EOC and Incident Management Teams

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EOC and Incident Management Teams

• Lee Bennett / Ken Clark
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management

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Need for Teams

• Need clear direction how to establish teams
• Improved capability
• Enhanced Response
• Quicker incident stabilization
• Quicker recovery to community normalcy

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Requests for Assistance

• Local/Regional
• Statewide Mutual Aid (SMA)
• Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)

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NIMS Q A Committee (NQAC)

• Represented by state agencies listed in Executive
  Order 102
• VDEM Criminal Justice Services
• Forestry State Police
• Fire Programs Corrections
• Transportation National Guard
• Health

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NQAC Objectives

• Develop state IMT Plan and Policy for signature
• Ensure consistent delivery of NIMS/ICS programs
• Create a link between local and federal
  governments

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Skill Sets

• Incident Management Teams (IMTs)
• Incident Management
• Boots on the Ground
• Emergency Operations Center Management Teams
  (EOCMTs)
• Resource support to local EOCs
• Do not manage incident

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Team Administration

• Team member qualifications
• Team operations/procedures
• IMT/EOCT roster
• Team logistical procedures
• Team financial support
• Overall team operations

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Level of Training

• Training standards
• Team membership training
• Skill maintenance
• Table top training
• DHS/NWCG Field training
• Annual IMT sustainment training

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Current IMT Status

• Federal Assets
• Regional IMTs (Current and developing)
• Disaster Medical Assistance Team
• USAR Task Forces
• State Assets
• Department of Forestry
• VDFP MIST teams
• Local Assets
• Metropolitan Medical Response Systems

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EOC Management Teams

• No current standard (state or federal)
• EMAC requests for IMTs to manage EOCs Are a
  different skill set

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EOC Management

• VDEM Operations and Office of Training and
  Exercise collaborating
• Baseline meetings have occurred
• Timeline for draft is third quarter FY 10

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Virginia Leadership

• Discussion with other EMAC coordinators
• Developing standard for other state and federal
  governments to adopt

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• Questions?