1. Unit 6- IS 230 Fundamentals of Emergency Management
Lesson 4
Emergency Response Coordination & Emergency Management Program Functions

2. Bell Ringer:
Make sure it was turned in yesterday:
Virtual Day Assignment- Fire Safety Home Checklist
Hurricane Katrina Webquest
What are some activities we can do everyday to be prepared for emergencies?
Individual/Family actions
Local Government actions

3. Emergency Response Coordination
This lesson presents the importance of planning and coordinating resources (including personnel) in support of your community’s EOP. At the completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
Identify how to manage resources before and during an emergency.
Describe the benefits of using the Incident Command System (ICS) for emergency response.
Describe the interrelationships between ICS and the emergency operations center.

4. Resource Management
A standardized resource management process helps jurisdictions to prepare and manage the resources needed to deliver the core capabilities.

5. Resource Inventory

6. Obtaining Resources Some options for obtaining resources include:
Mutual aid agreements/Assistance agreements
Memorandums of understanding (MOUs)/ Memorandums of agreement (MOAs)
Pre-emergency purchase and storage
Standby contracts
Private-sector organizations
Local military installations
State governments
Federal Government
Donations

7. Resource Credentialing and Typing
Credentialing and typing resources allows jurisdictions to inventory resources and share them through mutual aid agreements.
Credentialing: The credentialing process entails the objective evaluation and documentation of an individual’s current certification, license, or degree; training and experience; and competence or proficiency to meet nationally accepted standards, provide particular services and/or functions, or perform specific tasks under specific conditions during an incident.
Resource Typing: Resource typing is categorizing, by capability, the resources requested, deployed, and used in incidents. Measurable standards identifying resource capabilities and performance levels serve as the basis for categories. Resource users at all levels use these standards to identify and inventory resources.

8. Incident Command System
An important function of an emergency operations plan (EOP) is ensuring a coordinated response to various events from a number of different governmental, private-sector, and volunteer organizations using the Incident Command System (ICS).
ICS is:
An emergency management model for command, management, and coordination of a response operation.
Based on features and principles that have been successful in managing a wide range of emergencies, from wildfires to terrorism.
Used for planned events, natural disasters, and acts of terrorism.
A common organizational structure that enables effective, efficient incident management.
Usually described in the Direction and Control Annex of the EOP.

9. Incident Command System
ICS has 14 basic features and principles, which are described on the following screens.
Common Terminology
Modular Organization
Management by Objectives
Incident Action Planning
Manageable Span of Control
Incident Facilities and Locations
Comprehensive Resource Management
Chain of Command and Unity of Command
Establishment and Transfer of Command
Unified Command
Information and Intelligence Management
Integrated Communications
Dispatch/Deployment
Accountability

10. Multiagency Coordination
Often, cooperating agencies develop a Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) to better define how they will work together and to work together more efficiently

11. EOC Location
The EOC should be located away from vulnerable, high-risk areas but accessible to the local officials who will use it. The advantages of a single EOC location include:
A single, recognizable focal point for emergency or disaster management.
Efficiency because calls for assistance can be made to a single location where key officials can meet, make decisions, and coordinate activities.
Centralized priority setting, decision making, and resource coordination.
Simplified long-term operation.
Increased continuity.
Better access to all available information.
Easier verification of information.
Easier identification and deployment of available resources.

12. Emergency Management Program Functions
This lesson presents the functions of an emergency management program. At the completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
Discuss the role of local laws in establishing emergency management authorities and responsibilities.
Describe the emergency management core functions performed during emergencies.
Describe the emergency management program functions performed on a day- to-day basis.
Distinguish between core functions and program functions.
Identify emergency management activities for specific situations and roles.
Identify emergency management principles to apply to a scenario.

13. Types of Emergency Management Functions
This lesson reviews two ways to categorize emergency management activities, based on functions that are performed during emergencies and functions that occur on a day-to-day basis.

14. Emergency Management Core Functions
Most emergency operations plans include functional annexes for the following core functions implemented during an emergency:
Direction, control, and coordination
Communications
Warning
External affairs/Emergency public information
Population protection
Mass care, emergency assistance, housing, and human services
Public health and medical services
Logistics management and resource support

15. Day-to-Day Program Functions
In addition to the emergency core functions, the emergency manager directs the day-to-day emergency management program. Common program functions include:
Laws and authorities
Threat and hazard analysis
Planning
Operations and procedures
Communication and population warning
Direction and control
Resource management
Hazard mitigation
Logistics and facilities
Training
Exercises, evaluation, and corrective actions
Public education and information
Finance and administration

16. Emergency Management Program Functions &
Emergency Management Team Activity
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