Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Matthew Hewings, Operations Director Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Office of Response 03/02/17
What is Emergency Management?
What is Emergency Management? Disaster management (or emergency management) is the creation of plans through which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Disaster management does not avert or eliminate the threats; instead, it focuses on creating plans to decrease the effect of disasters.
Who or What is MEMA? MEMA is a Coordinating Agency MEMA personnel are not first responders!
MEMA s Mission Coordination (Co-or-di-na-tion) The synchronization and integration of activities, responsibilities, and command and control structures to ensure that the resources of an organization are used most efficiently in pursuit of the specified objectives.
Mission Statement The mission of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is to coordinate activities that will save lives, protect property and reduce suffering of Mississippi s citizens and their communities impacted by disasters through a comprehensive and integrated program of disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation initiatives.
MEMA s Mission Preparing for tomorrow s disasters today Natural Disasters Technological Disasters Manmade Disasters
Supporting Local Governments MEMA supports 83 local emergency management programs through: General disaster support before, during and after an event. Administer FEMA recovery programs after a disaster. Provide planning, training and exercise assistance. Provide assistance to meet grant requirements. Provide floodplain administration support to all National Flood Insurance Program participants in the state.
MEMA Offices There are 7 Offices within MEMA Executive Support Services Preparedness Radiological Preparedness Response Recovery Mitigation
Our Agency Executive: Executive Director, Chief of Staff, Deputy Administrators, Legal, PIOs, External Affairs, Information Management, Grants, Disaster Reservists. Support Services: Accounting, Finance, Logistics and Facilities. Preparedness: Planning, Training, Exercise. Radiological Preparedness: State Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program, Waste Isolation Pilot Program (WIPP) and Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection (PRND). Response: Operations, Communications, Field Services and GIS. Recovery: Individual and Public Assistance, Volunteers. Mitigation: Planning, Grants and Floodplain.
Office of Support Services Accounting and Finance: Responsible for all day to day payments, payroll and accounting of the agency. Ensures disbursement of all grants and disaster payments to city, county and state governments. Maintains and provides oversight of all contracts. Logistics: Maintains pre-disaster contracts for services (transportation, meals, ice, water etc.). Coordinates delivery of commodities Maintains the state emergency resource inventory. Facilities: Ensures operational status of the State Emergency Operations Center, Fusion Center and Health Department satellite office 24-hours a day.
Office of Preparedness Planning: Creates Incident Action Plans and Situation Reports, oversees the State CEMP and assists all counties and MBCI with Local Emergency Plans. Training: Delivered 126 classes to more than 2,500 students in all areas of National Incident Management System. Exercise: Designs and evaluates all-hazard exercises (active shooter, mass casualty, etc.) Conducted 50 exercises with more than 3,800 participants statewide.
Radiological Emergency Preparedness: Office of Radiological Preparedness Provides radiological emergency response training to state, tribal, and local agencies through the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program, Waste Isolation Pilot Program, Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection and Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training Program. Maintains state emergency response plans and procedures associated with preparation and response to an incident at the two nuclear power plants affecting areas within Mississippi. Grand Gulf Nuclear Station near Port Gibson in Claiborne Co. River Bend Nuclear Station in St. Francisville, La. Joint participation in training, drills, exercises and support for domestic preparedness with local, state, federal and private organizations. Provides program oversight for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Program for the State. Provides Program Oversight, tracks and trains responders for the transportation of hazardous waste through the state of Mississippi.
Office of Recovery Individual Assistance: Establishes and maintains Disaster Recovery Centers following declared disasters. Ensures recovery services are accessible to all Mississippians through MEMA s Disability Integration Advisor. Public Assistance: Trains local officials on procurement of services after a disaster to minimize federal de-obligations. Assists applicants with proper documentation for reimbursement of disaster related expenses. Administered nearly $4 billion in federal disaster reimbursements to local and state governments as well as non-profit organizations for more than 20,000 projects. Volunteer Coordinator: Assists with coordination of all volunteer efforts following a disaster. Trains local governments on donations and volunteer management. Works with voluntary groups to assist survivors in non-federally declared events.
Office of Mitigation Planning: Oversees the State Hazard Mitigation Plan Assists all 82 counties, MBCI and 377 municipalities with local mitigation plans. Grants: Assists local governments with pre and post disaster grants. Administering grants for 14 open disasters, more than 250 projects worth a total of $412 million. Floodplain: Ensures compliance and eligibility of the 331 communities in the National Flood Insurance Program. There are 70,300 NFIP policies in Mississippi worth more than $16 billion.
Office of Response Operations: Responsible for coordinating support for state and local response. Activates the State Emergency Operations Center. Coordinates all Emergency Support Functions. Establishes priorities for the allocation of resources. Maintains control of the state deployable MAC Team. Maintains control of the Mobile Operations Centers. Maintains the state s WebEOC and Virtual Situation Room. Communications: Operates the state warning point, 24-hours a day, seven days a week, Has the responsibility of alerting state and local officials to all natural or manmade incidents. Coordinates emergency radio communications on the state s wireless integrated network, MSWIN. Alerts include severe thunderstorms, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, Grand Gulf Nuclear Plant status and hazardous materials incidents (more than 3,500 a year on average.)
Office of Response Field Services: 9 area coordinators cover the 82 counties and MBCI to provide assistance and advise local emergency managers. MACT (SERT) Training and Exercise Support GIS: Created and maintains the Digital Damage Assessment Program. Created and Maintains the MEMA digital Common Operating Picture (COP). Provides detailed mapping for local, state and federal entities for planning, response and recovery operations.
Old State Emergency Operations Center
Current State Emergency Operations Center
Current State Emergency Operations Center
4,000 sq. foot coordination center. 60 computer stations. All stake-holder and support agencies provide support to the SEOC. Four levels of activation: Level 4- normal. Level 3- some state personnel for small event. Level 2- state personnel coordinating larger event. Level 1- all hands for large event or incident. MEMA State EOC
SEOC Activation Levels LEVEL 4: Does not exceed local governmental capability. Only state agencies with emergency-support responsibilities/regulatory authority involved. No SEOC activation anticipated. LEVEL 3: Likely requires multi-agency assistance. SEOC activated and staffed with MEMA and essential ESF personnel. LEVEL 2: Incident likely requires full-scale state and possible federal assistance. SEOC staffed 24 hours with all ESFs. MACT and equipment likely deployed forward. LEVEL 1: Disaster requires full state and federal response. MACT and equipment deployed forward.
Emergency Support Functions There are 16 Emergency Support Functions broken down into 3 Branches. Infrastructure Branch Emergency Services Branch Human Services Branch
Emergency Support Functions Emergency Support Functions: ESF-1: Transportation (MDOT) ESF-2: Communications (MEMA) ESF-3: Public Works (MS Rural Water) ESF-4: Firefighting (MS Ins. Dept.) ESF-5: Emergency Management ESF-6: American Red Cross, Volunteer Comm., IHL, DOE, Human Services, Salvation Army, Volunteer Org. Active in Disasters (VOAD) ESF-7: Logistics (MEMA) ESF-8: Health (MSDH) ESF-9: Search & Rescue (MEMA) ESF-10: Environmental Quality (DEQ) ESF-11: Animal Health (MDAC) ESF-12: Public Utilities (PSC) ESF-13: Public Safety (MHP) ESF-14: N/A (Long Term Recovery) ESF-15: N/A (External Affairs, Training, Emergency Communications) ESF-16: National Guard
State 24-Hour Warning Point Communications Center and Call Center
What MEMA Comms Provides 24-hour Warning Point for Mississippi. Statewide notification center of incidents and events. Coordination point for all state response efforts. Permit and track transportation of radioactive waste.
State 24-Hour Warning Point Communications Center and Call Center Examples of situations to notify the State 24-hour Warning Point: Hazardous material spills, incidents, releases Search and Rescue Weather Damage Bomb Threat/Explosion Earthquake Radiological Incident Dam Failure Large Fire White Powder Incident Major Transportation Accident (P.T.A.)
State 24-Hour Warning Point Communications Center and Call Center Contacting the State 24-hour Warning Point: 1-800-222-6362 601-933-6800-Fax MSEMAreports@mema.ms.gov
Field Services Bureau 9 statewide Area Coordinators Multi Agency Coordination Team, MACT (SERT) Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Training Support Exercise Support
Mobile Deployable Assets MACT Operations Trailers, Large (2) Operations Trailer, Small (1) Generators Light Towers
GIS MEMA Common Operating Picture
GIS Damage Assessment Collector App
GIS Damage Assessment Collector App
GIS Damage Assessment Collector App
Public Communication
Daily Update Brief (DUB)
MEMA Mobile App MEMA developed a mobile application to assist the public with finding emergency information, preparedness tools, weather alerts and radar, contact information for MEMA and all county emergency management offices along with other information. The app is free to download, and is available to iphone and Android users, by searching for MEMA in the app store.
MEMA Social Media Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. Flickr. Blogs. Wikis.
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Questions? Contact: Matthew Hewings, Operations Director 601-933-6716 mhewings@mema.ms.gov