Emergency Operations Centers: Preparing for Disasters in Michigan

1. EOC OPERATIONS: Preparing for Emergencies and Disasters Michigan Townships Association January 25, 2007 Daniel Sibo Emergency Management & Homeland Security Division Michigan Department of State Police

2. EOC OPERATIONS • Introduction • Purpose • Presentation Material • Emergency Operations Centers • Michigan’s Emergency Management System • Your Role • Q’s & A’s

3. Do you need an EOC? • Maybe • You do need to know what an EOC is. • You do need to know your local Emergency Management Coordinator. • You do need to know what to do if your jurisdiction is affected by a disaster. • You do need to know Damage Assessment.

4. Preparing for Disasters • Training Classes- live and on-line are offered by the EMHSD and local Emergency Management Programs. • Preparing now will help you respond better.

5. EOC OPERATIONS • What is an Emergency Operations Center? (EOC) • Facility & Concept • People • Equipment • Plans and Procedures • Training & Drills

6. EOC OPERATIONS What does an Emergency Operations Center do? Direction and Control Communications Public Information- media relations Damage Assessment Resource Management Recovery

7. EOC Operations • Interrelationships in a Disaster • Who’s talking to who? • Resource requests • Who’s asking for what? • Disaster Declarations • Who declares and what does it get you? • The Media • Joint Information Center (JIC)

8. EOC Operations • Single Point of Contact at each level • Effective Communications • 21 questions • Documentation! Documentation! Documentation! • It will help you get “free money” • Be realistic • This isn’t CSI

9. EOC Operations • Operational Phases • Monitoring • Activation & Notification • Response Operations (partial or full) • Recovery • Demobilization (Debriefing/Close Out)

10. Location of the EOC • In existing government buildings • Away from hazardous facilities • Below ground • Accessible to traffic • Protected from typical threats (Tornadoes) 6

12. SEOC During Katrina

13. SEOC During Katrina

14. Michigan’s Emergency Management System • Public Act 390 creates the legal basis for Emergency Management in Michigan • Establishes responsibilities • Requires Plans • Requires or enables local Emergency Management Programs and Coordinators • Creates the framework

15. Michigan’s Emergency Management System • Local – State - Federal response sequence and process • All types of disasters or emergencies • Covers all phases

16. Michigan’s Emergency Management System • Local State of Emergency • Governor’s State of Emergency • Governor’s State of Disaster • Federal Disaster Declaration

17. State Districts

18. Michigan’s Emergency Management System • Local EMC is your first line of contact. • State EMHSD District Coordinators are our first line of contact the Local EMC’s on a daily basis and during emergencies or disasters. • Works for all types and sizes of disasters.

19. Who Is Required to Have an Emergency Management Program? • Public Act 390 • Counties - shall • Municipalities over 25,000 population - shall • Municipalities over 10,000 population - may • Colleges or Universities over 25,000 - shall

20. Local Emergency Management Coordinators • All Counties and Municipalities with a population of over 25,000 have an EMC. • EMHSD Website maintains a contact list of Local EMCs.

21. Local EMC Contact List

25. Your Role • Prepare for emergencies or disasters • Damage Assessment • Decision Making and problem solving • Recovery operations • Media relations • Mitigation

26. Your Role • Damage Assessment- key function • Obtain information on the emergency • Facilitate effective decision making • Enable public to quickly and accurately informed • Aid in prioritization of resources • Develop assistance requests

27. State Web Page • EMHSD Web Pagehttp://www.michigan.gov/emhsd

28. Questions?

29. Thank You • Daniel Sibo • Sibod@michigan.gov • http://www.michigan.gov/emhsd