Presented by Herbert Cole

Herbert ColeEmergency Management Consultant

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Why we need Resilient Community Partnerships Define the Resilient Community Partnership Identify the Partners Establish the Partnership Roles and Responsibilities of the Partners Maintaining the Partnership Working together in a Disaster Environment

a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction; broadly : a sudden or great misfortune or failureMerriam-Webster Dictionary

an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or changeMerriam-Webster Dictionary

is NOT Resistance.

Disaster Resistance is a function of Mitigation and a component of Resilience

Disaster Resilience is a function of the Emergency Management Cycle as a Whole.

Requires a Shift in Perception

The new normal.◦ This is how I live pre incident◦ This is how I live post incident

Nothing will ever be the same as it was pre incident and to try and hold on to “what was” is a waste of time and resources. Embrace the new normal and build from there.

a unified body of individuals: as b : the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly : the area itselfMerriam-Webster Dictionary

a relationship resembling a legal partnership and usually involving close cooperation between parties having specified and joint rights and responsibilitiesMerriam-Webster Dictionary

Responsibility for what happens prior to, during, and after a disaster is no longer the solitary purview of government.

They don’t have the budgetsThey don’t have the person power

Government provides infrastructure, and services to the overall community that attract businesses and citizens.

Businesses provide jobs that generate salaries, which in turn drive consumption and generate taxes that support governments‟ ability to function.

In the U.S. there are 30 Million Small Businesses◦ 80% of American Businesses are Small Businesses

Generate over $2 Trillion in Taxable Revenue◦In the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA

Combined Statistical Area 264,711 “Non-employer” Small Businesses $12 Billion in Taxable Revenue in 2008

Data from: US Small Business Administration; US Census Bureau

When businesses fail or leave after a disaster:

◦ Tax Revenue is lost through: decrease in employment, consumption, and income taxes necessary for funding government

◦ Employees lose their jobs increased need for social services population flight change in the socioeconomic fabric of the community

Unprepared businesses and residents:

◦ Put added strain on government services◦ Become part of the problem and not part of the solution.◦ Shift responsibility and accountability for their plight to government, which in turn impacts the whole community.

“A cooperative and integrated approach to implementing the Emergency Management Cycle within a community that promotes economic viability, continuity of government, and social stability following a disaster.”

The Emergency Management Cycle provides the framework and foundation for building community resilience.

Government

COMMUNITYRESILIENCEGovernment has the

legal and constitutional responsibility to insure that the public good is looked after during times of emergency, disaster, and war.

Government

Business

COMMUNITYRESILIENCEBusinesses provide jobs

that generate salaries, which in turn drive consumption and generate taxes that support the governments ability to function and carry out it’s legal and constitutional responsibilities.

Government

Ordinary CitizensBusiness

COMMUNITYRESILIENCEOrdinary Citizens are

the reason government exists. They provide businesses with employees, and oftentimes have specialized training and skills that government cannot provide.

Government

Ordinary CitizensBusiness

COMMUNITYRESILIENCEBring government,

business, and ordinary citizens together as partners in furtherance of Community Resilience .

Leverage Strengths, supplant weaknesses, and build a solid foundation of cooperation and integration prior to, during, and after disaster.

1. Identify the players2. Establish a Disaster Council made up of core players3. Joint Planning4. ICS Integration

◦ Government Public Safety School Districts Public Works Transportation Utilities

◦ Business Chamber of Commerce Trade Groups &

Associations Individual Businesses Transportation Utilities Banking

◦ Citizens Residential Homecare Private Schools Volunteers (Citizen Corps., Ham Radio, Social Media) NGO’s (Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc…)

◦ Core Members Public Safety School Districts Public Works / Utilities Chamber of Commerce Volunteer Groups and NGO’s

◦ Joint and Cooperative Planning Hazard Mitigation Plan (Mitigation Phase) Emergency Operations Plan (Preparedness and Response Phase) Post Disaster Recovery Plan (Recovery Phase)

• Regulation by Government is the most prevalent form of community mitigation.

•Building Codes•Fire Codes•Seismic Safety Codes

• Business can mitigate against interruption by:• entering into leases that require the property be usable for business• establish alternate suppliers and service delivery methods and locations• business insurance and loss of income

• Citizens can mitigate against disaster by:• securing doors, cabinets, and heavy objects• retrofit older homes to meet current codes• homeowners or renters insurance

• Government• Community Planning

• Hazard Mitigation Plan• Emergency Operations Plan• Post Disaster Recovery Plan

• Business• All Threats Mitigation Plan• Emergency Operations Plan• Business Continuity Plan• CERT Training

• Citizens• CERT Training • Family Hazard Mitigation Plan• Family Emergency Operations Plan• Family Post Disaster Recovery Plan

Everyone Builds a 7-10 Day Disaster Cache

• Government• Incident Command System• Public Safety Response• Information

• Business •Specialized skills and equipment• ICS Liaison• CERT

• Citizens• NGO Support• CERT, Ham Radio, Neighborhood FRS Nets• Social Media

• Government• Fast Track Permitting and Inspection process• Joint Recovery Office• Joint Post Disaster Recovery Plan

• Business • Proper and adequate insurance• Joint Recovery Office• Joint Post Disaster Recovery Plan

• Citizens • Proper and adequate insurance• Joint Post Disaster Recovery Plan

Regular Disaster Council Meetings

Regular and Joint updates of:◦ Hazard Mitigation Plan◦ Emergency Operations Plan◦ Post Disaster Recovery Plan

Regular and Joint Training (ICS Integration)◦ Quarterly Table Tops◦ Semi Annual Drills◦ Annual Exercise

The Incident Command System provides the perfect tool for integrating community partners into Response and Recovery Phase Activities as outlined in the Emergency Operations Plan and Post Disaster Recovery Plan.

A Business Group Liaison can interact with business groups and individual businesses that can provide specialized equipment, materials, and skill sets. By giving business a role in the ICS, they are more likely to implement the emergency management cycle into their business continuity planning. Businesses can be included in the Emergency Support Function Annexes and EOP Appendices.

A Volunteer Branch such as CERT frees up first responders. CERT’s are a force multiplier in the field and easily integrated into the ICS.

Amateur Radio can provide real time intelligence from the field in areas where first responders are not currently working. EmComm can also take advantage of GMRS Neighborhood Nets that feed into Amateur Radio Nets expanding the intelligence gathering capability in the field

Social Media

Builds Partnerships using the Emergency Management Cycle as a Framework.

Integrates Government, Business, and Ordinary Citizens into a joint cooperative for the purposes of planning and execution.

Focuses on the future, not the past.