Office of Emergency Preparedness

Evacuteer.org was born out of after-incident reflection following the evacuation of 20,000 New Orleanians for Hurricane Gustav.

“We are very happy to have evacuteer.org to recruit and coordinate our evacuteers,” Lt. Col. Jerry Sneed, director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness said. “evacuteer.org enhances what we do and ensures evacuteers are recognized as integral evacuating New Orleans safely.”

The Office of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for the response and coordination of those actions needed to protect the lives and property of its citizens from natural or man-made disasters as well as emergency planning for the City of New Orleans. Our primary responsibility is to advise the Mayor, the City Council and Chief Administrative Officer regarding emergency preparedness activities and operations. We coordinate all city departments and allied state and federal agencies which respond to city-wide disasters and emergencies through the development and constant updating of an integrated multi-hazard plan. All requests for federal disaster assistance and federal funding subsequent to disaster declarations are also made through this office.

Call or email the Office of Emergency Preparedness: 504.658.8700, nooep@cityofno.com