Louisiana's Homeland Security + Emergency Preparedness State Regions

Each of the State's 64 parishes has an emergency management program. Louisiana is divided into nine homeland security and emergency preparedness planning regions, which GOHSEP uses in conjunction with its Regional Support program.

The map below will assist you in determining who the Regional Director (Parish) is for a particular area and how to contact them. In addition, each region has a state Regional Coordinator (a GOHSEP employee) who acts as a liaison between the parish for their region and GOHSEP. 

Additionally, our Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Sections have assigned State Applicant Liaisons (SALs) to assist subrecipients with project development of recovery grant programs.

Click the map for Louisiana's Homeland Security and Emergency Management State Regions.

Regional Directors

A Regional Director represents each Region selected from a Parish Emergency Manager or Director, by the Parishes within the particular Region. The Regional Director provides a leadership role for the Parishes within the Region. They serve as a voice for the Region to raise issues at the State level, providing recommendations to GOHSEP on issues that are pertinent to the Parishes. The Directors work closely with the Regional Coordinators to determine the overall strategy for the Region.

Regional Coordinators

Each Region is supported by a Regional Coordinator (RC) who is a GOHSEP employee. The coordinators assist their regional Parishes with all aspects of homeland security and emergency management and GOHSEP's five focus - prevent, prepare, respond, recover, and mitigate.  Each RC is a subject matter expert in training and resourcing, provides technical expertise on GOHSEP administered grants, assists in coordinating State and Local activities within their Region, and provides direct support during disaster activations and recovery operations.

Public Assistance State Applicant Liaison

Each Region is supported by a Public Assistance State Applicant Liaison (SAL) who is a GOHSEP employee. The SALs assist their regional Parishes with all aspects of Public Assistance grant funding and its related projects.  Each SAL is a subject matter expert in training and resourcing, provides technical expertise on public assistance grants, and provides direct support during disaster activations and recovery operations.

Hazard Mitigation State Applicant Liaison

Each Region is supported by a Hazard Mitigation State Applicant Liaison (SAL) who is a GOHSEP employee. The SALs assist their regional Parishes with all aspects of implementing FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant funding and its related projects.  Each SAL is trained to provide programmatic guidance on all hazard mitigation assistance grants (Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA), and Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM).