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Jul 7, 2020
Mayor Lightfoot and OEMC expand cooling resources for residents to beat extreme heat this week
Jun 5, 2020
Mayor Lightfoot announces additional resources to protect neighborhoods and new precautionary measures to ensure peaceful protests this weekend
May 22, 2020
City launches All-Hands-On-Deck strategy to ensure safe and healthy celebrations for Memorial Day weekend
May 11, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Department Of Public Health announce citywide Covid-19 testing expansion
Apr 29, 2020
Mayor Lightfoot launches City Of Chicago emergency food coordination center to ensure the most vulnerable have access to food
Apr 21, 2020
MAYOR Lightfoot and OEMC announce launch of the "CHICAGO TOGETHER! MAKE A MASK, GIVE A MASK, WEAR A MASK” CITYWIDE DONATION DRIVE
Apr 14, 2020
Chicago/Cook County Urban Area Working Group (UAWG)
Apr 13, 2020
City Of Chicago and partners provide free resources to health care workers and first responders amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 30, 2020
Mayor Lightfoot urges residents to use SMART911 to provide critical information to assist first responders COVID-19 outbreak
Feb 28, 2020
City of Chicago and Cook County Encourage At-Risk Nonprofits to Apply for Funding to Enhance Safety and Security
Feb 21, 2020
Registration for vendors and participants now open for 2020 National Homeland Security conference in Chicago
Feb 13, 2020
City of Chicago teams up with NBA to host NBA ALL-STAR 2020 weekend
Feb 11, 2020
Mayor Lightfoot, OEMC, CPS and Chicago Archdiocese Celebrate Crossing Guard Appreciation Month in Chicago
Jan 17, 2020
Thousands expected to attend Chicago women's march Chicago 2020 on Saturday
Jan 14, 2020
Chicago OEMC announces new State-Of-The-Art Dispatch System and Software for City's 9-1-1 Center to improve emergency responses
Jan 10, 2020
Winter weather conditions expected for weekend; Possible Icy,wet roads make traveling hazardous
Jan 3, 2020
OEMC kicks off Chicago Community Emergency Response Team(CERT) Training Academy JAN. 7
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