1. Maryland Emergency Management Agency
4/16/2014
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
June 9, 2014
“A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient Maryland”

2. Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)
4/16/2014
Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)
Mission: To ensure that Maryland families, communities, and key stakeholders are provided the tools they need to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from the consequences of emergency and disaster events.
Vision: A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient Maryland

4. MEMA
Includes a staff of about 75 emergency management professionals under the direction of Executive Director Ken Mallette. The agency is located on the 600-acre Camp Fretterd Military Reservation.

5. Strategic Initiatives
MEMA - Organization
Executive Director
Operations
Preparedness
Administration
Strategic Initiatives

6. Office of the Executive Director
Strategic Initiatives
Geographic Information Systems
National Capitol Region Liaison

7. Administration Directorate
Technology Support
Partnership with DoIT
Grants Management
Federal Homeland Security and Emergency Management Grants
Public Assistance
Works with FEMA, local partners, private non-profits, and other state agencies to coordinate reimbursement of disaster-related costs, costs of essential services, and uninsured damages
Finance
During an emergency activation, tracks spending for possible federal reimbursement and provides resources for Emergency Operations Center staff

8. Operations Directorate
Maryland Joint Operations Center (MJOC)
Regional Liaison Officer (RLO) Program
State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC)

9. Maryland Joint Operations Center (MJOC)
24/7/365 Civilian/Military Watch Center
Situational Awareness
Weather
Homeland Security
Law Enforcement
Fire/Emergency Medical
Nuclear Power Plants
Resource Requests

10. MJOC Provides common operating picture for senior leadership
Point of contact for federal, state, and local agencies and officials
Provides dispatch capabilities for other state agencies
Fire Marshal, Environment (Haz-Mat), Occupational Safety and Health

11. Regional Liaison Officer (RLO) Program
Point of contact for local emergency management staff
Provides assistance to local emergency managers in local EOC or at the scene of an emergency
Provides situation awareness to MEMA from on-site reporting and car-mounted cameras

12. RLO Program

13. State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC)
Coordinates state response to emergency situations
As many as 40 state, federal and non- government agencies staff the facility to collaborate on response
Flexible and Scalable – only the agencies needed are called in
Facility to be completely renovated – completion scheduled for June 2014

14. SEOC - Old

15. SEOC - Temporary

16. New SEOC – 2014 (~June)

19. Preparedness Directorate
Active Learning and Exercises Branch
Adaptive Planning Branch
Resilience and Outreach Branch
Public Information
Public-Private Partnerships
Individual Assistance
Voluntary/Faith-Based Liaison
Mitigation Unit

20. Active Learning and Exercises
Active Learning (Training)
Coordination of more than 100 emergency management and first responder training courses annually in subject areas ranging from Incident Command System to Public Information
Exercises
Develop, deliver, and assist with dozens of exercises around Maryland, based on a variety of naturally-occurring and human-caused hazards scenarios
Quarterly exercises with Governor’s Cabinet

21. Adaptive Planning
Emergency Support Function (ESF) concept, with hazard-specific annexes
Plans establish purpose, scope, roles, and responsibilities for all partners
Work with other state agencies to develop Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP)
Work with local governments to develop emergency response and COOP plans

22. Adaptive Planning Maryland Emergency Preparedness Program (MEPP)
Overarching construct for homeland security and emergency management preparedness and operations
Risk- and capabilities- based preparedness and operations
All-hazards approach to the delivery of 31 specific core capabilities across four mission areas (prevent/protect, mitigate, respond, recover)

24. Resilience and Public Outreach
Public Information
Outreach to general public, state agencies, NGOs and media before, during, and after disasters
Use of technology, social media, web presence
Joint Information Center (JIC)
Individual Assistance Program
Coordinate federal, state programs to help individual disaster survivors
Damage assessments and IA grant funding
Long-term recovery

25. Resilience and Public Outreach
Public-Private Partnerships
Private Sector Integration Program (PSIP)
Coordination with private sector to facilitate information exchange during emergencies– BOC concept
Voluntary and Faith-Based Engagement
Coordinate operations, exercises and training with non-governmental partners and Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)
Network of trained volunteers to help emergency managers and first responders

26. Hazard Mitigation
Develop pre- and post- disaster hazard mitigation plans
Advise on projects related to hazard mitigation
Work with local governments to secure federal grant money for mitigation programs
Work with FEMA to distribute disaster recovery mitigation grants

27. How Emergencies are Managed
Emergencies are primarily local events
If a local jurisdiction cannot handle an event, they reach out to neighboring counties – mutual aid
Additionally, they can reach out to other counties using the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact (MEMAC)
If needed, state resources can be requested
The state can reach out to other states through the national EMAC
The state can then request federal help

28. Disaster Declarations
Governor can declare State of Emergency
National Guard use
Other actions
NOT part of the Presidential Disaster Declaration process, but is required to request a PDD
After an emergency, local, state and federal staff perform a Preliminary Damage Assessment
If UNINSURED damage to public infrastructure appears to meet financial thresholds, MEMA will recommend the governor make the request

29. Disaster Declarations (con’t)
Request is sent to President via DHS/FEMA
President can declare all or part of a state a federal disaster area or deny the request in total.
The President, through FEMA, then determines which types of assistance will be available
Public Assistance
Individual Assistance
Regardless of the President’s decision, other federal agencies may offer programs to help
Small Business Administration
Department of Agriculture
Department of Housing and Urban Development

31. How Emergencies are Managed
Emergencies are primarily local events
If a local jurisdiction cannot handle an event, they reach out to neighboring counties – mutual aid
Additionally, they can reach out to other counties using the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact (MEMAC)
If needed, state resources can be requested
The state can reach out to other states through the national EMAC
The state can then request federal help

32. Disaster Declarations
Governor can declare State of Emergency
National Guard use
Other actions
NOT part of the Presidential Disaster Declaration process, but is required to request a PDD
After an emergency, local, state and federal staff perform a Preliminary Damage Assessment
If UNINSURED damage to public infrastructure appears to meet financial thresholds, MEMA will recommend the governor make the request

33. Disaster Declarations (con’t)
Request is sent to President via DHS/FEMA
President can declare all or part of a state a federal disaster area or deny the request in total.
The President, through FEMA, then determines which types of assistance will be available
Public Assistance
Individual Assistance
Regardless of the President’s decision, other federal agencies may offer programs to help
Small Business Administration
Department of Agriculture
Department of Housing and Urban Development

36. “A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient Maryland”

37. Thank You! Questions? Ed McDonugh Public Information Officer
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
5401 Rue Saint Lo Drive
Reisterstown, MD 21136
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