“A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient Maryland”

Maryland Emergency

Management Agency

June 9, 2014

Mission: To ensure that Maryland families, communities, and key stakeholders are provided the tools they need to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from the consequences of emergency and disaster events.

Vision: A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient Maryland

Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)

Includes a staff of about 75 emergency management professionals under the direction of Executive Director Ken Mallette. The agency is located on the 600-acre Camp Fretterd Military Reservation.

MEMA

Executive Director

Operations Preparedness Administration

Strategic Initiatives

MEMA - Organization

Executive Director Strategic Initiatives

◦ Geographic Information Systems National Capitol Region Liaison

Office of the Executive Director

Technology Support◦ Partnership with DoIT

Grants Management◦ Federal Homeland Security and Emergency

Management Grants Public Assistance

◦ Works with FEMA, local partners, private non-profits, and other state agencies to coordinate reimbursement of disaster-related costs, costs of essential services, and uninsured damages

Finance◦ During an emergency activation, tracks spending for

possible federal reimbursement and provides resources for Emergency Operations Center staff

Administration Directorate

Maryland Joint Operations Center (MJOC)

Regional Liaison Officer (RLO) Program State Emergency Operations Center

(SEOC)

Operations Directorate

24/7/365 Civilian/Military Watch Center Situational Awareness

◦ Weather◦ Homeland Security◦ Law Enforcement◦ Fire/Emergency Medical◦ Nuclear Power Plants◦ Resource Requests

Maryland Joint Operations Center (MJOC)

Provides common operating picture for senior leadership

Point of contact for federal, state, and local agencies and officials

Provides dispatch capabilities for other state agencies◦ Fire Marshal, Environment (Haz-Mat),

Occupational Safety and Health

MJOC

Point of contact for local emergency management staff

Provides assistance to local emergency managers in local EOC or at the scene of an emergency

Provides situation awareness to MEMA from on-site reporting and car-mounted cameras

Regional Liaison Officer (RLO) Program

RLO Program

Coordinates state response to emergency situations

As many as 40 state, federal and non-government agencies staff the facility to collaborate on response

Flexible and Scalable – only the agencies needed are called in

Facility to be completely renovated – completion scheduled for June 2014

State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC)

SEOC - Old

SEOC - Temporary

New SEOC – 2014 (~June)

Active Learning and Exercises Branch Adaptive Planning Branch Resilience and Outreach Branch

◦ Public Information◦ Public-Private Partnerships◦ Individual Assistance◦ Voluntary/Faith-Based Liaison

Mitigation Unit

Preparedness Directorate

Active Learning (Training)◦ Coordination of more than 100 emergency

management and first responder training courses annually in subject areas ranging from Incident Command System to Public Information

Exercises◦ Develop, deliver, and assist with dozens of

exercises around Maryland, based on a variety of naturally-occurring and human-caused hazards scenarios

◦ Quarterly exercises with Governor’s Cabinet

Active Learning and Exercises

Emergency Support Function (ESF) concept, with hazard-specific annexes

Plans establish purpose, scope, roles, and responsibilities for all partners

Work with other state agencies to develop Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP)

Work with local governments to develop emergency response and COOP plans

Adaptive Planning

Maryland Emergency Preparedness Program (MEPP)◦ Overarching construct for homeland

security and emergency management preparedness and operations

◦ Risk- and capabilities- based preparedness and operations

◦ All-hazards approach to the delivery of 31 specific core capabilities across four mission areas (prevent/protect, mitigate, respond, recover)

Adaptive Planning

Public Information◦ Outreach to general public, state agencies,

NGOs and media before, during, and after disasters

◦ Use of technology, social media, web presence

◦ Joint Information Center (JIC) Individual Assistance Program

◦ Coordinate federal, state programs to help individual disaster survivors

◦ Damage assessments and IA grant funding◦ Long-term recovery

Resilience and Public Outreach

Public-Private Partnerships◦ Private Sector Integration Program (PSIP)◦ Coordination with private sector to facilitate

information exchange during emergencies– BOC concept

Voluntary and Faith-Based Engagemento Coordinate operations, exercises and

training with non-governmental partners and Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)

◦ Network of trained volunteers to help emergency managers and first responders

Resilience and Public Outreach

Develop pre- and post- disaster hazard mitigation plans

Advise on projects related to hazard mitigation

Work with local governments to secure federal grant money for mitigation programs

Work with FEMA to distribute disaster recovery mitigation grants

Hazard Mitigation

Emergencies are primarily local events If a local jurisdiction cannot handle an

event, they reach out to neighboring counties – mutual aid

Additionally, they can reach out to other counties using the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact (MEMAC)

If needed, state resources can be requested

The state can reach out to other states through the national EMAC

The state can then request federal help

How Emergencies are Managed

Governor can declare State of Emergency◦ National Guard use◦ Other actions◦ NOT part of the Presidential Disaster

Declaration process, but is required to request a PDD

After an emergency, local, state and federal staff perform a Preliminary Damage Assessment

If UNINSURED damage to public infrastructure appears to meet financial thresholds, MEMA will recommend the governor make the request

Disaster Declarations

Request is sent to President via DHS/FEMA President can declare all or part of a state a

federal disaster area or deny the request in total.

The President, through FEMA, then determines which types of assistance will be available◦ Public Assistance◦ Individual Assistance

Regardless of the President’s decision, other federal agencies may offer programs to help◦ Small Business Administration◦ Department of Agriculture◦ Department of Housing and Urban Development

Disaster Declarations (con’t)

Emergencies are primarily local events If a local jurisdiction cannot handle an

event, they reach out to neighboring counties – mutual aid

Additionally, they can reach out to other counties using the Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact (MEMAC)

If needed, state resources can be requested

The state can reach out to other states through the national EMAC

The state can then request federal help

How Emergencies are Managed

Governor can declare State of Emergency◦ National Guard use◦ Other actions◦ NOT part of the Presidential Disaster

Declaration process, but is required to request a PDD

After an emergency, local, state and federal staff perform a Preliminary Damage Assessment

If UNINSURED damage to public infrastructure appears to meet financial thresholds, MEMA will recommend the governor make the request

Disaster Declarations

Request is sent to President via DHS/FEMA President can declare all or part of a state a

federal disaster area or deny the request in total.

The President, through FEMA, then determines which types of assistance will be available◦ Public Assistance◦ Individual Assistance

Regardless of the President’s decision, other federal agencies may offer programs to help◦ Small Business Administration◦ Department of Agriculture◦ Department of Housing and Urban Development

Disaster Declarations (con’t)

“A Prepared Marylander Creates a Resilient

Maryland”

Ed McDonughPublic Information Officer

Maryland Emergency Management Agency

5401 Rue Saint Lo DriveReisterstown, MD 21136

410-517-3607ed.mcdonough@maryland.gov

http://mema.maryland.gov Twitter: @MDMEMA

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