Yurok Tribe Emergency Planning

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Yurok Tribe Emergency Planning

• Safeguarding the Community

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Goals of Tribal Emergency Planning

• To more fully integrate the
• Yurok Tribe into the Nations Emergency
  Management System
• and meet NIMS requirements for 2006 2007

2006 Klamath River Flood
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Goals of Tribal Emergency Planning

• To better prepare tribal staff, the community,
  and emergency responders for disasters on the
  Yurok Reservation

2006 Klamath River Flood
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Why Do We Need to be Prepared? Case Story
Lumberton, Mississippi

• Lumberton, Mississippi
• Population 2,228
• 95 of all buildings in the town were destroyed
  or heavily damaged by Katrina.
• 10 days without assistance

Katrina Damage - Lumberton, Mississippi
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Building the Framework for Readiness

• Legal Financial Responsibility
• Knowing Your Risks
• Emergency Operations Plan
• Coordination Communication
• Warning Systems
• Public Information
• Sheltering
• Rapid Needs Assessment
• Resource Management
• Government Partnerships
• Non-Government Partnerships

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Building the Framework for Readiness

• Legal Authorities
• Yurok Constitution
• Homeland Security
• Presidential Directive 5
• Title III of Superfund Amendments
  Reauthorization Act (SARA III) of 1986
• P.L. 93-288, Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
  Emergency Assistance Act of 1988)
• EPA Rule 55 FR 30632 July 26, 1990

• Preserve forever the survival of our tribe and
  protect it from forces which may threaten its
  existence.
• Yurok Constitution

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KEY TERMS TO REMEMBER

• National Incident Management
• System (NIMS)
• Incident Command System (ICS)
• Incident Command Post (ICP)
• Yurok Emergency Operations Plan (YEOP)

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KEY TERMS TO REMEMBER

• Yurok Emergency Operations Center (YEOC)
• Yurok Office of Emergency Services (YOES)
• Yurok Emergency Services
• Director
• Assistant Director
• Coordinator

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Yurok Tribe Emergency Planning

• FOUR PHASES OF
• EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

1955 Klamath River Flood - Town of Klamath
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Phases of Emergency Management

• MITIGATION PHASE
• Actions that occur before the emergency
• Eliminates or reduces probability of an
  occurrence
• Postpones, dissipates, or lessen affects of the
  disaster

2006 Winter Storm
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Phases of Emergency Management

• MITIGATION PHASE (cont.)
• Prepare a hazard mitigation plan
• Participate in County Hazard
• Mitigation Planning
• Prepare Hazard Mapping
• Apply for Hazard Mitigation Grants
• Building Codes Flood Zones

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Phases of Emergency Management

• PREPAREDNESS PHASE
• Minimize disaster damage
• Enhance disaster response operations
• Prepare the tribe individuals to respond to
  incidents or disasters

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Phases of Emergency Management

• PREPAREDNESS PHASE
• Identifying Weaknesses and Strengths
• Tribal Communication
• Resources
• Training Exercising
• Operational Area Response

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Phases of Emergency Management

• PREPAREDNESS PHASE
• Office of Emergency Services
• Emergency Operations Center
• Emergency Ordinance
• Emergency Training Plan
• Emergency Planning Commission
• Tsunami Ready Community
• Multi-Agency Agreements
• Operational Area Meetings Networking

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Phases of Emergency Management

• RESPONSE PHASE
• Provide emergency assistance
• Early Warning
• Evacuation
• Rescue Recovery
• Temporary Sheltering
• Food Water
• Medical Mental Health Assistance
• Reduce additional injuries/damage
• Begin recovery operations

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Phases of Emergency Management

• RECOVERY ACTIVITIES
• Short-Term Recovery
• Restorations of Utilities
• Damage Assessments
• Coordinate with FEMA for Assistance to the Tribe
  Individuals
• Long-Term Recovery

1997 Klamath Flood
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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• YUROK EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN

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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 1 General Information
• Part 2 Initial Response
• Part 3 Recovery
• Part 4 Yurok Office of Emergency Services
• Part 5 Contact Lists
• Part 6 Appendices
• Part 7 Hazard Specific Annexes

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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 1
• General Information
• Organization of the Plan
• Definitions Acronyms
• Authorities
• Yurok Tribe Emergency Management Organization
• Overall Concept of Operations
• National Incident Management System
• Inventory of Existing Conditions

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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 1
• General Information
• Local State of Readiness
• Local Disasters
• Maps
• Hazard and Threat Analysis
• Continuity of Government
• Public Awareness and Education
• Plan Development and Maintenance

1964 Klamath Flood
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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 2
• Response Operations
• Direction and Control
• Incident Command System (ICS)
• Field Response
• Increased Readiness Checklists

2006 Winter Storm
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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 2
• Response Operations
• ICS Organizational Chart
• ICS Position Descriptions
• Emergency Resources Resource Typing
• Emergency Support Functions
• Standard Operating Procedures

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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 3
• Disaster Recovery
• Short Term Recovery
• Long Term Recovery
• Emergency Assistance Programs
• FEMA Categories
• Military Assistance
• Incident Period
• Documentation

1955 Klamath River Flood Klamath Bridge
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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 3
• Disaster Recovery
• Davis-Bacon Act
• Eligible Costs
• Immediate Needs Funding
• Price Gouging
• Sequence of Recovery Events
• Recovery and Restoration Task Force

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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan
Part 4 Yurok Office of Emergency Services
Council Liaison
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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 5
• Contact Lists
• Emergency Alert List (EAL)
• Dam Failure Contact List
• Tsunami Contact List
• Emergency Directory

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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 6
• Appendices
• Emergency Forms
• Resolutions
• Ordinances
• Regulations
• Mutual Aid Agreements
• Educational Materials
• Maps

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Yurok Emergency Operations Plan

• Part 7 Hazard Specific Annexes
• Blue Green Algae Plan
• Chemical Hazard Plan
• Dam Failure Plan
• Drought Water Shortage Plan
• Flood Plan
• Major Transportation Accident Plan
• Pandemic Flu Plan
• Terrorism Plan
• Tsunami Plan
• Fire Plan

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Immediate Priorities

• Adopt
• Yurok Emergency Operations Plan
• Yurok Emergency Services Ordinance
• Yurok Emergency Training Plan
• Mutual Aid Agreements MOUs

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Priorities

• Approve
• Yurok Director of Emergency Services
• Possible Choices
• Executive Director
• Chairperson
• Chief of Public Safety
• Yurok Deputy Director of Emergency Services
• Yurok Public Information Officer
• Location for Yurok Emergency Operations Center

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Priorities

• Staff Council NIMS Training
• Complete Hazard Specific Annexes
• Complete Emergency Specific Functions
• Tsunami Ready Community Certification
• Conduct Operational Area Meetings
• Yurok Public Safety
• California Division of Forestry Fire
• Klamath Volunteer Fire Department
• Yurok Volunteer Fire Department
• Redwood National Park Service
• US Forest Service
• Del Norte Humboldt County OES

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Questions?