CHEMICAL STOCKPILE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM
Under Maryland Emergency Management Agency. Program abolished in March 2005 after elimination of chemical weapons stockpile stored at Aberdeen.
DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS BRANCH
Under Maryland Emergency Management Agency, established in 1999. Renamed Domestic Preparedness and Law Enforcement Liaison in 2007, Domestic Preparedness in 2008.
Abolished in 2008.
EXERCISE & TRAINING PROGRAM
Under Operations, renamed Active Learning and Exercising in 2012.
INFANTRY, 58TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
Under Maryland Army National Guard, renamed 58th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade in Sept. 2010.
LOGISTICS DIRECTORATE
Under Maryland Emergency Management Agency, Logistics Directorate started as Budget, Fiscal and Logistics Division. Division became Personnel, Fiscal and Logistics in 2002, and was restructured as Logistics Directorate in 2004.
Abolished in 2007.
MARYLAND RADIOLOGIC FACILITY
At Middle River, the Facility (a laboratory for instrument calibration) closed on Oct. 1, 1997.
MARYLAND TERRORISM FORUM
Donald M. (Doc) Lumpkins, State Domestic Preparedness Officer
Appointed by Chairs, Maryland Terrorism Forum: Glen Payne; Edward P. Sherlock, Jr.; Gene Worthington; one vacancy.
Ex officio: Kendl P. Philbrick, Secretary of the Environment; Nelson J. Sabatini, Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Robert L. Flanagan, Secretary of Transportation; Robert R. Bass, M.D., Executive Director, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems; John W. Droneburg III, Director, Maryland Emergency Management Agency; Donald M. (Doc) Lumpkins, State Domestic Preparedness Officer, Maryland Emergency Management Agency.
To coordinate defense against a terrorist attack, Governor created Maryland Terrorism Forum in 1998. Members of Forum represented those federal, State and local agencies responsible for preparing, responding and recovering from terrorist attack. Forum worked through committees to develop policies and manage efforts to improve defense.
In Dec. 2003, Forum was disbanded, and its functions assumed by Emergency Management Advisory Council.
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY
Within Maryland Emergency Management Agency, Office of Technology formed in Sept. 2002; renamed Technical Support Directorate in Sept. 2004.
OPERATIONS
Under Operations directorate, abolished in 2009.
OPERATIONS DIVISION
Under Maryland Emergency Management Agency, renamed Readiness Division in Sept. 2002.
PERSONNEL, FISCAL & LOGISTICS DIVISION
Renamed Logistics Directorate in Sept. 2004.
PLANNING
Under Operations, renamed Adaptive Planning in 2012.
PLANS DIRECTORATE
Under Maryland Emergency Management Agency, abolished in 2005.
PREPAREDNESS
Under Operations directorate, abolished in 2009.
READINESS DIVISION
Renamed Operations Directorate in Sept. 2004.
RESILIENCE & PUBLIC OUTREACH
Under Preparedness, renamed External Outreach in 2014.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Under Maryland Emergency Management Agency, Strategic Initiatives formed in 2012. It directed and monitored implementation of Agency's strategic plan for emergency management. To measure progress toward its goals, office developed a "MEMA-stat" process to coordinate data-gathering with Governor's StateStat Office. Strategic Initiatives also developed legislative initiatives to support mission and vision of Agency.
Functions transferred to Chief of Staff in May 2015.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT DIRECTORATE
Under Maryland Emergency Management Agency, renamed Technology Support in 2008.
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT
Functions provided by Department of Information Technology since 2014.
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Under Maryland Emergency Management Agency, Technology Support was created as Office of Technology in 2002. It reformed as Technical Support Directorate in Sept. 2004, and became Technology Support under Administration in 2008.
Under Maryland Emergency Management Agency, renamed Maryland Joint Operations Center in 2004.
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