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Georgia Agricultural and Food Defense and Local Emergency Management

Georgia Agricultural and Food Defense and Local Emergency Management. Don Hamilton Dr. Bill Thomas Dr. Paul Williams William Wright. Agenda. State Homeland Security Grant Program State Agriculture Response Team ESF 11 and changes Updating local ESF 11 Developing Animal Disaster Plans.

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Georgia Agricultural and Food Defense and Local Emergency Management

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  1. Georgia Agricultural and Food Defenseand Local Emergency Management Don Hamilton Dr. Bill Thomas Dr. Paul Williams William Wright

  2. Agenda • State Homeland Security Grant Program • State Agriculture Response Team • ESF 11 and changes • Updating local ESF 11 • Developing Animal Disaster Plans

  3. SHSP Grant • All agriculture programming funds are local • MOU with ACCG • Deliverables • Local planning templates • Planning support through exercises • Risk assessment of agriculture & food • Building capacity • Training • Equipment

  4. SART • State Agricultural Response Team • One Type III team in state • Responsibilities • Foreign animal disease • Foreign plant disease • Food incidents • Natural disasters • Support to agriculture • Emergency food and food stamps • Companion animals

  5. What to Expect • SART will manage foreign animal disease • High Path Avian Influenza • Foot & Mouth Disease • Could be mobilized by GEMA for any incident • Requires local EOC to stand up • Possible Unified CMD (local’s call) • Need support of local resources

  6. Euthanize Unique Components to Agricultural Disease Events at a Glance Decontamination Disposal Protestors Quarantine Enforcement Quarantine Media

  7. Food & Water

  8. Vector Control

  9. Security

  10. Surveillance

  11. Transportation

  12. DECON

  13. Mobile CMD Post

  14. Disposal

  15. Crowd Control

  16. SART Strike Teams • Specialized Strike Teams for Type III & IV incidents • Farm & Food Animals • Food • Companion animals • Requested through EOC • Fall in under OPS Section of your IC

  17. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 • To prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies, the United States Government shall establish a single, comprehensive approach to domestic incident management. The objective of the United States Government is to ensure that all levels of government across the Nation have the capability to work efficiently and effectively together, using a national approach to domestic incident management

  18. ESF 11 • Food Assistance • Food Stamps • Emergency Food & Water • Animal & Plant Diseases • Food Safety • Natural Resources & Historic Places • Companion Animal Sheltering

  19. PETS EVACUATION and TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS ACT (PETS) • 358 M pets, 63% of households • Katrina showed 61% of people with pets did not evacuate • Companion animals not included in plans • Limited number of pet friendly shelters

  20. PETS Act • Require local and state emergency preparedness authorities include plans for pets and service animals in their disaster plans; • FEMA has authority to assist in developing disaster plans to accommodate people with pets and service animals; • Authorizing federal funds to help create pet-friendly emergency shelter facilities; and • Allowing FEMA to provide assistance for individuals with pets and service animals, and the animals themselves, following a major disaster.

  21. Types of Shelters • Pre Impact/ Evacuation Shelters (Pet Friendly) • 72 Hours • Associated with Red Cross Shelters • Have to consider Special Needs • Limited Size 100-150 pets • Rescue Shelters • Post Impact • Large scale (400+) • Last up to one month

  22. Types of Shelters • Hurricane Impact Counties • Sheltering in place • Host Counties • Far enough in to not be victims • Pre-impact shelter could turn into longer term shelter • Local Disasters • Tornadoes • Floods • Ice/Snow • Terrorism

  23. Step by Step • Assistance available for local planning through the HSEEP exercise process: • Review/revise agriculture part of LEOP as needed • Develop/revise animals in disaster plan • Validate plan with table top exercise • Assistance available for animal shelter volunteer training

  24. Peach County • EMA Director, Jeff Doles, contacted • Initial planning meeting set • Doles set meeting of key players • UGA works with Peach contacts to develop their plan (60 days) • Plan validated with table top (+90) • Parts of plan revised if necessary

  25. Peach County • Based on plan & situation • Assistance in organizing CART • Training for volunteers • Training for shelter managers (when developed)

  26. Planning DecisionsforAnimal Shelters

  27. Who will manage?

  28. What animals?

  29. Where?

  30. What care to provide?

  31. How to Dispose?

  32. Hall County • ESF 11 divided into functions • Animal Control is Animal Disaster Manager • CERT • XX people trained • CART • Work under animal control • Vet as leader/planner • XX people recruited

  33. Hall Issues • Approval by County Commission • Buy-In by animal control • Training volunteers • Equipment

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