[20040330]RS21790_新罕布什尔州应急管理和国土安全部门总结.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21790March 30, 2004New Hampshire Emergency Management andHomeland Security Authorities SummarizedKeith Bea and Shawn ReeseGovernment and Finance DivisionCheryl Runyon and Kae M. WarnockConsultantsGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryNew Hampshires Office of Emergency Management is administered by thedirector of fire safety and emergency management. In addition to the governor, sevenstate units exercise major disaster and emergency responsibilities. Both the governorand General Court have the power to declare that an emergency exists. Disaster aid isprovided from an emergency response budget and disaster funding that is tied to federalsupport. The New Hampshire legislature has enacted specific emergency drinking waterand emergency communications system statutes.This report is one of a series that profiles emergency management and homelandsecurity statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each profile identifies t