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Program Description

  Emergency Management Planning, Response, and Recovery

The Emergency Management Planning, Response, and Recovery program represents the core programmatic activities of OEMHS. This program includes the planning, training, and exercising activities aimed at preparing County departments, non-profit partners, critical infrastructure, and County residents for large-scale emergencies. Major threats that this program addresses include, but are not limited to, cybersecurity, impacts from climate change, terrorism and other acts of violence, major storms, pandemics, and other large-scale events such as structure fires. This program also includes the County Facility Emergency Action Plan and Continuity of Operations planning, employee training for emergency events, and other activities aimed at ensuring an effective countywide response to events impacting County government and residents. It also supports the Alert Montgomery system and associated emergency alerting, preparing, and operating the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), and administration of the Hazard Materials Permitting process.

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Program Contacts

Contact Nicole Markuski of the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security at 240-777-2333 or Derrick Harrigan of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2759 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY23Actual FY24Estimated FY25Target FY26Target FY27
Percent of County Facility Emergency Action Plans reviewed within 90 days of submission/contract100%100%100%100%100%
Percent of employees who have completed Employee Emergency Training or Workplace Violence Level23.0%32.5%34.0%36.0%38.0%
Percent of principal County departments and offices with a continuity of operations plan score of 2.5 or higher63.0%66.0%68.0%70.0%72.0%
Percent of County residents subscribed to Alert Montgomery 127.4%24.7%25.1%25.4%25.8%
Percent of Emergency Management Accreditation standards met by the County100%87%75%100%100%
1  In FY23, the population estimates used to calculate this measure were updated using the 2020 decennial census population of 1,062,061.
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved210236214.00
Restore: One-time FY25 Lapse Adjustment1564210.00
Reduce: Loss of Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Program Previously Funded by Grant Funds-390893-2.50
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.2904791.50
FY26 Recommended215836913.00