weather
Here is a list of projects you can do to help prepare your home for severe weather.

Prepare for spring flooding
Spring has finally arrived and as a result of this winters excessive precipitation, the potential for flooding exists!

Preparing for a pandemic
The City of Saco is providing the following links for citizens who wish to plan and prepare for a potential pandemic flu or avian flu.

If you have any question that can not be answered by the information provided, we recommend you contact your health care provider.

• www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/tab3.html
  
  
• www.maineflu.gov
  

Computer and powerpoint grant received
Saco and Biddeford Savings Institution has made a generous donation of a laptop computer, powerpoint software and a digital camera system to the Office of Emergency Management.

Homeland Security Training Grant received
The cities of Saco and Biddeford were recently awarded a United States Department of Homeland Security Grant in excess of $25,000.

Are you prepared?
72hours.org is one of several websites that offer excellent advice on how to prepare for disasters. For a list of sites, see our Useful information and links page.

Citizen Corps
The Citizen Corps is a Federal Emergency Management Agency project to coordinate volunteer safety activities.

Community Emergency Response Team
The Community Emergency Response Team program is designed to train citizens to respond to emergency situations.

Be prepared
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has information on preparing for terrorist attacks and other emergencies. For more information, click on the link to www.ready.gov.

Department of Homeland Security
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has information on preparing for terrorist attacks and other emergencies.