Mississippi HB1643 creates the Mississippi Department of Emergency Management to consolidate emergency management functions within the state.
Mississippi HB1643 establishes the Mississippi Department of Emergency Management within the executive branch of state government. The department will house emergency management subagencies, units, and offices. It will create model shelter guidelines, provide strategies for local emergency management, and establish a postdisaster communications system. The bill also creates an Office of Administrative Services within the department.
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