Category: HSEM Quarterly Newsletter

Q1-2023-Newsletter

New Mission & Vision HSEM has begun to undergo an organizational restructuring in an effort to achieve the updated mission and vision laid out by Director Robert Buxton in a January general staff meeting. New Vision: Create a culture of high touch customer service in the area of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Creating a …

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Q4-2022 NewsLetter

Stratham Full Scale Exercise HSEM along with the Town of Stratham and other partners participated in a training exercise on October 27, in Stratham Hill Park. The training consisted of a full-scale exercise involving several area police and fire departments and other first responder agencies. “Today, hundreds of New Hampshire Seacoast first responders took part …

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Q3-2022-Newsletter

Robert Buxton Appointed as New HSEM Director On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, Robert M. Buxton, of Bedford, was sworn in as the new Director of the New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. “I am humbled by the opportunity that Governor Sununu and the members of the Executive Council have …

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Q2-2022-Newsletter

HSEM Reorganization HSEM recently completed a structural reorganization.  “We have made some significant organizational changes to better serve our constituents,” said Director Jennifer Harper.  “These changes really focus on streamlining how HSEM can assist communities with prevention, preparation, mitigation, response and recovery from all hazards in the most fluid way.” Mitigation and Recovery Formerly the …

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Q1-2022-Newsletter

School Readiness Unit Since 2014, NH’s School Readiness Unit has been assisting NH’s schools with physical security assessments, training, and developing, implementing and reviewing their emergency response plans.  In order to evolve with an ever-changing environment, the program will be undergoing a number of changes in the coming months in order to best serve and …

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