FRP- NRP- NIMS Federal Response Plan, National Response Plan and the National Incident Management System

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FRP- NRP- NIMSFederal Response Plan, National
Response Plan and the National Incident
Management System

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NRP Objectives

• Implement HSPD-5
• Single comprehensive national approach
• Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
• Ensure all levels of government work together
• National Incident Management System
• Horizontal and vertical integration
• Effective Communications
• Integrate crisis and consequence management into
  a unified component

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Guidance to Writing Team

• All hazard
• Not detailed by hazard
• Life cycle of event
• Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery
• Preserve what works
• From existing plans
• From NIIMS

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Timeline

• Sept. 30, 2003
• HSC-approved initial NRP
• full NRP outline
• full NRP/NIMS development/implementation timeline
  completed
• Dec. 31, 2003
• NIMS final draft document (v9.0 released 3/1/04)
• Working Draft NRP base plan (v1.0 released
  2/25/04)
• Begin development of functional and
  hazard-related annexes
• July 1, 2004
• HSC-approved full NRP base plan
• Procedural and other support documents to follow

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Initial NRP

• Bridging document to full NRP
• Uses existing plans (FRP, NCP, CONPLAN etc)
• Harmonizes existing operational processes,
  procedures and protocols
• Defines DHS elements
• Principal Federal Official
• Interagency Incident Management Group
• Formerly Crisis Assessment Team
• Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC)
• Requires specific modifications to existing
  plans

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Changes to Existing Plans

• National Homeland Security Operations Center
• Primary national-level hub for operational
  communications and info pertaining to domestic
  incident management
• Interagency Incident Management Group
• Facilitate national-level situational awareness,
  operational coordination, course of action
  determination and policy recommendations
• Interagency policy process for domestic incident
  management
• Principal Federal Official roles and
  responsibilities
• Represents the DHS Secretary locally
• FCO/SAC retain authorities
• Joint Field Office concept define
• Integrates Federal, state and local incident
  management entities locally whenever possible
• Coordination point for JOC/DFO

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Outreach Strategy

• Keep stakeholders informed
• Provide system for feedback and comment
  throughout the process

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State Local Participation

• State local group formed to provide input to
  process
• Represents cross-section of stakeholders
• NEMA
• IAEM
• NACo
• IAFC
• Others
• Provide review, input, reality check

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State Local Feedback

• Keep simple Keep very simple
• Use what works
• organizational structures
• investments made by states
• or else be prepared to pay for changes
• Build on good state local systems processes
  not reverse
• Significant concern regarding proliferation of
  communication channels

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NIIMS compared to NIMS

• NIMS
• Command Incident Management
• System Preparedness Planning
• Resource Management
• Communications, Information Intelligence
  Management
• Support Technology

• NIIMS
• Incident Management
• Training
• Qualifications Certifications
• Publication Management
• Support Technology

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Guiding Principles

• Support HSPD-5 concepts
• Integrate Prevention/Mitigation, Preparedness,
  Response and Recovery
• Integrate crisis and consequence management
• Integrate DHS components
• Incorporate Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Keep what works
• Maintain Federal, State, local consistency
• Limit expansion to manageable numbers

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Emergency Support Functionsunder the Federal
Response Plan
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Other Activities

• National Resource Management Working Group
• National Resource Typing effort
• Automated Resource Management System (group has
  been looking at ROSS as a possible national
  system for all Departments and Agencies)

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Other Activities

• Senior Logistics Conference and follow-up
  meetings and working groups
• October 2003 Northcom hosted the first Senior
  Logistics Conference. Group will develop the
  Logistics Annex for the NRP.
• Initial Group made up of lead personnel from all
  ESF agencies and the military J4 unit.

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Senior Logistics Council

• FS represented on this council
• FS suggesting this annex concentrate on
  Multi-agency Coordination and mobilization
  concepts and policies instead of ESF functions

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Other Planning Efforts

• Initial Catastrophic Incident Response Plan
• Being Developed by Homeland Security Council and
  DHS.
• Department of Agriculture Homeland Security Staff
  is working with Agencies for input.
• NWCG resources are included in the plan

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USDA All Risk IMTs

• USDA Homeland Security Staff is working with USDA
  Agencies on plans and training for USDA Teams.
• ICS training efforts continue throughout USDA.
• I-420 exercise for 6 Teams is scheduled for
  October of 2004 at NARTC.

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DHS IMTs

• Goal is to have a Pilot Team stood up and
  operational this fiscal year
• Will eventually have 4 Teams (2 East and 2 West)
• 10-12 permanent team members
• Will be collocated with Coast Guard Air
  Facilities since they will be providing the
  transportation
• Teams will be on 2 hr call

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DHS IMTs

• Will recruit and advertise for positions, will be
  Senior Level GS-13 and above
• Looking for people with on the ground operational
  experience that are currently qualified and
  carded for the position or can meet the
  qualifications
• Purpose of teams will be the interface for
  Federal Response (assets) to the Incident
  Commander/Unified Command 

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