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Continuity in Community Resilience

Ken Hudson Regional Integration Branch Chief FEMA National Continuity Programs

June 5, 2014

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What is Continuity of Operations?

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Benefits of COOP Planning

• Anticipate threats
• Adapt to sudden changes
• Increase operational performance
• Determine the essential resources
• Improve communication

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COOP Planning Objectives

• Ensure the continuous performance of essential functions/operations
• Protect essential facilities, equipment, records, personnel, and assets
• Reduce or mitigate disruptions to operations
• Minimize loss of life and property damage

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COOP Planning Assumptions

• Communities will
• Maintain a high level of readiness
• Be capable of implementing plans with and without warning; be
• perational within 12 hours and up to 30 days or whenever the

threat/hazard no longer exists

• Maximize use of existing critical infrastructure, facilities, and

resources

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Why is COOP Planning Important?

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Community Threats and Hazards

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Community Threats and Hazards

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Cascading Effects of Threats and Hazards

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An IED attack has a large number of potential downstream hazards

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A national disaster like a hurricane will also have far-reaching effects

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But it doesn’t have to be a large scale disaster, a mere broken water pipe can have significant impacts to a community

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Elements of a Viable Continuity Capability

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Elements of a Viable Continuity Capability

• Essential Functions
• Orders of Succession
• Delegations of Authority
• Continuity Facilities
• Continuity Communications
• Essential Records
• Human Resources
• Test, Training, and Exercise
• Devolution
• Reconstitution

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Boston Marathon Bombing - April 15, 2013

• The Importance of Planning
• Post-9/11, Massachusetts emergency management and response

communities developed and enhanced plans to strengthen community resilience

• Plans and procedures were routinely updated to reflect changing

circumstances

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Boston Marathon Bombing - April 15, 2013

• Continuity Communications
• In 2007, Massachusetts’s Statewide Interoperability Committee

(SIEC) developed the Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP) to address communications systems problems within the state

• SCIP initiatives are updated annually to reflect evolving needs and

requirements

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Boston Marathon Bombing - April 15, 2013

• Test, Training and Exercise
• Massachusetts public and private sector entities exercise regularly
• Prior to the Marathon, the Massachusetts State Emergency

Operations Center hosted the annual Pre-Boston Marathon Tabletop Exercise to build relationships

• Tested plans and procedures
• Participants exercised multiple scenarios, including an IED

incident

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Boston Marathon Bombing - April 15, 2013

• Best Practices
• “The fact that the response was so well executed wasn’t an

accident – it was a result of years of planning and coordination.” -- Richard Serino, FEMA Deputy Administrator

• Existing relationships between FEMA Region I and Masachusetts

Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) assisted in the response

• Continuity of Operations Plan and Regional Telework Policy

successfully ensured staff were able to perform functions at alternate locations

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Hurricane Sandy - October 29, 2012

• The Importance of Planning
• Leading up to landfall, FEMA made decisions based on the

predicted storm track and intensity and requests from states expected to be impacted

• Prior regional catastrophic planning coordination between FEMA

and the impacted states facilitated the decisions made

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Hurricane Sandy - October 29, 2012

• Human Resources
• Trained and resourceful personnel willing to go above and beyond

their responsibilities were an asset

• Communications with personnel is critical in a large scale disaster
• Mission essential and non-mission essential personnel need to

be aware of responsibilities

• Family Care Plans need to be incorporated to the planning

process

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Hurricane Sandy - October 29, 2012

• Continuity Facilities
• Identification of continuity facilities far enough away to not be

affected by the disaster

• Coordination with those that share the same continuity facilities
• Preparation for long-term site occupation

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Hurricane Sandy - October 29, 2012

• Best Practices
• Senior leader recognition of an impending continuity event and

activation of COOP plans

• Regular exercises and improvement processes helped with

dealing with a real world COOP event

• Devolution and reconstitution coordination

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Looking Forward

• Identifying and preparing for threats and hazards proved important in

both the Boston Marathon Bombing and Hurricane Sandy

• Regular testing, training, and exercising of plans in coordination with

public and private sector stakeholders was critical

• Continuous improvement and corrective actions based on gaps

discovered during an exercise or real world event will build community resilience for the next event

• Senior leadership buy-in to the importance of continuity improves the

capabilities of the community

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How FEMA Can Help

• FEMA’s Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

Guide (THIRA)

• Provides comprehensive approach for identifying and assessing

risks and associated impacts to the community

• Using THIRA results, a community can develop a strategy to

allocate resources effectively to achieve capability targets and reduce risk

• Can assist with senior leadership buy-in

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Looking Forward

• FEMA Regional Continuity Managers can assist with continuity

training and exercises in their regions

REGION I Nate Spada - nathan.spada@fema.dhs.gov Work: 617.832.4745 REGION II Russell Fox - russell.fox@fema.dhs.gov Work: 212.680.8504 REGION III TBD REGION IV John Fenn - john.fenn@fema.dhs.gov Work: 770.220.5453 REGION V Rolando Rivero - rolando.rivero@fema.dhs.gov Work: 312.408.5590

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REGION VI Brad McDannald - bradr.mcdannald@fema.dhs.gov Work: 940.898.5131 REGION VII David Teska - david.teska2@fema.dhs.gov Work: 816.283.7082 REGION VIII Michael D. Brinkman - michael.brinkman@fema.dhs.gov Work: 303.235.4982 REGION IX James Macaulay - james.macaulay@fema.dhs.gov Work: 510.627.7009 REGION X Andrew Cleaves - andrew.cleaves@fema.dhs.gov Work: 425.487.4732

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How FEMA Can Help

• Virtual training available through FEMA’s Emergency Management

Institute’s (EMI) Independent Study program: http://training.fema.gov/IS/

• The Monthly Continuity Webinar Series covers a variety of continuity

topics from a diverse cadre of speakers: http://www.fema.gov/continuity-webinar-series

• FEMA National Continuity Programs is the lead agency for continuity,

for additional information or guidance, please go to: http://www.fema.gov/continuity-operations

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QUESTIONS?