Emergency Management 101

ICS SEMS NIMS The Baseline Three integrated systems we use in California – ICS formalized here after the 1970 wildland fires in Southern California – focus on field level. SEMS developed after the 1991 Oakland Hills fires. Moved ICS into the emergency operations centers. NIMS developed after the attacks of 9/11. Broadened into preparedness activities. Bottom line – the nation has a common way to respond to emergencies.

The Baseline LEVELS OF RESPONSE Field Local Government Operational Area Region State Federal 6 levels of response   All events begin at the field level – first responders here. Establish an Incident Command. Local government . First place to find an EOC. Once local government overwhelmed or cannot provide - Operational Area Operational Area requests from the Region EO the Region from the State Operations Center (SOC) State requests federal resources.

The Baseline FUNCTIONS Command or Management Operations Planning or Planning/Intelligence Logistics Finance/Administration 5 functions happen at each level – Management/Command – Sets priorties – oversees all the functions Operations - The “doers” – applying resources to the incident. Planning – Collecting information – planning strategies Logistics – Getting the resources to support the response. Finance/Admin – Keeping track of costs.

Planning or Planning/Intel The Baseline EOC Director Operations Mass Care Planning or Planning/Intel Logistics Finance/Admin Liaison Safety Public Information Diagram of a typical emergency operations center organization showing the 5 functions we talked about. Mention Public Information

The Baseline Mass Care Local Social Services Parks and Recreation State - EF 6: Mass Care and Shelter Federal – ESF 6: Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and Human Services Mass care has several components, including sheltering, feeding, bulk distribution. Key partners include the American Red Cross and other voluntary agencies. In Los Angeles County, the Emergency Network Los Angeles is the umbrella organization for voluntary organizations. State has organized into Emergency Functions – similar to the federal Emergency Support Functions. EF 6 will be at the state and potentially regional levels we spoke about. ESF 6 – FEMA lead – includes the Red Cross and National VOAD

The Baseline Resources available to support Mass Care – Local Mutual Aid EMMA EMAC Non-Governmental Organizations Federal Private Sector Resources available to support Mass Care – Local – Those here in your own communities – government, NGO, private sector. Mutual Aid – Available for all state and local governmental resources in CA. Fire & Law Enf use their mutual aid plans on a daily basis. EMMA - In addition there’s an emergency management mutual aid plan that started after the Northridge Eq – can help to support local government in their response and recovery efforts. EMAC Other state’s resources are available under the Emer Mgmt Assistance Compact. When resources aren’t available within the state, Cal EMA can to go other state’s to request their resources. NGO’s – Vast resources of the voluntary organizations, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations. Federal - Come at the request of the state – Dept of Agriculture – Household Pets ; Military – Water & Ice, temp shelters and housing Private Sector – Day-to-day vendors; Cal EMA has MOUs now with CA Grocer’s Association, Walmart, Target and Lowes.

The Baseline Local Government Emergency Operations Plan Plans Local Government Emergency Operations Plan State Emergency Plan National Response Framework Annexes – Procedures - Checklists First three listed here are governmental plans that also include coordination with their partners. Of course, NGOs and private sector also have emergency plans. Supported by annexes, procedures, checklists.

Southern CA Catastrophic Earthquake Response Plan The Situation Southern CA Catastrophic Earthquake Response Plan Magnitude 7.8 8 Counties impacted Significant disruption to basic services 255,000 displaced households 542,000 people require emergency shelter 7.8 on the Southern San Andreas Counties - Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Ventura Disruption - transportation, healthcare, water, power, and communications Displaced will reflect the diversity of the population you see around you every day. Require support – shelter, food, medical/health services, transportation to name a few.

Organization in a Catastrophic Event This is the structure for a catastrophic event - State and feds form a unified coordination group initially at the State Operations Center. Will move closer to So Cal and collocate at a JFO. Unified Coordination Group (UCG) is responsible for operational direction of coordinated State and Federal response and recovery activities. Cal EMA and FEMA deploy Branch Directors to serve in each OA EOC. SF0 = Senior Federal Official

The Gap Phase 2a – Local response Local responders 0-24 Hours – Activation (Immediate Response) State and federal resources 12-72 Hours – Deployment and Employment 72+ Hours – Sustained Operations Phase 2a – Local response Phase 2 b - Cal EMA and FEMA deploy Branch Directors to serve in each OA EOC. Survivors are supported by establishing a network of hubs and spokes. Staging Areas support hospitals, shelters, arenas/ stadiums, open spaces, and PODs as determined by the State and OA emergency managers and facilitated by state and federal Branches Phase 2c - Lines of supply from staging areas to hospitals, schools, shelters, and other mass care sites are established and maintained by FEMA Logistics in coordination with Branches.

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