Mississippi Emergency

Management Agency

Office Of

Preparedness

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency

Brittany Hilderbrand & Kamika Durr

All-Hazard Agency

MEMA’s Mission

MEMA is a

Coordinating

Agency.

State/Local Partnerships

Phases of Emergency

Management

Office of Preparedness

Office of Preparedness

Planning:

• Creates Incident Action Plans and Situation Reports

• Oversees the State CEMP

• Assists all counties and MBCI with Local Emergency Plans

Training:

• Delivered 182 classes to more than 4,009 students in all areas of National

Incident Management System

Exercise:

• Designs and evaluates all-hazard exercises (active shooter, mass casualty,

etc.)

• Conducted 44 exercises with more than 4,962 participants statewide

Supporting Local Governments

The Office of Preparedness supports

83 local emergency management

programs through:

General disaster support before,

during and after an event.

Provide training and exercise

assistance to meet program and grant

requirements.

Provide planning support to meet

program and grant requirements.

“…includes children, individuals with disabilities and others with access and functional needs, diverse communities, and people with limited English proficiency.” - National Preparedness Goal, September 2011

Whole Community

Whole Community

“Whole Community”

Shared Responsibility

1. Involving people in the development of

preparedness documents

2. Ensuring their roles and responsibilities

are reflected in the content of the

materials

Whole Community

Six Strategic Themes

1) Understand

community complexity

2) Recognize community

capabilities and needs

3) Foster relationships

with community

leaders

4) Build and maintain

partnerships

5) Empower local action

6) Leverage and

strengthen social

infrastructure,

networks, and assets

Whole Community

Whole Community Includes:

– Individuals & Families

– Businesses

– Faith-based and community organizations

– Nonprofit groups

– Schools

– Media outlets

– All levels of government

Core Capabilities and Actions

Core Capabilities

32 Core Capabilities organized into the five

Mission Areas:

–Prevention

–Protection

–Mitigation

–Response

–Recovery

Core Capabilities

Federal Guiding Documents

Presidential Policy

Directive-8

(PPD/8). October 2011

National

Preparedness Goal. September 2011

National

Preparedness

System. November 2011

Federal Guiding Documents

Comprehensive

Preparedness

Guide 101, Version

2.0 (CPG 101). November 2010

National Incident Management System (NIMS). November 2008

National Response

Framework (NRF). January 2008

CEMP

Basic Plan

Emergency Support

Functions (ESFs)

Support Annexes

Incident Annexes

Four Components of CEMP

Basic Plan

• Establishes fundamental policies and

assumptions for emergency management.

• Outlines the vulnerabilities to potential

hazards.

• Establishes a comprehensive emergency

management concept of operations.

• Outlines federal, state, and local relationships

and responsibilities.

ESFs

Emergency Support Functions (ESFs)

Identifies the specific activities required to support each numbered function and specifies the agencies and organizations that are responsible for performing those activities.

They do not describe the detailed procedures to perform the specific task

The detailed procedures shall be developed by the primary ESF and support agencies in the form of Interagency Coordination Procedures (ICPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Standard Operating Guides (SOGs)

ESFs

16 Emergency Support Functions (ESFs): • ESF 1 Transportation

• ESF 2 Communications

• ESF 3 Public Works

• ESF 4 Firefighting

• ESF 5 Emergency Management

• ESF 6 Mass Care**

• ESF 7 Logistics

• ESF 8 Public Health**

• ESF 9 Search and Rescue

• ESF 10 Environmental Quality

• ESF 11 Animal Health

• ESF 12 Energy

• ESF 13 Law Enforcement

• ESF 14 Long-Term Recovery

• ESF 15 Public Information

• ESF 16 Military Department

Incident Annexes

The Incident Annexes describe the concept of

operations to address specific contingency or hazard

situations, or an element of an incident requiring

specialized application of the CEMP. The overarching

nature of functions described in these annexes

frequently involves either support to or cooperation of

all State departments and agencies involved in incident

management efforts to ensure seamless integration of

and transitions between protection, prevention,

response, recovery, and mitigation activities.

Incident Annexes

• Biological

• Catastrophic

• Cyber

• Earthquake

• Flooding

• Hurricane

• Nuclear/Radiological

• Terrorism

• Ebola (new)

Support Annexes

• The Support Annexes describe how State agencies and

departments, along with tribal and local entities, the private

sector, volunteer organizations, and nongovernmental

organizations (NGOs) coordinate and execute the common

functional processes and administrative requirements

necessary to ensure efficient and effective incident

management.

• The actions described in the Support Annexes are not limited

to particular types of events but are overarching in nature and

applicable to nearly every type of incident. In addition, they

may support several Emergency Support Functions (ESFs).

Support Annexes

• Donations and Volunteer Management

• Financial Management

• Local Mutual Aid

• Logistics

• Private Sector Coordination

• Worker Safety and Health

Crisis Management

Crisis management-when an organization deals with a major

event that threatens to harm the organization, its stakeholders,

or the general public.

Three elements common to a crisis:

1. a threat to the organization

2. the element of surprise

3. a short time decision time

Crisis Management

• Have a plan

• Identify a spokesperson

• Be honest and open

• Keep employees informed

• Communicate with customers and suppliers

• Update early and often

• Don’t forget social media

District Planners

If you need assistance, please don’t hesitate to

call on us.

Districts 1, 2 & 3 - Brittany Hilderbrand

bhilderbrand@mema.ms.gov or 601-933-6347

Districts 4 & 6 – Donna Gray

dgray@mema.ms.gov or 601-933-6356

Districts 3, 5 & 7 – TBD

Districts 8, & 9 – Austin Cunningham

dcunningham@mema.ms.gov or 601-933-6374

Questions? Additional contact information:

Suzanne Lewis

Office: 601-933-6368

Cell: 601-540-5280

slewis@mema.ms.gov

Susan Perkins,

Preparedness Director

601-933-6371

sperkins@mema.ms.gov

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency