Office of Emergency Management improves safety in Baltimore

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THE CITY OF BALTIMORE IS BECOMING SAFER, AND ONE WAY THAT HAPPENS IS THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ACTIVATING TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. WHERE THERE’S ARTSCAPE, WHERE THERE’S AFRAM, WHETHER IT’S THE MARYLAND CYCLING CLASSIC, WHETHER IT’S THE RUNNING FESTIVAL, BEHIND THE SCENES. A LOT OF PLANNING AND EFFORT GOES INTO IT, AND A LOT OF COLLABORATION FROM FIRST RESPONDERS TO LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS. MONITORING CAMERAS, WEATHER CONDITIONS, UPDATES FROM THE GROUND AND A HOST OF OTHER TOOLS AT THEIR DISPOSAL. THE BIGGEST THING WE CAN DO IS TO ALLEVIATE SOME PROBLEMS THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS MIGHT HAVE LATER ON. SO IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY, OR WE CAN. INSTILL INFORMATION ON THEM SO THEY DON’T BECOME A VICTIM, WE’VE DONE OUR JOB. EMERGENCY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF THE CITY’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, JOEY HENDERSON, SAYS THEY’RE ALSO MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA AND INVESTIGATING INFORMATION FROM STATE PARTNERS. WE WANT TO BE VISIBLE AND WE WANT TO BE VISIBLE ON PURPOSE. SO, YOU KNOW, FOLKS CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY THEMSELVES. OEM ACTIVATES THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, MONITORING WEATHER CHANGES, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND DISTURBANCES, WHETHER INTENTIONAL OR ACCIDENTAL. WE HAD THE DEATH VEST. WE HAD A LARGE CONVENTION AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. OF COURSE WE HAD ARTSCAPE. WE HAD THE WINE EVENT DOWN AT THE INNER HARBOR. AND THAT WAS JUST LAST WEEKEND. MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT, REACTING TO THE ACTIVATION FOR ARTSCAPE, IN A STATEMENT, SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, WHILE BALTIMOREANS ARE ENJOYING MAJOR FESTIVALS LIKE THIS ONE, SO MUCH WORK IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES TO KEEP US SAFE AND RESPOND IF NEEDED. AS WE SAW IN A FEW UNFORTUNATE SITUATIONS THIS WEEKEND. AGAIN, I’M GRATEFUL FOR THE WEEKS OF INTERAGENCY COOPERATION THAT MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE AND THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THOSE ON THE GROUND AT ARTSCAPE. OEM ALSO MANAGES THE BE MORE ALERT SYSTEM AND ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS FROM DOWNTOWN. I’

Office of Emergency Management helping boost Baltimore’s safety image

Baltimore is no longer on a list of 25 most dangerous cities, and one of the reasons that’s possible is how city leaders are coordinating in their work to keep residents safe.Statistics show Baltimore is becoming safer. One way that happens is monitoring by the Emergency Operations Center.”Whether it’s Artscape, whether it’s AFRAM, whether it’s the Maryland Cycling Classic, whether it’s the Running Festival — behind the scenes, a lot of planning and effort goes into it,” said said Joey Henderson, the director and emergency manager of the Baltimore City Office of Emergency Management.First responders from local and state agencies collaborate to monitor cameras, weather conditions, updates from the ground and a host of other tools at their disposal.”The biggest thing we can do is to alleviate some problems that our first responders might have later on. So, if we can get people out of harm’s way or we can instill information on them so they don’t become a victim, we’ve done our job,” Henderson told 11 News. Henderson told 11 News that OEM also monitors social media and investigates information from state partners. “We want to be visible, and we want to be visible on purpose, so folks can actually enjoy themselves,” Henderson told 11 News.OEM activates the Emergency Operations Center to monitor weather changes, medical emergencies and disturbances, whether intentional or accidental.”We had the ‘DeathFest,’ we had a large convention down at the convention center, of course, we had Artscape, we had the wine event down at the Inner Harbor,” Henderson told 11 News.That was just last weekend. Speaking to the activation of the EOC for Artscape, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement: “While Baltimoreans are enjoying major festivals like this one, so much work is going on behind the scenes to keep us safe — and respond if needed, as we saw in a few unfortunate situations this weekend. Again, I’m grateful for the weeks of interagency cooperation that made this event possible and the professionalism of those on the ground at Artscape.”OEM also manages the BMORE alert system and encourages everyone to sign up for emergency alerts.

BALTIMORE —

Baltimore is no longer on a list of 25 most dangerous cities, and one of the reasons that’s possible is how city leaders are coordinating in their work to keep residents safe.

Statistics show Baltimore is becoming safer. One way that happens is monitoring by the Emergency Operations Center.

“Whether it’s Artscape, whether it’s AFRAM, whether it’s the Maryland Cycling Classic, whether it’s the Running Festival — behind the scenes, a lot of planning and effort goes into it,” said said Joey Henderson, the director and emergency manager of the Baltimore City Office of Emergency Management.

First responders from local and state agencies collaborate to monitor cameras, weather conditions, updates from the ground and a host of other tools at their disposal.

“The biggest thing we can do is to alleviate some problems that our first responders might have later on. So, if we can get people out of harm’s way or we can instill information on them so they don’t become a victim, we’ve done our job,” Henderson told 11 News.

Henderson told 11 News that OEM also monitors social media and investigates information from state partners.

“We want to be visible, and we want to be visible on purpose, so folks can actually enjoy themselves,” Henderson told 11 News.

OEM activates the Emergency Operations Center to monitor weather changes, medical emergencies and disturbances, whether intentional or accidental.

“We had the ‘DeathFest,’ we had a large convention down at the convention center, of course, we had Artscape, we had the wine event down at the Inner Harbor,” Henderson told 11 News.

That was just last weekend. Speaking to the activation of the EOC for Artscape, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement: “While Baltimoreans are enjoying major festivals like this one, so much work is going on behind the scenes to keep us safe — and respond if needed, as we saw in a few unfortunate situations this weekend. Again, I’m grateful for the weeks of interagency cooperation that made this event possible and the professionalism of those on the ground at Artscape.”

OEM also manages the BMORE alert system and encourages everyone to sign up for emergency alerts.

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