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The Rhode Island Emergency Management Advisory Council (RI EMAC) was established under Rhode Island General Law 30-15-6. The purpose of RI EMAC is to review information and programs regarding emergency management and to make recommendations and advise the Governor in such issues. RI EMAC is chaired by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Roberts. The council consists of 32 members and 17 ex officio members - with an additional 15 members appointed by the Governor.
In order to ensure a mechanism
was in place to coordinate
the state's overall homeland
security efforts, the council
formed the Domestic Preparedness
Subcommittee (DPS) in June, 2001. The mission of the Domestic
Preparedness Subcommittee
was to protect the safety
of Rhode Island's citizens
by improving the state's
ability to prevent and respond
to terrorist incidents involving
Weapons of Mass Destruction
(WMD) in partnership with
federal, state, and local
agencies and organizations. In addition, the committee managed the various working groups created after 9/11 that were tasked with establishing an assortment of teams and programs funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
By 2007, both the RI EMAC and DPS were meeting monthly and reviewing the same information. Many of the members of the working groups attended both meetings. The field of emergency management had changed in the country to an all-hazards approach and many of the programs that the state had created dealt with both terrorism and natural hazards, so there was redundancy in reporting and programs. Therefore the Domestic Preparedness Subcommittee was merged back into the Emergency Management Advisory Council in September 2007. Now RI EMAC members hear reports directly from working groups.
The Domestic Preparedness Subcommittee's functions included the following:
For more information email RIEMA or email the Lieutenant Governor's Office.