1. Civil - Military Operations & Cooperation
Chris Reynolds, CEM
Major – USAFR
United States Special Operations Command
Battalion Chief- Hillsborough County Fire Rescue

2. 2004 Hurricane Season In Review….
From August to October, Florida was hit with four hurricanes
Charley
Frances
Ivan
Jeanne
Total wind losses was $ billion, with 1.7 million insurance claims

3. Cost 2004 hurricane season was the second most
expensive insurance event in U.S. history,
behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which
produced $32 billion in insured losses

4. Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
Charlie & Frances
26 states supplied personnel & equipment
Ivan & Jeanne
14 states….
550 total personnel
48 States are signatory to the EMAC.
EMAC, administered by the National Emergency Management
Association (NEMA), is a National interstate mutual aid
agreement that enables states to share resources during disasters.

5. Disaster Declaration
Local & state resources stretched to their maximum
President Bush signed disaster declarations in each of the storms, triggering the Robert T. Stafford Act
This was the linchpin for Federal disaster assistance, including military assistance….

6. Existing Statutes… Stafford Act Title 42 USC, Section 5121
President may find that a major disaster exists and authorize major disaster assistance
Grants President authority to utilize DoD on an emergency basis for 10 days prior to a Presidential declaration of a major disaster or emergency to preserve life and property
Represents a significant exception to the Posse Comitatus Act’s underlying principle that the military is not a domestic police force auxiliary

7. Homeland Security Act of 2002
Signed into law on 22 November 2002
Largest and most extensive reorganization of federal agencies since the National Security Act of 1947
Organized into four divisions:
Border and transportation security
Emergency preparedness and response
Countermeasures for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks
New intelligence clearinghouse

8. Homeland Security Presidential Directives
HSPD-5 Management of Domestic Incidents
HSPD-7 Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection
HSPD-8 National Preparedness

9. Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5
The Secretary of Defense shall provide military support to civil authorities for domestic incidents as directed by the President…
The Sec Def retains command of military forces providing civil support
The Secretary of Defense and the Homeland Security Secretary shall establish appropriate relationships and mechanisms for cooperation and coordination between their two departments
Outlines the DHS Secretary’s role as the principle federal official (PFO) for coordinating domestic incident management

10. Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-5
Outlines the creation of a principle federal official (PFO) that will be deployed by the Secretary in terrorist events to coordinate between the senior law enforcement official, the special agent in charge for the FBI, and the FEMA federal coordinating officers
Outlines the creation of a joint field office, which combines the disaster field office and the FBI joint operations center
Stresses the importance of utilization of the National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) under a Unified Command structure

11. DoD Involvement…
DOD may establish a Joint Task Force (JTF) or Response Task Force (RTF) to consolidate and manage supporting operational military activities. 

12. CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
FBI
CRISIS MANAGEMENT
FEMA
CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT
Special Agent
In Charge
(SAC)
Federal Coordinating
Officer (FCO)
Joint Terrorism Task
Force (JTTF)
Defense Coordinating
Officer (DCO)
MILITARY
INVOLVEMENT

13. Public Health Services
The Domestic Response Challenge
DHS
Coordinate Federal
Response
DOD
Military
Capabilities
Severity of Emergency
Federal
Specialized Assets
Regional Assets
National Guard
Response
All disasters are local --premise
State
Mutual Aid
HAZMAT
Urban Search & Rescue
Communications
Public Information
Public Health Services
Fire /Rescue
Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency Medicine
Local
Time

14. National Security Environment
Military
Support
to Civil Authorities
Natural disasters,
Counterdrug ops,
etc
Homeland
Defense
Deter, Defend, Defeat Military ops against state actors
Emergency Preparedness
Inherent DoD readiness missions
COOP, COG
Military Missions Overseas
Military support to civil authorities in response to terrorism
Military Ops against non-state actors
Homeland Security Prevent terrorist attacks, reduce vulnerability to terrorism minimize damage/recover from attacks
National Security
Circumstances for DoD Military Activity in the U.S.
Routine Ops
Maritime interdiction
Air defense alert,
Force protection
Temporary Ops
Special Events
Trng 1st Responders
Spt Law Enforcement
Emergency Ops
Disasters, terrorism
Logistics, mobility,
supply
Extraordinary Ops
Combat Air Defense
Specialize explosive ordnance disposal

15. Radiological, Nuclear, & Explosive Consequence Management
Military’s Evolving Role
Deter & Defeat
External Aggression
DOD CIP
Critical
Infrastructure
Protection
AT/FP
Anti-Terrorism
& Force Protection
Information
Assurance
Cyber
Defense
Aerospace
Land
Maritime
Homeland Defense
MSCLEA
Military Assistance
to Civil Law
Enforcement Agencies
Civil Support
Domestic CBRNE CM
Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, Nuclear, & Explosive
Consequence Management
Counter
Drugs
NSSE Support
National Special
Security Event
National CIP
Critical
Infrastructure
Protection
Disaster
Response
(Non-CBRNE)
Maritime
Security
Mass
Immigration
Combating
Terrorism
MSCA
Military Support to
Civil Authorities
MACA to
DODD
MACDIS
for
Civil Disturbance
DODD

16. Military Assistance Examples…

17. NORTHCOM
Northern Command and First Army are the supporting DOD headquarters for the coordination and management of DOD assets requested for disaster relief operations
NORTHCOM’s Domestic Warning Center (DWC) secured long-range satellite-communications capabilities, emergency supplies and medical assistance for the areas hardest hit by the hurricanes
Besides hurricanes, the DWC also coordinated wild land firefighting assignments for specially configured Air Force C-130s.

18. U.S. Army
First Army deployed a Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO) and staff of emergency preparedness liaison officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force to the state emergency operations center (SEOC) in Tallahassee.

19. U.S. Army
Army Corps of Engineers’ Topographic Engineering Center’s Terrain Analysis Branch assisted with imagery support of the Corps’ temporary roofing and repair missions.

20. First Army’s Crisis Action Team
Mission is to help Northern Command coordinate DoD support to civil authorities as requested by FEMA
Maintains 23 pre-designated colonels stationed throughout the eastern United States who are trained in disaster relief coordination and who are ready to assume the duties of a Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO).

21. U.S. Navy
Active duty Navy nurses from the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., deployed to assist in the stricken counties.
Active duty Navy air traffic controllers responded to the Pensacola Regional Airport and restored critical air operations in a minimum of time.

22. U.S. Air Force
Air Force C-17s from Mc Chord Air Force Base, Washington delivered 200 pallets of relief supplies to the civilian airport in Lakeland, Fla., a FEMA designated location

23. U.S. Coast Guard
U.S Coast Guard advisers were located within the Florida Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
Assisted in search-rescue and logistics planning
Preserved the flow of commerce and the arrival of fuel into Florida
Group St. Petersburg personnel conducted search & rescue and law-enforcement duties in the stricken counties

24. Guard & Reserve
4,372 Guard members conducted missions in support of a massive relief effort by civilian agencies
Florida National Guard Soldiers were utilized throughout the devastated area providing relief services to the stricken population

25. Joint Civilian-Military Scenario
16 December
1300 hrs

26. “This Just In….” Special Forces in Iraq….
Obtained intel from a HVT laptop computer
Port of Tampa has been targeted by terrorist for a WMD attack
FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is mobilized
The President and Homeland Security Secretary are briefed
Secretary of Homeland Security directs the United States Coast Guard to assist civilian authorities….

27. Players U.S. Coast Guard Group St. Petersburg
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater
Tampa Police Department Tactical Response Team
Tampa Fire Rescue Tactical Medical Response Team
Tampa Fire Rescue Hazardous Materials Team

28. Thank you!!
Questions?