FRP- NRP- NIMS Federal Response Plan, National Response Plan and the National Incident Management System

1. FRP- NRP- NIMSFederal Response Plan, National Response Plan and the National Incident Management System ? What’s the Latest

2. NRP Objectives • Implement HSPD-5 • Single comprehensive national approach • Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery • Ensure all levels of government work together • National Incident Management System • Horizontal and vertical integration • Effective Communications • Integrate crisis and consequence management into a unified component

3. Guidance to Writing Team • All hazard • Not detailed by hazard • Life cycle of event • Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery • Preserve what works • From existing plans • From NIIMS

4. Timeline • Sept. 30, 2003 • HSC-approved initial NRP • full NRP outline • full NRP/NIMS development/implementation timeline completed • Dec. 31, 2003 • NIMS final draft document (v9.0 released 3/1/04) • Working Draft NRP base plan (v1.0 released 2/25/04) • Begin development of functional and hazard-related annexes • July 1, 2004 • HSC-approved full NRP base plan • Procedural and other support documents to follow

5. Initial NRP • Bridging document to full NRP • Uses existing plans (FRP, NCP, CONPLAN etc) • Harmonizes existing operational processes, procedures and protocols • Defines DHS elements • Principal Federal Official • Interagency Incident Management Group • Formerly Crisis Assessment Team • Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) • Requires specific modifications to existing plans:

6. Changes to Existing Plans • National Homeland Security Operations Center • Primary national-level hub for operational communications and info pertaining to domestic incident management • Interagency Incident Management Group • Facilitate national-level situational awareness, operational coordination, course of action determination and policy recommendations • Interagency policy process for domestic incident management • Principal Federal Official roles and responsibilities • Represents the DHS Secretary locally • FCO/SAC retain authorities • Joint Field Office concept define • Integrates Federal, state and local incident management entities locally whenever possible • Coordination point for JOC/DFO

7. Outreach Strategy • Keep stakeholders informed • Provide system for feedback and comment throughout the process

8. State & Local Participation • State local group formed to provide input to process • Represents cross-section of stakeholders • NEMA • IAEM • NACo • IAFC • Others • Provide review, input, reality check

9. State & Local Feedback • Keep simple; Keep very simple • Use what works • organizational structures • investments made by states • or else be prepared to pay for changes • Build on good state & local systems & processes not reverse • Significant concern regarding proliferation of communication “channels”

10. NIIMS Incident Management Training Qualifications & Certifications Publication Management Support Technology NIMS Command & Incident Management System Preparedness & Planning Resource Management Communications, Information & Intelligence Management Support Technology NIIMS compared to NIMS

11. Guiding Principles • Support HSPD-5 concepts • Integrate Prevention/Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery • Integrate crisis and consequence management • Integrate DHS components • Incorporate Critical Infrastructure Protection • Keep what works • Maintain Federal, State, local consistency • Limit expansion to manageable numbers

12. ESF #1 Transportation Department of Transportation ESF #2 Communications National Communications System ESF #3 Public Works and Engineering Department of Defense U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ESF #4 Firefighting Department of Agriculture Forest Service ESF #5 Information and Planning Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ESF #6 Mass Care American Red Cross ESF #7 Resource Support General Services Administration ESF #8 Health and Medical Services Department of Health and Human Services ESF #9 Urban Search and Rescue FEMA ESF #10 Hazardous Materials Environmental Protection Agency ESF #11 Food Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service ESF #12 Energy Department of Energy Emergency Support Functionsunder the Federal Response Plan

14. Other Activities • National Resource Management Working Group • National Resource Typing effort • Automated Resource Management System (group has been looking at ROSS as a possible national system for all Departments and Agencies)

15. Other Activities • Senior Logistics Conference and follow-up meetings and working groups • October 2003 Northcom hosted the first Senior Logistics Conference. Group will develop the Logistics Annex for the NRP. • Initial Group made up of lead personnel from all ESF agencies and the military J4 unit.

16. Senior Logistics Council • FS represented on this council • FS suggesting this annex concentrate on Multi-agency Coordination and mobilization concepts and policies instead of ESF functions

17. Other Planning Efforts • Initial Catastrophic Incident Response Plan • Being Developed by Homeland Security Council and DHS. • Department of Agriculture Homeland Security Staff is working with Agencies for input. • NWCG resources are included in the plan

18. USDA All Risk IMT’s • USDA Homeland Security Staff is working with USDA Agencies on plans and training for USDA Teams. • ICS training efforts continue throughout USDA. • I-420 exercise for 6 Teams is scheduled for October of 2004 at NARTC.

19. Questions?