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Emergency Response

In 30 Minutes!

Peter R. Jensen

▪ Deputy Team Leader

– SE Wisconsin Incident Management Team

▪ Retired FEMA / DHS

– Planning Section Chief

▪ 9-11 World Trade Center Federal Response

▪ Salt Lake City Olympics

– Deputy Planning Section Chief

▪ National Response Coordination Center – FEMA HQ

▪ Hurricane Katrina

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Emergency Response

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In a nutshell

▪ You are a critical component of a community

emergency response system.

▪ It is more than power…

– Public Safety

– Public Information

– Preparedness

– Response Coordination

– Response Communication.

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Essential Three Elements

▪ Understand

– Understand the threats and your capabilities

– Plan for what you can do, not what you want to

do!

▪ Coordinate

– Coordinate with other emergency response

elements

▪ Cooperate

– Participate in related organizations, events, and

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Understand

▪ The realistic threats you face:

– Tornadoes

– Floods

– Ice Storms

– Technological

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Understand

▪ That secondary threats may be more

significant that primary ones.

– Loss of communications

– Critical facilities

– Loss of security systems

– Loss of climate control systems

– Food preparation and storage systems

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Understand

▪ Emergency Response Systems

– Incident Command System

▪ HSPD – 5

▪ REVISED training is available!

▪ Disaster Assistance

– Debris Removal (Category A PA)

– Public Utilities (Category F PA)

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Coordinate

▪ Do you know your County Emergency

Manager?

– When was the last time you met / worked with

them?

▪ Do you know the other key emergency

response players?

▪ Do you participate in emergency exercises?

▪ Do you reach out and coordinate with

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Cooperate

▪ Are you an active participant in emergency

response groups and programs?

▪ Southeast Wisconsin Homeland Security

Partnership (SWHSP): https://swhsp.org/

[swhsp.org]

▪ Business Resiliency Professionals of

Wisconsin (BRPW): https://brpwi.org

[brpwi.org]

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Participate in Programs

▪ 2019 Resiliency Services Showcase

▪ Date: June 20, 2019

▪ Register Here https://www.brpwi.org/event-

3298081 [brpwi.org]

▪ Location: Kohl’s Innovation Center, W165

N5830 Ridgewood Drive, Menomonee Falls,

WI 53051

▪ FREE!

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Contact Information

▪ Peter R. Jensen

[email protected]

414-791-5751

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And now…

Questions?

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