Building Community Partnerships for Effective Emergency Management in Ohio

1. Introduction to Emergency Management in Ohio Unit Four: Community Partnerships

2. Building Partnerships Emergency Management role is to coordinate resources to address: • Life Safety • Basic Human Needs • Restoration of Infrastructure • Damage Assessment • Debris Management • Donations Management • Volunteer Management • Individual Assistance Programs • Mental Health and Emotional Care Local State Civil Sector Private Sector Federal Public Sector Emergency Management is a team effort!

3. Volunteers • Unaffiliated / Spontaneous • Affiliated

4. Volunteers Planning Considerations • Registration • Role Assignment • Background Checks • Liability and Workers Comp • Training Resource: FEMA IS-244 Developing and Managing Volunteers

5. Volunteer Reception Center Coordination of Spontaneous Volunteers • Messaging • Staffing • Logistics • Registration • Interviews • Referral • Safety • Training

6. Donations • Messaging • Logistics • Tracking • Money • Goods • Clothing • Appliances • Bedding and Furniture • Demobilization

7. Community Partners Non-Profits Faith-based Private Sector

8. Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters • 1969 Hurricane Camille (Gulf Coast) • 1971 Seven Organizations met • 1971 National VOAD formed • 1989 Hurricane Hugo & Northern California earthquake • 1991 Ohio VOAD formed (Shadyside floods) • 1992 Hurricane Andrew 2012 Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety

9. National VOAD Mission: To foster more effective service to people affected by disasters. Membership: 110 Organizations Role: To support the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies. Core Values: • Cooperation • Communication • Coordination • Collaboration

10. Ohio VOAD Values: • To provide care and compassion for all people. • To provide the basis for a nurturing environment in which disaster response agencies will flourish. • To encourage best practices and mutual accountability in operational synergy. • To accomplish work in a respectful, non-judgmental, and non-discriminatory manner. • To focus on building trust, mutual respect, and equal partnerships of community service providers. • To provide hope, make a difference, and offer opportunities for true collaboration. • To adhere to the National VOAD standards of conduct and service delivery.

11. Local VOAD Mission: To bring together voluntary agencies, faith-based organizations, private sector partners, and governmental agencies from a smaller geographic area to foster a more effective response to those impacted by a disaster. Role: Coordination, not service delivery Main Activities: • Advocate for Preparedness and Hazard Mitigation • Planning (e.g. developing tool kits and resource manuals) • Training and Exercises • Convening the group following a disaster • Forming the Long Term Recovery Committee

12. Role in ResponseEmergency Support Function #6 • Housing • Temporary Housing • Rental Assistance • Repair • Loan assistance • Human Services • Personal Property assistance • Disaster loans • Food stamps • Crisis counseling • Legal services • Mass Care • Feeding • Sheltering • First Aid • Information dissemination • Emergency Assistance • Evacuees • Functional and access needs • Pets and service animals • Donations

13. Role in ResponseEmergency Support Function #14 • Coordination • Faith-based groups • Non-profit organizations • Local/Regional VOAD • Ohio VOAD • Private Sector Partners • Donations Management • Volunteer Reception Center • Transition to Long Term Recovery Committee

14. Long Term Recovery Committee Purpose: To advocate, coordinate and prioritize recovery assistance to those with unmet needs following a disaster. Primary Role: • Minimize duplication of services • Assess individual needs via a Case Manager • Link individuals and families with resources/service providers • Recruit and manage volunteers • Organize and distribute donated goods Membership • Type of disaster • Unmet needs of community • Geographic area impacted • Personnel/Resource Availability

15. Functions of LTRC • Case Management • Volunteer Management • Donations Management • Construction Management • Spiritual and Emotional Care

16. Community Involvement Government Community Partners Level of Involvement EVENT Time (Days, Months, Years)

17. Resources • FEMA IS-244: Developing & Managing Volunteers • FEMA IS-288 Local Volunteer and Donations Management • Ohio Citizen Corps, Volunteer Reception Manual • Logan County LTRC • Ohio Valley LTRC