About MDERS

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Organizational Values

 

  • Superior Service: Providing exceptional service to our stakeholders, and the community, within the Maryland-National Capital Region.
  • Collaborative Engagement: Cultivating an environment where stakeholders can communicate with peers across jurisdictions and disciplines while building meaningful relationships to strengthen response capabilities.
  • Innovative Advancements: Promoting strategic and creative thinking among stakeholders to build, enhance, and execute response capabilities.
  • Accountability: Providing a clearly defined, transparent process for organizational decisions to ensure appropriate use of taxpayer dollars and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Strategic Commitment: Developing and sustaining a focused, efficient approach to capability development to better serve our stakeholders and community.
  • Educational Development: Supporting stakeholder participation in trainings and conferences to expand discipline-specific knowledge and leadership traits.
  • Comprehensive Evaluation: Coordinating exercises with stakeholders to evaluate capabilities and objectively identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Mission

To support the integration and coordination of emergency management; fire, rescue, and emergency medical services; law enforcement; public health; and healthcare systems in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties to ensure a cohesive response to emergency incidents through strategic planning, information sharing, training, exercises, and equipment acquisition.

Vision

To serve as a central conduit to enhance collaboration and discussion between all disciplines involved in emergency response to achieve greater integration to optimize all capabilities and provide superior service to the residents and visitors of Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties.

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