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BAY AREA InfraGard
CHAPTER MEETING
August 20, 2009
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Mission Overview
Tom Ridgeway
Deputy Federal
Preparedness Coordinator
FEMA Region IX
FEMA
Partners in National Response
FEMA mission is to:
support our citizens and first
responders to ensure that as
a nation we work together
to
build, sustain, and improve our
capability to
prepare for, protect against,
respond to, recover from, and
mitigate all hazards.
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FEMA Historical Facts
 Federal disaster relief
began in 1803
 FEMA created in 1979
 FEMA became part of the
Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) in 2003
 “New FEMA” in 2006
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Congressional Mandate
 Returned components of
Preparedness to FEMA
 FEMA Administrator
 Stronger regional structure
 Law Enforcement Advisor
 Broader mission scope
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FEMA Structure
Office of the Administrator
Administrator– R. David Paulison
Dep. Administrator /Chief Operating Officer– Harvey E. Johnson
Gulf Coast Recovery
Associate Deputy
Administrator
Office of Policy and
Prog. Analysis
Director
Law Enforcement
Advisor to the
Administrator
Executive Secretariat
Exec. Secretary
Office of External Affairs
Director
Associate Deputy
Administrator
Regions
Office of Equal Rights
Director
Logistics
Management
Assistant
Administrator
Office of Chief Financial
Officer
Disaster Assistance
Assistant
Administrator
Office of Management
Director/Chief Acquisition
Disaster Operations
Assistant
Administrator
Grant Programs
Assistant
Administrator
Lisa Lewis
Office of Chief Counsel
Chief Counsel
National
Preparedness
Deputy
Administrator
National Capital Region
Coordination
Director
United States Fire
Administration
Assistant
Administrator
Region I - Administrator
Region II - Administrator
Region III – Administrator
Region IV - Administrator
Region V - Administrator
Region VI - Administrator
Region VII - Administrator
Region VIII –Administrator
Region IX - Administrator
Region X – Administrator
National Continuity
Programs
Assistant
Administrator
Mitigation
Assistant
Administrator
Dotted Lines are Coordination Solid Lines Are Command and Control
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FEMA
 National Headquarters
 10 Regional Office
 Other Support Facilities
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Who is FEMA?
▪ 4,000 authorized fulltime permanent
employees
▪ Approximately 12,000
on-call disaster
assistance employees
 Federal Departments and
Agencies under the
National Response
Framework
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Emergency Management Elements
Recovery
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National Preparedness Cycle
National Planning System
•Integrated Planning System
•Comprehensive Preparedness Guides
•Planning Technical Assistance
•Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants
•Planning Guide for Special Needs Populations
•Task Force for Emergency Readiness
•Fusion Center Guidelines & Technical
Assistance
Comprehensive Assessment System
•National Preparedness Reports
•Emergency Management Accreditation Program
•Target Capabilities List
Remedial Action Management
Program/Corrective Action Program
Community Preparedness
• Lessons Learned Information Sharing
• Citizen Corps Councils
• Citizen Emergency Response Teams
• Tribal Outreach
National Incident Management
System
• Resource Typing
• Credentialing
• Emergency Management Assistance
Compact
National Exercise Program
•National-level Exercises
•Regional, State & Local Exercise Support
•Training & Exercise Planning Workshops
•National Exercise Schedule
•Exercise & Evaluation Program doctrine
•National Exercise Simulation Center
•Terrorism Prevention Exercise Program
•Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Exercises
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• Responder Knowledge Base/SAVER
• Authorized Equipment List
• Homeland Security Grant Programs
National Training Program
• Emergency Management Institute
• Center for Domestic Preparedness
• 64 Training Partners offering 641 Courses
• Masters & Executive Leadership Program
• National Continuity Programs
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Response Operations
Stafford Act – ‘Our All Hazards Doctrine’
For declared disasters or emergencies
 Federal response resources
 Loan or donation of Federal resources
 Medicine, food and other consumables
 Federal recovery programs
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Response Operations Responsibilities
Local Emergency
Management Agency
State/Tribal Emergency
Management Agency
FEMA/ NRF Primary Agency
 Identify requirements exceeding
available local capability
(measurable and specific)
 Identify requirements exceeding
available State/Tribal capability.
 Determine the exact Federal
resource needed (State/Tribal
cost share may apply).
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Recovery Programs
 Individual Assistance
 Emergency Food
 Grants and loans to repair, rebuild, replace
 Public Assistance: infrastructure grants for:
 Protective measures and debris removal
 Recovery of facilities and equipment
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Mitigation Programs
 Sustained actions to limit long-term risk to life and property
from a disaster
 Measures include:
 Land use planning
 Structural Improvement, acquisition or relocation
 Adoption of building codes
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National Flood Insurance Program
 Insurance for homeowners in flood hazard areas
 Maintenance of nation-wide maps to identify flood hazard
zones
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Questions?
Tom Ridgeway
Deputy Federal Preparedness Coordinator
National Preparedness Division
FEMA Region IX
[email protected]
510.627.7277
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