State Appointed Agencies (SAA) of Emergency Management

A Minnesota Fire Service News survey of the SAAs in which we asked the following question:

Does your office have a recommendation to a local entity (city Mayor etc) as to who should take the IS-700 course?

Summary of Survey: Who needs IS-700 Training (as of April 21, 2005)

1. Alabama Emergency Management Agency
2. Arizona Division of Emergency Management
3. Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
4. California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
5. Delaware Emergency Management Agency
6. Florida Division of Emergency Management
7. Georgia Emergency Management Agency
8. Hawaii State Civil Defense
9. Idaho Bureau of Disaster Services
10. Illinois Emergency Management Agency
11. Indiana State Emergency Management Agency
12. Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management Division
13. Kentucky Emergency Management
14. Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness
15. Maine Emergency Management Agency
16. Maryland Emergency Management Agency
17. Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
18. Missouri Emergency Management Agency
19. Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
20. New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management
21. New Jersey Office of Emergency Management
22. New Mexico Department of Public Safety
23. North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
24. North Dakota Division of Emergency Management
25. Ohio Emergency Management Agency
26. Oklahoma Office of Civil Emergency Management
27. Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
28. Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
29. South Carolina Emergency Management Division
30. Texas Division of Emergency Management
31. Utah Division of Emergency Services and Homeland Security
32. Washington State Emergency Management Division
33. West Virginia Office of Emergency Services
34. Wisconsin Emergency Management 

Choice #2
_X_ Just one person in each county/parish

1. Minnesota Division of Emergency Management 

Choice #3
_X_ Admin. And Supervisors and positions in ICS structure

1. Nevada Division of Emergency Management
2. Wyoming Office of Homeland Security
3. Michigan Division of Emergency Management ( 2006 all responders)
   

Choice #4
_X_ Locals Decide

1. Montana Division of Disaster & Emergency Services

Choice #6
_X_ Still Planning

1. Connecticut Office of Emergency Management

SAA Contacted But Have Not Responded Yet 

1. Alaska Division of Emergency Services
2. Colorado Office of Emergency Management
3. District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency
   
4. Kansas Division of Emergency Management
5. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
6. New York State Emergency Management Office
7. Oregon Emergency Management
8. South Dakota Division of Emergency Management
9. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
10. Vermont Emergency Management Agency
11. Virginia Department of Emergency Management