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Providence Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) 

PEMA has a single mission which integrates Emergency Management and Homeland Security. 

Vision Statement

It is the vision of the Providence Emergency Management Agency & Office of Homeland Security to be recognized as the most professional, well respected, proactive, community and customer oriented municipal emergency management and agency in the State of Rhode Island.

Mission 

Providence Emergency Management Agency is charged with protecting the community by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters.

We undertake this mission with clear customer-focus and recognition that people are the most valuable asset. We value the contributions and dedication of the personnel who staff the emergency response and management systems. We employ and deploy the best available technologies in support of our mission.

Strategy for Reducing Risks for Natural Hazards

The Providence Emergency Management Agency in cooperation The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) and The University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Center/Rhode Island Sea Grant has assisted the City in developing a specific Natural Hazard Mitigation Strategy. Mitigation planning combines technical analysis and community participation to make wise choices among alternative strategies to achieve long-term sustainability. This strategy will provide the framework for the City to conduct pro-active planning and education to prevent damage to property, life, and resources, and to preserve and enhance the quality of life, property and resources for residents and visitors of Providence by the following:

• Incorporating hazard mitigation into project review,
• Developing and implementing public outreach and incentive programs, and
• Determining post-disaster mitigation opportunities

Natural hazards that affect Providence are floods, severe winds and snow/ice. The mitigation strategy assesses what is at risk and recommends detailed mitigation actions.

Organizational Structure

Four Phases of Emergency Management

• Mitigation.  Activities providing a critical foundation in the effort to reduce the loss of life and property from natural and/or manmade disasters by avoiding or lessening the impact of a disaster and providing value to the public by creating safer communities. Mitigation seeks to fix the cycle of disaster damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage. These activities or actions, in most cases, will have a long-term sustained effect.
  
• Preparedness.  Actions that involve a combination of planning, resources, training, exercising, and organizing to build, sustain, and improve operational capabilities. Preparedness is the process of identifying the personnel, training, and equipment needed for a wide range of potential incidents, and developing jurisdiction-specific plans for delivering capabilities when needed for an incident.
  
• Response.  Immediate actions to save lives, protect property and the environment, and meet basic human needs. Response also includes the execution of emergency plans and actions to support short-term recovery. 
  
• Recovery.  The development, coordination, and execution of service- and site-restoration plans; the reconstitution of government operations and services; individual, private-sector, nongovernmental, and public-assistance programs to provide housing and to promote restoration; long-term care and treatment of affected persons; additional measures for social, political, environmental, and economic restoration; evaluation of the incident to identify lessons learned; post-incident reporting; and development of initiatives to mitigate the effects of future incidents.

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Internet Resources For more information go to the National Response Framework (NRF) Resource Center located at: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/index.htm