Emergency Management Forum – 8 January 2009 Department of Crime Control & Public Safety

1. Regionalization: Building Capabilities Statewide Emergency Management Forum – 8 January 2009 Department of Crime Control & Public Safety Division of Emergency Management

2. Mission of the Domestic PreparednessRegions • Mission: • To develop and expand Regional Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery capabilities for All Hazards, both Man-Made and Natural.

3. Mission of the Domestic PreparednessRegions • Roles and Responsibilities: • Prevention • Perform Regional Capability Assessment • Evaluate Vulnerabilities in existing Response Capabilities • Execute Regional Gap Analysis • Identify and Review existing Regional Level Plans

4. Mission of the DPRs (Continued..) Roles and Responsibilities: • Preparedness • Develop Projects to enhance Regional Capabilities that can be incorporated into the State’s Investment Justifications • Develop Regional Planning Deliverables • Support Training and Exercise • Educate Stakeholders

5. Mission of the DPRs (Continued..) • Roles and Responsibilities: • Response • Identify Capabilities above the to-be-determined State Minimum Standards • Support Regional Resource Typing

6. Mission of the DPRs (Continued..) • Roles and Responsibilities: • Recovery • Support Recovery Efforts within the Region • Assist in Coordination and Development of Recovery Plans

7. Core Membership of the DPRC • Rescue • Public Works • Emergency Medical Services • Municipal Fire Department • Rural Fire Department • Public Health • Municipal Police • Sheriff’s Department • Hospitals • Emergency Management

8. Year 1 Goals for the DPRs/SRS (2008) • DPR performs Risk Assessment. (Homeland Security Branch received HSGP money to complete this task; tentatively scheduled for 2009) • DPR performs Annual Capabilities Assessment Program (ACAP). • The DPR creates resource inventories. • SRS integration into HSGP work groups. • Assist with Investment Justification development. Scheduled to take place January 2009. Complete! Complete! Complete!

9. Year 2 Goals for theDPRs/SRS (2009) • DPR performs Risk Assessment. (Homeland Security Branch received HSGP money to complete this task, tentatively scheduled for 2009) • DPR performs Annual Capabilities Assessment Program (ACAP). • DPR evaluates needs and programs within region and makes recommendations to SERC Regionalization Subcommittee (SRS) for initiatives to reduce shortfalls. • SRS consolidates the needs and recommendations from the DPRs.

10. Year 2 Goals for theDPRs/SRS (2009) • SRS makes recommendations to the SERC and Project Proposal Forms (PPFs) are given to HSGP Investment Justification Work Groups. • HSGP Investment Justification Working Groups analyze the vulnerabilities and requests submitted by the SRS and State Agencies. • HSGP Investment Justification Working Groups build initiatives that combine the requests into a single, reasonable Investment Justification.

11. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • Approved FY09 HSGP DPR Project Proposals • Each DPR: Statewide Risk Assessment ($175K) • DPR 4 Transfer Switches ($200K) • DPR 5 Transfer Switches ($200K) • DPR 6 Generators ($200K) • DPR 7 Transfer Switches ($200K)

12. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • Approved FY09 HSGP DPR Project Proposals • DPR 7 Electronic Resource Database ($39K) • Each DPR: VIPER Subscriber Units ($750K) • DPR 6 VIPER Gateway ($250K) • DPR 6 Prime Movers ($100K) • DPR 2 Radiation Monitors ($75K) • DPR 1 Swift Water Rescue (Rolled into USAR Project)

13. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • Approved FY09 HSGP DPR Project Proposals • DPR 6 Mass Transport Vehicle ($357K) • DPR 5 Mass Transport Vehicle ($357K) • DPR 2 Mass Transport Vehicle ($357K) • DPR 5 Operations Oversight ($113,825) • DPR 2 NC Marine FF Capability Enhancement ($46K) • DPR 1 Eastern Regional Info Center ($604,217)

14. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • Funding Breakout on FY09 HSGP DPR Project Proposals • Overall Requested Funding: $16,997,598 • Overall Requested for Local Projects: $13,797,405 • Overall Requested for DPR Projects: $4,024,042 • Percentage of Funding for DPR Projects: 24%

15. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • Other Major FY09 HSGP Project Proposals • Community Preparedness ($400K) • VIPER Infrastructure ($6.2M) • NCNG Helo Auxiliary Fuel Tanks ($396K) • USAR ($950K) • RRT ($950K)

16. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • Other Major FY09 HSGP Project Proposals • Large Vehicle Borne IED Response Vehicles ($1.1M) • NC Fairgrounds Comm/Surveillance ($116K) • Statewide Training & Exercise ($2.25M)

17. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • Major Regionalization Initiatives for 2009 • DPR Re-Alignment – • Outgoing Secretary has approved moving Counties back into normally assigned Branches. This decision should not change. • Incoming Secretary and Chief Deputy Secretary will be briefed on possible new Regions within two weeks. • There are several options: add a DPR 8, increase/decrease sizes of existing Regions. Goal will be to ensure normal County relationships are considered.

18. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • Major Regionalization Initiatives for 2009 • DPRC Elections • Elections for DPRCs should be held once Pinehurst Retreat is complete and decision for DPR Re-Alignment made. • Risk Assessment performed for all DPRs upon receipt of FY09 funding. • DPR Standard Operating Guide is being developed; DRAFT should be provided to SRS this month for review. • HSGP Project Development Standard Operating Guide is being developed; DRAFT should be provided to SRS in March for review. Goal is to use for the FY10 HSGP process.

19. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • Major Regionalization Initiatives for 2009 • Define Regional Baseline Capabilities. • Finalize DPR Outreach.

20. REGIONALIZATION UPDATE • My Objectives for 2009 (in order of priority) are: • DECISION ON DPR RE-ALIGNMENT ASAP. • DPR SOG APPROVED & DISSEMINATED NLT 1 MAR 09. • DPRC ELECTIONS COMPLETED NLT 1 MAY 09. • HSGP PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SOG APPROVED & DISSEMINATED NLT 1 JUN 09. • DEFINE REGIONAL BASELINE CAPABILITY. • DPR RISK ASSESSMENTS INITIATED NLT 31 DEC 09.

21. 2009 OPERATIONS UPDATE • 2009 Operations Section Activities: • Initiation/Completion of Evacuation and Sheltering Plan for Western NC. • Development of Emergency Fuel Shortage Plan with DRAFT to be completed NLT 1 JUN 09. • Initiation of Comprehensive Hurricane Emergency Management Strategy (CHEMS) Pilot Program with FEMA. • Completion of Special Needs Registry in Web-EOC. • Update SOG for Daily (Non-Disaster) Resource Requests. • Distribution of CAMETs, Mass Care Support Trailers and Medical Dispensing & Compounding Trailers. • Update Coastal Region Evacuation and Sheltering Plan.

22. QUESTIONS?