FEMA Private SectorOffice of External Affairs
Private Sector OverviewPrivate Sector Overview FEMA Mission
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to
ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and
improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all
hazards.
Who is the Private Sector?
• Businesses• Academia• Voluntary• Faith-based• Non-governmental
Organizations
Private Sector Division
Dan StonekingPrivate Sector Division Director
Private Sector Liaisons
Jeanie Moore Regions
Personnel TrainingBudget
Lori RiveraPreparedness
&Protection
CIKRLodgingRetail
Tracey BatacanMitigation
USFA Ready
CampaignTech SectorAcademia
Ashley Small
Response & Recovery Minority Business
Small BusinessDefense
Transportation
John Courtmanc
heMission SupportMetrics
Some times we all have needs
Needs
ImpactedOrganizations
ImpactedInfrastructure
IndividualAssistance
Shelters / Evacuations
Grants
Some times we all have capabilities
Capabilities
Facilities
Equipment
Skills
Knowledge
Donations
We can always communicate
Ground Floor
Connecting the Dots
Two-Way Communication
ActionableInformation
Increased Understanding
Dialogue
Success Stories: Prepare
More than 300 first responders, some who came from as far away as Germany, converged in College Station over the weekend to sharpen their search and rescue …
Success Stories: Protect
Most campuses use video surveillance…Queens College built an IT solution to detect an unattended bag, a particular license plate, or a certain individual, and then automatically initiate actions such as notifying staff…
Success Stories: Respond
Success Stories: Recover
Lynn University students visited Haiti to help orphans and handicapped children, adults and the elderly. After the earthquake, four students and two professors were lost and a memorial fund was established in their honor.
What We Can Do Together
• Benevolence
• Advice & counsel
• Get a kit. Make a plan. Be informed
• Prepare our facilities
• Prepare our constituents and communities
• Advance Technology
• Work together to prepare, protect, respond, recover, mitigate
• Your best ideas….
Web Resources
www.fema.gov/privatesector
QUESTIONS?