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Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency
Enhancing Disaster Response Through Improved Communications
April 28, 2017
Harlan Proveaux, GEMA/HS Clint Perkins, GEMA/HS
CAPT Ryan Newman, DPS Bryan Haines, GDOT
Terminal Learning Objective
Understand the importance of effective communications as it relates to natural, man-made or
technological disasters which involve multiple jurisdictions, agencies, volunteer groups and private sector partners working together to save lives and mitigate property damages within our community.
Enabling Objectives
• Consider the variety of threats / hazards that exist in Georgia and how they relate to your jurisdiction.
• Review the concept of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF).
• Explain the organizational structure of EMA in Georgia and discuss best practices for “plugging in”.
• Understand the role of GEMA / HS and the State Operations Center.
• Identify the value of situational awareness and the available tools for information sharing.
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Communication…What’s The Point?
Give Me 12 Reasons We Should TalkGeorgia Natural Threats and Hazards:
Resulting from acts of nature
• Tropical Cyclonic Systems• Storm Surge• Inland Flooding• Severe Weather• Severe Winter Weather• Tornados• Wildfires• Wind• Seismic Hazards• Dam Failures• Sinkholes• Drought
Give Me 5 More -Georgia Technological Threats and Hazards:Involves failures of systems and structures
• Hazardous Materials Release
• Utilities Failure
• Transportation Incidents
• Structural Collapse
• Radiological Release
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10 Reasons to Call Harlan ProveauxGeorgia Human-Caused Threats and Hazards:
Caused by the intentional actions of an adversary
• Improvised Explosive Devise / Large Vehicle Borne IED
• Individual Violent Extremist Attack
• Suspicious Package Attack
• Organized Terrorism Attack
• Civil Disturbance
• Cyber Attack
• Chemical Agent Attack
• Improvised Nuclear Device/Radiological Dispersal Device
• Biological Attack
• No One Else Answers
Disaster History in GeorgiaWhy We Are Here
Georgia has experienced
18 major disasters in the past
two decades and
42 since 1953.
State of GeorgiaMajor Disaster Declarations
•1994 Heavy Rains, Tornadoes, Flooding•1995 Hurricane Opal•1995 Severe Storms, Tornadoes•1998 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods•1999 Severe Storms•2000 Winter Storm•2000 Tornadoes•2004 Hurricane Ivan•2004 Tropical Storm Frances•2007 Severe Storms and Tornadoes•2008 Severe Storms and Tornadoes•2008 Severe Storms and Flooding•2009 Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds•2009 Severe Storms and Flooding •2011 Tornadoes•2014 Ice/Winter Weather•2015 Ice/Winter Weather•2015 Flooding•2016 Hurricane Matthew•2016 January 2nd Tornadoes•2016 January 21st Tornadoes
1953 Tornado1954 Tornado1961 Floods1963 Severe Storms1964 Hurricane Dora1964 Flooding1966 Flooding1973 Tornadoes1973 Tornadoes Flooding1974 Tornadoes1975 Tornadoes, Heavy Winds1976 Severe Storms, Flooding1977 Shrimp Loss Due to Cold Weather1977 Dam Collapse, Flooding1990 Flooding, Severe Storm1990 Flooding, Severe Storm1991 Flooding, Severe Storm1992 Heavy Rain, High Winds, Tornadoes1993 Tornadoes, High Winds, Heavy Rain1994 Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Flooding1994 Tornadoes
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Fire Management Assistance Declarations
May 2007 – Harveytown Fire
May 2007 – Bugaboo Scrub Fire
May 2007 – Roundabout Fire
April 2007 – Kneeknocker Swamp Fire
April 2007 – Sweat Farm Road Fire
April 2011 - South Georgia Fires
Nov 2016 - Tatum Gulf Fire
Rockdale Chemical Fire 2004
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Rockdale Chemical Fire 2004
Sumter Regional Hospital - Americus, GA March,2007
South GA Wildfires 2007
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Atlanta Tornado March 2008
Flooding in Mableton, GA September 2009
Powder Springs, GA2009 Flooding
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Imperial Sugar Refinery, Chatham CountyFebruary 2008
Imperial Sugar Refinery Fire
The explosion occurred at 7:00 p.m. in what was initially believed to be a room where sugar was bagged by workers.
Witnesses from across the Savannah River in South Carolina reported seeing flames shoot up several stories high.[15] There were 112 employees on-site at the time.[16] The explosion occurred in the center of the refinery, where bagging and storage facilities were fed completed product by a network of elevators and conveyor belts. Many of the buildings here were six to eight stories high with narrow gaps in between.[7]
Ambulances responded to the scene from across twelve counties, and firefighters from three.[7] The United States Coast Guard closed off the river in the area, and a firefighting tug boat was used to douse the resulting fire from the river. A helicopter was used to search the river for anyone who may have been thrown into it by the blast.[17] Refinery workers were brought in to assist with search and rescue operations, as emergency services personnel were unfamiliar with the plant's layout.[7]
Red Cross worker Joyce Baker was among the first to arrive at the scene. She reported that it was like "walking into hell", with some of the men she treated having "no skin at all", while others had skin "just dripping off them."[18]
Imperial Sugar Refinery Fire
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency alerted local hospitals to prepare for up to 100 casualties. A doctor at nearby Memorial Health hospital described patients arriving at an emergency triage as varying in condition from suffering minor burns to their hands to having received 80-90% burns, with many in critical condition, and one with 95% burns. The victims' ages ranged from 18 to 50. Many victims were placed in artificial comas because they were on life support systems.[5] Eight were transported by helicopter to the specialized Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, about an hour away.[5][10]
Five of those injured later died there while receiving treatment. Six missing persons were all found dead that day,[10] three of them in tunnels running beneath the factory.[20] The final death toll was thirteen
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Terrell Mill Pond Fire, Liberty County July 2011
SW GA TornadoesJanuary 2017
Public Health EmergenciesH1N1 / Zika
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Agriculture EmergenciesPoultry Industry in Georgia
How Do We Solve A Communication Problem?
Solution
Without lifting your pencil (or pen)
Connect all the dots using 4 straight lines
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Think Outside the Box
Think Outside the Box
Think Outside the Box
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SUCCESS !!
Common Systems for All of Us
National Response Framework
National Incident Management System
Georgia Emergency Operations Plan
Doctrine, organization, roles and responsibilities, response actions and planning requirements that guide national response
How the Framework is Organized
IncidentAnnexes
Incident-specific applications of the
Framework
Support Annexes
Essential supporting aspects of the Federal
response common to all incidents
Emergency Support
Function Annexes
Mechanisms to group and provide Federal
resources and capabilities to support State
and local responders
Partner Guides
Next level of detail in response actions
tailored to the actionable entity
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Core
Document
www.fema.gov/nrf
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Emergency Support Functions
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ESF #1 - Transportation
ESF #2 - Communications
ESF #3 - Public Works and Engineering
ESF #4 - Firefighting
ESF #5 - Emergency Management
ESF #6 - Mass Care, Sheltering and Human Services
ESF #7 - Logistics Management and Resource Support
ESF #8 - Public Health and Medical Services
ESF #9 - Search and Rescue
ESF #10 - Oil and Hazardous Materials Response
ESF #11 - Agriculture and Natural Resources
ESF #12 - Energy
ESF #13 - Public Safety and Security
ESF #14 - Long-Term Community Recovery
ESF #15 - External Affairs
Provides national standard for
incident management
Scalable & Flexible
Applicable at all levels
National Incident Management System
ICS Command / General Staff
Incident Commander
Operations Section Chief
Planning Section Chief
Logistics Section Chief
Finance/Adm Section Chief
Safety Officer
Public Information
Officer
Liaison Officer
GENERAL Staff
COMMAND Staff
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Multiagency Coordination:A System Not a Facility
Coordination Groups/Department Operations Centers
On-Scene Command
Emergency Ops Centers/
Dispatch
Resource Coordination
Centers
Multiagency Coordination
Hats of Incident Command
Who’s in charge?
They are all in charge.
Not about the rank or the person.
It is about the “Hat” you wear.
The Question Is….
Who Is In Charge Of What?
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Multi- Agency COORDINATION
It’s All About Relationships
Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency
Mission
The mission of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency is to facilitate the protection of life and property against man-made and natural disasters by directing the state's efforts in the areas of prevention,
preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.
Vision
The vision of the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency is to create a safer Georgia by providing
strong leadership and promoting excellence.
Director
Homer Bryson
General Council
Joey Greene
Public Assistance &
Recovery Division
Charlie Dawson
Hazard Mitigation
Division
Terry Lunn
Homeland Security
Division
Joe McKinney
Deputy Director
Emergency
Management
Thomas Moore
Operations Division
Clint Perkins
Executive Assistant
Angela Touhy
Finance Division
Ceporia McMillian
Chief of Staff
Catherine Howden
GEMA / HS Organizational Chart
Strategic
Communications
State Operations
Center Field Operations Planning
Deputy Director
Administration &
Finance
Mark Sexton
IT
Human
Resources
Deputy Director
Homeland Security
Harlan Proveaux
GISAC
Training/Exercise
HSPAR
REP
State Warning
Point
Communications
& Logistics
Field
Coordinators
School Safety
GIS
Meteorologist
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State Operations Center
The State Operations Center (SOC) is a multi- agency
coordination center (MACC) used by federal, state, local ,
volunteer and private agencies to respond to disasters or
emergencies that require a coordinated state response, as
well as the states 24 hour warning point.
Leadership: Lamar [email protected]
GEMA State Warning Point (SWP)
• Operates 24/7 - 365. Receives and transmits notifications on a wide range of situations to include impending weather (or other natural disaster) events, man-made or terrorist events, incidents at Nuclear Power Plants, and transportation related incidents.
• Initiates missing child alerts on behalf of the GBI and receives reports of environmental incidents on behalf of GA DNR-EPD. Receives calls on behalf of all DNR divisions and makes appropriate notifications.
• Interfaces with FEMA, State agencies and all
159 counties in Georgia.
• Augments communications capabilities for Civil
Air Patrol, Amateur Radio Relay League and
FEMA during disasters .
Field Operations
Leadership: Chuck [email protected]
Ally: one that is associated with another as a helper : a person or group that provides assistance and support
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EMA Directors With Law Enforcement Experience
Benefits of Enhanced Communication
• Integrated Response for Local Emergencies
• Enhanced Situational Awareness
• Coordination of Mutual Aid / Resource Support
• Better Understanding of Response Plans (Local & State)
• Federal Disaster Reimbursements & Grant Opportunities
Coastal Re-Entry
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Situational Awareness Tools to Share
WebEOC
NWS Webinars
Awareness Statements
HURREVAC
Daily Conference Calls
Situation Reports
Monthly EMAG Area Meetings
Local Threats
What is the most likely natural disaster to affect your county?
What is the most likely technological or human-caused disaster to affect your county?
Consider
When was the last time representatives from your office and local EMA talked about these threats?
Or participated in planning / exercise together?
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How Can We Improve Communications?
EMA Directors share more info with Sheriffs
Conference calls, weather briefings
Sheriffs visit your EMA. Ask (demand) to be included.
Participate in interagency planning and exercises.
Monthly EMA meetings / Annual EMAG Conference.
There is No Traffic Jam on the Extra Mile !!
Communicate, Cooperate, Coordinate
Conclusion
It’s Not the Mountains We Conquer, But Ourselves
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Conclusion
Communicate, Cooperate, Coordinate