Office Of Emergency Management

Events (26)

• September 8, 1939: President Roosevelt Reorganizes Executive Office of the President, Office of Emergency Management Created 1939-09-08
• December 1, 1950: President Truman Establishes Federal Civil Defense Administration 1950-12-01
• (November 8-9, 1997): Exercise Is Held near the World Trade Center Based around a Simulated Chemical Terrorist Attack 1997-11-08
• June 7, 1999: Biological Terrorist Attack Exercise Is Held at New York’s New Emergency Command Center 1999-06-07
• June 8, 1999: New York Emergency Command Center Opened in WTC Building 7 1999-06-08
• (September 4, 2001): Exercise That Will Consider the Aftermath of a Terrorist Attack in New York’s Financial District Is Being Prepared For 2001-09-04
• (Shortly After 9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Emergency Management Personnel Set Up Operations in Their Command Bus 2001-09-11
• After 10:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: Fire Fighters Trying to Extinguish Fires in WTC 7 2001-09-11
• (2:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Temporary Emergency Operations Center Is Set Up at New York’s Police Academy 2001-09-11
• 7:00 a.m. -9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Preparations Continue at New York Pier for September 12 Bioterrorism Exercise 2001-09-11
• (Soon After 8:46 a.m.-9:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Emergency Management Staff Go to North Tower, Leaving Special Command Center Nearly Vacant 2001-09-11
• 8:48 a.m. September 11, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Preparing for Bioterrorism Exercise; Opens Its Command Center 2001-09-11
• (Shortly Before 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: New York City Workers Reportedly Find Emergency Command Center Empty before It Is Supposedly Evacuated 2001-09-11
• (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FEMA Personnel Have Communication Problems and Send a Representative to the WTC Site 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Requests Air Cover over New York 2001-09-11
• (9:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001: WTC 7 Alarms Activate; OEM Calls for Air Security and Warned of Plane Heading for New York 2001-09-11
• (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Command Center Is Evacuated; Exact Time Is Unclear 2001-09-11
• (After 9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Van Stopped Near Temporary Command Post Shows Plane Crashing into WTC 2001-09-11
• 1996-September 11, 2001: New York Office of Emergency Management Practices for Terrorist Attacks, but Not Using Planes as Missiles 2001-09-11
• September 12, 2001: Planned Terrorism Exercise May Have Sped up Response to 9/11 Attack 2001-09-12
• September 14, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Opens a New Operations Center by the Hudson River 2001-09-14
• September 14, 2001: New York Office of Emergency Management Starts Using Crisis Management Software Bought Shortly before 9/11 2001-09-14
• Summer 2000: Bioterrorism Exercise Is Held in New York; Participants Consider How to Shut Down Manhattan
• July 2001: New York Mayor Giuliani Updates Instructions for Managing Emergencies
• August 2001: New York Office of Emergency Management Buys Crisis Management Software that Will Be Used after 9/11
• 1996: Mayor Giuliani Creates Office of Emergency Management