3  Why does a supervisor or manager need to be familiar with emergency management terms and concepts?

4 Information You Should Know How You May be Impacted How Your Office May be Impacted

 The Emergency Management Process  Mitigation  Preparedness  Response  Recovery 6

 The Emergency Management Process Mitigation Preparedness  Response  Recovery 7

 What is it?  Who does it? 8

 Identify hazards/threats  Planning  Training  Exercising  After Action Improvement 9

 Identify hazards/threats  Planning  Training  Exercising  After Action Improvement 10

 Identify hazards/threats  Planning  Training  Exercising  After Action Improvement 11

 What’s in an Emergency Operations Plan? 12 Emergency Operations/ Response Plans Who Responds And How Where to Obtain Resources

 Tiered Response  Scalable and Flexible  Unity of Effort 13

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 What are the 15 Emergency Support Functions identified in the NRF? 15

16 ESFTitle 1Transportation 2Communications 3Public Works and Engineering 4Firefighting 5Emergency management 6Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, housing and Human Services 7Logistics Management and Resource Support 8Public Health and Medical Services

17 ESFTitle 9Search and rescue 10Oil and Hazardous Materials Response 11Agriculture and Natural Resources 12Energy 13Public Safety and Security 14Long-Term Community Recovery 15External Affairs

 What Federal agencies support U.S. DOT in performing ESF 1 responsibilities?  What State agencies might support your DOT in performing its ESF 1 responsibilities? 18

19  Federal Level  State Level

20  Federal Level  State Level

 Planning  Execution  Resources 21

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 Why NIMS?  Consistent use  Common approach  Working together 23

 Why NIMS?  Use consistently  Common approach  Working together 24

 Preparedness  Communications and Information Management  Resource Management  Command and Management  Ongoing Management and Maintenance 25

 Most important NIMS concept  Common IC structure  All levels of government use it 26

27 PlanningOperationsLogistics Finance/ Administration Incident Commander

 Development  Weaknesses 28

 Definition  Examples 29

 Working together  Standard approach  Flexibility 30

31  Management  Planning  Command  Resources  Information Management  Integrated Communications

32  Management  Planning  Command  Resources  Information Management  Integrated Communications

33  Management  Planning  Command  Resources  Information Management  Integrated Communications

34  Management  Planning  Command  Resources  Information Management  Integrated Communications

 Chain of command  Types of commands  Transfer of command 35

 Chain of command  Types of commands  Transfer of command 36

 Chain of command  Types of commands  Transfer of command 37

Accountability 38

Organization for Incident Command 39

40 PlanningOperationsLogistics Finance/ Administration Incident Commander

41 Organizational LevelTitleSupport Position Incident CommandIncident CommanderDeputy Command StaffOfficerAssistant General Staff (Section)ChiefDeputy BranchDirectorDeputy Division/GroupSupervisorN/A UnitLeaderManager Strike Team/Task ForceLeaderSingle Resource Boss

Incident Commander Responsibilities 42

 Public Information Officer  Safety Officer  Liaison Officer(s) 43

 Expanding the staff 44 PlanningOperationsLogistics Finance/ Administration Incident Commander

45 PlanningOperationsLogistics Finance/ Administration

Operations Section 46

47 Situation Unit Resource Unit Documentation Unit Demobilization Unit Planning Section Technical Specialists

48 Service Branch Communication Unit Logistics Section Medical Unit Support Branch Supply Unit Facilities Unit Ground Support Unit Food Unit

49 Time Unit Procurement Unit Cost Unit Compensation/ Claims Unit Finance/Administration Section

50 Planning Section Operations Section Logistics Section Finance/ Administration Section EOC Leader Public Information Officer Safety Officer Liaison Officer(s) Command Staff: The Command Staff provides information, safety and liaison services for the entire organization. General Staff: The General Staff provides management functions for the EOC and coordinates with other EOCs and its own field organizations.

 Management Levels, Operations Centers, and Responsible Individual  Local  Incident Command Post – Incident Commander  EOC – Local elected official  State  EOC - Governor  Federal  NRCC – FEMA Administrator  RRCC – FEMA Regional Administrator  JFO – Unified Coordination Group 51

 Management Levels, Operation Centers, and Responsible Individual  Local  Incident Command Post – Incident Commander  EOC – Local elected official  State  EOC - Governor  Federal  NRCC – FEMA Administrator  RRCC – FEMA Regional Administrator  JFO – Unified Coordination Group 52

53 Source: FEMA’s Website

 Resources should be obtained at the lowest level possible.  There are two more terms to consider:  Mutual Aid  The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC). 54

55  First Response  Presidential Major Disaster Declaration  Emergency Declaration

56  First Response  Presidential Major Disaster Declaration  Emergency Declaration

57  Public Assistance  Individual Assistance  Hazard Mitigation

Requests 58 State EOC Local EOC Command Post Mob Center Staging Area Fed Agencies FEMA Resources

59  Federal, State, local  Coordination activities

 What is it?  When does it occur? 60

 Do you have a role in your DOT’s emergency response?  Basis for emergency assignment  Preparing for an assignment 62

 Do you have a role in your DOT’s emergency response?  Basis for emergency assignment  Preparing for an assignment 63

 Emergency assignments  Out of office time  Continuing normal functions 64

65  Supervisors and Managers  May or may not be personally involved in emergency management  May or may not be required to support emergency response and recovery operations  Need to understand emergency management roles, missions, organizational structures, plans, concepts, and terminology

 NRF  NIMS  On-Line Courses:  Highway Infrastructure Security and Emergency Management (HIS/EM) Professional Capacity Building (PCB): gmt/profcapacitybldg/ gmt/profcapacitybldg/ 66