CalEMA

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CalEMA

• Disaster Surge Emergency Operations Center
  Support Team

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Common Acronyms

• Field Level
• ICP-Incident Command Post
• Local-Area
• EOC-Emergency Operation Center
• Regional
• REOC-Regional Emergency Operation Center
• State
• SOC-State Operations Center

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The Need for a Disaster Surge Emergency Support
Team
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2007 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

• Dates of Operations Response October 21 through
  November 4, 2007
• Recovery concluded March 31, 2008
• Total Fire Incidents 24 in seven counties
• Counties Involved Los Angeles, Orange,
  Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa
  Barbara, and Ventura
• Total Acres Burned 522,514
• Human Fatalities 10
• Human Injuries 139
• Structures Destroyed 3,290
• Structures Damaged 292
• Residences Destroyed 2,282
• Number Persons Sheltered 22,195
• Number Shelters 54
• Total County Reported
• Evacuations Ordered 592,500

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In Response ToAfter Action/Corrective Action
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Resource Needs in Disasters
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The EOC Support Team Need Program Overview
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The EOC Support Team Need Program Overview

• The Need for the Program Pilot
• State Agency Support
• Program Background
• Program Concept of Operations

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EOC Program Assignment Primary Roles

• The Initial 5 Positions
• Situation Status Unit Leader
• Resource Tracking
• Documentation Unit
• Personnel Unit
• Mission Coordinator
• Future Positions

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Expectations Standards
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Team Expectations Standards

• The Expectations
• The Standards
• The Candidates, Standards Rewards
• Request for Candidates
• Meeting the Standards
• Candidate Rewards
• The Need for Initial Training

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Introduction to Credentialing
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The Three REOCs(Inland is Co-located here)
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OES REGIONS
Oakland
Sacramento
Los Alamitos
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Pilot Training Course in June 2009

• Course Purpose/Goal
• Designed for the team member to successfully
  perform the assigned position within a CalEMA
  Regional Emergency Operations Center (REOC) when
  additional resources are needed.

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What Team Member Are Asked?

• PREREQUISITE
• SEMS Introductory Course G606 (ACI)
• This course is designed for anyone who may
  become involved in inter-agency or
  multi-jurisdictional responses at any level of
  the Standardized Emergency Management System.
  Staff provide course participants with the basic
  concepts of SEMS, including common terms and
  principles required to work within, and support,
  a coordinated SEMS response.
• CalEMA Training Branch
• For more information on State Agency courses,
  please call [phone]

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FEMAIndependent Study Program
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Recommended FEMA Independent Study

• IS-100.a Introduction to Incident Command System,
  I-100
• IS-200.a ICS for Single Resources and Initial
  Action Incidents
• IS-700.a NIMS An Introduction

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Team Work Emphasis
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Preparedness and Response Activities
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10 Ways You Can Be Disaster Prepared
http//calema.ca.gov/

• Identify Your Risk
• Create a Family Disaster Plan
• Practice Your Disaster Plan
• Build a Disaster Supply Kit for Your Home and Car
• Prepare Your Children
• Dont Forget Those with Special Needs
• Learn CPR and First Aid
• Eliminate Hazards in Your Home and the Workplace
• Understand Post 9/11 Risks
• Get Involved, Volunteer, Bear Responsibility

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Next Steps

• Outreach to State Agencies
• Candidate Applications
• Membership Selection
• Pilot Training

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For More Information

• Contact
• Bret Bensen, Program Manager
• CalEMA Preparedness Branch
• Emergency Management Systems Unit
• bret.bensen_at_oes.ca.gov
• [phone]
• Cindy Shipley, Emergency Services Coord.
• [phone]
• cynthia.shipley_at_oes.ca.gov