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Presentation to the NWSRFS International Workshop October 22, 2003 Phil Kirk Mitigation Division FEMA Region VII Kansas

Presentation to the NWSRFS International Workshop October 22, 2003 Phil Kirk Mitigation Division FEMA Region VII Kansas City, Missouri. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate . FEMA’s MISSION.

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Presentation to the NWSRFS International Workshop October 22, 2003 Phil Kirk Mitigation Division FEMA Region VII Kansas

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  1. Presentation to the NWSRFS International Workshop October 22, 2003 Phil Kirk Mitigation Division FEMA Region VII Kansas City, Missouri

  2. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate

  3. FEMA’s MISSION To reduce loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

  4. Today…

  5. FEMA’s AUTHORITY • Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288, as amended) • Federal Response Plan supports implementation of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act • Defines the federal government’s role to provide response, recovery, and mitigation assistance to support state and local government disaster efforts

  6. Federal Response Plan (FRP) Purpose “To coordinate all federal resource capability into one consolidated response mechanism for assisting disaster-affected victims and communities.”

  7. Federal Response Plan (FRP) The FRP… • Coordinates response and recovery activities of 27 signed federal agencies • Supports local and state actions in response to a disaster • Actually implements the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

  8. Federal Response Plan (FRP) The FRP… • Describes federal response to major disasters that overwhelm state and local capabilities • Organizes disaster response into 12 functional areas, with primary and support agencies • Is the national disaster response framework

  9. Federal Response Plan (FRP) The 12 ESFs 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 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 Federal Emergency Management Agency ESF-10 Hazardous Materials Environmental Protection Agency ESF-11 Food Department of Agriculture/Food and Nutrition Service ESF-12 Energy Department of Energy

  10. Federal Response Plan (FRP) Anatomy of a Disaster Declaration

  11. Joint Preliminary Damage & Needs Assessment Reports to Mayor/County Executive Governor Local First Responders FEMA Regional Director Informs Alert Requests Aid from FEMA Director Governor Declares State Emergency/ Disaster Disaster Occurs Contacts Requests Emergency Major Disaster Declaration Disaster Field Operations The President LOCAL STATE FEDERAL Declares Emergency/ Major Disaster Emergency Support Functions #1. Transportation #2. Communications #3. Public Works & Engineering #4. Firefighting #5. Information & Planning #6. Mass Care #7. Resource Support #8. Health & Medical Services #9. Urban search & Rescue #10. Hazardous Materials #11. Food #12. Energy Provides Federal Coordinating Officer Appoints Emergency Response Team Comprised of 26 Federal Agencies and the American Red Cross Disaster Field Office Supports Sets Up State Coordinating Officer Joins DISASTER RESPONSE PROCESS

  12. State Government Local Government FEMA Other Federal Agencies Voluntary Agencies Federal Response Plan (FRP) FEMA coordinates the federal government’s disaster response and recovery efforts by building partnerships

  13. Federal Response Plan (FRP) How Response is Tailored • Consequence management response is tailored to state and local needs • Rapid Needs Assessment • Action Planning • Time-Phased Force and Deployment Data (TPFDD) Execution • Mission Assignments • Movement Coordination

  14. Terrorism: FEMA will coordinate with FBI as necessary Federal Response Plan (FRP) Mission Assignment ProcessRequests for Assistance (RFAs) Local Government State Government FEMA (consults with primary agencies) FRP Primary Agency (consults withsupport agencies) • Identify requirements exceeding local capability • Identify requirements exceeding state capability • Determine exact federal support needed, and funding (state cost share may apply) • Validate missions, secure individual agency approval, and execute

  15. DHS/FEMA Assets Nationwide

  16. DHS/FEMA Assets Nationwide • MERS – Mobile Emergency Response Support • TLC – Territorial Logistics Center • NPSC – National Processing Service Center

  17. Urban Search and Rescue Teams

  18. Emergency Preparedness and Response • FEMA has been absorbed into this division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) • Will retain the FEMA name • Preparedness, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery still remain main mission of this division • Direct the federal response to natural disasters, as well as chemical, biological, or radiological incidents

  19. Questions?

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