Professionals in emergency preparedness, disaster response, and recovery since 1984
Metropolitan Emergency Managers Association (MEMA)
The Metropolitan Emergency Managers Association (MEMA) is an organization of professionals dedicated to fostering relationships and improving how we collectively prepare, respond and recover from disasters. MEMA seeks to strengthen the communities in which we serve to create a foundation of resiliency for future generations.
Members are connected by their responsibility for planning, warning, and responding to disasters. Members are from public, private, and volunteer organizations that operate within and are located within the ten county Twin Cities metropolitan area: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington, and the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
MEMA Renewals
Its that time again, please head over to the MEMA Store to renew!
We appreciate all of members and look forward to 2025!!
If you would like to join, or renew please visit https://www.mema-mn.com/memastore.
Can't use Paypal? Need an invoice instead? Follow this link to the Membership page.
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MEMA February Meeting
Reunification—Children’s Hospital
Wednesday, February 05 2025
Speakers:Dr Nita Gupta, MD & Bryan Pender
Children’s Hospital Minnesota – Minneapolis
Meeting and Parking Information
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To read our current Missive follow this link, "Missive"
If you can't join us in person, please see the email announcement
for information to join us by Zoom.
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Soon!! Announcements and Training Opportunities Page!
23rd Annual Preparedness Practicum PLUS!
sponsored by Metro Health & Medical Preparedness Coalition
February 26, 2025
See the training page for details, flyer and registration link
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Soon! HSEM Conference Registration, Registration
If you have any questions, please contact: HSEM.AnnualConference.DPS@state.mn.us
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Save the date! AMEM's 64th Annual Fall Conference
Dates: Sunday September 14 - Wednesday September 17th.
More information to come!
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St. Paul Emergency Management has announced they are sponsoring numerous courses from TEEX available in February with a NEW! course added!
Please visit our Training Opportunities page!
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Save the date! IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility) Celebration and the MNVOAD Annual Conference
Dates: June 30th, 2025 and July 1st, 2025
Location: Macalister College
**More information to come in the next few weeks.
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Check out our Job Connections page!
Look for Emergency Management jobs posted there. If you have something to share please let us know and we'll add it to the page!
Head over to the Job Connections page for details!
Put YOUR Emergency Management job Here!!
Check out the jobs, Follow this link!
NEW! Metropolitan Council - Emergency Management Specialist
NOTE: This closes 2/6/25
NEW!! Minneapolis: Public Health Specialist II - Emergency
Response and Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist
Both Close February 9th, 2025
See the Jobs Page
The American Red Cross still several more
positions available!
See our Job Connections page for the listings!
Have a job posting you'd would like to share?
Let MEMA help get the word out.
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Check out our "Presentation" page
Find presentations shared with MEMA
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Check out our "Resources" page
Disaster Costs Associated with the
Last 5 Disasters Affecting Metro Counties
See the "Resource Page" for a spreadsheet about the cost of the last 5 disasters affecting the Metro. Thanks Dan Powers and Jon Dotter for sharing.
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Crisis Cleanup a nonprofit Voluntary Organization Active in Disaster (VOAD), helps by linking survivors to other VOAD organizations who provide direct service. They have share several resource sheets with our membership. (Resource Sheets here).
HOME CLEANUP HOTLINE
People who have been affected by the recent storms and flooding in Minnesota can register with the Home Cleanup Hotline for no-cost assistance. Call 218-288-2213 or 211 (United Way). All services are free but not guaranteed due to demand. 211 (United Way) will continue to register survivors after July 12.
2024- 2025 Meeting Schedule
September 4th- Kick Off meeting with breakfast and guest speaker Kris Eide!
October 2nd- United Way 211
November 13th- Todd Krause—NWS
*Look for email regarding location and limited in person seating.
December 4th- HSEM Training Update
January 8th (1st-is a Holiday) There will be NO member meeting this month.
February 5th- Children’s Hospital, speaking on their reunification exercise
March 5th- State Surplus/Warehouse
April 2nd- Fire Chief BJ Jungmann & Jonathan Bundt: Managing the Impact of Line of Duty Death
May 7th- Mn State Fair, EOC Facility
June- End of Year Event!
Have speaker ideas?
We are gearing up for next year and we are looking for speak ideas!
We want to hear from you!
Tell us what you are interested in for future speakers for MEMA meetings.
Now's the time to drop us a quick note and let us know what you would like to see!
Follow this link to our contact page,
https://www.mema-mn.com/contact