Tulsa County commissioners approved an agreement with the City of Tulsa to dissolve the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency (TAEMA), formally ending the joint city-county emergency management structure that coordinates disaster response and preparedness across the area.
The move follows earlier reports that the partnership was under review and comes after a year of leadership disruption at the agency.
The City of Tulsa has proposed creating a standalone Office of Emergency Management as part of its upcoming budget, signaling a shift toward handling emergency coordination at the city level.
Commissioners did not discuss what will replace TAEMA at the county level or how coordination between agencies will be handled moving forward.
This was informed by Brennan Doyle’s Documenter notes from the Tulsa Board of County Commissioners meeting April 27. If you’re interested in becoming a Documenter, visit us at documenters.org.
