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

2 Mission of the Domestic Preparedness Regions 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 Preparedness Regions 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.

9 Year 2 Goals for the DPRs/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 the DPRs/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: 1.DECISION ON DPR RE-ALIGNMENT ASAP. 1.DPR SOG APPROVED & DISSEMINATED NLT 1 MAR DPRC ELECTIONS COMPLETED NLT 1 MAY HSGP PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SOG APPROVED & DISSEMINATED NLT 1 JUN DEFINE REGIONAL BASELINE CAPABILITY. 1.DPR RISK ASSESSMENTS INITIATED NLT 31 DEC 09.

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

22 QUESTIONS?