Maryland Department of Emergency Management

The Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM) proactively reduces disaster risks and reliably manages consequences through collaborative work with Maryland’s communities and partners. Our core values are: Vision | Collaboration | Reliability. MDEM is a national leader in Emergency Management that provides Maryland residents, organizations, and emergency management partners with expert information, programmatic activities, and leadership in the delivery of financial, technical and physical resources “To shape a resilient Maryland where communities thrive.” We do this by being Maryland's designated source of official risk reduction and consequence management information.