MemphisShelby County

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• Memphis/Shelby County
• Emergency Management Agency

An Overview of the Roles and Responsibilities of
the Agency
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• Mission Statement
• To provide effective coordination of resources in
  the mitigation of, planning and preparation for,
  response to and recovery from emergencies/disaster
  s for all residents of Shelby County.

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What Does Emergency Management Do?

• EMA is responsible for
• Coordinating the acquisition of resources during
  emergencies/disasters to support local
  agencies/departments such as Fire, Police, EMS,
  Public Works etc.
• Coordinating multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional
  responses in Memphis and Shelby County.
• Providing and running the Emergency Operations
  Center (EOC) during large emergencies/disasters.
• Coordinating State and Federal emergency
  management training for Shelby County.
• Writing, exercising and up-dating the Emergency
  Management Plan for Shelby County.

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Types of Emergencies/Disasters EMA Coordinates

• Hazardous Materials
• Incidents
• We respond to Haz-Mat scenes to provide chemical
  information using books, computers or information
  faxed to our vehicle.
• We coordinate the evacuation and shelter of
  citizens from the area.
• We make notifications to appropriate local, state
  and federal authorities.

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Types of Emergencies/Disasters EMA Coordinates

• Severe Weather
• Events
• EMA is responsible for sounding the outdoor
  warning sirens (tornado sirens) in Memphis and
  most of Shelby County.
• We alert City/County officials of impending
  weather events.
• We take reports of damage (trees down, flooding,
  structure damage) from Police, Fire, EMS and
  citizens.

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Types of Emergencies/Disasters EMA Coordinates

• Severe Weather
• Events
• We perform damage assessment for areas that
  receive weather related damage.
• We coordinate with TEMA and FEMA to receive
  disaster assistance for the affected area.
• We coordinate the evacuation and shelter of
  citizens from the damaged area.

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Types of Emergencies/Disasters EMA Coordinates

• Major Fires
• We respond to major and multi-alarm fires.
• We coordinate the evacuation and shelter of
  citizens from the area.
• We coordinate the feeding of emergency workers on
  extended incidents.

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Types of Emergencies/Disasters EMA Coordinates

• Air Crashes
• We respond to air crashes.
• We activate the hospital disaster call tree for
  mass casualty crashes.
• We coordinate the response between Fire, Police,
  NTSB, FAA, etc.

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Types of Emergencies/Disasters EMA Coordinates

• Special Rescues
• We respond to special rescue situations.
• We coordinate resources such as cranes, front-end
  loaders, and other specialized equipment that is
  needed.

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Types of Emergencies/Disasters EMA Coordinates

• Terrorist Events
• We coordinate the response of agencies/departments
  such as Fire, Police, FBI etc.
• We coordinate the evacuation and shelter of
  citizens from the area.
• We coordinate the dissemination of information to
  the affected families.

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Types of Emergencies/Disasters EMA Coordinates

• Others
• We coordinate special situations such as bridge
  inspections, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
  Officers, etc.
• We also coordinate with FEMA when a disaster
  declaration has been approved for Shelby County.

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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

• Communications Room
• EMA is the State designated 24 Hour warning point
  for Shelby County.
• War Room
• This room serves as the coordination point for
  managing emergencies/disasters in Shelby County

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EMA Response Vehicles

• 2- 800 City Trunked Radios
• VHF Radio
• UHF Radio
• Low Band Radio
• Fax Machine
• Cell Phone
• Satellite Phone
• Set of Haz-Mat Books
• Haz-Mat Level A and B entry suits
• Haz-Mat Spill Kits
• Radiological Monitoring Equip.
• First Aid Equipment
• Fire Extinguishers
• Water Cooler

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Mobile Emergency Operations Center

• 4- 800 City Trunked Radios
• 2- VHF Radios
• 2- UHF Radios
• Low Band Radio
• 2- Ham Radios
• Fax Machine
• 13- Cell Phones
• A complete set of office supplies, forms and
  check lists. Anything that you would need to run
  an office.

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EMA Personnel

• Secretary Linda Benson
• 6 Emergency Technicians
• Cheryl Ballard
• Natarsha Brady
• Keith Butler
• Misty French
• Charles Stewart
• Tommy Thompson

• Director Claude Talford
• Manager of Operations Mike Priola
• Planning Officer Randall Roby
• Exercise Officer Sammy Crews
• Training Officer Wendy Cantrell

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The Plan

• Memphis/Shelby County Emergency Management Plan
• Designed using the Emergency Support Function
  concept
• Mirrors the State Plan which mirrors the Federal
  Plan

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The Plan

• 16 Emergency Support Functions
• ESF-1 Transportation
• ESF-2 Communications/Warning
• ESF-3 Infrastructure
• ESF-4 Firefighting
• ESF-5 Information/Planning
• ESF-6 Shelter/Mass Care/Human Needs
• ESF-7 Resource Management
• ESF-8 Health/Medical

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The Plan

• 16 Emergency Support Functions
• ESF-9 Urban Search and Rescue
• ESF-10 Hazardous Materials
• ESF-11 Food
• ESF-12 Energy
• ESF-13 Law Enforcement
• ESF-14 Donations/Volunteers
• ESF-15 Recovery
• ESF-16 Animals in Disaster

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The Plan

• CONCEPT Based
• Plan includes general guidelines
• Depends on personnel being able to use the plan
  to guide decisions
• Designed to be flexible enough to handle any
  disaster
• Updated every two years
• Completely rewritten every four years

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