Preparing Texas Today...

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Preparing Texas Today...
Texas Preparedness Workshop November 16-17,
2005 Austin, Texas A Texas Community
Partnership
...for Tomorrows Challenges
Governors Division of Emergency
Management Office of the Governor
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Agenda

• Purpose
• Levels of Planning
• Base Requirements
• Responsibilities
• Key Dates/Events
• Questions/Discussion

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Preparing Texas Today...
Texas Preparedness Strategy A Single
Focus A Texas Community Partnership
...for Tomorrows Challenges
Governors Division of Emergency
Management Office of the Governor
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Purpose

• To develop a fully synchronized preparedness
  program that has a Single Focus. And Unity of
  Effort that fully supports the Governors
  Strategic Plan 2005-2010.
• Preparedness is defined as all programs that
  provide funding to Texas for Planning,
  Organization, Training, Exercises and Equipment.
• Total Focused Effort
• Near / Mid / Long Term
• Economy and Efficiency of Resources
• Doctrinal Adherence
• Joint Integration of Local, State, Federal and
  Private
• Capabilities and Capacities.

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State of Texas Preparedness Objectives

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State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Plan Enhance operational plans, procedures, and
implementing documents that
support Prevention, Protection, Response and
Recovery.
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State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Organize Enhance organizations which are
structured to most efficiently and effectively
Prevent, Protect Respond and Recover.
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State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Equip Identify necessary equipment and
technological resources required.
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State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Train Develop and deliver highly focused
training to private, local, state and federal
responders in an expedited and integrated effort
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State of Texas Preparedness Objectives
Exercise Develop and conduct exercises that
FOCUS ON existing plans and procedures for the
Prevention, Protection, Response and
Recovery from of a terrorism incident
involving a WMD with the outcome of enhancing
those plans and procedures and understanding
how organizations contribute to the prevention
of the incident.
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HOW

• Combine the efforts of the SAA, ODP, and SAA CDC.
• Joint Language Grant Guidance
• Joint Program Execution
• Joint Publication of Guidance
• Develop Regional Response Plans
• Focused on direction and control, Regional
  Unified Command, Interoperable Communications and
  Mutual Aid
• Focused on all Capabilities and Capacities of the
  Region

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HOW continued

• Develop five year preparedness plan
• Quarterly Scheduling Workshops
• Include all Major Players

• COGs
• State Agencies
• Federal Agencies
• Transit Authorities
• Ports
• UASICs
• Hospitals
• MMRS
• Schools (ISD)
• VOAD
• Mass Care

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Preparing Texas Today...
Levels of Planning
...for Tomorrows Challenges
Governors Division of Emergency
Management Office of the Governor
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LEVELS OF PLANNING
Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan Part
I Rick Perry
Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan Objectives
Outcomes Part II Rick Perry
Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan State of
Texas Emergency Management Plan Part II
Rick Perry, Governor
Nov. 1, 2005
Regional
City County
Mayor County Judge
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Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan (Part
I) The Vision
Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan Part
I Rick Perry

• Provides Governors Intent
• Leadership
• Organization
• Establishes Three Attainable Goals
• Prevent terrorist attack within Texas.
• Protect by reducing vulnerability to Terrorism
• Prepare to respond and recover
• Defines Four Critical Task
• Intelligence and Warning
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure
• Emergency Preparedness and Response
• Border Security

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Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan (Part
II) State of Texas Emergency Management Plan
Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan State of
Texas Emergency Management Plan Part II Rick
Perry

• The State Operational Plan
• Addresses all phases of emergency management
• operations, response recovery
• Addresses all hazards
• Plans for comprehensive use of resources
• Uses a functional approach
• Provides for coordinated information management
• Provides for graduated problem solving
• Plans for catastrophic disaster operations

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Preparing Texas Today...
Base Requirements for Regional Response Plans
...for Tomorrows Challenges
Governors Division of Emergency
Management Office of the Governor
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Base Requirements

• Regional Response Plans will be all inclusive and
  support the State Strategic Plan
• Use TRRN as base tool to identify resources.
• Identify procedures to establish a Regional
  Unified Command
• (RAU)
• Incorporate all other Regional Planning efforts
• (SNS, Communications, Mutual Aid, Hospital
  Regions,
• Fusion Centers)
• Will not replace local jurisdiction plans
• Will not replace DDC Authorities and
  Responsibilities
• Continuity of Government
• Task Develop a Template Done

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Preparing Texas Today...
Base Requirements for Training Exercises
...for Tomorrows Challenges
Governors Division of Emergency
Management Office of the Governor
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Base Requirements

• Training and Exercise Objectives will support
  State Strategic Plan
• MMRS
• CERT
• BT Regional
• Basic Level of Preparedness
• National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• Interoperable Communications
• Mutual Aid Agreements
• Homeland Security Information Network-Critical
• Infrastructure (HSIN-CI)

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Base Requirements

• Texas Regional Response Network (TRRN)
• 6th Civil Support Team (6 CST)
• Supporting Bio-Lab
• Shelter/Mass Care
• Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD)
• Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)
• All Disciplines Organizations (LE, Fire, EMS,
  VOAD, ISD)
• All Hazard Primary Secondary Event
• TCLEOSE Certified
• Coastal USCG GLO

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Preparing Texas Today...
Responsibilities
...for Tomorrows Challenges
Governors Division of Emergency
Management Office of the Governor
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Responsibilities

• Governors Division of Emergency Management
  (GDEM) in coordination with Department of State
  Health Services.
• Provide overall management and coordination
• Publish implementing guidance
• Councils of Government (COG)
• Represent local jurisdictions
• Coordinate immediate implementation of TRRN
• Coordinate Regional Response Plan Development.
• Complete no later than May 1, 2006.
• Complete Implementation Plan for Governors
  Strategic Plan no later than Jan. 17, 2006

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Responsibilities

• National Emergency Response and Rescue Training
  Center (NERRTC)
• Under the direction of GDEM be the single agency
• responsible for Standardization of
  Training Exercise
• Design Execution for all exercises funded
  by or through
• State Agencies and Organizations in Texas
• State Agencies
• Coordinate all NIMS requirements by inter-agency
• contract with Texas Forest Service
  (TFS)
• Coordinate all Exercise Design Execution by
• inter-agency contract with National
  Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center
  (NERRTC)
• Complete Implementation Plan for Governors
  Strategic Plan no later than Jan. 17, 2006
• FEMA Region VI (DHS)
• Coordinate all Federal Agency sponsored/funded
• exercises with GDEM
• Participate as a full partner in all Planning and
• Coordination

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Preparing Texas Today...
Key Dates/Events
...for Tomorrows Challenges
Governors Division of Emergency
Management Office of the Governor
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Key Dates/Events To Be Coordinated
Implementation Plans Jan. 17, 2006
Completed Regional Response Plans Feb.
15 First Draft Completed Apr. 1 Final Draft
Completed May 1 Approved June 1st Regional
Exercise Major Capstone Exercises ? SNS ?
Transit Authority Embedded ? Port
Embedded ? Fusion Embedded ? May 1-5, 2006
State-wide Evacuation Exercise Major
Conferencing Dates May 22-24, 2006 State
Hurricane Conference Beaumont Nov. 13-17,
2006 State Homeland Security Conference - TBD
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Discussion/Q A