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Emergency Management
Committee:
Go Team
What is the IAFC?
The mission of the IAFC is to provide
leadership to current and future career,
volunteer, fire-rescue and EMS chiefs, chief fire
officers, company officers and managers of
emergency service organizations throughout the
International community through vision,
information, education, services and
representation to enhance their professionalism
and capabilities.
What is the IAFC?
• The IAFC is an international group representing
Career and Volunteer Fire Chiefs throughout the
United States, its territories and the World.
• Lead, Educate and Serve
• Began in 1873 and is located in the vicinity of
Washington, DC(Fairfax County Virginia)
IAFC Disaster Response
• IAFC’s main role until September 11, 2001 and
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was supportive
• Following Katrina, a Task Force examined the
national issues with mutual aid
• The EMC was formed as a standing committee
• Targeted involvement with state and federal
partners
IAFC Disaster Response
After 9-11
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Communications
Interoperability
Equipment Availability
Change of Scope of Fire Departments
Career Development Paths
Development of Assistance to Firefighter Grants
(AFG)
• NIMS Implementation
IAFC Disaster Response
Katrina/Rita Aftermath
• Mutual Aid Agreements
• Cataloging of resources
• Use of the Emergency
Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
• Interoperability issues
• Certification Standardization
– Fire: Credentialing
– EMS: National Scope of Practice
IAFC National Mutual Aid
Program
• Development and Implementation of Strategic
Plan
• Emergency Management Committee
• Addressed Intrastate Mutual Aid and State
Mutual Aid Plans (IMAS)
• Further Emphasized NIMS
• Concept of Response Teams
Intrastate Mutual
Aid System
IMAS
• Assist the Fire Service in any state, US Territory
or Tribe to develop or enhance intrastate mutual
aid plans
• Funded through DHS-NIMS Integration Center
• Technical Advisors are provided
• Working to create regional groups
Emergency Management
Committee
EMC
• Established by IAFC in 2006
• Address issues of State to State Coordination;
FEMA; NIMS; NRP
• Oversee and coordinate with IMAS
• Implementation of Go-Teams
What is the Go Team?
“The IAFC Go Team is
comprised of highly skilled
and equipped chief officers
that will work with peers,
allied agencies and elected
officials to assist in the
coordination and recovery of
significant emergencies
and/or catastrophic events”
Selection of Go Team Members
• Application process
• Considerations
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Diversity
Geographic location to ensure national balance
Type of department; career, volunteer, combination
Prior work with IAFC mutual aid programs
Experience and department history
Activity within the state mutual aid program
Emergency management background
Benefits of the Go Team
• The Go Team members will act as liaison
between the requesting agency and the IAFC for
request and/or provision of support services.
• There are 42 members across the ten FEMA
Regions which allow for an effective means of
coordinating resources within a smaller
geographic area and interaction between
regions.
Benefits of the Go Team
• By paralleling the FEMA model for response and
coordination of the Go Team, this allows for a
more timely response and people that may
better understand the local needs and concerns.
Go Team Members in
the FEMA Regions
What We Do
Team Activation
• Normal deployment 7-10 days
• Each member outfitted for up to a standard 14
day assignment
• Relief crews can be deployed if necessary
• Typically a 2 person team will be assigned
• Multiple teams may be dispatched if the situation
requires
What We Do
Team Versatility
• Vast experience in areas of:
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Staffing and Command
Resource Management
Incident Action Plans
Documentation, NIMS Forms
Public Information
Operations and Finance
EMAC procedures
What We Don’t
• We are not an Incident Management Team
(IMT):
– We can fill positions of an IMT
– We can fill positions in an EOC or MAC
– We can assist any special need
• We are not an Incident Command Team:
– We are to provide support and relief, not take over.
How does it work?
Requesting Assistance
Requesting Assistance
Requesting Assistance
• Who can request assistance?
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Local fire chief
State official
Federal official
Affected department
County or state emergency operations centers
Any federal official operating under the National
Response framework as part of a local/state disaster
response.
*The individual making the request, MUST be in a position of
authority as part of an emergency event.
Requesting Assistance
• Requests for assistance may be initiated after the
event occurs or prior to an anticipated event for prestaging of Go Team resources.
• There is a 24-hour call center that directs calls to the
IAFC staff.
• A Request For Assistance (RFA) application must be
filled out by the requesting individual/agency providing
detailed information of the event, the type of help
needed, and the number of members needed.
• All information will ensure the correct resources are
allocated.
Requesting Assistance
• After assistance has been requested, the IAFC will
forward the RFA to the Go Team Coordinator for review
and processing.
• The FEMA region involved and number of members
necessary will be verified by the Coordinator.
• Once the team personnel and travel plans have been
identified, the Coordinator will provide the information to
the requestor and provide an ETA for the team.
Go Team: 1-888-840-6884
Add it to your cell phone contact list
Activation Orders
• Activation orders will include:
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Mission or Tasking number
Incident type and location
Contact information for requesting individual/agency
Travel plans, ETA
Directions and/or maps to the staging area or incident
command post
– Primary mission objectives and special instructions
Activation Selection
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“Closest, most appropriate”
FEMA Region- proximity to event
Availability
If a large scale incident (Hurricane, Tornado)
send non-affected members.
• Specialized training or experience
Local Support
• Local support is NOT required
• Assistance securing local lodging, meals, and
local travel is helpful
• We arrange our own logistics as needed
• We do require a designated POC to provide
– Assignments
– Check in location
– Operational periods
• Tell us how we can assist you.
Cost to Requestor
• ZERO
• Associated costs are covered through contract
funding from DHS
Team Organization
• The team members operate under the authority
and direct control of the IAFC’s Emergency
Management Committee (EMC) and the National
Programs Department of the IAFC.
• Because team members are from each FEMA
region, they may be able to drive directly to the
incident in a short period of time. This is helpful if
other transportation methods are compromised.
Documentation
• The Go Team members complete daily logs for
each operational period or day of deployment.
• The log will document:
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Work day hours
Work assignments
Accomplishments
Important events
Expenses related to deployment
Documentation
• An ICS Form 214 is used to record details of
daily activity in order to provide the basic
reference from which to extract information for
inclusion in any after-action report.
• An ICS Form 209 will be used for further details.
• All forms will be returned to Go Team
Coordinator at the end of deployment.
Communication
• Go Team members keep in daily contact with
the Go Team Coordinator to share information
and make any requests for further assistance
from the IAFC.
• Upon demobilization, team members report to
the Coordinator their safe arrival home and
schedule a date for after-action debriefing.
Code of Conduct
• The Code of Conduct consists of the rules and
standards governing the expected demeanor of
the Go Team members responding on behalf of
the IAFC.
• Each team member is both a representative of
their response team, their home agency, and the
IAFC.
Go Team Values
• Go Team members adhere to the following IAFC
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Integrity
Professionalism
Responsiveness
Collaboration
Diversity/Inclusiveness
Safety Culture
Recent Activations
Puerto Rico – Wildland Fires
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Increased wildland fire activity
Request for technical assistance
Assist with cause and origin determination
Region VIII team selection due to wildland and
fire investigation experience
• On the ground in San Juan in <36 hours
Recent Activations
Puerto Rico
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2 Go Team Members
IMAS Technical Advisor
No Cost to Puerto Rico
Assist in development of strategic plan for
decreasing wildland fire incidents
• 12 days on the island
• Identified incendiary device
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Puerto Rico: fire scenes visited
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Puerto Rico
Recent Activations
Atlanta, Georgia- Severe Weather
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Request from the State ESF-4 desk
2 Team Members
Staff State Emergency Operations Center
Assisted with information gathering and
resource deployment and accountability
Recent Activations
Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Tornadoes
• Request from the Fire Chief and Emergency
Manager
• 2 Staff Members
• Assigned to the temporary city command center
(the city EOC was destroyed)
• Assisted Incident Management Team
Recent Activations
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Recent Activations
State of Connecticut – Hurricane Irene
• Request from the ESF-4 Desk
• 2 member team (3 personnel total)
• Assigned to the ESF-4 Desk at the State
Emergency Operations Center
• Assisted ESF-4 Desk and other assigned tasks
Recent Activations
State of Connecticut
Recent Activations
Stafford County, Virginia - Earthquake &
Hurricane Irene
• Request from the Fire Chief
• 2 Member Team
• Staff County EOC
– Logistics/Finance
– Operations
– Documentation
Recent Activations
Stafford County, Virginia
Recent Activations
State of Connecticut – Winter Storm
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Request from the state EOC
2 Members requested, assigned
Assigned to the state ESF-4 desk
Assisted with situation reports, unit deployment
status and power outage needs
Recent Activations
State of Connecticut
“Go Teams – When things are at their
worst, the IAFC sends our best”
Questions?
IAFC Contacts
• Bill Bullock, Program Manager
703.537.4849 or [email protected]
• Amber Wells, Program Specialist
703.880.5121 or [email protected]
• Mike Warren, Assistant Director
703.273.9672 or [email protected]
• Visit www.iafc.org/mutualaid