FEMA’S STRATEGIC PLAN 2014-2018 1 Presented By: Andrew Velasquez III Regional Administrator DHS / FEMA Region V April 15, 2015 Spring Directors’ Conference.

FEMA’S STRATEGIC PLAN

2014-2018

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Presented By:Andrew Velasquez III

Regional AdministratorDHS / FEMA Region V

April 15, 2015

Spring Directors’ Conference

The Strategic Plan 2014-2018

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• Developed with significant input from whole community partners

• Strategic priorities

o Survivor-centric in mission and program delivery

o Expeditionary organization

o Build capacity for catastrophic disasters

o Enable disaster risk reduction

Priority 1 Survivor Centric Approach

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• Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) Teams

• Rapidly deployable team that can:

• Develop situational awareness

• Register survivors for assistance

• Assess survivor needs and provide referrals

• Goal – Speed the delivery of assistance to disaster survivors regardless of who provides those services

P1: GIS Support to Decision Making

Existing GIS data helps build the big picture• Area of impact• Affected population• Critical infrastructure impacted

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Using existing geospatial data sets to identify critical infrastructure and life saving / sustaining assets

• Most critical is lifeline sectors• Energy• EMS and Health Care• Transportation• Communications• Water

P1: Analytics Supports Response and Recovery Efforts

• Identify government and private sector assets

By understanding what may be affected and what capabilities may be

available helps determine potential support for assistance

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P1: Building the Big Picture

• Area demographics• Specific parcel data

• (GPS coordinates, extent of damage, property owner)

• Insurance coverage

Adding GIS data layers allows the in-depth review of:

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P1: Visualization of ImpactSupports Decision Making

Per Capita Income Level of Insurance Coverage

Below Poverty Level Unemployment

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Identify Damaged Structures

Identify hotspot areas Identify potential assistance centers

Monitor Center Activity

P1: Evolution of GIS Analytics from Assessment to Field Operations

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P1: Ohio CIKR Project

• Project offers states verification of their CIKR data using GIS technology• State’s CIKR office provides list to Region V GIS Data Manager• List is protected

• Ohio’s CIKR list near completion• Nearly 10,000 sites requiring verification

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Priority 2: Become Expeditionary

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• Able to mobilize the right people, with the right skillsets and resources, to the right places at the right time

• Workforce must be

• Appropriately sized

• Trained

• Able to conduct effective operations under austere conditions

• Every employee is an emergency manager• Every employee contributes to

the mission

P2: FEMA Qualification System

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• FEMA Qualification System (FQS)

• Training based on disaster assignment

• Classroom and field training

• Deployments

• Position Task-Books verify proficiency

• Qualification standards

• Continuous improvement

• Coursework

• “Thunderbolt” exercises

P2: Incident Management Teams

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• Full-time, highly-skilled, readily deployable teams

• 3 – 30 personal national teams

• 12 person regional teams

• At least 1 team for all regions, some with additional teams

• Region V – additional collateral duty team to provide cover for multiple disasters

Priority 3: Build Disaster Capacity

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P3: National Preparedness System

Preparedness …• Is a shared responsibility

• Incorporating a whole community approach

• Requires a broad and engaged citizen participation

Goal …• Strengthening the security and

resilience of the U.S. through preparation for the threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the nation

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www.DHS.gov/presidential-policy-directive-8-national-preparedness

P3: What Do We Prepare For?

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Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

• Identifies threats and hazards to a jurisdiction

o Uniqueness of the jurisdiction

• Determines vulnerabilities

o Examines current and future drivers

• Determines current capabilities and shortfalls

o Equipment and personnel

P3: The Joint Planning Approach

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• The Planning Guidance

• Core Capabilities

• Planning Factors

• Build local, state, and federal capabilities and systems

• Build the planning team by answering these questions:

• Who are the subject matter experts needed to inform the planning?

• Who must execute the plan?

Planning is everybody’s responsibility – so lets

start talking!

P3: The Joint Planning Approach

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• Integrated Planning

• Helps prevent the “siloing effect”

• Should include whole community approach

• Remember – first response is local!

• Building strong local and mutual aid capabilities are essential

• State and federal government provide support• Time / distance

considerations

P3: When Did You Last Meet With

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• Your emergency management partners?

• OEMA District Coordinator

• State Patrol Commander

• Fire or Police Mutual Aid

• Resource Hospital

• National Guard

• FEMA Rep

• Others ……Remember

“A disaster is not the time to exchange business cards!

Priority 4: Enable Risk Reduction

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• Region 5 has projects underway to reduce risk and prepare for future disasters

• GIS datasets to identify:

• Past disaster impact data

• Critical infrastructure

• Predict future impacts

• Electronic collaboration tools• WebEOC, EMnet,

Sharepoint

• Building common operating picture

• Safe-room construction

P4: Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning

Process of identifying community assets and vulnerabilities, identifying and engaging leadership, social networks, and

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P4: NDRF

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Commerce/Economic Opportunity

Human Services/Public Health

Housing Development Authority

Commerce/Economic Opportunity

Transportation

Potential State Partner Agencies

Economic DOC

Health & Social Services HHS

Natural & Cultural Resources DOI

Housing HUD

Community Planning & Capacity Building

FEMA

Infrastructure Systems USACE

Federal RSFs Primary Agencies

Natural Resources

Recovery Support Functions and Agencies

FEMA & State Recovery Programs

Voluntary/Community Organizations - Long Term

Recovery Committees

Individual AssistancePublic Assistance

Mitigation

Red CrossSalvation Army

Faith-basedOthers

P4: Non-Declaration Recovery Guide

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Key Points• Not all local disasters meet the

criteria for federal disaster assistance

• Brings together state, not-for-profit agencies, other federal agencies to use non-federal disaster funding mechanisms• Identify opportunities to re-

prioritize programs and grants to provide assistance

• Follows NDRF principles

• Provides an opportunity to pre-plan funding alternatives

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