1. Maryland State & Local Planning for FNSS in ESF#6 Operations
Martin J. O’Malley Theodore Dallas
Governor Secretary
Anthony G. Brown
Lieutenant Governor

2. Maryland Department of Human Resources
Division of Administrative Operations
Office of Emergency Operations
Isabel Fitzgerald Rainier C. Harvey, Sr., Chief
Deputy Secretary for Operations

3. Overview: How State and Local Jurisdictions work together
DHR Liaison Conference (April 23, 2012)
State Shelter Forum (July 24, 2012)
State Plans to accommodate Functional Needs
Sheltering
Evacuation

4. How State and Local Jurisdictions work together
Fundamental Principle:
EVERY DISASTER STARTS LOCAL
Primary/Initial Responsibility lies with local government.
State and Federal entities can provide resources to the local level when local resources have been exhausted.
Considerations:
ESF 6 Committees
Equipment
Activations
Derecho Storm response; Hurricane Sandy response
Vulnerable Population Database
Canvassing neighborhoods

5. MD Constitution & Code County Charter & Code
Social Services
Public Health
Emergency Management
DHR
LDSS
DHMH
LHD
MEMA
State Level
LEM
Local
Level
Notes:
MD Code clearly is where we start. It establishes who is who in Maryland, agency-wise, and who does what. It clearly does this in the context of state level and local/county level organizations.
The first thing that’s important to note is that the Maryland Constitution and Code create a divide between state and local levels,
and also empower the county charters and code.
Both of these levels of government then begin by addressing things more or less by subject area, so that, for example, we get…
Social Services
Public Health
Note: among all its other duties, DHMH is given certain responsibilities that are emergency management type roles—and are recognized as such. This is different than most other state agencies, and causes some overlaps with the general emergency management powers & responsibilities.
Those topic areas are assigned to specific agencies that are created by statute
Like DHR and the LDSSs are created by statute to address social services at the state and local level.
And the state level portion of the agency has a certain authority to coordinate what is happening at the local level regarding those social service duties.
But then the local county can also assign additional duties to the local portion of the agency. Its important to note that while those duties are local, the state portion can, and does, provide some guidance on how to fulfill those local responsibilities (like accounting).
We see the same thing in Public health
where statute creates DHMH and LHDs
And responsibilities and authorities flow state statue flow from the state level to the local level of the agency.
And yet again, how the local county can give additional duties to the local portion, that are subject to some guidance from the state level portion of the entity. (because its all one agency)
Its worth noting right now, that we can clearly see the silo effect that everyone is always very cautious about. There is no formal relationship between the two silos of Social Services and Public Health. Cooperation and communication can happen, but there is no formal tie requiring it, facilitating it, or even giving it any teeth, really.
14) Things are really different with Emergency Management. Statute creates
15) MEMA
16) and the LEMs
17) And both requires and empowers the local county code
18) to address emergency management
19) Which then gives certain direct duties to the local EM—but of course MEMA also has authority to “coordinate” the activities of the LEMs.
Now this is where things get different. MEMA and the LEMs have an authority that no other agency does—
20) the authority to direct and coordinate other agencies to support its mission. This is how ESF#6 and ESF#8 come into play. Without MEMA existing, and directing DHR and DHMH, there would be no ESFs. DHR’s involvement with mass care only comes into play because of a directive from MEMA that they are involved at the state level. This is also why DHMH’s responsibilities as ESF#8 lead are broader than its statute role would seem to imply…
21) Now one other thing MEMA does is create a real, formal link across the silos. MEMA designates the two agencies as supports to each other, and now requires that they cooperate and work together to fulfill the emergency management function.
Notice that all of this is only happening at the State level. Nothing is drifting down to the locals from DHR or DHMH…
But some amount of coordinated authority and responsibility flows down to the LEMs from MEMA.
22) The LEMS then also designate agencies to fulfill certain parts of the emergency management function at their local level. Most (but not all) mimic the designations at the State level.
23) And again, the LEM also creates a real formal tie between the agencies to cooperate and work together in support of local emergency management.
Social Services
Public Health
Emergency Management
County Charter & Code

6. DHR Liaison Conference (April 23, 2012)
Purpose: to coordinate emergency management activities undertaken by DHR/LDSS staff in support of both local and state plans
Conference provided best practices and speakers from many partner agencies for fulfilling common duties
Agenda Topics: Financial Reimbursement Following a Disaster; ESF#6 Committees; Functional Needs Support Services and ESF#6; Shelter Site Selection and Operations; Disaster Housing; Repatriation; and Family Assistance Centers.

7. State Shelter Forum (July 24, 2012)
Purpose: to coordinate emergency Shelter planning and operations throughout all levels of the State.
MEMA Chaired Process
Task Force of State, local and NGO partners created initial recommendations and suggested tools/models
Those recommendations were reviewed, modified, and accepted by consensus of local and State Emergency Managers at statewide Forum
Recommendations
Core Shelter Capacity Planning Goal
Core Shelter Resources(General Sheltering, Pets, FNSS, and Medical)
Tools & Models
Templates/Models: Shelter Plan, Shelter Identification Checklist, and Shelter MOU
Training Courses

8. State Plans to accommodate Functional Needs
No separate plan – fully integrated into broader plans
Sheltering
Fully Inclusive – no “medical” shelters
Pre-identified supplies
Limited , immediately available cache
On-demand contracting (with back-up sources) for other items
Back-up power
Support to ESF#1 Transportation for Evacuation
Transportation disadvantaged populations (example: OC Seasonal Workforce Evacuation plan)

9. Challenges:
Accurately assessing local capacity in order to support any gaps
Balancing Local and State operational requirements
Personnel - staffing

10. State & Local Planning for FNSS in Shelter Operations
Pamela A. Spring, LCSW-C
Director
Office of Emergency Operations
Division of Administrative Operations
Maryland Department of Human Resources
311 W. Saratoga St., Rm 622
Baltimore, MD