{{Redirect|PEMA|the Tibetan name|Pema|the Austrian company|PEMA Holding}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox government agency |agency_name = Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) |logo = Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Logo.svg |logo_caption = |seal = |formed = |dissolved = |superseding = |jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |headquarters = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |region_code = |employees = |budget = |chief1_name = Randy Padfield |chief1_position = Acting Director |parent_agency = |child1_agency = |website = http://www.pema.pa.gov/ |footnotes = }} '''Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency''', also known as '''PEMA''', is an independent cabinet-level agency in Pennsylvania tasked with the response to, preparedness for, recovery from, and the mitigation or prevention of disasters (natural and otherwise) and other emergencies.<ref>{{cite web| title = About PEMA| work = www.pema.state.pa.us| publisher = Commonwealth of Pennsylvania| url = http://www.pema.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_38037_4463_484607_43/http%3B/pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_public_safety/pema/pema_branding/pema_tabbed_portlet/about_pema.html| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100608225646/http://www.pema.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_38037_4463_484607_43/http%3B/pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_public_safety/pema/pema_branding/pema_tabbed_portlet/about_pema.html| archivedate = 2010-06-08}}</ref>
==Agency directors== {{update section|date=May 2024}} * David Sanko (2003–2004)<ref name=Sankobio>{{Cite web| title =David Sanko – Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director| work =Cabinet Officials| publisher =Commonwealth of Pennsylvania| url =http://www.governor.state.pa.us/governor/cwp/view.asp?A=1112&Q=437783| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20041011074136/http://www.governor.state.pa.us/governor/cwp/view.asp?A=1112&Q=437783| archive-date =2004-10-11| url-status =dead}}</ref> * Adrian R. King (2005)<ref name=Kingbio>{{Cite web|title=Adrian R. King, Jr. – Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director |work=Cabinet Officials |publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |url=http://www.governor.state.pa.us/governor/cwp/view.asp?a=1112&q=438140 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050913213421/http://www.governor.state.pa.us/governor/cwp/view.asp?a=1112&q=438140 |archivedate=2005-09-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * James R. Joseph (2005–2007)<ref name=Josephbio>{{Cite web|title=Brigadier General James R. Joseph – Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director |work=Cabinet Officials |publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |url=http://www.governor.state.pa.us/governor/cwp/view.asp?a=1112&q=438140 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051109011409/http://www.governor.state.pa.us/governor/cwp/view.asp?a=1112&q=438140 |archivedate=2005-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Robert P. French (2007–2011)<ref name=Frenchbio>{{cite web |title=PENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM STATE EAS PLAN |url=https://www.pema.pa.gov/Preparedness/Warning-Communications/Documents/State-EAS-Plan.pdf |website=pema.pa.gov |publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |access-date=27 June 2023 |date=2 November 2011}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Pennsylvania state agencies * Federal Emergency Management Agency
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