Category: HSEM Quarterly Newsletter

Q2-2023 NewsLetter

Megan Hoskins Confirmation After 11 years working at the Department of Safety, Megan Hoskins was appointed Assistant Director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) on May 3 and sworn in on May 5. Since joining the team in 2021, Megan has become an integral part of HSEM. Hoskins previously served as …

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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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