Role of the Voluntary Agency Liaison

1. Role of the Voluntary Agency Liaison AIRS CONFERENCE

2. FEMA’s Strategic Plan • Mission • FEMA's Mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards

3. What is FEMA? • Since March 2003, part of the Department of Homeland Security • A former independent agency created in 1979 • Includes the U.S. Fire Administration and Federal Insurance Administration

4. Who is FEMA? • Administrator appointed by the President, confirmed by Congress, reporting to DHS Secretary

5. FEMA – Who We Are • Approximately 2,600 full-time staff, 8,000 disaster staff • Manages Federal response to Presidentially-declared disasters and emergencies of all types • Coordinates Federal incident management and response planning with Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments

6. US Department of Homeland Security/FEMA Office of the Administrator Administrator (PAS) Dep. Administrator /Chief Operating Officer (PAS) Gulf Coast Recovery Associate Deputy Administrator Law Enforcement Advisor to the Administrator Office of Policy and Prog. Analysis Director Executive Secretariat Exec. Secretary Office of External Affairs Director Associate Deputy Administrator Regions Region I - Region II - Region III – Region IV - Region V - Region VI - Region VII – Region VIII - Region IX – Region X – Office of Equal Rights Director Office of Chief Financial Officer Office of ManagementDirector/Chief Acquisition Office of Chief Counsel Chief Counsel National Capital Region Coordination Director Logistics Management Assistant Administrator Disaster Assistance Assistant Administrator Disaster Operations Assistant Administrator Grants Management Assistant Administrator National Preparedness Deputy Administrator United States Fire Administration/National Fire Academy Assistant Administrator National Continuity Programs Assistant Administrator Mitigation Assistant Administrator (A) Acting, Dotted Lines are Coordination Solid Lines Are Command and Control

7. I X VIII V II VII Virgin Islands IX III Hawaii Puerto Rico IV VI Pacific Territories FEMA Regional Boundaries

8. FEMA’s Authority Three documents guide what FEMA does, how it does it and gives it the authority to perform its mission: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, and National Response Framework (NRF) • Engaged Partnership • Tiered Response • Scalable, Flexible, and Adaptable Operational Capabilities • Unity of Effort Through Unified Command • Readiness to Act • National Disaster Recovery Framework

9. National Response Framework • Purpose • Guides how the nation conducts all-hazards incident response • Key Concepts • Builds on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) with its flexible, scalable, and adaptable coordinating structures • Aligns key roles and responsibilities across jurisdictions • Links all levels of government (local, tribal, State, Federal), private sector, and nongovernmental organizations in a unified approach to emergency management • Always in effect: can be partially or fully implemented • Coordinates Federal assistance without need for formal trigger

10. How the Framework is Organized • Doctrine, organization, roles and responsibilities, response actions and planning requirements that guide national response Core Document Mechanisms to group and provide Federal resources and capabilities to support State and local responders Emergency Support Function Annexes Support Annexes Essential supporting aspects of the Federal response common to all incidents Incident Annexes Incident-specific applications of the Framework Partner Guides Next level of detail in response actions tailored to the actionable entity www.fema.gov/nrf 10

11. Declaration Sequence of Events GOVERNOR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY/DISASTER ACTIVATES EOC LOCAL FIRST RESPONSE JOINT PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT INFORMS INCIDENT OCCURS FEMA REGIONAL DIRECTOR REQUEST EMERGENCY MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION REPORTS TO JOINT FIELD OFFICE FEMA DIRECTOR SETS UP PRESIDENT DECLARES EMERGENCY/ MAJOR DISASTER CONTACTS PROVIDES SUPPORT FUNCTIONS FEDERAL COORDINATING OFFICER APPOINTS

12. Local Governments State & Tribal Governments NRF Private Sector & NGO Federal Government Federal Leadership and the Framework • Secretary of Homeland Security: Principal Federal official for domestic incident management • FEMA Administrator: Principal advisor to the President, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Homeland Security Council regarding emergency management • Principal Federal Official (PFO): Secretary’s primary representative to ensure consistency of Federal support as well as the overall effectiveness of Federal incident management. • For catastrophic or unusually complex incidents requiring extraordinary coordination • Interfaces with Federal, State, tribal, and local officials regarding Federal incident management strategy; primary Federal spokesperson for coordinated public communications • Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO): For Stafford Act events, the primary Federal representative to interface with the SCO and other State, tribal, and local response officials to determine most urgent needs and set objectives • Federal Departments and Agencies:Play primary, coordinating, and support roles based on their authorities and resources and the nature of the threat or incident 12

13. National Disaster Recovery Framework Recovery Support Functions (RSFs) • Community Planning and Capacity Building (DHS/FEMA) • Economic (Commerce) • Health and Social Services (HHS) • Housing (HUD) • Infrastructure Systems (USACE) • Natural and Cultural Resources (DOI)

14. Regional Organization Office of the Regional Administrator Mobile Emergency Response & Support (MERS) Federal Coordinating Officers (FCOs) Disaster Recovery Division National Preparedness Division Disaster Response Division Mission Support Division Mitigation Division

15. Regional Divisional Roles Office of the Regional Administrator Preparedness Division Mission Support Division Mitigation Division Disaster Response Division Disaster Recovery Division • Individual Assistance • Public Assistance • Provides technical & • financial assistance • Floodplain • Management • Mitigation Grants • Planning • Mapping • Hurricane/Earthquake • Program • Environmental/Historic • Compliance • Provides readiness • assistance • Planning/Analysis • Training • Exercising • COOP • HAZMAT • NRP/NIMS rollout • Nuclear Plant off-site • readiness • AAR Facilitation • Operations • Logistics • IMAT • Planning • Provides internal • support through • Information • Technology • Communications • Grants Management • Human Resources • Financial Mgmt.

16. FEMA Grant Programs: • Individual Assistance • Public Assistance • Hazard Mitigation

17. Individual Assistance: • Assistance for disaster survivors

18. Public Assistance: • Assistance for repair of infrastructure and public facilities

19. Hazard Mitigation Grants: • Provided to states and local governments for long-term risk reduction following a federal disaster declaration

20. Whole Community - Building Resiliency • Whole of Community ISa shift in our operational approach to ensure that our planning matches up with the vision and challenges Administrator Fugate has laid out for our agency from day one of his tenure at FEMA.

23. Jamie DakeVoluntary Agency LiaisonJamie.dake@fema.dhs.gov940-898-5186