Welcome to the New York State Emergency Management Association WebSite.This website will be used to focus on the needs of our group and to provide information and the latest news to our members. NYSEMA is responsible for the content of this site and we welcome your input into what you would like to see here.
The purpose of the Association is to facilitate the following:
A. Promote active, on-going and adequately funded emergency management programs at all levels of government (local, State and Federal); and
B. Build on the foundation of existing emergency management plans, systems and capabilities to broaden their applicability to the full spectrum of emergencies, emphasizing implementation of emergency management measures that are known to be effective; and
C. Foster a full Local, State and Federal Governmental Partnership with provisions for flexibility at all levels of government for achieving common goals; and
D. Promote more complete integration of emergency management planning into Local and State policy making and operational systems; and
E. Assist in the development
of a coordinated response network through the combined efforts of Local, State,
Federal Agencies and the Private Sector.