EADP 4020 Midterm

Huge focus points for federal government and business following 9/11

-Business Continuity Planning (BCP) -Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP)

FEMA Pub 1 Core Values

-Compassion -Fairness -Integrity -Respect

Guiding Principles of Emergency Management

-Comprehensive -Progressive -Risk-Driven -Integrated -Collaborative -Coordinated -Flexible -Professional

James L Witt

-First FEMA director with state emergency management experience -Gave FEMA credibility, made it a cabinet level organization, giving them direct access to the president

Three NIMS guiding principles

-Flexibility -Standardization -Unity of Effort

Components of National Preparedness System

-Identifying & Assessing Risk -Estimating Capability Requirements -Building & Sustaining Capabilities -Planning to Deliver Capabilities -Validating Capabilities -Reviewing & Updating

Joint Information Center

-May be established to coordinate public affairs functions -Serves as a focal point for coordinated and timely release of incident-related information to the public and the media

National Preparedness Goal 5 Mission Areas common core capabilities

-Planning -Public Information -Operational Coordination

National Preparedness Goal 5 Mission Areas

-Prevention -Mitigation -Protection -Response -Recovery

Public Information Officer

-Represents and advises the Incident Command -Manages on-scene media and public inquiries.

Three major NIMS Components

-Resource Management -Command and Coordination -Communications and Information Management

Lessons learned from Katrina

-Search and rescue with water -Planning better for elderly and disabled -Animal sheltering

Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act

-established FEMA as a distinct agency within DHS -defined FEMA's primary mission -designated the FEMA Administrator as the principal advisor to the President

Emergency Declaration

-for any occasion or instance when the President determines federal assistance is needed -total amount may not exceed $5 million

Current FEMA goals

1. Instill Equity as a Foundation of Emergency Management 2. Lead Whole of Community in Climate Resilience 3. Promote and Sustain a Ready FEMA and Prepared Nation

How many agencies were incorporated under DHS

22 Federal Agencies

Emergency and disaster declaration

Authorize the President to provide supplemental assistance

Department of Homeland Security

Created following 9/11 to align federal agencies with the primary mission of protecting our homeland

HSPD-7

Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection

Deanne Criswell

Current FEMA Administrator

Tony Robinson

Current FEMA Region Six Administrator

Management roles of FEMA and DOJ prior to 9/11

Department of Justice (FBI)- Crisis Management FEMA- Consequence Management

EMAC

Emergency Management Assistance Compact

Tom Ridge

First Department of Homeland Security secretary

What made FEMA refocus on natural disasters

Hurricane Katrina

FEMAs Capstone Doctrine

It helps the FEMA employees understand their role in the emergency management community

MAC

Multiagency Coordination

American Red Cross

Only non federal entity which signed the initial Federal Response Plan

Disaster Declaration

President can declare when he believes an event has caused damage of such severity that it is beyond the combined capabilities of state and local governments to respond -Provides a wide range of public assistance programs for individuals

FEMA Region Six States

Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma

John Macy

The first FEMA director

National Response Framework is NOT

a plan, it is a framework

National Governors Association

asked President Jimmy Carter to centralize federal emergency functions

HSPD-5

establishing a single, comprehensive national incident management system

HSPD-8

is aimed at strengthening the security and resilience of the United States through systematic preparation

The Stafford Act

provided clear direction for emergency management and established the current statutory framework for disaster response and recovery through presidential disaster declarations

President Carter

signed an executive order to establish FEMA

The Federal Response Plan initially

was only for natural disasters

Incident Action Plan (IAP)

written or unwritten plan to communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support