Transcript Part of a Broader Strategy - Van Buren/Cass District

Part of a Broader Strategy
• The National Response
Framework is required
by, and integrates
under, a larger National
Strategy for Homeland
Security.
Key Principle: Tiered Response
• A basic premise of the
Framework is that
incidents are generally
handled at the lowest
jurisdictional level
possible.
Federal Response: Key Players
– The President leads the Federal Government
response.
– The Secretary of Homeland Security is the
principal Federal official for domestic incident
management consistent with HSPD-5.
– The FEMA Administrator is responsible of the
preparation for, protection against, response
to, and recovery from all-hazards incidents.
– When DHS coordination is NOT required,
Federal agencies may provide assistance
consistent with their authorities.
Framework
• When assistance is coordinated by a Federal agency
with primary jurisdiction, the Department of Homeland
Security may activate framework mechanisms to
support the response without assuming overall
leadership for the incident.
• The Framework promotes partnerships with
nongovernmental and voluntary organizations which
provide specialized services that help individuals with
special needs.
• The Framework is focused on incidents of all types,
including acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other
emergencies.
Threat
State Government:
Incident Response Process
Incident
Activate State
EOC
Declare a State of
Emergency
Activate intrastate or
interstate mutual aid and
assistance agreements
Provide requested
State resources
Request Federal support based on
anticipated need, or when State
resources are exhausted
Criteria for Effective Exercises
• Exercises should:
– Include multidisciplinary,
multijurisdictional incidents.
– Include participation of privatesector and nongovernmental
organizations.
– Cover aspects of preparedness
plans, particularly the processes
and procedures for activating local,
intrastate, or interstate mutual aid
and assistance agreements.
– Contain a mechanism for
incorporating corrective actions.
National Incident Management System
• NIMS:
 Provides a consistent nationwide template.
 Enables Federal, State, tribal, and local
governments, the private sector, and
nongovernmental organizations to work together.
 Helps to prepare for, prevent, respond to,
recover from, and mitigate the effects of
incidents regardless of cause, size, location, or
complexity.
 Reduces the loss of life and property, and harm
to the environment.
 Provides a proactive approach to ensuring that
responders from across the country are
organized, trained, and equipped in a manner
that allows them to work together seamlessly.
Emergency Plans
• Make sure your emergency plans:
– Are developed using hazard identification and risk
assessment methodologies.
– Are integrated, operational, and incorporate key
private-sector and nongovernmental elements.
– Include provisions for all persons, including special
needs populations and those with household pets.
Planning
• Planning across the full range of homeland
security operations is an inherent
responsibility of every level of government.
Situational Awareness Priorities
• When developing protocols for situational
awareness, priority should be given to:
– Providing the right information at the right
time.
– Improving and integrating national reporting.
– Linking operations centers and tapping
subject-matter experts.
– Standardizing reporting.
Unified Command
•In a Unified Command, individuals
designated by their jurisdictional or
organizational authorities work together to:
– Determine objectives, strategies, plans,
resource allocations, and priorities.
– Develops a single Incident Action Plan.
– Execute integrated incident operations
and maximize the use of assigned
resources.
– Allows agencies to interact effectively on
scene while maintaining their own
authority, responsibility, and
accountability.
Local Emergency Operations Center
•An emergency operations
center (EOC):
– Supports on-scene incident
management operations.
– Is the physical location at
which the coordination of
information and resources
occurs.
Local Officials and
Emergency Operations Center
Incident Command
Post
National Response Coordination Center
DHS
Secretary
 Monitors potential or developing
incidents.
NOC Components
 Supports the efforts of regional and field
components.
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Planning Element
NOC-NICC
NRCC
 Initiates mission assignments or
reimbursable agreements to activate
other Federal departments and agencies.
 Activates and deploys national-level
specialized teams.
State Coordinating Officer
• The State Coordinating Officer is appointed by
the Governor to coordinate State disaster
assistance efforts with those of the Federal
Government.
Demobilization
Gain and Maintain Situation
Awareness
Activate and Deploy
Resources and Capabilities
Coordinate Response Actions
Demobilize
When should
planning for
demobilization
occur?
• Demobilization is the
orderly, safe, and
efficient return of a
resource to its original
location and status.
• Incident managers
begin planning for the
demobilization process
when incident activities
shift from response to
recovery.
PFO
• As a member of the Unified Coordination
Group, the Principal Federal Official (PFO) has
responsibility for administering Stafford Act
authorities.
National Response Coordination
Center
• The NRCC serves as FEMA’s primary
operations management center, as well as the
focal point for national resource coordination.
Regional Response Coordination
Centers
• RRCCs operate under the direction of the
FEMA Regional Administrator and coordinate
Federal regional response until the Joint Field
Office (JFO) is established.
National Preparedness Guidelines
• Four critical elements:
– The National Preparedness Vision
– National Planning Scenarios
– Universal Task List
– Target Capabilities List
• The National Response Framework presents
the guiding principles that enable all response
partners to prepare for and provide a unified
national response to all incidents.