Nevada Tribal Emergency

Management & Homeland Security

Current Projects• Inter-Operability• State tribal All-Hazards Type III IMT• National Tribal All-Hazards Type III

IMT• Tribal Capabilities Assessment• National Training Center• Statewide CERT Training• Tribal Clinic EOP / NIMS Compliance• Tribal EOP / NIMS Compliance

Inter-Ops• Tribal Rural Interoperable Broadband Project –

will connect tribes, counties and states (NV, ID, CA, UT, AZ, OR) for emergency services and broadband communication.

• After January 1, 2013 FCC will not renew licenses for systems not P25 compliant (broadband and narrowband capable).

• Partnership between OEC, NDOT, NDOIT, IHBN/ITERC.

Inter-Ops• Phase I

o Gap analysis completed April 2011 (OEC funded).

• Phase IIo Engineering.o NDOT will engineer 13 sites, and out of these complete 4

pilot projects.o OEC has agreed to engineer 14 sites.

• Phase III o Equipment and cost analysis. Projected completion

9/2011.

• Phase IVo Final Report. Present to Congress for funding and build-

out of project. Project completion 5-6 years.

Inter-Ops• Statewide Tribal Dispatch Center

o NV Tribes currently spend over 1M on dispatch services.

o We can build, staff and operate a statewide 24-hour dispatch center for 600K.

o Center will be located in Reno and/or Ely.

State All-Hazards Type III IMT

• Working toward having all IMT members through their position specific training before this year’s fire season.

• 20 members have completed All-Hazards incident management training.

• 6 have completed Position Specific training

• 2 or 3 have begun shadowing.• FEMA Region 9 funded.

National Tribal All-Hazards Type III IMT• Purpose is to have an IMT team which

can be mobilized for any tribal request nationwide.o Focus Group has been broken up into teams and

given tasks.o Working hard and diligently to keep the program

going but funding is an issue. o Supported by NCAI.

Tribal Capabilities Assessment

• Purpose: to assess EM training needs among NV tribes.

• Status: o Survey has been distributed.o ~ 30% returned.o Once survey is complete, create a plan to provide

training for NV tribes.

• Partnership between EMI, IHBN/ITERC and FEMA Region 9.

• E580/E581 Courseso E580: Emergency Management Framework

for Tribal Governmentso E581: Emergency Management Operations

for Tribal Governmentso Revised courses coming to Reno June/July

2011.

Tribal Capabilities Assessment

National Training Center

• Purpose: to open up a tribal training center in Sacramento.

• Senator Reid has been briefed and is in support of the project.

• Infancy Stages.

Statewide CERT Training

• Purpose: to train 440 tribal members throughout the state of NV.o Includes: Training, Equipment, Exercises.

• IJ has been submitted to NV SHSP

• Waiting on word for funding.

Tribal Clinic EOP & NIMS Compliance

• Program Coordinator: Danny Thayero Statewide Tribal Resource Management.

• Designed so that Clinic and Tribal EOPs, EM and response are complimentary.

• Current status: o Clinic EOP Template complete.o 8 Tribal Clinic EOPs to be delivered by end July.o Final phase for Telemedicine capabilities.

Contract pending with UNR Medical School for MD consultation.

Tribal EOP & NIMS Compliance

• Program Coordinator: Regina Marotto MPH• Ultimate goal:

o For all Nevada tribes and clinics to adopt a functional EOP and be fully NIMS compliant by the end of 2012.

• Other goals:o To align emergency response on all levels (Tribe, County,

State) so that everyone knows their roles and options in the event of an emergency – consistency.

o To ensure continued Federal funding for various Tribal programs.

• Phase Io Develop a basic EOP suitable and tailored to tribal and clinic needs. This

tribal EOP will be a template for each individual tribe to further tailor to their specific needs.

• Phase IIo Tribal EOP presentations to each tribe.

• These meetings will serve to present the tribal EOP template, edit it to individual needs, and assess NIMS compliance status.

• Phase IIIo Training and Exercise Plans

• Tabletop and/or Functional exercises to test capabilities.

• Phase IVo Follow up

• Status of Improvement Plan.• NIMSCAST completion.

Tribal EOP & NIMS Compliance

• Components:o Rapid Response Plano Comprehensive Emergency Management Plano Annexes

A. WarningB. CommunicationsC. Shelter & Mass CareD. Radiological ProtectionE. EvacuationF. FirefightingG. Law EnforcementH. Health & Medical ServicesI. Public InformationJ. RecoveryK. Public WorksL. Utilities

M. Resource ManagementN. Direction and ControlO. Social ServicesP. Hazard MitigationQ. Hazmat and Oil SpillR. Search and RescueS. TransportationT. Donations ManagementU. LegalV. TerrorismW. ICS Forms

Tribal EOP Template

Tribal EOP &NIMS Compliance

• Current Statuso Tribal EOP template complete.o 3 tribes visited.

• Initial edits complete.• Adoption by resolution pending.

o 4 tribes scheduled for the next 2 months. More to come.

o Exercise planning in progress.

Questions?

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