Emergency Management & Volunteer Services

The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and Volunteer Services is responsible for establishing and implementing plans to minimize the impact and affects that can occur before, during and after a disaster.

The Office of Emergency Management prepares the City and residents through planning, training and exercises in the four phases of Emergency Management – Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery.

The Office of Emergency Management and Volunteer Services provides these services for the City:

• Operational readiness of the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
• Collaborate and coordinate with City departments, neighboring cities, the County and State during an EOC activation or incident
• Develop, implement, and maintain City Emergency Operations Plan moval.org/eop and Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP)
• Coordinate & conduct training, drills, and exercises for City personnel
• Provide disaster and emergency preparedness information and outreach to the community, businesses, faith and non-profit partners
• Provide Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), Listos, and other disaster-related trainings to the community
• Coordinate Citywide volunteer program