Maryland Emergency Management Agency

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Maryland Emergency Management Agency

• FY08 Grant
• 1,900 Accomplishments
• Updated the Ocean City Hazardous Weather brochure
  to include a segment on Tsunamis and protective
  actions.

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Maryland Emergency Management Agency

• FY08 Grant
• Issues
• Due to the City Councils decision that a
  separate Tsunami brochure was not needed a
  compromise was reached with the NTHMP to add an
  tsunami segment to the natural hazards brochure,
  resulting in the adjustment 1,900.

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Maryland Emergency Management Agency

• FY09 Grant Accomplishments
• 81,350.00
• Ocean City purchased two electronic message
  boards. One with NTHMP funding and the second
  with Ocean City funds. Signs have been deployed
  at selected location along their boardwalk.
  40,000
• ITIC and WCATWC offered to conduct a series of
  Tsunami workshops for the East coast. These
  workshops were coordinated by and attended by the
  East Coast WCMS. No cost.

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Maryland Emergency Management Agency

• FY09 Grant
• Issues
• 41,350 in funding was approved for securing a
  contract tasked to review and evaluate Ocean City
  capabilities against TsunamiReady guidelines.
• Due to MEMAs inability to secure a contact or
  have the funds obligated, the 41,350 was lost.

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Maryland Emergency Management Agency

• FY09 Grant
• Task 1.1 Review and evaluate the Town of Ocean
  City capabilities. Not completed and funds lost.
• Task 1.2 Purchase and install electronic
  message boards. Completed.
• Task 1.3 Develop standard operating
  procedures for Ocean City. Completed.
• Task 1.4 Develop testing and exercise
  procedures. Completed.

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Maryland Emergency Management AgencyFY 10
Funding Plan/Proposal
Task (Activity) Name NTHMP Performance Metric(s) (from Strategic Plan) Supported Amount of Requested Funds
Task 1.1 Establish a contract for the development of training materials targeting first responders. Performance Metric Develop a culture of tsunami preparedness and response. 100,000.00
Task 1.2 Work with East coast states to expand TsunamiReady recognition. Performance Metric Effective and reliable Warning dissemination to populations at risk. 100,000.00
Task 1.3 Schedule and conduct regular meetings with East coast state representatives to identify gaps and to identify communities along the East coast likely to become TsunamiReady. Performance Metric Develop a culture of tsunami preparedness and response. 15,000.00
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Maryland Emergency Management Agency

• FY10 Grant Accomplishments
• 225, 000
• The Town of Ocean City has ordered signage and
  will submit its application for TsunamiReady
  recognition.
• Have conducted several discussions/meetings with
  several vendors to develop training and outreach
  materials for the East coast.
• ITIC and WCATWC jointly conducted a series of
  workshops for the East coast
• To date have identified all Federal and state
  leads with the exception of FEMA Region III.
• Identified which States and local jurisdictions
  have a Tsunami response plan.
• ITIC and WCATWC conducted

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Maryland Emergency Management Agency

• FY10 Grant
• Issues
• Due to the complexity of identifying the best
  approach for the transfer of funds from MEMA to
  the contractor.
• East coast partners need to evaluate and possibly
  restructure their funding request for FY11-12 to
  better address East coast training and outreach
  needs.
• Tsunamis remain an extremely low risk hazard for
  much of the East Coast.
• Budgets and staffing reductions, coupled with low
  risk of occurrence have restricted the activities
  in the program.

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Maryland Emergency Management Agency

• FY10 Grant
• Issues
• State and local budgets are such that their
  ability to focus on the development of a Tsunami
  program remains a low priority.
• Turn over of staff at the FEMA, state and local
  levels along the East coast has added to the slow
  progress being made along the East coast.
• We need to build a strong case for this program
  and this will rely heavily on future mapping and
  inundation results.