Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Email Format
Public SafetyMississippi, United States51-200 Employees
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is a state-level public safety organization based in Pearl, Mississippi, that coordinates disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts. Its mission is to save lives, protect property, and reduce suffering for Mississippi's citizens and communities affected by disasters through a comprehensive, integrated program. The agency is led by Executive Director Stephen McCraney, with Deputy Director Clayton French, and it functions as part of Mississippi's emergency management infrastructure. MEMA serves Mississippi residents by organizing activities to anticipate and manage emergencies, including severe weather events, and to support recovery and mitigation when disasters strike. The agency employs a workforce of several dozen to a couple hundred people and has undertaken initiatives such as a Residential Safe Room Grant Lottery Program to help homeowners install FEMA-compliant safe rooms. In 2025, MEMA launched or updated its online presence at msema.org to provide information and resources to the public.