

The Emergency Management Division (EM) supports and prepares the Department and the New York agricultural community for disasters and emergencies that may affect them, the agricultural industry, and the citizens of the State of New York.
The Emergency Management Division collaborates with all internal Department program divisions and works with state, county, and local agencies, as well as various industry organizations. Their goal is to ensure that employees, supporting organizations, and community members have comprehensive plans in place to respond to and recover from disasters affecting the agricultural sector.
In addition, the Emergency Management Division represents the Department as a member of the State's Disaster Preparedness Commission (DPC) and serves as the lead coordinating agency of Emergency Support Function 11 (ESF) within the State’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC). They also support the State’s response efforts for emerging infectious foreign animal diseases, invasive plant diseases, and invasive species in collaboration with the Department’s state and federal partners.

Emergency (EM) loans are available to producers suffering losses counties designated as disaster areas.
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