5/8/2017 Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Enhancing Disaster Response Through Improved Communications Harlan Proveaux, GEMA/HS Clint Perkins, GEMA/HS CAPT Ryan Newman, DPS Bryan Haines, GDOT April 28, 2017 Terminal Learning Objective Understand the importance of effective communications as it relates to natural, man-made or technological disasters which involve multiple jurisdictions, agencies, volunteer groups and private sector partners working together to save lives and mitigate property damages within our community. Enabling Objectives • Consider the variety of threats / hazards that exist in Georgia and how they relate to your jurisdiction. • Review the concept of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF). • Explain the organizational structure of EMA in Georgia and discuss best practices for “plugging in”. • Understand the role of GEMA / HS and the State Operations Center. • Identify the value of situational awareness and the available tools for information sharing. 1
5/8/2017 Communication…What’s The Point? Give Me 12 Reasons We Should Talk Georgia Natural Threats and Hazards: Resulting from acts of nature • Tropical Cyclonic Systems • Storm Surge • Inland Flooding • Severe Weather • Severe Winter Weather • Tornados • Wildfires • Wind • Seismic Hazards • Dam Failures • Sinkholes • Drought Give Me 5 More - Georgia Technological Threats and Hazards: Involves failures of systems and structures • Hazardous Materials Release • Utilities Failure • Transportation Incidents • Structural Collapse • Radiological Release 2
5/8/2017 10 Reasons to Call Harlan Proveaux Georgia Human-Caused Threats and Hazards: Caused by the intentional actions of an adversary • Improvised Explosive Devise / Large Vehicle Borne IED • Individual Violent Extremist Attack • Suspicious Package Attack • Organized Terrorism Attack • Civil Disturbance • Cyber Attack • Chemical Agent Attack • Improvised Nuclear Device/Radiological Dispersal Device • Biological Attack • No One Else Answers Disaster History in Georgia Why We Are Here Georgia has experienced 18 major disasters in the past two decades and 42 since 1953. State of Georgia Major Disaster Declarations 1953 Tornado • 1994 Heavy Rains, Tornadoes, Flooding 1954 Tornado • 1995 Hurricane Opal • 1995 Severe Storms, Tornadoes 1961 Floods • 1998 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods 1963 Severe Storms • 1999 Severe Storms 1964 Hurricane Dora • 2000 Winter Storm 1964 Flooding • 2000 Tornadoes 1966 Flooding • 2004 Hurricane Ivan 1973 Tornadoes • 2004 Tropical Storm Frances 1973 Tornadoes Flooding • 2007 Severe Storms and Tornadoes 1974 Tornadoes • 2008 Severe Storms and Tornadoes 1975 Tornadoes, Heavy Winds • 2008 Severe Storms and Flooding 1976 Severe Storms, Flooding • 2009 Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds 1977 Shrimp Loss Due to Cold Weather • 2009 Severe Storms and Flooding 1977 Dam Collapse, Flooding • 2011 Tornadoes 1990 Flooding, Severe Storm • 2014 Ice/Winter Weather 1990 Flooding, Severe Storm • 2015 Ice/Winter Weather 1991 Flooding, Severe Storm • 2015 Flooding 1992 Heavy Rain, High Winds, Tornadoes • 2016 Hurricane Matthew • 2016 January 2 nd Tornadoes 1993 Tornadoes, High Winds, Heavy Rain • 2016 January 21 st Tornadoes 1994 Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Flooding 1994 Tornadoes 3
5/8/2017 Fire Management Assistance Declarations May 2007 – Harveytown Fire May 2007 – Bugaboo Scrub Fire May 2007 – Roundabout Fire April 2007 – Kneeknocker Swamp Fire April 2007 – Sweat Farm Road Fire April 2011 - South Georgia Fires Nov 2016 - Tatum Gulf Fire Rockdale Chemical Fire 2004 4
5/8/2017 Rockdale Chemical Fire 2004 Sumter Regional Hospital - Americus, GA March,2007 South GA Wildfires 2007 5
5/8/2017 Atlanta Tornado March 2008 Flooding in Mableton, GA September 2009 Powder Springs, GA 2009 Flooding 6
5/8/2017 Imperial Sugar Refinery, Chatham County February 2008 Imperial Sugar Refinery Fire The explosion occurred at 7:00 p.m. in what was initially believed to be a room where sugar was bagged by workers. Witnesses from across the Savannah River in South Carolina reported seeing flames shoot up several stories high. [15] There were 112 employees on-site at the time. [16] The explosion occurred in the center of the refinery, where bagging and storage facilities were fed completed product by a network of elevators and conveyor belts. Many of the buildings here were six to eight stories high with narrow gaps in between. [7] Ambulances responded to the scene from across twelve counties, and firefighters from three. [7] The United States Coast Guard closed off the river in the area, and a firefighting tug boat was used to douse the resulting fire from the river. A helicopter was used to search the river for anyone who may have been thrown into it by the blast. [17] Refinery workers were brought in to assist with search and rescue operations, as emergency services personnel were unfamiliar with the plant's layout. [7] Red Cross worker Joyce Baker was among the first to arrive at the scene. She reported that it was like "walking into hell", with some of the men she treated having "no skin at all", while others had skin "just dripping off them." [18] Imperial Sugar Refinery Fire The Georgia Emergency Management Agency alerted local hospitals to prepare for up to 100 casualties. A doctor at nearby Memorial Health hospital described patients arriving at an emergency triage as varying in condition from suffering minor burns to their hands to having received 80-90% burns, with many in critical condition, and one with 95% burns. The victims' ages ranged from 18 to 50. Many victims were placed in artificial comas because they were on life support systems. [5] Eight were transported by helicopter to the specialized Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, about an hour away. [5][10] Five of those injured later died there while receiving treatment. Six missing persons were all found dead that day, [10] three of them in tunnels running beneath the factory. [20] The final death toll was thirteen 7
5/8/2017 Terrell Mill Pond Fire, Liberty County July 2011 SW GA Tornadoes January 2017 Public Health Emergencies H1N1 / Zika 8
5/8/2017 Agriculture Emergencies Poultry Industry in Georgia How Do We Solve A Communication Problem? Solution Without lifting your pencil (or pen) Connect all the dots using 4 straight lines 9
5/8/2017 Think Outside the Box Think Outside the Box Think Outside the Box 10
5/8/2017 SUCCESS !! Common Systems for All of Us National Response Framework National Incident Management System Georgia Emergency Operations Plan How the Framework is Organized Doctrine, organization, roles and Core responsibilities, response actions and planning requirements that Document guide national response Mechanisms to group and provide Federal Emergency Support resources and capabilities to support State Function Annexes and local responders Support Essential supporting aspects of the Federal Annexes response common to all incidents Incident Incident-specific applications of the Annexes Framework Partner Next level of detail in response actions tailored to the actionable entity Guides 33 www.fema.gov/nrf 11
5/8/2017 Emergency Support Functions ESF #1 - Transportation ESF #2 - Communications ESF #3 - Public Works and Engineering ESF #4 - Firefighting ESF #5 - Emergency Management ESF #6 - Mass Care, Sheltering and Human Services ESF #7 - Logistics Management and Resource Support ESF #8 - Public Health and Medical Services ESF #9 - Search and Rescue ESF #10 - Oil and Hazardous Materials Response ESF #11 - Agriculture and Natural Resources ESF #12 - Energy ESF #13 - Public Safety and Security ESF #14 - Long-Term Community Recovery ESF #15 - External Affairs 34 National Incident Management System Provides national standard for incident management Scalable & Flexible Applicable at all levels ICS Command / General Staff Incident COMMAND Staff Commander Public Safety Information Officer Officer Liaison Officer GENERAL Staff Operations Planning Logistics Finance/Adm Section Chief Section Chief Section Chief Section Chief 12
5/8/2017 Multiagency Coordination: A System Not a Facility On-Scene Command Multiagency Coordination Emergency Resource Ops Centers/ Coordination Dispatch Centers Coordination Groups/Department Operations Centers Hats of Incident Command Who’s in charge? They are all in charge. Not about the rank or the person. It is about the “Hat” you wear. The Question Is…. Who Is In Charge Of What? 13
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