EMAC Update Emergency Management Assistance Compact
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How EMAC Has Evolved Governors deployed multidiscipline personnel* 2004 2005 Largest EMAC mutual aid deployment in history Today EMAC membership includes all 50 states, D.C., U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam *Before 2004, EMAC was used to move emergency management and National Guard personnel only.
How Is EMAC Used? Response and Recovery in an impacted state States use the closest, most appropriate, most rapidly available resource States prioritize for life safety requests
Flooding: North Dakota and Minnesota Resources: Personnel National Guard 727 Civilian 302 Total 1,029 Equipment and sandbags Photo Credit: FEMA
Flooding: North Dakota and Minnesota
Ice Storm: Kentucky Personnel National Guard 174 Civilian 528 Total 702 Photo Credit: FEMA
Ice Storm: Kentucky
Hurricanes Gustav and Ike: Louisiana and Texas Personnel National Guard 9,410 Civilian 2,869 Total 12,279 Photo Credit: FEMA
Hurricanes Gustav and Ike: Louisiana and Texas
Focus on Improvements Improve communications and preplanning efforts between states Improve relationships with resource providers Strengthen relationships between state emergency management directors and encourage involvement in statewide fire associations Follow ICS Continue support of the EMAC Advisory Group Offer more venues for EMAC training and education Make the system better so we can see swifter deployments
Training: Understanding & Implementing EMAC July 2009 Final offering of EMAC E430 Train-The-Trainer course at EMI October 2009 Initiation of interactive EMAC E431 course at EMI Covers all phases of EMAC Includes exercise component Completion earns 2.4 CEU credits Online version of course is in development.
Training: EMAC Advance Team (A-Team) Course Open to all disciplines Registrants enroll through state EMAs Standardized training program Application process is being revamped A-Team candidates must be state EMA approved EMAC is developing five-year training schedule Work within EMAC system and complete REQ-A
A-Team Staffing RESOURCE: EMAC Advance Teams (A-Teams) CATEGORY: Incident Management KIND: Team MINIMUM CAPABILITIES: TYPE I TYPE II TYPE III TYPE IV COMPONENT METRIC Personnel Personnel A-Team Leader Deputy A-Team Leader 1 1 1 Personnel A-Team Member 6 4 3 2 Personnel COMMENTS: National Guard A- Team Member 2 1 1 Experience and Training Understanding & Implementing EMAC Course, NEMA EMAC A- Team Course, Past deployment*, ICS 100, 200, 300; IS 700, IS 800 Recommended: IS 701, IS 703 Understanding & Implementing EMAC Course, NEMA EMAC A-Team Course, Past deployment*, ICS 100, 200, 300; IS 700, IS 800 Recommended: IS 701, IS 703 Understanding & Implementing EMAC Course, NEMA EMAC A- Team Course, Past deployment*,ics 100, 200, 300; IS 700, IS 800 Recommended: IS 701, IS 703 Understanding & Implementing EMAC Course, NEMA EMAC A-Team Course, ICS 100, 200, 300; IS 700, IS 800 Recommended: IS 701, IS 703
Exercise Exercise Exercise! Conduct discipline-specific EMAC exercises in coordination with the State Emergency Management Agencies
Mission Ready Package Examples
Components of Mission Ready Packages NIMS-typed resource (if applicable) Pre-scripted mission statement(s) Limitations Required support Footprint needed Time to readiness Estimated cost Mirrors how resources are requested during events!
Developing Cost Estimates
Developing Cost Estimates = A good cost estimate results in a good reimbursement package!
Reimbursement EMAC is a state-to-state agreement EMAC is not a federal-to-state agreement NEMA wants to know your issues Not paying valid reimbursement claims is violation of state law
Building Excellence through Partnerships: Work toward EMAC training and education for all response and recovery disciplines Encourage state directors to become involved with their statewide fire associations Encourage the IAFC EM committee to attend NEMA conferences
Building Excellence through Partnerships: Continued support of the EMAC Advisory Group Push issues to the EMAC Committee for action by the NEMA membership Look to resource providers to develop Mission Ready Packages with cost estimates
Emergency Management Assistance Compact www.emacweb.org Nancy Dragani, Executive Director Ohio Emergency Management Agency Tel: (614) 889-7152 Email: ndragani@dps.state.oh.us Emergency Management Assistance Compact