1 DHS Emergency Management Presenter: Frank Billard Director, Office of Facilities & Support Services Date: October 21, 2015 Georgia Department of Human Services

2 Agenda Overview of DHS Emergency Management –Definition –Authority –Organizational Structures –Processes –Recent Activities

3 What is Emergency Management? Emergency Management (EM) is a structured approach to planning for and responding to emergencies or disasters.

4 4 Phases of Emergency Management Preventing future emergencies or minimizing their effects. Includes any activities that prevent an emergency, reduce the chance of an emergency happening, or reduce the damaging effects of unavoidable emergencies. Preparing to handle an emergency. Includes plans or preparations made to save lives and to help response and rescue operations. Responding safely to an emergency. Includes actions taken to save lives and prevent further property damage in an emergency situation. Response is putting your preparedness plans into action. Recovering from an emergency. Includes actions taken to return to a normal or an even safer situation following an emergency.

5 State Law –OCGA, Title 38, Section 3, Articles 1-3 (Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981, Amended) Georgia Emergency Operations Plan (GEOP) –Base Plan –Emergency Support Function (ESF) Annexes Governor’s Executive Order –Designates State Coordinating Agencies for each ESF State Authority

6 Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) 15 ESFs in the GEOP (see handout) ESFs provide the structure for coordinating state interagency support for all planning, training, exercise, and response efforts Individual ESFs can be activated based on the scope and magnitude of the incident Each ESF has a lead agency that coordinates assistance from supporting state agencies and other organizations

7 ESF #6 Mass Care & Human Services DHS is State’s Lead Agency For ESF 6 – Mass Care & Human Services –Sheltering Support –Mass Care –Emergency Assistance –Disaster Housing –Human Services –Status Reporting of mass care, shelter, human services activities in SOC

8 ESF 6 Support Agencies Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Emergency Preparedness Coalition for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults Georgia Department of Administrative Services Georgia Department of Agriculture Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities Georgia Department of Public Health Georgia Department of Corrections Georgia Department of Defense Georgia Department of Driver Services Georgia Department of Economic Development Georgia Department of Education Georgia Department of Labor Georgia Department of Natural Resources Georgia Department of Public Safety Georgia Department of Transportation Georgia Department of Veterans Services Georgia Building Authority Georgia Bureau of Investigations Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security Georgia Forestry Commission Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs Georgia Disaster Housing Task Force Georgia Office of Planning and Budget Georgia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster State Bar of Georgia Technical College System of Georgia The Salvation Army

9 Georgia Emergency Management Agency GEMA Provides Overarching Coordination –WebEOC Documents and tracks event activities Gathers information for daily Situation Reports (SitReps) Generates Incident Action Plans (IAPs) Routes and tracks Requests for Assistance –State Operations Center (SOC) Activation notification to ESF Coordinators ESFs provide SOC staffing as required (normally 12 hr. shifts)

10 GEMA SOC Activation Levels LEVEL 1 (RED) – FULL SCALE ACTIVATION All Primary and Alternate Emergency Coordinators, GEMA Staff, and local EMA directors are notified of full scale activation. All ESFs and appropriate supporting State / Volunteer Agency Coordinators are Directed to report to and staff the SOC. All GEMA SOC positions are staffed. LEVEL 2 (YELLOW) – ELEVATED ACTIVATION All Primary and Alternate Emergency Coordinators, GEMA Staff, and Local EMA directors are notified of An Elevated Activation. The necessary State Agency Coordinators and necessary GEMA Staff are directed to report to the SOC. LEVEL 3 (GREEN) – ACTIVE MONITORING GEMA is operating under normal day-to-day operations. The GEMA Communications Center is actively monitoring all events and reporting them to the appropriate personnel who respond accordingly.

11 DHS Emergency Management Staffing DHS Emergency Manager (OFSS) ESF 6 Coordinator (OFSS) –New EM Planning / Training Coordinator (OFSS) DFCS Emergency Management Coordinator –DFCS Regional and County EM Coordinators DAS Emergency Management Coordinator

12 Response Escalation “All emergencies begin locally” State called upon when local resources are exhausted Federal assistance requested when State resources are exhausted Based on Emergency Declarations

13 Requests for Assistance COUNTY EMA DIRECTOR CALLS SOC SOC ACTION OFFICER TAKES CALL & COMPLETES WebEOC RESOURCE REQUEST SOC MISSION ASSIGNMENT PROCESSES RESOURCE REQUEST GEMA FC CALLS SOC ON BEHALF OF COUNTY EMA DIRECTOR COUNTY EMA or GEMA FC PREPARES WebEOC RESOURCE REQUEST Air Ops or GaDOD ESFs 1-15 VOAD Mutual Aid Purchase Contract FEMA OR VIA INTERNET VIA WebEOC VIA Phone Process Flow

14 Recent DHS / ESF 6 Activity Response Activities –Ice Storms –Severe Weather (tornadoes) –Flooding –Extreme Hot Weather –Extreme Cold Weather –Hurricanes

15 Recent DHS / ESF 6 Activity Planning / Training / Exercise Activities –Emergency Preparedness Coalition for Individuals with Disabilities & Older Adults –HURREX –Winter Weather Exercise –Sheltering –ESF 6 Mass Feeding Plan –Comfort Station Plan

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