Emergency Response In 30 Minutes! Peter R. Jensen Deputy Team - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Emergency Response

In 30 Minutes!

Peter R. Jensen

▪ Deputy Team Leader

– SE Wisconsin Incident Management Team

▪ Retired FEMA / DHS

– Planning Section Chief

▪ 9-11 World Trade Center Federal Response ▪ Salt Lake City Olympics

– Deputy Planning Section Chief

▪ National Response Coordination Center – FEMA HQ ▪ Hurricane Katrina

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Emergency Response

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In a nutshell

▪ You are a critical component of a community emergency response system. ▪ It is more than power…

– Public Safety – Public Information – Preparedness – Response Coordination – Response Communication.

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Essential Three Elements

▪ Understand

– Understand the threats and your capabilities – Plan for what you can do, not what you want to do!

▪ Coordinate

– Coordinate with other emergency response elements

▪ Cooperate

– Participate in related organizations, events, and groups.

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Understand

▪ The realistic threats you face:

– Tornadoes – Floods – Ice Storms – Technological

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Understand

▪ That secondary threats may be more significant that primary ones.

– Loss of communications – Critical facilities – Loss of security systems – Loss of climate control systems – Food preparation and storage systems

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Understand

▪ Emergency Response Systems

– Incident Command System

▪ HSPD – 5 ▪ REVISED training is available!

▪ Disaster Assistance

– Debris Removal (Category A PA) – Public Utilities (Category F PA)

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Coordinate

▪ Do you know your County Emergency Manager?

– When was the last time you met / worked with them?

▪ Do you know the other key emergency response players? ▪ Do you participate in emergency exercises? ▪ Do you reach out and coordinate with secondary response elements?

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Cooperate

▪ Are you an active participant in emergency response groups and programs? ▪ Southeast Wisconsin Homeland Security Partnership (SWHSP): https://swhsp.org/ [swhsp.org] ▪ Business Resiliency Professionals of Wisconsin (BRPW): https://brpwi.org [brpwi.org]

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Participate in Programs

▪ 2019 Resiliency Services Showcase ▪ Date: June 20, 2019 ▪ Register Here https://www.brpwi.org/event- 3298081 [brpwi.org] ▪ Location: Kohl’s Innovation Center, W165 N5830 Ridgewood Drive, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 ▪ FREE!

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Contact Information

▪ Peter R. Jensen

p.jensen@eagleweather.com 414-791-5751

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And now…

Questions?

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