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Maryland Emergency Management Agency June 9, 2014. “A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient Maryland”. Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient Maryland”
Maryland Emergency
Management Agency
June 9, 2014
Mission: To ensure that Maryland families, communities, and key stakeholders are provided the tools they need to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from the consequences of emergency and disaster events.
Vision: A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient Maryland
Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)
Includes a staff of about 75 emergency management professionals under the direction of Executive Director Ken Mallette. The agency is located on the 600-acre Camp Fretterd Military Reservation.
MEMA
Executive Director
Operations Preparedness Administration
Strategic Initiatives
MEMA - Organization
Executive Director Strategic Initiatives
◦ Geographic Information Systems National Capitol Region Liaison
Office of the Executive Director
Technology Support◦ Partnership with DoIT
Grants Management◦ Federal Homeland Security and Emergency
Management Grants Public Assistance
◦ Works with FEMA, local partners, private non-profits, and other state agencies to coordinate reimbursement of disaster-related costs, costs of essential services, and uninsured damages
Finance◦ During an emergency activation, tracks spending for
possible federal reimbursement and provides resources for Emergency Operations Center staff
Administration Directorate
Maryland Joint Operations Center (MJOC)
Regional Liaison Officer (RLO) Program State Emergency Operations Center
(SEOC)
Operations Directorate
24/7/365 Civilian/Military Watch Center Situational Awareness
◦ Weather◦ Homeland Security◦ Law Enforcement◦ Fire/Emergency Medical◦ Nuclear Power Plants◦ Resource Requests
Maryland Joint Operations Center (MJOC)
Provides common operating picture for senior leadership
Point of contact for federal, state, and local agencies and officials
Provides dispatch capabilities for other state agencies◦ Fire Marshal, Environment (Haz-Mat),
Occupational Safety and Health
MJOC
Point of contact for local emergency management staff
Provides assistance to local emergency managers in local EOC or at the scene of an emergency
Provides situation awareness to MEMA from on-site reporting and car-mounted cameras
Regional Liaison Officer (RLO) Program
RLO Program
Coordinates state response to emergency situations
As many as 40 state, federal and non-government agencies staff the facility to collaborate on response
Flexible and Scalable – only the agencies needed are called in
Facility to be completely renovated – completion scheduled for June 2014
State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC)
SEOC - Old
SEOC - Temporary
New SEOC – 2014 (~June)
Active Learning and Exercises Branch Adaptive Planning Branch Resilience and Outreach Branch
◦ Public Information◦ Public-Private Partnerships◦ Individual Assistance◦ Voluntary/Faith-Based Liaison
Mitigation Unit
Preparedness Directorate
Active Learning (Training)◦ Coordination of more than 100 emergency
management and first responder training courses annually in subject areas ranging from Incident Command System to Public Information
Exercises◦ Develop, deliver, and assist with dozens of
exercises around Maryland, based on a variety of naturally-occurring and human-caused hazards scenarios
◦ Quarterly exercises with Governor’s Cabinet
Active Learning and Exercises
Emergency Support Function (ESF) concept, with hazard-specific annexes
Plans establish purpose, scope, roles, and responsibilities for all partners
Work with other state agencies to develop Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP)
Work with local governments to develop emergency response and COOP plans
Adaptive Planning
Maryland Emergency Preparedness Program (MEPP)◦ Overarching construct for homeland
security and emergency management preparedness and operations
◦ Risk- and capabilities- based preparedness and operations
◦ All-hazards approach to the delivery of 31 specific core capabilities across four mission areas (prevent/protect, mitigate, respond, recover)
Adaptive Planning
Public Information◦ Outreach to general public, state agencies,
NGOs and media before, during, and after disasters
◦ Use of technology, social media, web presence
◦ Joint Information Center (JIC) Individual Assistance Program
◦ Coordinate federal, state programs to help individual disaster survivors
◦ Damage assessments and IA grant funding◦ Long-term recovery
Resilience and Public Outreach
Public-Private Partnerships◦ Private Sector Integration Program (PSIP)◦ Coordination with private sector to facilitate
information exchange during emergencies– BOC concept
Voluntary and Faith-Based Engagemento Coordinate operations, exercises and
training with non-governmental partners and Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)
◦ Network of trained volunteers to help emergency managers and first responders
Resilience and Public Outreach
Develop pre- and post- disaster hazard mitigation plans
Advise on projects related to hazard mitigation
Work with local governments to secure federal grant money for mitigation programs
Work with FEMA to distribute disaster recovery mitigation grants
Hazard Mitigation
Emergencies are primarily local events If a local jurisdiction cannot handle an
event, they reach out to neighboring counties – mutual aid
Additionally, they can reach out to other counties using the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact (MEMAC)
If needed, state resources can be requested
The state can reach out to other states through the national EMAC
The state can then request federal help
How Emergencies are Managed
Governor can declare State of Emergency◦ National Guard use◦ Other actions◦ NOT part of the Presidential Disaster
Declaration process, but is required to request a PDD
After an emergency, local, state and federal staff perform a Preliminary Damage Assessment
If UNINSURED damage to public infrastructure appears to meet financial thresholds, MEMA will recommend the governor make the request
Disaster Declarations
Request is sent to President via DHS/FEMA President can declare all or part of a state a
federal disaster area or deny the request in total.
The President, through FEMA, then determines which types of assistance will be available◦ Public Assistance◦ Individual Assistance
Regardless of the President’s decision, other federal agencies may offer programs to help◦ Small Business Administration◦ Department of Agriculture◦ Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disaster Declarations (con’t)
Emergencies are primarily local events If a local jurisdiction cannot handle an
event, they reach out to neighboring counties – mutual aid
Additionally, they can reach out to other counties using the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact (MEMAC)
If needed, state resources can be requested
The state can reach out to other states through the national EMAC
The state can then request federal help
How Emergencies are Managed
Governor can declare State of Emergency◦ National Guard use◦ Other actions◦ NOT part of the Presidential Disaster
Declaration process, but is required to request a PDD
After an emergency, local, state and federal staff perform a Preliminary Damage Assessment
If UNINSURED damage to public infrastructure appears to meet financial thresholds, MEMA will recommend the governor make the request
Disaster Declarations
Request is sent to President via DHS/FEMA President can declare all or part of a state a
federal disaster area or deny the request in total.
The President, through FEMA, then determines which types of assistance will be available◦ Public Assistance◦ Individual Assistance
Regardless of the President’s decision, other federal agencies may offer programs to help◦ Small Business Administration◦ Department of Agriculture◦ Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disaster Declarations (con’t)
“A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient
Maryland”
Ed McDonughPublic Information Officer
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
5401 Rue Saint Lo DriveReisterstown, MD 21136
410-517-3607ed.mcdonough@maryland.gov
http://mema.maryland.gov Twitter: @MDMEMA
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