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PUBLICATION OF FLORIDA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ASSOCIATION

Serving Emergency Preparedness in Florida Since 1956

SUMMER 2010Vol. 15, No. 3

Charles “Chuck” Tear, President

By Debbie Peck, FPEM Pinellas County Emergency Management

Hospital administrators, home healthcare nurses, assisted living facility managers, nursing home administrators and plant operators were just a few of the 238 attendees at this year’s Hurricanes and Healthcare Conference. For the past 20+ years, Tampa Bay Regional Health Care Planning Coalition of Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties, Florida Health Care Association (FHCA) and St. Petersburg College (SPC) have presented a Hurricanes and Healthcare Conference (HHC) for the local healthcare facilities and their employees. This is an opportunity for county emergency managers to meet with the healthcare facility administrators and share ideas and answer questions about disaster preparedness. In addition, experts and those that have experienced disaster response first hand are invited to speak to the conferees and pass on lessons learned and the latest ideas.

With over 500 healthcare facilities in the area, the conference serves as a perfect opportunity for face-to-face discussions and a better understanding of what to expect during and after a disaster. Held in the spring, this year’s

Many thanks to all who partici-pated in the FEPA 2010 Mid Year Work Session in Day-

tona Beach Florida. This year’s Mid Year session proved to be one of the most successful ever with 95 par-ticipants working on FEPA programs, projects and issues in collaboration with our partners from the Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM).

This year’s work session in-cluded almost a full week of activi-ties, starting with a DEM Basic In-

structional Skills Course on Tuesday morning. As a lead in to the formal Mid Year Work Session which began Wednesday afternoon, DEM con-ducted an Emergency Management Advisory Working Group Meeting on Wednesday morning. On Wednesday evening the FEPA Board of Directors met to conduct association business and FEPA committees conducted their formal activities on Thursday afternoon. The Mid Year Work Ses-sion ended Friday morning with Committee reports and a FEPA Stra-

tegic Plan update session. FEPA committees continue to

work diligently for the membership on key projects and issues. The Training and Education Commit-tee presented the new FEPA/DEM instructor recognition program guidelines for review and comment. The Legislative Committee met to outline the draft FEPA Legislative Platform for the 2011 Legislative Session, the Mitigation Committee is re-energized under the leadership of Committee Chair Cecelia Patella, the EMAP Committee outlined goals and program objectives for the year and the Membership Committee contin-ues to develop innovative member services and creative ideas for ex-panding the Association’s member-ship base.

General Session topics high-lighted open discussions on lessons learned from Deepwater Horizon and Reconnaissance Team activi-ties. FEPA recognized the significant contributions of its members that serve in liaison positions to allied agencies and organization. These critical connections to key partners allow FEPA to serve and represent its members on a wide variety of issues and platforms. At FEPA’s re-quest, members of the Florida DEM presented updates on program ac-tivities including the proposed EMPA Base Grant Scope of Work, contracts and grants and related financial mat-ters.

The Summer edition of your “FEPA Alert” includes articles and updates from your programs, col-leagues and areas across the state. The information presented is a con-tinued testament to the collective strength and ingenuity of Florida emergency managers and the orga-nizations they serve.

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theme was “Back to Basics - Are You Prepared?” Speakers included Betti Johnson, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council; Dan Noah, National Weather Service-Ruskin; Hunter Zager, Florida Department of Health (DOH); Tim Strouser, Vice President, All Children’s Hospital; Jamie Bordeaux, Hospice of MS Coastline; Bernard Hudson, Agency for Health Care Administration; Jeff Copeland, Hillsborough County Emergency Management; and Debbie Peck, Pinellas County Emergency Management; Thomas Kelly, FHCA; Luke Wood, DOH Home Healthcare; Larry Green, All Children’s Hospital; and we saved the best for last, Larry Gispert, Director of Hillsborough County Emergency Management .

Florida Health Care Association offered continuing education credits for Nursing Homes and St. Petersburg College recognized the program for continuing education for Assisted Living Facilities, Nurses, and Allied Health Professionals. This annual conference is open to hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health care agencies, hospice providers and others in health care related fields. The cost of the day was only $59 including lunch. Vendors were available to show off their emergency supplies during breaks and lunch.

A few of the comments noted were: “The whole course was really interesting”, “Exercise a 24+hr scenario”, “Great Seminar, all speakers were great.”, “Larry Gispert was the best”. In 2011, Pasco County will be re-joining the Coalition. If you are in the Tampa Bay Region and would like to participate, please contact Debbie Peck at dpeck@pinellascounty.org. Please also check out the website at www.hurricanesandhealthcare.com.

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Deepwater Horizon Oil SpillScott Nelson, Wakulla County Emergency Management

Florida Gulf counties were rocked by the deepwater horizons on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 when the offshore oil drilling platform, Deepwater Horizon, exploded in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana. The rig, owned by Transocean Ltd, was under contract to British Petroleum (BP). This event was defined as a spill of national significance and managed under the Oil Spill Prevention Act of 1990. This led to many challenges for an Emergency Management community comfortable with the responses defined under the Stafford Act and local and State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans. BP and the United States Coast Guard are the lead response agencies on the oil spill. This led to many communication gaps and response conflicts with local and state agencies. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) was designated as the lead state agency for responding to potential impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill along Florida’s shoreline. State and local agencies had no operational control, and early on in the response were not given input into the process. The State Division of Emergency Management and FDEP worked to rectify gaps and improve communications. The command structure morphed several times to try to allow for some local operational awareness. FEPA was engaged in the discussion identifying areas where they could provide assistance with the process. Many FEPA members provided Mutual Aid to the state and locals.

The response will be discussed for many years as federal, state and local officials try to wrestle with the appropriate level of communication and control in future activations of the Oil Spill Prevention Act. Economic impacts were felt across the state and many environmental impacts may not be well understood for years. The claims process continues for local business as well as for local and state governments.

The following counties were included as impacted counties according to three Executive Orders: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, Levy, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Collier, Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. Currently, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin counties remain under an executive order.

Reimbursement Status for Selected counties and agencies is listed below:

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Congratulations to the following FEPA members who met the rigorous standards of the FEPA Certification Program during the Class of 2011 review cycle. This is the highest honor of professional achievement available from the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association, which has in its membership more than 600 emergency management officials. Formal recognition and conferral of Certification certificates and pins for the Certification Class of 2011 will take place at the FEPA Annual Awards Ceremony in January 2011.

Florida Professional Emergency Manager (FPEM)

Alexander Baird, City of Hallandale Fire Department

Mark Barker, City of Holly Hill Police Department

Pedro Carrasquillo, Osceola County Emergency Management

Shirley Exner, Seminole County Public Safety

Gilbert Fernandez, Sarasota County Public Works

Steven Graff, City of Stuart Police Department

Marie Hanley, Clay County Emergency Management

Stephen Lewis, City of Boynton Beach Fire Department

Ronnie McCardle, Columbia County Emergency Management

Angus D. McPhaul, Florida 4 DMATShayne Morgan, Columbia County

Emergency Management

Certification Corner

Wanda Mosley, Clay CountyRichard Nicorvo, Broward CollegeJames Olds, City of Lakeland Safety

and Emergency ManagementDeborah Peck, Pinellas County

Emergency ManagementInaki A. Rezola, American Red Cross

SW Florida ChapterAlton Scott, Lafayette County

Emergency Management Judy Scribner, Collier County

Emergency ManagementRyan Simpson, Putnam County

Emergency Management Keila Walker, Orlando HealthJohn Ward, Clay County Public SafetyA. Ryan Williams, Volusia County

Emergency Management

Florida Professional Emergency Manager (FPEM) Recertification

Edwin Ward, Florida Department of Transportation

Edward Wolff, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Alan Harris, Seminole County Emergency Management

Florida Associate Emergency Manager (FAEM)

Michelle Carter, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office

Mary Ann Cole, Collier County Emergency Management

Efren Lopez, Miami Dade County Emergency Management

Florida Emergency Management Volunteer (FEMV)

Keith Wall, University of Central Florida

For questions or additional information regarding the FEPA Certification Program please see the FEPA Web Site www.fepa.org or contact the FEPA members below:

FEPA Certification Commission Officers:

Lee Newsome, Chair lnewsone@erecinc.com Paul Winter, Vice Chair

paul.winter@sprint.com Angela Allen, Secretary angela.allen@dot.state.fl.us

FEPA Certification Application Deadline for the Class of 2011

To be considered for Certification or Re-Certification by the FEPA Certification Commission at its January meeting held in conjunction with the 2011 Annual Meeting and Work Session (January 24- 28, 2011) applications must be RECEIVED at the FEPA Office by Wednesday, December 1, 2010. The FEPA Office mailing address is: 400 Capital Circle Southeast, Suite 18-263, Tallahassee, Florida 32301.

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Late June is traditionally a time of relative quiet on the Jefferson County Middle/High School campus in Monticello, Florida, but the afternoon of June 28, 2010 proved to be an exception. Emergency responders from city and county agencies responded to a simulated on campus active shooter who was positioned in a classroom corridor with students, faculty and staff present.

Under the exercise scenario, the initial call to 911 Dispatch was made by school officials in response to hearing shots fired on campus. Dispatch alerted law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services and emergency management officials to the situation at the middle/high school campus and responders closed in on the scene. Under the functional exercise scenario, emergency responders were pre-positioned, but responded in real time as the active shooter situation unfolded on campus.

At the scene, responders faced

all the makings of a “real world” event through the creative use of props, simulated ammunition and staged victims. Tactical law enforcement contact teams were

bombarded with simulated gunfire from the active shooter in the classroom corridor. Student actors with realistic wounds, blood stains and injuries, courtesy of the exercise make up artist, fled the classrooms and screamed for help. This exceptional level of realism not only mimicked the tension of a real event for law enforcement responders but allowed emergency medical teams

to practice mass casualty triage and transport techniques in a high stress environment.

Participants noted the realism of the exercise during the post event “hot wash” and reported that the scenario presented a unique opportunity for the tactical entry teams to hone their skills while working with other response disciplines to safely locate, move, treat and transport victims. Evaluators from The Management Experts, the firm responsible for coordinating the Jefferson County

exercise and after action report, remarked on the incredible support and cooperation of city and county emergency response officials during the exercise. Even the local media, who were covering the exercise for an evening newscast, agreed to simulate an active media presence on scene to question school officials on emergency plans and protocols.

Sheriff David Hobbs congratulated the players on their willingness to apply the tactical training they had received earlier in the day to the exercise play. “Many of the team members came to work on their off day or off shift to participate in the training and exercise. We certainly hope that we never have to respond to a real situation like this at the school, but preparation and training are critical to the safety of our responders and the community.”

Jefferson County Conducts Active Shooter Exercise

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The FEPA Board of Directors met on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in conjunction with the FEPA Mid Year Work Session in Daytona Beach Florida. At the July meeting, the Board considered a host of agenda items that documented and demonstrated progress on the Association’s many programs and initiatives.

Executive Committee and Officer reports noted the continued FEPA involvement with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and associated issues of concern. With the generous support of Sprint-Nextel for a conference bridge, FEPA conducted a series of Emergency Management Constituency Group conference calls to provide peer to peer observations, technical support, lessons learned and other insights regarding emergency procedures and operations for the oil spill event. Representatives of FEPA’s leadership team attended the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) Annual Meeting to participate in and observe break out and general session discussions regarding Deepwater Horizon and to offer technical expertise and assistance to FAC on emergency management related issues. Letters to members of the Florida Congressional delegation based on the information gathered on the FEPA conference calls and FEPA member experiences while serving at the State Emergency Operations Center and regional command centers were crafted and provided to Florida’s national elected officials to outline local issues of concern with the Deepwater Horizon response.

Board members received updates on FEPA membership status and approved an annual Corporate membership dues level of $800 and associated membership amenities. A report on the progress on plans for the 2011 Annual Meeting at the Walt

FEPA Board of Directors Meet at FEPA Mid Year Work Session

Disney World Hilton was presented and the Training and Education Committee was asked to support the Program Committee with suggestions on training offerings at the annual meeting.

Other board actions included the approval of the slate of candidates recommended for approval under the FEPA Certification Program and continued development of a new Instructor Recognition Program in conjunction with the Division of Emergency Management. Under this program, the credentials of emergency management instructors would be jointly recognized by the Division and FEPA under a progressive three tier system. Draft information on the Instructor Recognition Program is available on

the FEPA Web Site at www.fepa.org. The July Board meeting

concluded with a review of the areas of FEPA By-Laws that are under consideration for refinement and revision. The proposed draft document will be presented to the Board for consideration at its October 2010 meeting and made available to the FEPA membership for review and comment. Please remember that the FEPA Board of Directors includes the Area Governors from each of the FEPA seven regions. Please provide your Area Governor with input on the action and direction of the Association and thank them for their commitment and service to the Association.

FEPA Mid Year Work SessionThe FEPA 2010 Mid Year Work Session attracted 95 participants to Daytona Beach to conduct the

Association’s business, receive updates on critical issues and advance the goals and objectives of FEPA committees. In conjunction with the Mid Year session, DEM conducted a Basic Instruction Skills Course and an Emergency Management Advisory Working Group meeting at the Daytona Beach venue.

The Mid Year Session included General Session topics on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill observations and lessons learned and the specific protocols of the Reconnaissance Teams that were utilized during the event. The Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM) presented General Session topics of interest including the 2010-11 proposed Scope of Work for the Emergency Management, Preparedness and Assistance Trust Fund Base Grants and contract and grant updates and issues.

Consistent with Mid Year tradition, Thursday afternoon was dedicated to break out sessions for FEPA Committees to conduct their business and work on programs and projects. This year, two sets of Committee break out sessions were conducted to maximize members’ ability to participate and contribute to Committee actions. Committee representatives summarized their groups’ progress and activities during Friday morning’s General Session reports and Committee goals and objectives were refined during Friday’s closing Strategic Plan Update session. The results of this session are reflected in the draft 2011-2013 FEPA Strategic Plan which is available for comment on the FEPA web site www.fepa.org.

The FEPA Board of Directors also met during the Mid Year Work Session. The Board and the FEPA Executive Committee continue to move forward on a robust slate of programs and projects to serve the FEPA membership. FEPA extends a special thanks to Director David Halstead and DEM staff that attended the Mid Year Work Session and shared their expertise, vision and observations on statewide emergency management programs and issues.

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At its July 28, 2010 meeting, the FEPA Board of Directors approved the draft Instructor Recognition Program conceptual outline and objectives and directed Training and Education Committee Chair Doug Bass and key Committee Member Alton Scott to continue coordination with the Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM) to finalize the Instructor Recognition Program. The program represents another excellent collaboration between FEPA and DEM to meet mutual objectives to develop and maintain a qualified cadre of instructors for emergency management training delivery. The screening and recognition process envisioned will allow DEM access to instructors with documented credentials to provide additional field training offerings. With respect to FEPA, the program offers another opportunity to acknowledge, develop and promote the professional skills of the Association’s members as well as access to skilled trainers for FEPA course offerings through the year.

FEPA Board Approves Instructor Recognition Program Concept

Proposed 2011 Instructor Recognition Program

PROgRAM ObJECTIVEObjective: To develop a consolidated emergency management instructor recognition program to identify emergency management professionals who have an interest in teaching Emergency Management programs for FEPA and/or the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

We want to provide the foundation to better ensure the instructor is able to pass along information to each student in a professional and competent manner. We will publically recognize those instructors actively conducting Emergency Management training at the highest level. This is a voluntary program. “Recognition” versus “Certification” program. FEPA Membership Is Not Required But Encouraged.

InSTRuCTOR RECOgnITIOn PROgRAMJoint recognition program with Florida Division of Emergency Management and FEPA. Implement consolidated Candidate Review process Establish Joint Standards for Recognition Program Jointly award credentials for Recognition Program Have approved and recognized Instructors appear on both Websites

TRAInIng COMMITTEE MAkE-uP Establish a joint DEM and FEPA Training Committee Committee is similar to the FEPA Certification Program Committee make-up continued

FEPA Board ApprovesInstructor RecognitionProgram Concept

At its July 28, 2010 meeting, the FEPA Board of Directors approved the draft Instructor Recognition Program conceptual outline and objectives. The Board directed Training and Education Commit-tee Chair Doug Bass and key Committee Member Alton Scott to continue coordination with the Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM) to finalize the Instructor Recognition Pro-gram.

The program represents another excellent collaboration be-tween FEPA and DEM to meet mutual objectives to develop and maintain a qualified cadre of instructors for emergency manage-ment training delivery. The screening and recognition process envisioned will allow DEM access to instructors with docu-mented credentials to provide additional field training offerings. With respect to FEPA, the program offers another opportunity to acknowledge, develop and promote the professional skills of the Association’s members as well as access to skilled trainers for FEPA course offerings through the year.

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President - Richard Smith

As a co-sponsor of the Governor Hurricane Conference (GHC), many FEPA members serve on the GHC Board, as Officers and in key Committee roles for the nation’s premier hurricane conference. On August 12 and 13, 2010 FEPA participated in the annual meeting of the GHC to elect the 2010-2011 slate of Directors and Officers, appoint Committee members and begin plans for the 25th offering of the GHC in May, 2011 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

FEPA President Chuck Tear GHC Director

FEPA Members serving as GHC Officers:

President - Richard SmithTreasurer – Laurie FeagansVice Presidents – Lori Vun Kannon, Helene Wetherington, Harold Joyner and Eve Rainey

FEPA Participates in Annual Meeting of GHC Board and Officers

FEPA Members serving on GHC Committees and Program Committee Work Groups:

Program Committee Chair John Wilson

Program Committee Members – Ron Mills, Doug Bass and HeleneWetherington Education Outreach – Dave Bujak and Helene Wetherington

External Training – Doug Bass, John Wilson

Professional Fellowship Anne Miller

Awards Committee – Sally Bishop

Audit Committee – Lori Vun Kannon

Many additional FEPA members contribute to the Program Committee in program support roles and even more FEPA members provide on-site asssitance for the conference as room monitors and coordinators, workshop and training presenters and in other technical roles.

The first meeting of the GHC Program Committee is scheduled for October 11 and 12, 2010. Please reach out to FEPA representatives to the GHC to offer suggestions for training and workshop offerings and offer your support for the 2011 conference.

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FEPA Participates in FEMA Strategic Foresight Initiative

EPA Secretary Anne Miller recently was selected to participate in the Federal Emergency Management Agen-cy’s Strategic Foresight Initiative. The initiative provides a series of opportunities for collaboration on a variety of emergency management related topics with representa-tives from a broad spectrum of emergency managers and practitioners from related fields of interest and expertise. The information presented below is a synopsis of FEMA’s background information on the initiative and its goals and objectives. Through Secretary Miller’s participation, FEPA will be able to inform the membership on progress of this national collaborative discussion.

FEMA STRATEGIC FORESIGHT INITIATIVE

OVERVIEWThe world around us is changing in ways that may

have profound effects on the emergency management

enterprise. Collectively, we must begin to think more broadly and over a longer-timeframe if we are to under-stand these changes and their potential impacts. To this end, FEMA has launched a Strategic Foresight initiative, the objective of which is straight-forward: to seek to understand how the world around us is changing, and how those changes may affect the future of emergency management and our community.

Our approach is rooted in an explicit attempt to innovate and move beyond the constraints of existing planning efforts. FEMA recognizes that it is only a single member of the national emergency management enter-prise. Alongside other federal partners, states, nongov-ernmental organizations, community based organiza-tions, and especially neighborhoods, towns and cities that do most of the work, the scale and coverage of the emergency management community comprises a broad and complex network of interdependencies and overlap-

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Bob Lay Selected to Serve on FEMA’s National Advisory Council

InSTRuCTOR SuSTAInMEnT Approved instructors must meet minimum requirements for re-recognition Training Committee will establish instructor sustainment requirements Instructors who fail to teach during a 12 month period of time will not be eligible for re-recognition and must resubmit their request for recognition Instructors must seek opportunities to enhance, improve and develop their teaching/training skills as well as their technical expertise. Professional development may include conferences, workshops or seminars, etc

PROgRAM TIME lInE Presentation at FEPA Mid-Year Conference by Training Committee Training Committee to receive recommendations and develop program coordinating draft Training Committee to finalize administrative rules Presentation to State EM Director and FEPA Board to seek final approval Presentation to FEPA Annual Conference by Training Committee Circulate Information to interested persons Training Committee begins to receive applications

InSTRuCTOR RECOgnITIOn PROgRAMDevelop Logo for Levels of Recognition and Approve Patch and /or Pins

FuTuRE ISSuES Ways to make training more cost effective Ways to compensate instructors for expenses Work with other State and Federal programs for inclusion in the EM Instructor Recognition Program Explore moving from a recognition program to a certification program

Robert “Bob” Lay, Brevard County Emergency Management Director, was recently selected to serve on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Advisory Council representing the field of Emergency Management for a one year term through June 15, 2011. The Council provides FEPA Administrator W. Craig Fugate with advice on all aspects of emergency management. The advisory council, whose authority must be renewed every two years, was originally chartered in 2007 and reauthorized in 2009. It includes representation from local, state and tribal governments as well as the public and private sectors. The Council’s mission statement is to “ensure effective and ongoing coordination of Federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other man made disasters.”

Mr. Lay participated in the August 4, 2010 National Advisory Council meeting in Denver, Colorado. FEPA extends its congratulations to Mr. Lay on his appointment. FEMA is very fortunate to have someone with Bob’s experience, expertise and candor as a key advisor.

Governor Crist Proclaims September as Florida Preparedness Month

On August 27, 2010 Governor Charlie Crist signed an Executive Proclamation designating September 2010 as “Florida Preparedness Month”. As September is historically the most active month for tropical weather activity in Florida, the proclamation directs Floridians attention to the benefits of preparing their homes, families and businesses for disasters that may impact or threaten our state.

Florida’s preparedness month coincides with the federal designation of September as National Preparedness Month and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s and Ad Council’s seventh annual National Preparedness Ready Campaign. The campaign is designed to encourage all Americans to take positive steps toward emergency preparedness.

The full text of the Division of Emergency Management Press Release and the Governor’s Proclamation are available on the FEPA Web Site at www.fepa.org.

ping vital interests.Our goal is to engage this diverse community in a

collective exploration of issues, trends, and other factors that could impact the future emergency management environment, and to support expanded strategic think-ing and planning for the future. We intend to further this goal by participating actively, sharing our own questions, directions, concerns, and decisions, and helping bring together people from various disciplines to engage in the discussion.

THE BIG QUESTIONSThree guiding questions to consider are:(1) What are the drivers of change (e.g., demographics,

climate change) that may “dial up” or “dial down” systemic risk in the future?

(2) What has the potential to transform emergency man-agement in the future?

(3) What should we do now to better align our missions and capabilities to our future needs?

The FEMA Office of Policy and Program Analysis (OPPA) is leading FEMA’s Long Range Planning initiative.

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Bob Lay Selected to Serve on FEMA’s National Advisory Council

InSTRuCTOR SuSTAInMEnT Approved instructors must meet minimum requirements for re-recognition Training Committee will establish instructor sustainment requirements Instructors who fail to teach during a 12 month period of time will not be eligible for re-recognition and must resubmit their request for recognition Instructors must seek opportunities to enhance, improve and develop their teaching/training skills as well as their technical expertise. Professional development may include conferences, workshops or seminars, etc

PROgRAM TIME lInE Presentation at FEPA Mid-Year Conference by Training Committee Training Committee to receive recommendations and develop program coordinating draft Training Committee to finalize administrative rules Presentation to State EM Director and FEPA Board to seek final approval Presentation to FEPA Annual Conference by Training Committee Circulate Information to interested persons Training Committee begins to receive applications

InSTRuCTOR RECOgnITIOn PROgRAMDevelop Logo for Levels of Recognition and Approve Patch and /or Pins

FuTuRE ISSuES Ways to make training more cost effective Ways to compensate instructors for expenses Work with other State and Federal programs for inclusion in the EM Instructor Recognition Program Explore moving from a recognition program to a certification program

Robert “Bob” Lay, Brevard County Emergency Management Director, was recently selected to serve on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Advisory Council representing the field of Emergency Management for a one year term through June 15, 2011. The Council provides FEPA Administrator W. Craig Fugate with advice on all aspects of emergency management. The advisory council, whose authority must be renewed every two years, was originally chartered in 2007 and reauthorized in 2009. It includes representation from local, state and tribal governments as well as the public and private sectors. The Council’s mission statement is to “ensure effective and ongoing coordination of Federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other man made disasters.”

Mr. Lay participated in the August 4, 2010 National Advisory Council meeting in Denver, Colorado. FEPA extends its congratulations to Mr. Lay on his appointment. FEMA is very fortunate to have someone with Bob’s experience, expertise and candor as a key advisor.

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF

The Florida EmergencyPreparedness Association, Inc.

400 Capital Circle, SESuite 18-263

Tallahassee, FL 32301850/274-1835

email: fepa@fepa.org

Eve RaineyExecutive Director

“Serving Emergency Preparedness in Florida Since 1956”

FEPA400 Capital Circle SESuite 18-263Tallahassee, FL 32301

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FEPA Membership SurveyFEPA Membership Survey now available on Survey Monkey. Let the FEPA Executive Committee and Board of Directors know your ideas about FEPA programs, projects and services. Please see the link on the FEPA Web Site under Membership to participate in the survey. www.fepa.org Thank you for your input and support! This survey closes October 1st.

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