Department of Emergency Services and Telecommunications

Katherine McCormack, RN, MPH
Director of Emergency Management

Email: kmccormack@hartford.gov




The Office of Emergency Management and its Director coordinates an emergency planning process that supports the goal of saving lives and protecting property through the maintenance of emergency operational capabilities that mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from any emergency or disaster.

The Director of Emergency Management advises the Mayor concerning emergency planning and related laws, rules, and regulations and performs functions of the director as set forth in Connecticut General Statutes.

The important features of Hartford’s Emergency Management Program are as follows:

• Emergency organization
• Planning and development
• Direction, control, and warning
• Population protection
• Training and exercising
• Regional collaboration with the Capitol Region Emergency Planning Committee (CREPC)