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5/8/2017 1 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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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