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Emergency Management Roles and Responsibilities

Joe Myers

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MODULE 1 – WHAT IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT? MODULE 2 – COURTHOUSE THROUGH THE STATEHOUSE TO THE WHITEHOUSE MODULE 3 – LAWS AND AUTHORITIES MODULE 4 – UTILIZING THE UNIFIED COMMAND TO ENSURE INFORMATION SHARING MODULE 5 – BLUE SKIES/ GREY SKIES MODULE 6 – FUNDING MODULE 7 – HOW BAD IS BAD?

Module 1 – What is Emergency Management?

Emergency Management is the ability to prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate the impacts of all hazards

PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE RECOVERY MITIGATION

Septem ember 1 11, , 200 001

It’s a “Brave New World”

OUR UR MI MISSION I IS S STILL T THE S SAME!

It’s a “Brave New World”

OUR UR MI MISSION I IS S STILL T THE S SAME!

CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTERS

People Isolated or Displaced Infrastructure Damaged or Destroyed

Module 2 – Courthouse through Statehouse to the Whitehouse

Courthouse Statehouse Whitehouse

• All disasters are local
• Once assistance is needed, the

request must follow this format

• Working around or outside this

structure will delay needed resources

• Established in Chapter 252, Florida

Statues

Module 2 – Courthouse through Statehouse to the Whitehouse

Courthouse Statehouse Whitehouse

• Each level of government has

someone dedicated to carry out these duties:

• Federal – FEMA Director
• State – State Director
• County – County EM Director
• City – City EM Director
• Each level of government has a

specific roles and responsibilities to carry out pertinent to their jurisdiction

Any break in this link will be detrimental to your jurisdiction!

Emergency Management MUST be a priority business of government!

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Bo Bomb mbing School S Shootin ings Tornado adoes Forest F Fire res

*Threats are increasing *Population is increasing *The world is watching

Remember, success will be measured by:

Knowing and executing your roles and responsibilities Sharing Information Play like your practice

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• Knowing and Executing your roles and responsibilities
• Sharing Information
• Play like you Practice

Module 3 – Laws and Authorities

Laws and Authorities

Chapter 252 FS Chapter 252 FS Local State of Emergency Declarations Local State of Emergency Declarations Robert T. Stafford Act Robert T. Stafford Act

• Chapter 252
• Local State of Emergency Declarations
• Robert T. Stafford Act

Laws and Authorities

Chapter 252 FS

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• Appropriate and expend funds; make contacts; obtain and distribute equipment, materials, and

supplies for emergency management purposes; provide for the health and safety of persons and property

• Direct the development of emergency management plans and programs in accordance with

state/federal policies

• Establish a primary and secondary emergency operating centers to provide continuity of

government and direction and control of emergency operations

County Commissioners have the responsibility to;

Laws and Authorities

Local State of Emergency

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• Helps establish the time window of eligible recovery expenses
• Demonstrates the county is under due rest, and essential if

the county wants to be added too a Presidential Declaration

• Will allow 87.5% of all eligible cost to be reimbursed if under a

Presidential Disaster Declaration

Laws and Authorities

• Allows county to request assistance or invoke

emergency-related mutual-aid assistance.

• Grants authority to waive the formalities otherwise

required by law pertaining to;

• Performance of public work and taking whatever

prudent action is necessary to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the community.

• Entering into emergency contracts
• Incurring obligations
• Employment of permanent and temporary workers
• Use of volunteer workers

Laws and Authorities

Local State of Emergency

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• (Con’t)….Gives counties authority to waive the procedures and formalities otherwise required by

law pertaining to:

• Rental of equipment
• Acquisition and distribution, with nor without compensation, of supplies, materials, and facilities
• Appropriation and expenditure of public funds

Laws and Authorities

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (PL 100-707)

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• Federal Legislation that allows for federal assistance to

declared States, Counties, and other eligible applicants

• Will activate, in most cases…
• Small Business Administration Low Interest Loans
• Individual Assistance for impacted residents
• Public Assistance for impacted infrastructure
• Hazard Mitigation funding to reduce vulnerability to

future events

Module 4 – Utilizing Unified Command to ensure information sharing

Definition: The adaption of the Incident Command System in which all key local, state, and or federal agencies cooperatively participate in planning, decision making

What is Unified Command?

Who is the Unified Command Team

Policy Group Member’s

• Board of County Commissioners - Chairman
• County Administrator
• Sheriff or designee
• Superintendent of Schools or designee
• Health Department Director or Designee
• Other Constitutional Officers

Command Staff

Executive Policy Group BOCC, Co. Attorney, Public Safety Director/EM Director, County Administrator/Manager

Operations

EOC Manager EOC Safety Officer Information & Planning Logistics Public Information Finance & Admin. Municipal Liaison/State Liaison

Recovery Human Services Infrastructure Services Emergency Services

All-Hazards County Plans

Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans

• Overall plan that establishes roles and responsibilities for all hazards for all agencies
• Has Emergency Support Function (!-18+) Annexes that identify specific roles by function

Continuity of Operations /Continuity of Government Plans

• Multibillion $ wake up call that resulted in reorientation of our national EM program
• National Response Plan (Framework) developed. Established standards.

Recovery Plans/ Long Term Recovery Plans

• Established how to use the state/federal recovery programs
• Outlines how to engage federal efforts for long term recovery projects.

Local Mitigation Strategy

• Very important. Must be current or no federal assistance granted in a declared disaster.
• Outlines the priorities for every community to reduce their vulnerability to all hazards.

Other All-Hazard Plans

• Disaster Housing Plans, Logistics Plans, Mass Casualty Plans, Emergency Communication

Plans, Mobile Command Vehicle SOGs, others.

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Module 5 – Blue Sky – Grey Sky

Blue S Skie kies

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Grey ey S Skies es

• Prepar

aredn dness A ss Activ ivit itie ies

• Prevention
• n A

Activi vities

• Mitig

igat atio ion A Activ ivit itie ies

• Recove
• very R

y Ready

• Respo

ponse se A Activit itie ies

• Recove
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y Activi vities

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Blue S e Skies es - Prepa paredness Activit ivitie ies

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responsibil ilit itie ies.

• Planni

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• Developing al

all l haz azar ard plan ans

• Build

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• Traini

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• Ensure yo

your Team am is is trai ained to their R R & & Rs Rs.

• All

ll haz azar ard t train aining is is crit itical

• al. “You play

lay like yo you prac actice!”

• Exerc

rcises

• Tabletops, F

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• EOC

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Bl Blue Sk Skie ies - Haz azar ard M d Mitig igat atio ion

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• Pl

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• Estab

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• Matchin

ing f fundin ing with projects

• Activ

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• Understanding the Haz

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• Respo

ponse se a activit itie ies

• EOC

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• Unified C

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• Em

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• Haz

Hazar ardous Mat Material als

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hour activat ates….knowing what at t they y are e and w d who is res esponsible for t them.

• Mu

Mutual al Aid Re Requests

• Pu

Public I Informat ation S Strat ategy - who is is the v voice of your ur count unty?

• Resource M

Managem gemen ent - who buys ys, who pays ays, who distrib ibutes, e etc. Gr Grey Sk Skies - Resp spons nse

Grey S y Skies - Recove very

• Recove
• very a

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• Cond

nducting ng Damage Asse Assessment nts

• Deter

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• Settin

ing u up Disaster Recovery y Centers.

• Man

Manag agin ing t the Pu Public ic A Assistance Pr Program

• Under

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• Sma

Small B Business Adm dministration Gr Grant Program

• Deb

Debris ma management

• Em

Emergenc ncy H Hous using ng

• More….

….

Grey Skies

Always remember, although all activities are important, you and your team will be judged most by your success with your Grey Sky activities, especially Re Response! Response is what the world will watch

Module 6 – Funding

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t be a a “priority ty b busines ess o

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• Your

ur r reput utation r rests o

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n how well yo your ur c coun unty y te team performs.

• You need

eed t to be a e aware o e of the e funding o

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pportunities available to to sup upport yo your ur te team.

Funding

• EMPATF

F - Emer mergen ency M Management P Prepa eparedness and Assistance T Trus ust Fund Fund

• SHSP

SHSP - St Stat ate Ho Homeland Se Security Gran ant P Program am

• EMPG

G - Em Emergency M y Mana nagement P Preparedness G Grant nts

• RCMP

P - Resident ntial al C Cons nstruc uctio ion n Mitigat atio ion P n Program am

• PDM

DM - Pre-Dis isaster M Mit itig igation Gran ants

• FMA

A - Flood M Mitig igat ation n Assis istanc ance G Grants

Funding

• HM

HMGP - Se Sec 4 404 Haz Hazar ard M Mit itigatio ion G Gran ant Program am

• 406 M

406 Mitigation - Se Sec 4 406 PA A Mit itigatio ion P Program

• CDBG

G - Commu munity ty Devel elopmen pment B t Block G k Grants ts

• SHI

SHIP - St Stat ate Ho Housing I Imitative P Program

• Local Fund

Funding

Funding

Module 7 – How bad is bad?

Critical Indicators of Response

Indicator Red Yellow Green

Indicators are applied County Wide

Greatest Impact – requires significant

• utside resources

to manage Impact requiring emergency plans to be implemented. May require some out of county resources, but majority of response requirements managed with in county resources Normal Operations

• r within the

County’s Capability to manage under day to day operations

Critical Indicators of Response

Indicator Red Yellow Green

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