Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

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Mission

The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is part of the Military Department. The State’s Adjutant General, Brigadier General Judd Lyons, serves as the Director of the Agency as well as the Commanding Officer of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. The three units comprise the Military Department. The Agency is located in a bunker built in the 1960’s during the height of the Cold War. It was intended to serve as Nebraska’s government headquarters if nuclear confrontation was likely. The Agency headquarters now serves as the nerve center for emergency management. NEMA is a small agency with less than 32 full-time and part-time employees. Day-to-day operations are managed by Al Berndt, Assistant Director. Emergency management in the United States has been divided into four phases – preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation. Even with the emphasis on terrorism since the attack on New York and Washington, D.C., emergency management's role hasn't changed a great deal. Nebraska must still deal with a host of hazards, both natural and man-made.

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Temporary

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