Louisiana's Homeland Security + 
Emergency Preparedness State Regions

Each of the State's 64 parishes have 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) whom 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

Each Region is represented by a Regional Director 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 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, response, recover and mitigate.  Each RC is a subject matter expert in training and resourcing, provide technical expertise on GOHSEP administered grants, assist in coordinating State and Local activities within their Region and provide direct support during disaster activations and recovery operations.