EMAT: Western District

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EMAT Western District

• Steering Committee Dan Neaverth
• Kevin
  Niedermaier
• Muffy
  Meisenzahl
• February 11, 2009

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Every emergency is local!

• We own them

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Every emergency is local!

• We own them.
• We must manage them

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Every emergency is local!

• We own them.
• We must manage them.
• Tactical resource application

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Every emergency is local!

• We own them.
• We must manage them.
• Tactical resource application
• IMT Region Type 3
• Beyond IMT EMAT

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Cooperation Collaboration

• Mutual Aid Program
• Western Communication Alliance
• Other local, informal examples

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Considerations

• History
• Recent emergency response
• NIMS alignment
• Regional demographics

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Resource Interface

• Jurisdictional autonomy
• Resource availability
• Activation request (via county/tribal authority)
• ICS Management 4, 3, 2, 1
• EMAT beyond IMT

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Member Qualifications

• District geography
• Application Process position specific
  experience
  ICS training
  
  personal commitment
• Supervisors endorsement

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Type 3 Training Program

• NIMS Standards
• NIMS Credentials
• Position Proficiency
• Instructor Accreditation
• State agency support

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Sustainment

• Recruit / Retain
• Training / Exercise
• Financial support
• EMAT evolving roles

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Member Profile

• 70 across 10 counties
• Emergency Managers
• EMS, Fire Service, Law Enforcement, Public
  Administration, Public Health, Public Works
• Employer support!

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Training

• ICS 300 / 400
• SEMO /OHS, etc.
• Position Training (x3)
• Exercise

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Costs

• Local support
• UASI funding, 50K
• NYS Instruction, student expenses
• FEMA Regional Exercise Support Grant

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NYSEMA

• Prototype for Types 3 4
• Component modeling
• Sharing products experience
• Presentations

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DPC

• NYS Incident Management Coordinating Group
• Purpose
• Representation

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SEMO

• IMT Program Coordinator, Bill Campbell
• DPC Committee Chair
• Training interface

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Celebrate!

• Viable framework
• Functional capacity, 1.1.09
• After-Action Report Improvement Plan

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Strategy

• Training

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Strategy

• Training.
• Exercises

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Strategy

• Training
• Exercises
• Financial Resources

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Summary

• 10-county,
• Regional capacity
• Moving forward
• In concept, and in practice

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Thanks to

• Members
• Our employers / jurisdictions
• Director Gibb
• Other NYS agencies
• FEMA (Regional Exercise Support Grant)
• and, NYSEMA

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Questions ?
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Thank You !