Virginia Department of Emergency Management - GeoPortal
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Virginia Department of Emergency Management - GeoPortal

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s (VDEM) mission is to save lives through effective emergency management and homeland security programs by coordinating a whole of Commonwealth approach to any complex event or disaster including, but not limited to, any natural, man-made, acts of terrorism, or cyber-related incident or event.

Check out the VDEM situational awareness resources including the Virginia Situational Awareness application, which displays spatially referenced information to help improve all-hazards situational awareness across all phases of emergency management.

  • Topics:
    • Large-Scale Response
    • Natural Disasters
    • Hurricanes
    • state: Virginia
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