OVERVIEW OF EMERGENCY PLANNING

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OVERVIEW OF EMERGENCY PLANNING

• Michael Philbin
• Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
• 400 Worcester Road
• Framingham, Ma.
• [phone]
• www.magnet.state.ma.us/mema
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The Plan is nothing, planning is everythingD.
Eisenhower

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• The planning process is critical sharing
• information.
• Establish relationships needed in times of
• emergency.
• Amendments to 1950 Civil Defense Act in 1980s
  authorized all natural and technological hazard
  planning.
• E.O. 242 1984 specified Comprehensive Emergency
  Management Plans.
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MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT TEAM (MEMT)

• MGL Chapter 639 - Massachusetts Civil Defense
  Statute
• Executive Order 144 - Required all Commonwealth
  Agencies to prepare for emergencies and
  disasters, and to provide emergency liaisons to
  MEMA for coordinating resources, training and
  operations
• Emergency Liaisons make up the MEMT
• MEMT train together, at least, monthly
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MEMA EMERGENCY LEVELS

• LEVEL 1 Day-to-Day Emergency. Local response
  capability can handle situation. No state
  assistance required. Situation monitored by
  State.
• LEVEL 2 Minor Emergency. Situation intensifies.
  Some state assistance may be required. EOPS/
  Governors Office notified.
• LEVEL 3 Major Emergency. Local response
  capabilities inadequate. Situation requires
  state response EOC activated. Governor
  declares State of Emergency.
• LEVEL 4 Catastrophic Emergency. Widespread
  threats to public safety exist. Large scale
  State and Federal response and recovery
  assistance required.
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MASSACHUSETTS EMERGENCYSUPPORT FUNCTIONS

• ESF 1 - Transportation
• ESF 2 - Communications
• ESF 3 - Public Works Engineering
• ESF 4 - Firefighting
• ESF 5 - Information
• Planning
• ESF 6 - Mass Care
• ESF 7 - Resource Support
• ESF 8 - Health Medical
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• ESF 9 - Search Rescue
• ESF 10 - Hazardous Materials Environmental
• ESF 11 - Food Water
• ESF 12 - Energy
• ESF 13 - Military Support
• ESF 14 - Public Information
• ESF 15 - Volunteers
• ESF 16 - Law Enforcement
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Comprehensive Emergency Management
Plan(CEM)CEM Plan is the basic All-Hazard plan
for 351 MA municipalities.

• CEM Covers
• Earthquake
• Flooding
• Hurricane
• Dam Failure
• Radiological
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• Civil disturbance
• Tornado
• Winter Storm
• Hazardous Materials
• Terrorism

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Risk Analysis

• MEMA developed a Risk Analysis for the state and
  municipalities.
• Results factored into CEM plan.
• Most common results for MA
• Flood Hurricane
• Snow HAZMAT
• Tornado
• Rank order varies from place to place
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Four Phases of Emergency Management in CEM Plan

• Mitigation Prevention or lessening repeated
  impacts
• Preparedness Maintaining, improving plans.
  Training
• Exercising plans.
• Response Coordination and managing emergency
• response.
• Recovery Damage Assessment. Restoring damage
  to
• pre-disaster condition. Decontamination.
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CEM Defines Roles Responsibilities of Local,
State, Federal, and Private Relief Agencies

• Chief elected officials Admin. Emergency
  Management-EOC
• Police Department Communications
• Fire department Transportation
• Highway/Public Works Public Information
• Health Medical Shelter
• Emergency Medical Services
  Evacuation/traffic control
• Schools
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SPECIAL NEEDS FACILITIES

• Nursing homes Group homes
• Elderly housing Hospitals
• Licensed day care centers Jails Prisons
• CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• Public water, utilities, fuel, pharmacies etc.
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TERRORISM INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN(CEM)

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PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS

• A terrorist incident may occur at any time with
  little or no warning
• The incident may include secondary or multiple
  devices. The devices may be intended to injure
  responders, impede response actions, or divert
  attention and resources from other activities.
• Terrorists may employ, or threaten to employ,
  WMD.
• The FBI, FEMA and other federal government
  agencies will become involved however, their
  response may be delayed. Local and state
  agencies must be prepared to respond to the
  situation for at least 24 hours without
  significant levels of federal assistance.
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CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS

• Terrorism is federal issue, and is defined as
  the implied or unlawful use of violence,
  committed by a group of two or more individuals
  against persons or property to intimidate or
  coerce a government, the civilian population, or
  any segment thereof, in the furtherance of
  political or social objectives. (Combating
  Terrorism Federal Agencies Efforts to
  Implement National Policy and Strategy. GAO.
  September 1997).
• In June 1995 the White House issued
  presidential Decision Directive 39 (PDD-39),
  United States Policy on Counterterrorism. This
  policy directed measures to reduce the Nations
  vulnerability to terrorism, to deter and respond
  to terrorist acts, and improve capabilities to
  prevent and manage the consequences of terrorist
  use of NBC weapons and WMD.
• To support PDD-39, FEMA added the Terrorism
  Incident Annex to the Federal Response Plan
  (FRP). In this annex, FEMA addressed crisis
  management and consequence management and some
  basic policies concerning counterterrorism
  responsibility (Figure 2).
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CRISIS MANAGEMENT

• Crisis Management, as defined by the Department
  of Justice and the Federal Emergency Management
  Agency (FEMA), is composed of Measures to
  resolve the hostile situation, investigate, and
  prepare a criminal case for prosecution under
  Federal Law.
• Crisis Management includes measures to
  identify, acquire, and plan the use of resources
  needed to anticipate, prevent, and/or resolves
  threat or act of terrorism. It is predominantly
  a law enforcement response.
• Crisis Management is a federal government
  responsibility as outlined in Presidential
  Decision Directive 39 (PDD-39). Specifically,
  the Department of Justice has responsibility for
  counterterrorism. For threats or acts of
  terrorism in the United States, authority is
  delegated to the FBI in order to resolve all
  terrorist incidents involving employment or WMD
  and provide assistance as required. Local and
  state consequence management agencies requested
  by the FBI and notified by the Federal Emergency
  Management Agency (FEMA) will provide liaison to
  advise on decisions which may have implications
  for consequence management and to provide
  continuity if a federal consequence management
  response becomes necessary.
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CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT

• Consequence Management includes measures to
  protect public health and safety, restore
  essential government services, and provide
  emergency relief to governments, businesses, and
  individuals affected by the consequeces of
  terrorism.
• In order to prepare for potential terrorist
  incidents in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• a. Each municipality should assess the local
  terrorist threats, determine their vulnerability
  to terrorist attack, and obtain or deploy
  resources accordingly.
• b. MEMA will work with other state and federal
  agencies to assess terrorist threats and
  vulnerabilities for the state. When local
  authrities responsible for counterterrorism
  planning request, MEMA will provide advice on
  local threat and vulnerability assessments.
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CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT

• During responses to and recovery from incidents
  which involve terrorist use of WMD, local and
  state agencies must
• a. Contact MEMA and prepare to conduct and
  support extended
• operations.
• b. Use local resources and activate mutual
  assistance agreements to
• contain the situation, protect the
  population, care for the ill and
• injured, control possible contamination,
  and prevent harm to
• community infrastructure, private
  property, or the environment.
• c. Employ the Incident Command System to
  control operations and
• smooth integration of all responding
  forces.
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Emergency Management Guide for Business Industry

• May be modified for most workplaces.
• Four Step planning process
• 1. Establish Planning Team
• 2. Analyze capabilities and hazards
• 3. Develop the plan
• 4. Implement the plan
• Train exercise the plan!
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FEAR
Information and communication are the best
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