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Humanitarian Logistics and
Healthcare
Military Support of Natural Disasters
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Deliver excellence in logistics support
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Overview
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Why use the military
 Stafford Act
 Capabilities
 Restrictions
 Case Study – Hurricane Sandy
 DOMOPS
 Questions
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Why Use The Military
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Rapid Response
 Supply large scale response capability
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Housing
Transportation
Heavy equipment
Distribution
Communications
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Manpower
 Self sustaining
 Built in command structure
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Stafford Act
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Authorizes the President to make federal aid
available to states stricken by natural or manmade disaster
 Provides statutory authority for employing U.S.
Armed Forces
 Upon request of the governor, military aid
available for no more than 10 days prior to
Presidential declaration of federal emergency
 Governor of affected state must declare that
the situation is beyond the states effective
response capability
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Stafford Act
Governor’s determination must include a
detailed definition of type and amount of aid
required
 Governor must implement the state’s
emergency response plan and provide
information regarding resources committed
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Stafford Act
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Immediate Response Authority
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Allows commanders to provide resources and
assistance prior to declaration under the Stafford Act
when a disaster overwhelms the capabilities of local
authorities
 Examples
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Rescue
Evacuation
Medical treatment
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Roles – What Can We Do
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Medical Care and Shelter
 Logistical Support
 Air Traffic Control
 Distribution
 Protection
 Search and Rescue
 Debris removal and road clearance
 Advisory capacities (C2)
 Patrolling civilian areas for health and welfare
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Roles – What Can’t We do
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Law Enforcement – Posse Comitatus Act
(1878). Prohibits/limits military law
enforcement authority outside of martial law
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Not applicable to Coast Guard
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Patrolling affected areas for security
 Perform any function of civil government
unless absolutely necessary
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Must turn over to civilian authority at earliest
opportunity
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EMAC
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Emergency Management Assistance Compact
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Interstate mutual aid agreement
Facilitates state to state support
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Personnel
Equipment
Accountability of all commodities is extremely
important
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Hurricane Sandy
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Monday, October 22
NOAA National Weather Service issued public advisories
throughout the day to inform that Tropical Depression 18
had officially become Tropical Storm Sandy with
maximum sustained winds of near 40 miles per hour.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Tuesday, October 23
The NOAA National Weather Service issued advisories
indicating that a Tropical Storm watch would be
potentially required for portions of South Florida and the
Florida Keys beginning that evening.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Wednesday, October 24
FEMA begins to monitor Hurricane Sandy, the eighteenth
named storm of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
At 5:00 AM EST, the NOAA National Weather Service
issued Tropical Storm watches for the east coast of
Florida from Jupiter Inlet south and west to Flamingo,
including Florida Bay; and for the Florida Upper Keys
from Ocean Reef southward to Craig Key.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Thursday, October 25
FEMA regional offices in Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York
City and Boston, closely monitored Hurricane Sandy
located in the eastern Caribbean Sea with maximum
sustained winds of 105 miles per hour, and remained in
close coordination with state emergency management
partners in Florida and the potentially affected
southeast, Mid-Atlantic and New England states.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Friday, October 26
FEMA deploys Incident Management Assistance Teams
and liaison officers to Connecticut, Delaware, New York,
New
Jersey,
Massachusetts,
New
Hampshire,
Pennsylvania and Vermont to assist states with
coordination.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Friday, October 26
President Obama is briefed on updates to Hurricane
Sandy and federal actions to prepare for the storm as it
continued to move toward the United States mainland.
The President directed FEMA to ensure that all available
federal resources were being brought to bear to support
state and local responders in potentially affected areas
along the eastern seaboard as they prepared for the
severe weather.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Friday, October 26
U.S. Northern Command deployed Regional Defense
Coordinating Officers (DCO), and portions of the
Defense Coordinating Element (DCE), in advance of the
storm, to validate, plan and coordinate Department of
Defense (DOD) support of FEMA's response operations
and to facilitate DOD support of life-saving and response
operations.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Friday, October 26
U.S. National Guard positioned more than 61,000
National
Guard
personnel
along
the
eastern
seaboard.
The National Guards in Connecticut,
Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia
coordinated with authorities in preparation for Hurricane
Sandy's landfall.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Saturday, October 27
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and FEMA
Administrator Craig Fugate reached out to the governors of
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and the mayors of New York
and Washington, D.C., to make sure the governors' and mayors'
teams had the support they need in preparation for Hurricane
Sandy.
National
Guards
in
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
the District of Columbia continued to coordinate with state
authorities.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Sunday, October 28
President Obama signed emergency declarations for
Connecticut, District of Columbia,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York
due to Hurricane Sandy, making available federal
support to save lives and to protect property and public
health and safety. These declarations allow FEMA to
provide resources directly to state, tribal and local
government engaged in life-saving and sustaining
activities.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) mobilized
Planning and Response Teams (PRTs) and other
resources to support temporary power generator
requirements. Multiple assets were put on alert including
teams for debris management, temporary roofing,
commodities Distribution, and temporary housing.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
October 29, 2012
FEMA positioned more than 1,500 FEMA personnel along
the East Coast to support disaster preparedness and
response operations, including search and rescue,
situational awareness, communications and logistical
support. In addition, 28 teams comprised of 294 FEMA
Corps members were pre-staged to support Sandy.
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E-mail to 104 FW Members
Hurricane Sandy is off the East Coast of Florida tracking North. The currently
modeling has it tracking toward the coast of New Jersey with us on the northeast
side of the storm. The storm is expected to make landfall on Tuesday. Some notes:
- Use this weekend wisely to prepare you and your family
- We are looking for volunteers to fill the following missions beginning on Monday:
Initial request for SAD authorization - 104FW, all starting orders on Monday, 29 Oct
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- 26 pax for security mission (2 x 13-man teams)
- 40 pax for chainsaw teams (10 x 4-man teams)
- 8 pax for JISCC support
- 8 pax for Damage Assessment Teams (DATs)
- 4 pax for LNO support to the Region 3/4 MEMA location - Agawam
- 8 pax for Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
- The initial request for volunteers is for 3 days, with the potential to be longer. If we
do not have volunteers we will have to direct personnel to SAD. If you are interested
in volunteering, please contact your commander.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
More than 7,400 National Guard forces placed on duty to
support the governors of New York, Massachusetts,
Virginia,
New
Jersey,
Delaware,
Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire and Maryland.
These forces provide
assistance to local first responders and FEMA with
critical
tasks
such
and
assistance
at
evacuation shelters, route clearance, search and rescue
and delivery of essential equipment and supplies.
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
Hurricane Sandy makes landfall
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Hurricane Sandy
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
October 30
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signs
EMAC authorizing logistics assistance
requested by New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo.
MA NG companies depart for Floyd Bennett
Field, Brooklyn, NY
Capabilities: Fuel dispensing,
personnel/cargo vehicles, welfare patrol
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
October 31
MA ANG assets depart for Floyd Bennett Field
Capabilities: Fuel dispensing
Floyd Bennett Field Logistic Center becomes
fully operational
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Hurricane Sandy Timeline
November 1
Air Reserve from March ARB, California begin
airlifting supplies and equipment to Stewart
ANGB, Newburgh, NY
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Equipment Airlift
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Equipment Airlift
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Equipment Airlift
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Floyd Bennett Field
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Joint Operations Center in Brooklyn NY
 Housed military, FEMA, Red Cross, police,
emergency responders
 Distribution Center for water, food, fuel
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DOMOPS Keys
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Accountability: Someone has to pay the bill
 Personnel Status: Title 32 vs. Title 10
 C2: Civilian authority vs. military C2
 Pitfalls: Long term military assistance may
drive an atmosphere of entitlement
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Prevent against abuse
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Questions?
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