Emergency Management

A Comprehensive Emergency Management Program

The Farmers Branch Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is responsible for the City's comprehensive, all-hazards emergency management program, which includes:

  • Maintaining a current Emergency Operations Plan
  • Providing and coordinating emergency management training for all City employees
  • Ensuring the operational readiness of the City's Emergency Operations Center
  • Establishing and maintaining a comprehensive and redundant emergency warning system for the City
  • Carrying out other tasks to help the City mitigate against, prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters, emergencies and incidents

The Four Phases of Emergency Management

  • Mitigation – reducing or eliminating the further risk of a disaster
  • Preparedness – increasing our community's ability to respond when a disaster occurs
  • Response  – actions carried out immediately before, during and after a hazard impact, aimed at saving lives, reducing economic losses and alleviating suffering
  • Recovery – restoring the affected region back to its original condition

North Texas Emergency Communications Center

The North Texas Emergency Communications Center (NTECC) is the combined dispatch service for Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Coppell and Addison.