Talk:Office of emergency management

Factual issues
I fixed it a bit. OEM as described here was just a unit of the EPA but I think based on the contextual links to this page, the original author was trying to describe the agencies at all level of government that are responsible for emergency management. So I tried to make it a little more general and provide links to some typical agencies that are the OEMs for their jurisdiction. Dirtgirl 16:38, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

This is not so much a matter of getting facts wrong, as expressing them in a way that implies untrue things. Two problems. First, you say "all levels of government" as if OEMs were popular around the world; I'm guessing you mean "in the United States". Second, you imply that most local jurisdictions have a department called "Office of Emergency Mangement"; I don't know the subject, but I'm guessing that it's pretty common to have an office that serves as an OEM, but is called something else. --Isaac R 18:41, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Better now? You're right about one thing, but I won't pretend to know the subject. This just seems more approximate. - JustSomeKid

OEM = FEMA
The OEM is headed up by FEMA and can assume control of all aspects of government as stated by EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 which specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.

This is wrong. FEMA's organization does not include any "office of emergency management". FEMA is made up of Regions that include local offices and personnel, but they are not called "offices of emergency management" (that would be redundant because FEMA stands for the "federal emergency management agency"). Further, local and state offices of emergency management are completely independent and separate from the federal government. For instance, in New York City, the Office of Emergency Management reports to the Mayor, not FEMA. See my explanation above for how I think this page needed to be fixed. Dirtgirl 14:50, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio
Removed a major portion of this article for COPYVIO. It was added in 2008, ostensibly for "a school project". Most of the deleted text was copied or thinly paraphrased from the sources that were added at the same time. When I had removed all the copied material, the little that remained no longer constituted a section and it too was removed. I kept the two book sources under a further reading section--they appear to be good sources and are available in preview at googlebooks, in case any editor wants to take a stab at rebuilding this article. Richigi (talk) 14:52, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

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Rename & merge article?
Emergency management agency might be a better name for this article. Emergency management agency is currently a disambiguation page for the types of agencies described and listed in this article. This article may also be a good fit as the main article for the Category:Emergency management by country. HugoHelp (talk) 20:29, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

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