Office of Crisis Management

 

Overview

The Office of Crisis Management (OCM) serves as the FDA's focal point for coordinating emergency and crisis response activities involving FDA regulated products or in situations when FDA regulated products need to be utilized or deployed.  It coordinates intra-agency and inter-agency activities related to crisis management, emergency preparedness and response, and security operations.

 

Key components in OCM include:

• Office of the Director
• Office of Emergency Operations
• Office of Security Operations
• FDA Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

 

What's Underway

• Ongoing development and further deployment of FDA's Emergency Operations Network Incident Management System
• Improving FDA's Geographical Information System mapping capabilities to strengthen the Agency's overall immediate response efforts
• Coordinating Incident Command System training for emergency response employees
• Conducting after action review of October 2008 FDA Pandemic Influenza Exercise (PIX 2008)
• Updating Agency emergency response plans - overarching plan, radiological, chemical/biological and BSE
• Issuance of HSPD-12 Personal Identify Verification (PIV) smart cards

 

Contacts

• Ellen F. Morrison, Director, Office of Crisis Management
• Dorothy Miller, Director, Office of Emergency Operations
• Barry Smith, Director, Office of Security Operations