Veterinary Services Careers Program: Emerging Issues in Agriculture

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Midwest Regional EDEN Animal Agro-Security
Conference
Federal Panel
Barry N. Pittman, DVM, MPH, DACVPM Area Emergency
Coordinator USDA APHIS Veterinary Services
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How does United States Department of Agriculture
fit into preparing for, responding to, and
recovering from an animal agro-security incident?
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Background

• History
• 1979 FEMA created
• 1988 Stafford Act directs FEMA to
  create FRP
• 2001 DHS absorbed FEMA
• 2002 DHS creates NRP
• 30 Aug 2005 NRP 1st invoked
• 2005 2007 NRP undergoes several
  updates
• 2008 DHS creates NRF
• National, State Local Level Emergency
  Management

currently using the NRF!
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency DHS
Department of Homeland Security FRP/NRP/NRF
Federal / National / Response / Plan / Framework
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How the Framework is Organized
Doctrine, organization, roles and
responsibilities, response actions and planning
requirements that guide national response
www.fema.gov/nrf
Mechanisms to group and provide Federal resources
and capabilities to support State and local
responders
Emergency Support Function Annexes
Support Annexes
Essential supporting aspects of the Federal
response common to all incidents
Incident Annexes
Incident-specific applications of the Framework
Partner Guides
Next level of detail in response actions tailored
to the actionable entity
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What Has Changed
Local Governments
State Tribal Governments

• A Framework not a Plan
• Written for two audiences
• Senior elected and appointed officials
• Emergency Management practitioners
• Emphasizes roles of the local governments,
  States, NGOs, individuals and the private sector
• Establishes Response Doctrine
• Engaged partnership
• Tiered response
• Scalable, flexible, and adaptable operational
  capabilities
• Unity of effort through unified command
• Readiness to act
• Establishes planning as a critical element of
  effective response

NRF
Private Sector NGO
Federal Government
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Emergency Support Function 11 Agriculture and
Natural Resources

• Nutrition assistance
• (Food Nutrition Service)
• Animal and plant disease and pest response
• (Animal Plant Health Inspection Service)
• Food safety and security
• (Food Safety Inspection Service)
• Natural and cultural resources and historic
  properties protection
• (Department of the Interior)
• Safety and well-being of household pets
• (Animal Plant Health Inspection Service)

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New Coordination Role within the Service
Emergency Operations Center
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New Staff

• Emergency Program Specialist (EPS)
• ESF 11 coordinator in each FEMA Region (10)
• Regional Emergency Response Program Manager
  (REPM)
• ESF 11 coordinators in each APHIS Region (2)
• APHIS Program Liaison Officer (LNO)
• ESF 11 Liaison Officer in 3 of APHIS HQ Program
  Offices
• National Coordinator (NC)
• ESF 11 coordinator in APHIS HQ

Note 6 Resource Ordering and Status System
(ROSS) Dispatchers also hired and divided among
various APHIS program offices
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Emergency Program Specialist

• Do the hard work of helping the FEMA region
  prepare for an activation of ESF 11 and the
  subsequent activities that may take place for any
  of the 8 programs (VS, PPQ, WS, AC, IES, FNS,
  FSIS, or DOI)
• Serve as the ESF 11 Desk Officer in the FEMA
  Regional Response Coordination Center
• Provide field information to the Regional
  Emergency Response Program Manager

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What resources do we bring to an event?
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Other Aspects of Our Emergency Response Structure

• APHIS Emergency Management Leadership Council
• APHIS Office of Emergency Management and Homeland
  Security
• APHIS Veterinary Services Emergency Management
  Diagnostics
• - National Center for Animal Health Emergency
  Management
• Area Emergency Coordinators
• National Incident Management Teams

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National Center for Animal Health Emergency
Management

• Augment state and local resources with critical
  veterinary supplies, equipment, and services
• Provide safety emphasis and leadership
• Provide national guidance on disease surveillance
  and eradication strategy
• Support the acquisition of resources
• Resolve administrative, financial, legal,
  legislative, and disease control issues
• Coordinate and disseminate information.

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National Incident Management Teams

• Type II Type III teams
• Currently Command General Staff Short Teams
  long teams in the works
• 16 positions on each team
• 6 Veterinary Services teams
• 4 Plant Protection Quarantine teams
• Most members trained up and through S-420
  Command General Staff ICS
• Currently deploying for TB outbreak in CA

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Other Resources

• National Veterinary Stockpile
• Emergency Management Response System

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National Veterinary Stockpile
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Emergency Management Response System

• A fully Web based system that can be accessed
  from any computer running Internet Explorer 5.5
  or greater.
• Can run on local servers to allow massive data
  entry.
• Is integrated with the National Prem ID
  allocation system.
• Has the ability to track all disease control
  activities on thousands of premises in multiple
  states.
• Has the ability to track personnel orders and
  tours of duty and work assignments.
• Can manage inventory and track all assignments of
  vehicles and equipment in multiple locations.
• Task Tracking and Financial ledger capabilities.

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QUESTIONS?

• BARRY N. PITTMAN
• barry.n.pittman_at_aphis.usda.gov