FIRE SERVICE MUTUAL AID AND MISSOURI

1. FIRE SERVICE MUTUAL AID AND MISSOURI

2. SPEAKERS

3. NORMAL MUTUAL AID OPERATIONS Mutual Aid Among Local Entities Occurs Somewhere In Missouri On A Daily Basis

4. MISSOURI MUTUAL AID - STATEWIDE Began In Early 1991 Law Passed Allowing Mutual Aid On A Statewide Basis 1st Law Was For Fire Service Only

5. EARLY STATEWIDE RESPONSE Haz Mat Train Derailment Large Cold Storage Fire 1993 Floods

6. THE FIRE SERVICE AND NATIONAL RESPONSE WAS NONE

7. EMAC Emergency Management Assistance Compact After 1992 All 50 States Now Belong NEMA Administered

8. ADVANTAGES Credentialing Covered Tort And Immunity Goes With Personnel Easier Reimbursement

9. DISADVANTAGES Geared For Non-Emergency Response Paperwork Nightmare Lack Of Intimate Knowledge Of Requested Needs

10. IAFC & AFTERMATH OF KATRINA Saw Need For National Plan For Fire Service Response In A Disaster Formed Mutual Aid Systems Task Force (MASTF) Required Report With Recommendations In 9 Months

11. MASTF GOAL Develop a recognized, accepted and seamless process for fire response to a national disaster.

12. IAFC PLAN • Work With State Chief Organizations To Provide Template • Purpose • Common Terminology • Legal Authority • Interoperability • NIMS/DHS Compliant

13. IMAS • Homeland Security Grants • For Continuing Work On MASTF • To Provide Assistance To Each State For Intrastate Mutual Aid Systems (IMAS)

14. Solve the main problem of a lack of resources: Who has what is needed Where it is & where it needs to go How to get it there quickly How supply & demand are organized/ communicated to ensure efficient use Intrastate Mutual Aid System (IMAS) MUTUAL AID WITHIN STATES Community to Community Community to State Mutual Aid System Task Force (MASTF) MUTUAL AID BETWEEN STATES State to State State to Nation

15. SIX KEY OBJECTIVES National Point Of Contact Policies For Rapid Deployment Eligibility To Participate Training Linkage With Other Emergency Responders Funding

16. RECOGNITION CRITERIA OF STATEWIDE PLANS Collaboratively Written Formal Plan Accepted At State Level

17. MOSCOPE Missouri Systems Concept Of Operational Planning For Emergencies

18. MOSCOPE CONCEPT

19. MO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM FOR FIRE RESOURCES-SCOPE All Hazard Allocation-Mobilization-Deployment All Fire Resources To Augment Local Resources

20. MO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM FOR FIRE RESOURCES-CONCEPT Immediate Activation Opt Out Systematic Typing & Approaches Start & End Locally Specialized Assistance NIMS Compliant

21. MO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM FOR FIRE RESOURCES-COMPONENTS All Fire Agencies Incident Support Teams Hazardous Materials Teams Homeland Security Response System Components Missouri Task Force I Heavy Rescue And Search & Rescue Resources

22. MISSOURI LAW TODAY Includes All Potential Responders Opt Out Nims Compliant Credentialing Governmental Function As If At Home

23. MISSOURI LAW TODAY No Department Or District Can Be Forced To Respond To Or Accept Mutual Aid If A Department Wishes Not To Be Involved – Simply Send A Letter To Fire Marshal To That Affect

24. MISSOURI LAW TODAY • Responding Agencies Must Meet Federal Laws Concerning Mutual Aid • Personnel Trained In NIMS Compliant Training • Is 100 • Is 200 • Others If Part Of Command Structure

25. MISSOURI LAW TODAY • Law Requires That Local Fire Chief Insures Personnel And Equipment Responding Meet Credentialing Requirements That Are Requested • If Requesting Type I Pumper - Pumper Responding Is A Type I Pumper • Personnel Responding Meet Request (LE-FF/EMT)

26. MISSOURI LAW TODAY Any And All Responders And Equipment, For Purposes Of Insurance And Liabilities Are Covered As If They Were Responding Within Their Own Jurisdiction Best To Check With Insurer

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28. LOCAL REPRESENTATION The Fire Chief of each local entity providing fire protection will serve as Fire Service Representative to Area Coordinators

29. MO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM FOR FIRE RESOURCES-LOCAL ACTIVATION LOCAL EOC REGIONAL COORDINATOR

30. AREA FIRE & RESCUE COORDINATOR Area Coordinators Are Selected By Local Fire Service Representatives Within A Specified Area

31. MO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM FOR FIRE RESOURCES-REGIONAL ACTIVATION REGIONAL MACC STATE MUTUAL AID COORDINATOR

32. REGIONAL FIRE & RESCUE COORDINATORS Selected By MO Assn Of Fire Chiefs In Consultation With State Fire Marshal & Area Coordinators

33. REGION

34. MO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM FOR FIRE RESOURCES-STATE ACTIVATION STATE EOC OTHER REGIONAL COORDINATORS

35. DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY & MUTUAL AID

36. STATE MUTUAL AID COORDINATION DFS Requested Funding For Position Of Mutual Aid Coordinator In Fire Marshal’s Office State Homeland Security Saw Need And Provided Funding

37. COORDINATOR’S DUTIES • Identify Potential Enhancements • Assist In Ongoing Maintenance As DFS Representative To MOSCOPE • Work To Enhance • IST Teams • HSRS Teams • MERIS • Work With Other Disciplines To Include Them In MOSCOPE

38. STATE FIRE REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES DURING AN EMERGENCY • Coordinate Inter-regional Responses • Evaluate Conditions • Determine Resource Availability • Select Resources To Fill Request • Alert Regional Coordinators • Serve As Fire Service Representative In State EOC • Activate Specialty Resources When Requested

39. MO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM FOR FIRE RESOURCES-RELATIONSHIPS • State Fire Marshal • ESF #4 - Fire • ESF #9 - Search & Rescue • Other EOC Relationships • ESF #8 - EMS • ESF #10 - HAZ MAT

40. INCIDENT SUPPORT TEAMS –WHAT ARE THEY?

41. PRIMARY PURPOSE OF AN IST TEAM The purpose of an incident support team is to complement and support the management of an incident or multiple incidents when the complexity or span of control has exceeded local entity’s capacity to effectively manage the event.

42. MISSOURI INCIDENT SUPPORT TEAMS • The MO-IST System Is Currently Comprised Of : • Two IST Teams Type 3 • One IST Team Type 4 • Future? • One More Type 3 In Kansas City Region • Several More Type 4

43. MO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM FOR FIRE RESOURCES-WHEN RECEIVING Local In Control Need To Provide For Support Ask For What You Need Communication Reimbursement - Document - Document - Document

44. MO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM FOR FIRE RESOURCES-WHEN RESPONDING • Voluntary • Be Prepared • Scramble • Standard • Send What Requested • Protect Your Own 1st • Document - Document - Document

45. CHECKLIST Contacted local area coordinator or regional coordination Identified myself and the agency making the request Provided two callback numbers for contact Stated the reason for the request Stated the type(s) and quantity of resources needed and resources already utilized Stated when we need the resources Stated where resources are to report Stated other needed information for responders Identified Radio Communications Frequency to be utilized for contact

46. FORMS • Force Account Labor Summary Record • Used to record your personnel costs. • Force Account Equipment Summary Record • Used to record your equipment use costs. • Material Summary Record • Used to record the supplies and materials that you take out of stock or purchase. • Rented Equipment Summary Record • Used to record the costs of rented or leased equipment. • Contract Work Summary Record • Used to record the costs or work that you have done by contract.

47. THE FUTURE Make It User Friendly (Meris) Have A Single 800 Number Provide Central Dispatching Take It On The Road

48. BOTTOM LINE MUST PROVIDE PROPER RESPONSE FOR CITIZENS