New Hampshire Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized


 

Publication Date: March 2004

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Government

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New Hampshire’s Office of Emergency Management is administered by the director of fire safety and emergency management. In addition to the governor, seven state units exercise major disaster and emergency responsibilities. Both the governor and General Court have the power to declare that an emergency exists. Disaster aid is provided from an emergency response budget and disaster funding that is tied to federal support. The New Hampshire legislature has enacted specific emergency drinking water and emergency communications system statutes.