Multi-Agency Coordinating Committees

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Multi-Agency Coordinating Committees

• Susan Krala, USCG(civ)
• RRT9 Meeting, Las Vegas
• November 1st 2012

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What Are They?

• An activity or formal system used to coordinate
  resources and support among agencies or
  jurisdictions.
• MACs interact with agencies or jurisdictions not
  with incidents.
• MACs are useful for regional situations.
• A MAC Group functions within the MACS.
• A MAC Group can be established at a
  jurisdictional EOC, an incident command post or
  at a separate facility.

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How do you say it?

• Multi-Agency Coordination (MAC)
• MAC is an important part of preparedness and
  response.
• Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (MAC
  Group)Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee
• The LEPC is an example of a MACC.
• The Unified Command identified MAC Groups to
  provide advice.
• Multi-Agency Coordination System (MACS)
• The Unified Command should use the MACS to its
  advantage.

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MACS for Oil Hazmat Incidents

• Area Committees (SF, LA, SD)
• Regional Response Team (AZ, CA, NV)
• National Response Team (federal HQ reps)
• Arizona Emergency Response Commission

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MACS for Coastal Security Incidents

• Harbor Safety Committee
• Area Maritime Security Committee

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Other MACS

• Local Emergency Planning Councils (LEPC)
• Council for Environmental Quality(national)
• US-Mexico Border 2020 Program (US EPA)
• others?

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Characteristics of MACCs

• Well-established, standing committees or
  impromptu committees to address a specific issue.
• Work on long-term planning projects or
  coordinate emergency response in real time.
• Local, regional, national or international.

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A SystemNot a single Facility or Group
On-Scene Command
Multi-Agency Coordination System
Resource CoordinationCenters
Dispatch
Emergency Operations Centers
Multi-Agency CoordinationGroups
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MAC Group

• Group comprised of agency executives/
  representatives to support response efforts
• Does not have direct Incident involvement (no
  tactical role/responsibility)
• May be co-located or communicate via
  teleconference

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Role of a MAC Group

• Inter-agency decision-making related to
• Coordinating inter-agency and inter-governmental
  issues regarding incident management policies,
  priorities, and strategies
• Logistics support and critical resource tracking
• Resource allocation
• Coordinating incident related information
• A MAC Group is part of the MAC System

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Impromptu MAC Groups

• MAC Groups can be established in the short term
  to address a specific problem.
• For example, during the cosco busan oil spill in
  San Francisco Bay in 2007. The Liaison staff,
  agency reps technical specialists from the
  Environmental Unit had to reach consensus on the
  question, How Clean Is Clean?

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How Clean Is Clean?
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Cosco Busan 2007

• While in real life the question was resolved
  within the Unified Command, it could have been
  referred to an impromptu MAC Group.
• Advantages include freeing the incident staff to
  focus on other things, and potentially spending
  more time with more agencies so the decision
  doesnt feel rushed.

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Cosco Busan 2007

• The Unified Commanders might have contacted the
  USCG Co-Chair to RRT9 to ask him to assemble and
  lead the MACC.
• Using his contacts in San Francisco Bay and the
  spill response community and with stakeholder
  advise from the Liaison Officer he could have
  invited concerned parties to participate.

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Cosco Busan 2007

• Working within the time constraint specified by
  the UC this MACC could have reached consensus on
  questions such as
• Who decides? (City or county agency with
  jurisdiction?)
• Who will sign off for each beach?
• How much cleaning is the RP responsible for?
• How will cleanliness be measured?
• How much cleanliness is feasible?

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MAC Groups Can Be

• Established as a standing committee to work
  continually on related on-going projects.
• Established on an impromptu basis to assist an
  existing organization to resolve a limited issue.
• Assigned problems long term (LEPCs).
• Local, regional, national, or international.

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Questions?