Integrating New England’s Private Sector as Full Partners in EM/HLS & Emergency Preparedness Partners FEMA R1-MEMA-

1. Integrating New England’s Private Sector as Full Partners in EM/HLS& Emergency Preparedness PartnersFEMA R1-MEMA-MMA W. Russell Webster Federal Preparedness Coordinator 617-872-9453 CDR Steve Kelleher

2. Overview • Introduction • The “new” FEMA • “Cat Herder,” FEMA’s Federal Preparedness Coordinator • Challenges • Integrating PS in all phases • The FEMA-MEMA-MMA success story • A road ahead

3. FEMA’s 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.

4. Challenge • 61% expected to depend greatly on fire, police and emergency personnel for help in the first 72 hours of a disaster. • Individuals who reported being prepared, lacked critical plans, supplies, and information about their community. • At least half of Americans are not familiar with their community preparedness plans and resources. • Too few people have practiced evacuations or sheltering-in-place, when we know practicing response protocols is critical for effective execution. • Perceptions of the utility of preparedness and confidence in ability to respond varied significantly by type of hazard. • Individual’s connections to their community are prominent in their motivation to prepare, in who they expect to rely on after a disaster, and in volunteering.

5. Within Five Years • Change New England’s Preparedness Culture markedly • Enhance individual preparedness through integrated training & educational programs • Connect the age groups through EM/HLS educational programs. Make STEP accessible for every 4th/5th grader • Integrate the private sector in all phases of emergency management • Early focus on small and medium size businesses & HiEd

6. FEMA R1’s Private Sector Program Connections • FEMA R1 Private Sector Program is a “triad” • NEDRIX • InfraGard • HiEd • Each brings new possibilities and challenges for FEMA, RIEMA/MEMA, PS • Greater visibility of EM/HLS Programs and capabilities • Relationship = resources • Internships

7. New England’s Private Sector & State and Federal Government • The private sector’s relationship with the states and FEMA in different phases of emergency management • FEMA’s Private Sector Program in Preparedness • Making Contributions in all phases • The FEMA-MEMA-MMA Connection • A look ahead

9. Voluntary/Faith Based Agencies • First to Arrive…. Last to Leave • Community-based • Community sensitive • Mobilize quickly providing immediate response • Often on the scene prior to declaration.

10. National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster- N VOAD • The national forum where organizations share knowledge and resources throughout the disaster cycle—preparation, response and recovery—to help disaster survivors and their communities.

11. Donations Management

12. The Challenges: Traditional Humanitarian Aid Processing States and Nonprofits Donors- Corp & Individuals End Relief Agencies People in Need Inefficiencies Manual Reporting Data re-entry Duplication of effort data errors Multiple phone calls & faxing Downtime & Wait-time

13. Partnering Process • Each state completes MOU/contract • Liaison • Federal, State and Aidmatrix • Maine & Rhode Island have signed MOU’s MA and NH are working toward that goal Results: Prepared before disaster hits

14. FEMA R1 & HiEd/Within Five Years • Change New England’s Preparedness Culture markedly • Enhance individual preparedness through integrated training & educational programs • Connect the age groups through EM/HLS educational programs. • Make STEP accessible for every 4th/5th grader • Integrate HiEd w SMEs and EM hierarchy

15. Campus Emergency Plans STEP Student Tools for Emergency Planning Review EM Academic Programs FEMA outreach to HIEDs in R1 Connecting to other HIEDs & Private sector internships

16. Commander Steve Kelleher skelleher@maritime.edu 508-830-6485

17. FEMA-MMA Partnership • Internships • Access to preparedness professionals. • Students in our graduate program. • Adjunct Faculty teaching in our graduate program. • Grant writing assistance. • Utilizing our cadets for exercises and general public education (STEP).

18. HISTORY Although our undergraduate and graduate programs are new, we as an institution have been in the business of Emergency Management, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response, & Emergency Recovery for over 100 Years. Providing educated mariners for an industry that dates back to antiquity and capitalizing on a culture of preparedness that is inherent to the maritime industry. Lives, property and millions of dollars of customer cargo at stake! We are in the business of education. Each year, as a college we do something that is very dangerous! We go to sea with 500 cadets and travel to far off ports. The moment we sail out of Buzzards Bay we are on our own!

19. At Sea Hazards! Fire Rough Seas (Hurricanes) Engine Room Damage Control/Flooding Disease Man overboard Abandon ship Stowaways Oil Spills Pirates/Terrorism/Kidnapping Port Call with Cadets

20. MMA Cadets going on Liberty!

21. MMA Training Ship

23. MMA EM Program • We are not training our cadets to be first responders! • All hazard approach. • Industry specific training, not just the maritime industry with a focus on business continuity. • Understanding the threats are not just terrorism and hurricanes but also strikes, product tampering/recall, work place violence, power outage, supply chain disruption and corporate espionage/theft. • Critical business functions, business impact analysis, Hot sites, cold sites, RTOs etc. • The consequences of not being prepared, lost customers, angry shareholder, unions, legal action. • The importance of executive buy-in. • Partnerships/Internships.

24. Way Ahead • Further codification of HiEd Center of Excellence and next steps w ongoing dialogue w MMA • FEMA Region 1 FPC Designated Lead for PS Prep socialization • FEMA sponsored Training Exercise Program Workshop 2 December • (Tentative) December 9 PS Prep Public Session • Ongoing Commitment/collaboration (conferences, NERPC, STEP, CIKR) • More than a “partnership”