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February 2025

The Office of Emergency Management is monitoring the measles outbreak in west Texas and as it moves into New Mexico.

The New Mexico Department of Health has created a page with te current case counts and helpful guidance- find it HERE. http://measles.doh.nm.gov/

Hazard Mitigation Plan

SJC MULTI JURISDICTIONAL ALL HAZARDS MITIGATION PLAN

San Juan County, the Cities of Aztec, Bloomfield, and Farmington, and the Town of Kirtland, have partnered to review and update the San Juan County Multi Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan.

This plan is designed to identify natural hazards that are most common in the communities participating in the plan, and allow each community to determine mitigation actions to prevent the severity of the hazard, prepare for the hazard, and when possible, apply for federal funding to assist in completion of mitigation projects.

The Mitigation Plan is a living document, but is required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to be updated every five years.

The plan has currently been approved pending community adoption by FEMA. Once adopted by the participating community partners, the plan will be given final approval by FEMA.

Drought Information

SAN JUAN COUNTY DROUGHT INFORMATION

New Mexico Drought Update - NIDIS

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RESOURCES

LOCAL INFORMATION

City of Aztec

City of Farmington

OTHER INFORMATION

NWS Albuquerque - Drought Summary

NIDIS New Mexico - Drought

San Juan County Office of Emergency Management has been facilitating local leadership efforts to stay up to date on present and future drought conditions via the Drought Stakeholders Update. Updates are dispatched when new information is released by the NIDIS and NWS. Stakeholders have met in person to discuss jurisdictional responses to drought conditions and implications, prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, and will continue to meet virtual as needed.

Coronavirus (COVD-19)

Active Shooter Information

Active Shooter Training Opportunities

IS-907:Active Shooter: What You Can Do

FEMA Emergency Management Institute – Ongoing

All employees can help prevent and prepare for potential active shooter situations. This course provides guidance to individuals, including managers and employees, so that they can prepare to respond to an active shooter situation.

This course is not written for law enforcement officers, but for non-law enforcement employees. The material may provide law enforcement officers information on recommended actions for non-law enforcement employees to take should they be confronted with an active shooter situation.

Mass Attacks in Crowded and Public Spaces

While the threat of mass attacks is real, we can all take steps to prepare, protect ourselves, and help others. Learn more at www.ready.gov/public-spaces.

Active Shooter Planning & Response: Learn how to survive a shooting event in a healthcare setting. Healthcare & Public Health Sector Coordinating Council 2017.

Active Shooter – How to Respond: National Retail Federation

An Active Shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms(s) and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims.

Additional Resources

This video was created by Ready Houston for the workplace.

What's in Store: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Events
What's in Store: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Events, developed by PCI for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, uses scripted real-world scenarios to alert retail employees to behaviors that could signal an attack or individuals planning an attack.
Recognizing 8 Signs of Terrorism
In light of the recent terror attacks in Paris, the Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) reminds everyone to be vigilant and report suspicious activity to your local law enforcement agency.

Plan

San Juan County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan

***Plan is in process of update***

San Juan County, New Mexico is threatened by a number of different natural hazards. These hazards endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the County’s population; jeopardize its economic vitality; and imperil the quality of its environment.

To avoid or minimize vulnerability to these hazards, the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (NMDHSEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided support to San Juan County to undertake a hazard mitigation planning process.

The resulting Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan for San Juan County, New Mexico identifies and profiles those hazards that can affect San Juan County, assesses the County’s vulnerability to these hazards, and identifies alternative mitigation actions.

The Plan also includes an implementation strategy for preferred mitigation actions as selected and prioritized by a multi-jurisdictional community based planning team.

Notice: This document contains information pertaining to the deployment, mobilization, and tactical operations of San Juan County in response to emergencies. It is exempt from public disclosure under New Mexico state law.

For information on the SJC EOP, please contact San Juan County Office of Emergency Management at 505-334-7700.

Prepare

San Juan County Exercise Program

2023 Exercise Partner *** San Juan College ***

Preparedness is the shared responsibility of our entire community; from the individual to local government and all the agencies and organizations in between.

San Juan County Office of Emergency Management (SJCOEM) strives to increase the capability of our community to respond to and recover from those hazards that pose the most risk locally.

SJCOEM facilitates training and exercises that bring together local industry, emergency responders, law enforcement agencies, educational institutions and private response groups.

These partnerships are maintained by everyday events and continued training so that when a large scale event occurs, all partners have worked together and are on the same response page.

The National Preparedness Goal

" A secure and resilient nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk."

San Juan County 2023 Emergency Management

Full Scale Exercise Partner

San Juan County 2019 Emergency Management Exercise "Kick-Off" Seminar

Farmington Fire Color Guard

Chief Collas Colorado Springs, CO

Safe Schools Committee

San Juan County Office of Emergency Management is proud to coordinate the Safe Schools Committee. This group made up of local law enforcement, fire, Dept. of Health, San Juan Safe Communities, and School District representatives, are dedicated to ensuring a safe learning environment for students in San Juan County.

The committee has been instrumental in partnerships between responders and schools. Training for school personnel and responders on mental health issues, active shooter issues, improving school security with radio's, lock down training and coordination are just a few of the many projects the committee continues to work on.

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Training

Current Training Opportunities

MGT-417: Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents for Key Decision Makers

April 7-8, 2026 8:00am - 5:00pm Register by 5:00pm March 24, 2026

Fire Ops Training Room 209 S Oliver Aztec, NM 87410

Registration is required through the RDPC website. Register for this course by visiting the following link:

https://studentportal.ruraltraining.org/courses/display/475

FEMA S.I.D. is required. Register for your FEMA Student Identification Number by visiting: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid

MGT-335: Event Security Planning for Public Safety Professionals

April 14-15, 2026 8:00am - 5:00pm Register by 5:00pm March 31, 2026