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Emergency Management Forum – 8 January 2009 Department of Crime Control & Public Safety

Division of Emergency Management

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Mission of the Domestic PreparednessRegions

Mission:

To develop and expand Regional Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery capabilities for All Hazards, both Man-Made and Natural.

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Mission of the Domestic PreparednessRegions

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Prevention– Perform Regional Capability Assessment– Evaluate Vulnerabilities in existing

Response Capabilities– Execute Regional Gap Analysis– Identify and Review existing Regional Level

Plans

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Mission of the DPRs (Continued..)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Preparedness–Develop Projects to enhance Regional

Capabilities that can be incorporated into the State’s Investment Justifications

–Develop Regional Planning Deliverables–Support Training and Exercise–Educate Stakeholders

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Mission of the DPRs (Continued..)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Response–Identify Capabilities above the to-be-

determined State Minimum Standards–Support Regional Resource Typing

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Mission of the DPRs (Continued..)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Recovery –Support Recovery Efforts within the

Region–Assist in Coordination and Development

of Recovery Plans

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Core Membership of the DPRC

• Rescue• Public Works • Emergency Medical

Services• Municipal Fire

Department• Rural Fire Department

• Public Health• Municipal Police• Sheriff’s Department• Hospitals• Emergency

Management

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Year 1 Goals for the DPRs/SRS (2008)

• DPR performs Risk Assessment. (Homeland Security Branch received HSGP money to complete this task; tentatively scheduled for 2009)

• DPR performs Annual Capabilities Assessment Program (ACAP).

• The DPR creates resource inventories. • SRS integration into HSGP work groups.• Assist with Investment Justification development.

Scheduled to take place January 2009.

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Year 2 Goals for the DPRs/SRS (2009)

• DPR performs Risk Assessment. (Homeland Security Branch received HSGP money to complete this task, tentatively scheduled for 2009)

• DPR performs Annual Capabilities Assessment Program (ACAP).

• DPR evaluates needs and programs within region and makes recommendations to SERC Regionalization Subcommittee (SRS) for initiatives to reduce shortfalls.

• SRS consolidates the needs and recommendations from the DPRs.

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Year 2 Goals for the DPRs/SRS (2009)

• SRS makes recommendations to the SERC and Project Proposal Forms (PPFs) are given to HSGP Investment Justification Work Groups.

• HSGP Investment Justification Working Groups analyze the vulnerabilities and requests submitted by the SRS and State Agencies.

• HSGP Investment Justification Working Groups build initiatives that combine the requests into a single, reasonable Investment Justification.

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

• Approved FY09 HSGP DPR Project Proposals

– Each DPR: Statewide Risk Assessment ($175K)

– DPR 4 Transfer Switches ($200K)

– DPR 5 Transfer Switches ($200K)

– DPR 6 Generators ($200K)

– DPR 7 Transfer Switches ($200K)

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

• Approved FY09 HSGP DPR Project Proposals

– DPR 7 Electronic Resource Database ($39K)

– Each DPR: VIPER Subscriber Units ($750K)

– DPR 6 VIPER Gateway ($250K)

– DPR 6 Prime Movers ($100K)

– DPR 2 Radiation Monitors ($75K)

– DPR 1 Swift Water Rescue (Rolled into USAR Project)

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

• Approved FY09 HSGP DPR Project Proposals

– DPR 6 Mass Transport Vehicle ($357K)

– DPR 5 Mass Transport Vehicle ($357K)

– DPR 2 Mass Transport Vehicle ($357K)

– DPR 5 Operations Oversight ($113,825)

– DPR 2 NC Marine FF Capability Enhancement ($46K)

– DPR 1 Eastern Regional Info Center ($604,217)

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

• Funding Breakout on FY09 HSGP DPR Project Proposals

– Overall Requested Funding: $16,997,598

– Overall Requested for Local Projects: $13,797,405

– Overall Requested for DPR Projects: $4,024,042

– Percentage of Funding for DPR Projects: 24%

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

• Other Major FY09 HSGP Project Proposals

– Community Preparedness ($400K)

– VIPER Infrastructure ($6.2M)

– NCNG Helo Auxiliary Fuel Tanks ($396K)

– USAR ($950K)

– RRT ($950K)

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

• Other Major FY09 HSGP Project Proposals

– Large Vehicle Borne IED Response Vehicles ($1.1M)

– NC Fairgrounds Comm/Surveillance ($116K)

– Statewide Training & Exercise ($2.25M)

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

• Major Regionalization Initiatives for 2009

– DPR Re-Alignment –

• Outgoing Secretary has approved moving Counties back into normally assigned Branches. This decision should not change.

• Incoming Secretary and Chief Deputy Secretary will be briefed on possible new Regions within two weeks.

• There are several options: add a DPR 8, increase/decrease sizes of existing Regions. Goal will be to ensure normal County relationships are considered.

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

• Major Regionalization Initiatives for 2009

– DPRC Elections

• Elections for DPRCs should be held once Pinehurst Retreat is complete and decision for DPR Re-Alignment made.

– Risk Assessment performed for all DPRs upon receipt of FY09 funding.

– DPR Standard Operating Guide is being developed; DRAFT should be provided to SRS this month for review.

– HSGP Project Development Standard Operating Guide is being developed; DRAFT should be provided to SRS in March for review. Goal is to use for the FY10 HSGP process.

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

• Major Regionalization Initiatives for 2009

– Define Regional Baseline Capabilities.

– Finalize DPR Outreach.

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REGIONALIZATION UPDATE

My Objectives for 2009 (in order of priority) are:

1. DECISION ON DPR RE-ALIGNMENT ASAP.

1. DPR SOG APPROVED & DISSEMINATED NLT 1 MAR 09.

1. DPRC ELECTIONS COMPLETED NLT 1 MAY 09.

1. HSGP PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SOG APPROVED & DISSEMINATED NLT 1 JUN 09.

1. DEFINE REGIONAL BASELINE CAPABILITY.

1. DPR RISK ASSESSMENTS INITIATED NLT 31 DEC 09.

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2009 OPERATIONS UPDATE

2009 Operations Section Activities:

1. Initiation/Completion of Evacuation and Sheltering Plan for Western NC.

1. Development of Emergency Fuel Shortage Plan with DRAFT to be completed NLT 1 JUN 09.

1. Initiation of Comprehensive Hurricane Emergency Management Strategy (CHEMS) Pilot Program with FEMA.

1. Completion of Special Needs Registry in Web-EOC.

1. Update SOG for Daily (Non-Disaster) Resource Requests.

1. Distribution of CAMETs, Mass Care Support Trailers and Medical Dispensing & Compounding Trailers.

1. Update Coastal Region Evacuation and Sheltering Plan.

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QUESTIONS?