Organizing Chaos; The Anatomy of Response

1. Organizing Chaos;The Anatomy of Response Captain Andy Stevermer Regional Emergency Coordinator Department of Health and Human Services

2. Catastrophe Theory “characterized by sudden shifts in behavior arising from small changes in circumstances”

3. NationalLevel Regional Level Field Level National Coordination Structure NIMS Role Interagency Incident Management Group JFO Coordination Group • Multiagency Coordination Entity • Strategic coordination • Multiagency Coordination Centers/EOCs • Support and coordination Joint Field Office Regional Response Coordination Center Homeland Security Operations Center Local Emergency Operations Center State Emergency Operations Center • Incident Command • Directing on-scene emergency management An Area Command is established when needed due to the complexity or number of incidents. Area Command Incident Command Post Incident Command Post Incident Command Post

4. Local Response Organization State EOC County EOC County EOC County EOC City EOC? Health EOC Fire EOC Transport EOC Police EOC Clinic EOC Command Post Command Post Hospital EOC

5. State Response Organization Federal EOC State EOC State EOC State EOC State Ag EOC HP EOC State Ag EOC State Health EOC County EOC

6. Federal Response Organization DOT EOC DHS NOC DoD SOC DHHS SOC EPA EOC RRCC CDC DEOC FDA EOC Joint Field Office HRSA EOC IHS EOC State EOC

7. Logistics Section Safety Public Information Incident Commander Inside the EOC Planning Section Logistics Section Admin and Finance Section Phase I - Routine Operations Phase II - Enhanced Operations (Alert Stage) Phase III - Full Operations Phase IV – Catastrophic Operation

8. Incident Action Plans (IAP) • Oral or Written Plans • General objectives reflecting an overall strategy • For a given Operational Period • Generally 24 hours or less • ICS 201 (NIMS IAP Format)

9. Getting the Stuff You Need • Ask for a requirement, not a resource; • Resource Typing and Cataloging • Resource Support • Force Protection • Resupply • Ask the right person

10. The Language of Response • Learning to speak “Responsese” • Realities of Rapid Communication • Write down acronyms and abbreviations • FAAT Handbook • Ask Questions

11. Beatitudes of Situational Briefing • Be Brief • Be Graphic • Be Decisive • Be Humble

12. Information Management • Overload • Technology Support for Overload • Email Storage • Cell phone capacity • Logs and Notebooks • Information Cells/Situation Cells/ Fusion Centers

13. QUESTIONS?