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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING

County EMA Directors

• Know your County EMA Directors• Understand the emergency management

role in your county• Meet with your EMA Director and

Volunteers on a regular basis• Exercise your disaster plan before a

disaster occurs

DISASTER DECLARATIONS

• Public Assistance Declaration

• Individual Assistance Declaration

• Small Business Administration Declaration

• State Disaster Relief Fund

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DECLARATIONS

• State Threshold $1.41 state per capita $9,142,160

• County Threshold $3.56 per capita

• Disaster Impacts will be considered

• Minimum PW $3050.00

• Must be requested by the Governor

• Narrative statements illustrate the impact of the disaster in quantitative ways can help to better show that the disaster is beyond the capacity of the impacted jurisdiction or state and that supplementary federal assistance is required to recover.

Disaster Impact

Disaster Impact

• Extraordinary damage in a concentrated area, or to a single critical facility or infrastructure element, may warrant federal assistance even if the statewide financial indicators are not met

Individual Assistance Declarations

• There is no established threshold or indicator associated with FEMA IA

• Generally, hundreds of homes sustaining Major Damage or Destroyed

• Disaster Impacts will be considered

Disaster Impact

• Concentrations of damage• Number of persons sheltered-for how long• Uninsured• Underinsured

Impact: Trauma

• Deaths and injuries• Disruption of community functions:

- Roads/bridges that are sole or primary routes to communities- Water, sanitary facilities, schools, government buildings, public

transportation

Disaster Impact

• Concentrations of damage• Number of persons sheltered-for how long• Uninsured• Underinsured

Impact: Populations with Special Needs

• Percent under poverty thresholds• Percent already receiving unemployment• Percent receiving SSI and SNAP• Population over 65• Population under 18• Population of disabled• Population speaking a foreign language

Impact: Health and Safety

• Debris• trees/large limbs over right of way• Power outages• Water• Contamination

USSBA Administrator Declarations

• At least 25 homes and/or businesses in one county that sustained a minimum of 40 percent uninsured loss

• Must be requested by the Governor

State Disaster Relief Fund - IA

• Does not satisfy FEMA assistance requirements

• IA – Implemented by a USSBA Administrator disaster loan program declaration requested by the Governor

• Limited Assistance up to $5000 or less depending upon the Fund balance at the time of declaration

State Disaster Relief Fund - PA

• Must be declared by the Governor• County must meet FEMA threshold• Limited assistance based upon formula

and Fund balance at the time of declaration.

Mitigation

• HMGP- 15% of Public Assistance Disaster • Land acquisitions • Mitigation Planning • Retrofitting gas shutoffs• Tie downs for Mobile Home Parks

DIVISION OVERVIEWPLANNING AND ASSESSMENT

PREPAREDNESS AND TRAINING

PROGRAMS

• Emergency planning• School safety• Threat assessment • Emergency management training• Information technology• Disaster exercise management

BACKGROUND

• 100 state planning documents • 60 projects & program areas supported• 11,000 course deliveries since 2012• $200 million in training provided since

2005

MAJOR PROJECTS

• Threat & Hazard Identification Risk Assessment

• Readiness Training Identification & Preparedness Planning

• District Response Task Force / Incident Management Team Training

BENEFITS

• County threats and hazards

• Capability strengths and gaps

• Identify and justify funding needs

• Provides specialized training

• Builds response capabilities

Washington & Clark County Tornado New Pekin – Henryville – Marysville

March 2, 2012

Clark County

• EF-4 tornado, winds 175 MPH• 49 mile damage path• 11 deaths • 1 million cubic yards of debris• USACE debris management cost: $46

million• District IMT cost estimate: $8 million• Final debris management cost: ???

DIVISION OVERVIEW STATE FIRE MARSHALL

Established 1913

IDHS Executive Staff

IDHS Division of Fire & Building Safety

State Fire Marshal’s Office

IDHS Division of Fire & Building Safety Fire/EMS Information,

Hazmat, Fire Investigations Branch

IDHS Division of Fire & Building Safety

EMS Training/Certification Branch

IDHS Division of Fire & Building Safety

Code Enforcement/Plan Review Branch

Jim Greeson State Fire Marshal jgreeson@dhs.in.govRobert Johnson Assistant State Fire Marshal rjohnson@dhs.in.govDean Illingworth Building Law Compliance Officer dillingworth@dhs.in.govRobert Dean Fire Investigations Section Chief bdean@dhs.in.gov John Buckman Fire Training Section Director jbuckman@dhs.in.govMichael Garvey Public Safety Training Program Director mgarvey@dhs.in.govDr. Michael Olinger State Emergency Services Medical Director molinger@dhs.in.govCatherine Dutton Hazmat Section Chief cdutton@dhs.in.govAngie Biggs Fire/EMS Data Coordinator abiggs@dhs.in.gov Tom Hendricks Elevators and Amusement Rides Section Chief thendricks@dhs.in.govCraig Burgess Plan Review Section Chief cburgess@dhs.in.govDavid Smith Code Enforcement Section Chief dsmith@dhs.in.govDean Illingworth(temp) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Section Chief dillingworth@dhs.in.gov

IDHS Division of Fire & Building Safety

State Fire Marshal’s Office contact list

Main front desk phone number 317-232-2222 or 800-423-0765

Home Safety