The UTRGV Office of Emergency Management (OEM) works with organizations throughout the year to build partnerships with dozens of organizations, both internally and outside the university. This list grows with every event, response, meeting, conference, training, and outreach opportunity that OEM attends.
Readiness truly takes a village, meaning that success in emergency preparedness and emergency response can only happen by working with multiple organizations and strengthening the relationships and building collective capabilities for the goal of overall community resilience.
List of Partnerships:
UTRGV
- Division of Research
- Engagement Zone
- Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management
- Information Security
- Office of the Provost
- University Marketing & Communications
- University Police
- UTHealth RGV
External
- American Red Cross of South Texas
- Border Patrol
- Brownsville Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
- Cameron County Emergency Management
- Cameron County Public Health
- City of Brownsville
- Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council (Healthcare Preparedness Coalition)
- FBI
- Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley
- Harlingen Fire Department
- Hidalgo County Emergency Management
- Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council
- National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley
- Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
- Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM)
- United Way of South Texas
- United Way of Northern Cameron County
- United Way of Southern Cameron County