Maryland Daily Record » maryland emergency management agency http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Mon, 20 May 2013 01:35:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Md. officials brace for possible power outages http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/06/md-officials-brace-for-possible-power-outages/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/06/md-officials-brace-for-possible-power-outages/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:58:55 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=234963 Maryland Emergency Management Agency officials say their biggest concern is the possibility of power outages caused by the winter storm moving into the region. Agency spokesman Ed McDonough says no major incidents were reported as of Wednesday morning. There were about 600 power outages statewide as the conditions were worsening in parts of Maryland. Areas [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/06/md-officials-brace-for-possible-power-outages/feed/ 0 2 more Md. counties get disaster aid for Sandy http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/17/md-out-of-appeals-for-sandy-disaster-relief/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/17/md-out-of-appeals-for-sandy-disaster-relief/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:19:22 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=230123 HAGERSTOWN — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is adding Carroll and Montgomery counties to those designated for disaster aid stemming from Superstorm Sandy. The additions on Monday make Baltimore County the only jurisdiction not eligible for partial reimbursement to state and local governments for expenses related to public works and services. FEMA announced last week [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/17/md-out-of-appeals-for-sandy-disaster-relief/feed/ 0 Md. evacuating about 150 from Crisfield http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/10/29/md-evacuating-about-150-from-crisfield/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/10/29/md-evacuating-about-150-from-crisfield/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:52:36 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=226718 CRISFIELD — Maryland officials say they’re working to evacuate about 150 people from a development in Crisfield on the Eastern Shore. Ed McDonough, a spokesman for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, said police got the call shortly before 3 p.m. at the Somers Cove development in Somerset County. McDonough says residents became concerned by rising [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/10/29/md-evacuating-about-150-from-crisfield/feed/ 0 O’Malley: ‘Unlike any storm we’ve had’ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/10/29/omalley-unlike-any-storm-weve-had/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/10/29/omalley-unlike-any-storm-weve-had/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:38:41 +0000 Alexander Pyles http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=226663 Marylanders should stay off the roads for the next 24 to 36 hours as potentially deadly Hurricane Sandy lurches toward the state, Gov. Martin O’Malley said Monday morning. Speaking from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency in Reisterstown, the governor said the coming storm would be “unlike any storm we’ve had.” “Maryland is right in the [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/10/29/omalley-unlike-any-storm-weve-had/feed/ 0 Storms cause scattered outages, road closures http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/27/storms-cause-scattered-outages-road-closures/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/27/storms-cause-scattered-outages-road-closures/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:41:37 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=222316 A Maryland Emergency Management Agency spokesman says heavy rains are causing scattered power outages and road closures. MEMA spokesman Ed McDonough says Talbot County has been hit the hardest with heavy rains leading to some road closures on Sunday. The spokesman says about 6,000 power outages have been reported statewide. The rains were also blamed [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/27/storms-cause-scattered-outages-road-closures/feed/ 0 PSC to keep the heat on Maryland utilities  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/05/psc-chief-power-being-restored-more-quickly-than-utilities-expected/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/05/psc-chief-power-being-restored-more-quickly-than-utilities-expected/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:41:15 +0000 Lizzy McLellan http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=218637 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Maryland’s power companies are restoring electricity more promptly than they expected to, said Maryland Public Service Commission Chairman Douglas R.M. Nazarian, almost a week after an unexpected storm put more than 1 million people in the dark. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/05/psc-chief-power-being-restored-more-quickly-than-utilities-expected/feed/ 0 For some, a storm of business  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/02/for-some-a-storm-of-business/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/02/for-some-a-storm-of-business/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:06:24 +0000 Maria Zilberman http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=218476 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Some local businesses benefitted while others suffered in the wake of the severe storm that ravaged much of the east coast, leaving a trail of destruction and more than 840,000 Marylanders without electricity. Minnie Allen’s Parkville-based Allen & Sons Tree Service Inc., for example, typically receives 23 to 25 calls per week, she said. After [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/02/for-some-a-storm-of-business/feed/ 0 O’Malley names new director of MEMA http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/25/omalley-names-new-director-of-mema/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/25/omalley-names-new-director-of-mema/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:38:45 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214164 ANNAPOLIS —Gov. Martin O’Malley has appointed a new director of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. O’Malley announced the appointment of Kenneth Mallette on Wednesday. Mallette will begin his new job on May 21. The O’Malley administration says Mallette has more than 35 years of first responder and executive-level management experience in the public and private [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/25/omalley-names-new-director-of-mema/feed/ 0 Baltimore city, county added to Maryland disaster list http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/25/baltimore-city-county-added-to-maryland-disaster-list/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/25/baltimore-city-county-added-to-maryland-disaster-list/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:49:47 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/25/baltimore-city-county-added-to-maryland-disaster-list/ Federal aid is being made available to support recovery efforts in Baltimore and Baltimore County following Hurricane Irene. The Maryland Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday that the city and county would be added to list of Maryland jurisdictions that were declared a disaster area for public assistance. The disaster [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/25/baltimore-city-county-added-to-maryland-disaster-list/feed/ 0 Betsy Nelson: Reminders of our vulnerability hit home  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/09/08/betsy-nelson-reminders-of-our-vulnerability-hit-home/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/09/08/betsy-nelson-reminders-of-our-vulnerability-hit-home/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:28:50 +0000 Betsy Nelson http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/09/08/betsy-nelson-reminders-of-our-vulnerability-hit-home/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> It is hard to forget the shock, confusion, uncertainty and disruption felt in the early days following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. But our sense of vulnerability tends to fade over time — until something else, like the recent 5.8 magnitude earthquake and Hurricane Irene, brings it sharply to the fore. In the last [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/09/08/betsy-nelson-reminders-of-our-vulnerability-hit-home/feed/ 0