Office of emergency management

And Houston Public Works is actually our home now.

The Office of Emergency Management is departmentally aligned with Houston Public Works, so we have a lot of resource support for that all the time.

Where I think we are often hesitant and shouldn't be is pulling in our human services partners.

So with the Houston Health Department, American Red Cross, our, our Houston Food Bank, all of those, we tend to bring them in virtually, but that convening in person, when other folks are together in person and other folks are virtual, that's not always the best way to go about it because some of the best conversations and the prioritization of the resources and alignment are natural conversations that are not often part of the typical cycle.

We're joined by Emma Williams, the city of Frederick's brand new emergency manager.

Emma leads the city's Office of Emergency Management, which works year round on planning, training and coordination.

So the city is ready for whatever comes.

Yes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, one last question before we get off to our next, uh, section here, now that you've been here a little over, uh, a little while, what are your goals for the office of emergency management over the next year?

Yeah.

This is Hometown Ready, a podcast from the Springfield-Green County Office of Emergency Management.

We talk preparedness, public safety, and what actually happens behind the scenes before, during, and after emergencies.

Whether you're here to learn something new or just curious about how it all works, you're in the right place.

Hello, and welcome back to the Hometown Ready podcast.

I'm Nicolette Zingara, Public Information Officer.

And I'm Ronnie Bell, Community Engagement Specialist for the Springfield-Green County Office of Emergency Management.

On this episode, we're going to dive into disaster response and recovery from the local, state, and federal level.

Today, we're joined by two representatives of FEMA Region 7.

Yeah.

How quickly does your organization and the operations center here at the Office of Emergency Management mobilize? I mean, when the key bridge fell, you got a call and said, no, it's not AI, it's

It's

real.

It affects me.

It doesn't affect me, whatever it is.

But that's a great resource that the county and the Office of Emergency Management provides to people.

And we're looking to expand that.