Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
James Bassham, Director

The State Emergency Operations Center remains activated at Level III – State of Emergency as a result of the severe weather system that brought heavy precipitation into middle Tennessee and parts of west and east Tennessee from April 26 to April 28, 2013. Another rainy weather system will move into Tennessee on Friday, May 3, [...]

State Emergency Operations Center has gone to Level III activation, declaring a state of emergency, as of 0800 Hrs Central Time on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. CURRENT SITUATION, as of April 30, 2013 – 0900 Hrs. CST • All life-safety measures have been met. No deaths reported. • There are no requests for state assistance [...]

TEMA has issued this final situation report on the state’s response actions in East Tennessee to support Monroe County. CURRENT SITUATION, as of 1500 Hrs. CST, • All life safety measures have been met, the response phase has ended we have entered recovery phase. • The State Emergency Operations Center will scale back to Level [...]

TEMA meets all 64 national standards for disaster preparedness and response

 

Nashville – The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP), a national nonprofit that evaluates disaster response agencies, has fully re-accredited Tennessee’s emergency management program and commended the state for its ability to bring together personnel, resources, and communications in preparing for and responding to disasters of any type ...