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Office of Homeland Security

The Office of Homeland Security coordinates national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats or attacks. The office works with executive departments and agencies, state and local governments, and private entities to implement a national strategy to detect, prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist threats. The office's web site includes homeland security contacts for every state.

Office for Domestic Preparedness

The Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP), a component of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, provides information, training, and technical assistance to help state and local governments prepare for and respond to threats or acts of terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. ODP offers a

State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support HELPLINE (1–800–368–6498).
This nonemergency, toll-free resource provides information on ODP training and technical assistance programs to state and local emergency responders across the United States.

Domestic Preparedness Support Information Clearinghouse.
This virtual library of information and resources on domestic preparedness and anti-terrorism issues is made available for state and local jurisdictions.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Federal Emergency Management Agency provides leadership, training, readiness and exercise support, and technical and financial assistance to strengthen citizens, communities, professional emergency workers, as well as state, local, and tribal governments as they prepare for disasters, mitigate the effects of disasters, respond to community needs after a disaster, and launch effective recovery efforts.