Transcript Welcome to MWEOC

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Mission Briefing
FEMA Mission
Prepare for and lead the Federal
Government’s response to
emergencies and major disasters,
natural and man–made, including
acts of terrorism — “all-hazards”
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Save lives
Protect property
Ensure basic human
needs are met
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FEMA Focus Areas
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Improve ability to define the common domestic operating picture
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Improve overall situational awareness and communications
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Improve visibility of actions and resource tracking
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Implement state-of-the-art logistics support system
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Continue catastrophic planning
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Provide better victim care and assistance
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Ensure better inter-agency coordination
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DHS/FEMA
FEMA’s
Space Weather Alert and
Notification
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FEMA’s Network of Operations &
Coordination Centers
FEMA
Operations
Center
FEMA
Mt. Weather, VA
Alternate
Operations
Center – East
FEMA
Alternate
Operations
Center – West
*Thomasville, GA
**Denver, CO
Response
Watch
Center
National
Response
Coordination
Center
Wash, D.C.
Regional Response
Coordination Centers
MERS
Operations
Centers
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Bothell, WA
Denton, TX
Denver, CO**
Frederick, MD
Maynard, MA
Thomasville, GA*
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Region Watch Centers
R1 - Boston
R2 - New York
R3 - Philadelphia
R4 - Atlanta
R5 - Chicago
R6 - Denton
R7 - Kansas City
R8 - Denver
R9 - Bothell
R10 - Oakland
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FOC / FAOCs’ Mission
FEMA
Operations
Center
FEMA
Mt. Weather, VA
Alternate
Operations
Center – East
FEMA
Alternate
Operations
Center – West
Response
Watch
Center
National
Response
Coordination
Center
Wash, D.C.
Regional Response
Coordination Centers
• Operational 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
MERS
Operations
Centers
7/18/2015
Bothell, WA
Denton, TX**
Denver, CO
Frederick, MD
Maynard, MA
Thomasville, GA*
• Staffed by four (4) operations
teamsWatch Centers
Region
R1 - Boston
• Augmented by the FEMA Alternate
Operations Center (FAOC) East
R2
New
(Thomasville, GA) & West (Denver, CO)York
R3 - Philadelphia
R4MISSION
- Atlanta
R5 - Chicago
• Receive, analyze, and disseminate
a wide variety of All-Hazards
R6, Notification,
- Denton
information utilizing Receipt
Alert and Warning
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Kansas
City
media with support from the FAOCs and MOCs.
R8 - Denver
• Execute plans in support R9
of Civil
Continuity of Government
- Bothell
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R10 - Oakland
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Notification Framework
When?:
If a space weather event will likely…
• Directly or indirectly cause or exacerbate a major disaster or emergency
• Interfere with or seriously degrade FEMA’s response & recovery capability
• Create political, public, or media pressure / expectation for FEMA action
Why?:
• Provide broad, timely space weather situational awareness across the
agency
• Answer the “So what?” for potentially high-concern / high-impact events
• Use plain language messaging to briefly outline possible or probable
impacts; expected duration
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Notification Framework
How?:
• SWPC Email Auto-Alerts – Recommend subscription settings for FEMA
Network of Operations & Coordination Centers
• Event Levels: NOAA Scale Alerts - R 2, S 3, & G 3 or higher alerts
• Action:
• Situational awareness for subscribers
• Radio Blackouts (R 2 and above) - interested parties should
monitor the SWPC web-site “D-Rap” model
• SWPC Voice Alerts - Telephone notification to FAOC-West; conference
FOC & FAOC-East
• Event Level: NOAA Scale - S 4, S 5 & G 4, G 5 alerts
• Actions:
• Notify FEMA Senior Leadership;
• Emergency Notification System (ENS) message to agency Watch
Centers and other key nodes;
• Possible broadcast over the National Warning System (NAWAS) &
Washington Area Warning System (WAWAS) for S 5 & G 5 events
• NAWAS – 2,250 Warning Points to City & County Level
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• WAWAS – 125 National Capital Region subscribers
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Space Weather Event
Alert & Notification Process
Subscriber
Email Alerts
Alert
Conference Call
FOC
S3
R5
S2
G4
G3
G2
Geomagnetic Storms
R2
Radio Blackouts
S4
Solar Radiation Storms
G5
FAOC
West
FAOC
East
Notification
Action
Notify
Leadership
ENS to
Watches
NAWAS /
WAWAS
S 5, G 5 only
D-Rap Model
No notifications recommended at these levels
S1
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G1
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