US Army Corps of Engineers Disaster Preparedness and Response

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US Army Corps of Engineers Disaster Preparedness
and Response

• Regional Response Team Meeting
• Ocean City, MD
• 23-25 May 2006

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Hurricane Season 2005
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Wilma
August 29, 2005 090451
September 24, 2005 054814
October 23, 2005 134756
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Agenda

• USACE Authorities and Missions
• USACE Preparedness Teams, Tools, and Strategies

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USACE Authorities
DHS / Stafford Act
PL 84-99
HSPP
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PL 84-99 Emergency Operations

• Types of Assistance
• Technical Assistance
• Evaluation
• Recommendations
• Direct Assistance
• Sandbags and Pumps
• Emergency Contracting
• Levee Reinforcement

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Emergency Assistance Under PL 84-99

• Flood Fighting Loan of Supplies Equipment
• Rehabilitation/Inspection of Active Local Flood
  Protection Projects
• Emergency Water Assistance (Drought/Contaminated
  Source)
• Advance Measures (Preventative work due to
  imminent threat of unusual flooding)

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PL 84-99 Rehabilitationand Inspection Program
Levee
Channel
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PL 84-99 Rehabilitationand Inspection Program
Damage
Rehabilitation
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engagement 2005
Hurricane Season

• Supporting the Department of Homeland Security
  and Federal Emergency Management Agency as
  Emergency Support Function 3 under the National
  Response Plan (NRP)
• Supporting Department of Defense
• Conducting Corps Missions including using PL
  84-99 authorities

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National Response Plan

• National Response Plan establishes DHS-FEMA as
  lead agency for disaster response
• 15 Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) with
  specified primary agencies
• DoD has designated USACE as executive agent for
  ESF3

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National Response PlanEmergency Support
Functions (ESFs)
ESF1 - Transportation (Department of
Transportation) ESF2 - Communications
(Department of Homeland Security) ESF3 - Public
Works and Engineering (Department of
Defense/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) ESF4 -
Firefighting (Department of Agriculture/Forest
Service) ESF5 - Emergency Management (Department
of Homeland Security) ESF6 - Mass Care, Housing,
and Human Services (American Red Cross) ESF7 -
Resource Support (General Services
Administration) ESF8 - Public Health and Medical
Services (Department of Health and Human
Services) ESF9 - Urban Search and Rescue
(Department of Homeland Security) ESF10 - Oil
and Hazardous Materials Response (Environmental
Protection Agency) ESF11 - Agriculture and
Natural Resources (Department of the
Agriculture) ESF12 - Energy (Department of
Energy) ESF13 - Public Safety and Security
(Department of Homeland Security) ESF14 -
Long-Term Community Recovery and Mitigation
(Department of Homeland
Security) ESF15 - External Affairs (Department
of State)
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Disaster Planning,
Response Preparedness

• ESF 3 PLANNING RESPONSE TOOLS
• Planning Response Teams (PRTs)
• Advance Contracting Initiatives (ACI)
• ESF3 Team Leader Cadre
• Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
• Pre-Scripted Mission Assignments (MAs)
• Training, Exercises Workshops
• Remedial/Corrective Action Plan
• ESF3 Field Guides, Missions, Functional
  Guides
• Deployable Tactical Operations System (DTOS)
• ENGLink Interactive
• Field Force Engineering (FFE)

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Planning Tools/Products

• ESF3 Mission guides
• Functional Guides
• Forecast Models
• Debris Removal Guides
• Point of Distribution (POD) planning/operational
  guides

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Commodity Distribution Planning Tools
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Pre-Scripted Mission Assignments

• Temporary Emergency Power
• Potable Water
• Ice
• Debris Removal and Disposal
• Technical Assistance
• Logistics Support

• Temporary Housing
• Temporary Roofing
• Structural Assessments/ Evaluations
• Urban Search and Rescue Support

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Advance Contract Initiative (ACI)

• Pre-awarded, competitively bid contracts for
• Ice
• Water
• Debris removal
• Temporary roofing
• Temporary power
• Allows quick deployment of resources prior to and
  immediately after an event.

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Planning and Response Teams (PRTs)
Water
Ice
Temp Housing
Emergency Power
Debris Removal

• Pre-formed and trained teams deployable within 6
  hours to plan, which manage typical ESF3
  missions. PRT volunteers come from all USACE
  offices around the country.

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Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

• Maintain cadres of Subject Matter Experts that
  can be provided directly to state, local and
  other federal authorities under technical
  assistance missions.
• The entire USACE workforce is considered our
  force multiplier that allows us to tap into
  many different technical skill sets and apply
  them to any given problem

• SMEs
• Power
• Water
• Ice
• Debris
• Structural Safety
• Technical
• Civil
• Structural
• Environmental
• Hydraulic
• Mechanical
• Etc.

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Deployable Tactical Operations Center (DTOC)
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Rapid Response Vehicles (RRVs)
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ENGLink Interactive

• Situation Reporting
• Tasking/Tracking System
• Training Portal
• Document Library

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Remedial Action Program
Problems Defined and Course of Action Developed
Evaluation
Remedial Action Plan Teams Established
Issues
Issues
Exercises and Events
Lessons
Corrective Concepts and Plans Developed
Training
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USACE/FEMA PARTNERSHIPS

• Senior Leaders Seminars
• Hurricane Season Critique
• Permanent Liaison at FEMA HQ
• Joint Training
• Regional Interagency Steering Committee (RISC)
• Remedial Action Plan (RAP)
• NIMS/NRP Implementation
• Information and Planning
• Logistics and Commodities
• Temporary Emergency Power
• Temporary Housing/Roofing
• Debris Management

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USACE Philadelphia District

• Contact Information
• Carmine Leone, North Atlantic Division
• Fort Hamilton Brooklyn, NY 718-765-7076
• Alternate for Region III
• Kathleen Micky Mulvenna
• ESF 3 Team Leader
• Chief, Emergency Management Office
• Philadelphia District
• 215-656-6757
• kathleen.a.mulvenna_at_usace.army.mil