National Mutual Aid and Resource Management Initiative

1. National Mutual Aid and Resource Management Initiative National NDMS Conference, Dallas Texas April 19, 2004

2. Initiative Vision • To assist emergency managers and first responders in locating resources to enhance their response to emergencies. • To develop an efficient mechanism that will allow officials to: • Know what resources are available; • Request and track resources; and, • Take receipt of resources provided to them. • An integral component of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). • System operational by 2005.

3. Initiative Components • Mutual Aid: Fostering Interstate and Intrastate Mutual Aid Agreements • Resource Typing: Typing Local, State, and Federal Emergency Response Assets Critical to Mutual Aid • Automated Resource Management System (ARMS): Developing a secure system to store data on local, State, and Federal resources. • Credentialing: Establishing a Nationwide System of Credentialing

4. Mutual Aid • FEMA’s mutual aid project will enhance the ability of first responders to help other jurisdictions during times of disaster. • This project will create a national system that will build on existing strengths between jurisdictions– local-to-local, local-to-State, State-to-State, and State-to-Federal. • FEMA Seeks to Foster Interstate and Intrastate Mutual Aid Agreements by: • Supporting Existing Mutual Aid Efforts with NEMA. • Providing Funding Enhancements to EMAC. • Developing and Promoting a Model Intrastate Mutual Aid Agreement. • Enhancing the EMAC On-Line System. • Supporting the Development of an EMAC Training Program.

5. Resource Typing • FEMA Seeks to Type Local, State, and Federal Emergency Response Assets Critical to Mutual Aid by: • Developing an efficient mechanism that will allow officials and first responders to: • Know what resources are available • Request and monitor resources • Take receipt of resources provided to them • Developing Protocols and Procedures for Resource Typing. • Identifying Key Issues and Outline Recommendations for Resolution. • Conducting a National Inventory of Response Assets. • Developing and Implementing an Automated Resource Management System.

6. Health & Medical Law Enforcement Public Works Search & Rescue Resource Typing: Process Overview • Number of Critical Stakeholders Consulted for Input • Working Groups Formed Encompassing a Broad Range of Disciplines: • Animal Health • Emergency Management • Emergency Medical Services • Fire/Hazmat

7. Resource Typing: Process Overview • Consulting with Stakeholders and Disciplines Throughout the Process, FEMA is: • Addressing Resource Management Topics. • Developing a Standard Resource Typing Methodology. • Formalizing Resource Typing Categories and Descriptions. • Typing Key Local, State, and Federal Emergency Response Assets. • Developing Guidance for Conducting a National Inventory. • Conducting System Requirements Analysis for an Automated Resource Management System (ARMS).

8. Determine Disciplines • Fire • Law Enforcement • EMS • Health & Medical • Search & Rescue • HazMat • Animal Health • Public Works • Emergency Management • Task B: Implement the Process • Consult with Stakeholders • Define Resources • Category • Kind • Components • Metrics • Type Resources • Type I • Type II • Type III • Type IV • Other Resource Typing Methodology • Task A: Identify Resources • Identify Categories • Determine Disciplines • Identify Preliminary Resources • Define Process for Resource Typing Task C: Review, Evaluate, and Enhance the Process

9. Resource Typing Process: Template • Resource: Resources consist of personnel, teams, and major items of equipment available for assignment to incidents. • Category: Comprised of 12 ESFs and 5 additional categories. • Kind: Kind refers to the broad category of like resources, such as teams, personnel, equipment, supplies, vehicles, and aircraft • Component: Resources can be comprised of multiple components. • Metric: Metrics provide a standard of measurement. • Type: Type refers to the level of resource capability.

10. Resource Typing Example

11. Challenges to Initiative • Some resource typing efforts are underway but they are not coordinated nationally • Resource definitions (to include components and capabilities) are not standardized • Development of a National inventory of resources • Pre-Incident Credentialing processes • Developing a comprehensive system at the national level to integrate and coordinate local, state, and federal systems and efforts

12. Status: Mutual Aid • Accomplishments • NEMA received grant from FEMA in 2003 • Full-time EMAC Coordinator hired • Developed Model Intrastate mutual aid agreement • Draft released: March 2004 • www.emacweb.org • Underway • Development of EMAC Field Operations Training Course in collaboration with EMI • To be piloted: May 2004 (in Oregon) • To be completed: September 2004

13. Status: Resource Typing • Accomplishments • Developed resource typing template and guidance • Identified discipline specific groups and leads • Survey of state level resource typing efforts • Compiled a glossary of response assets, to include detailed annex of federal response assets • Initial glossary completed: December 2003 • http://www.fema.gov/preparedness/mutual_aid.shtm • Typed preliminary list of resources • Initial 60 typed resources completed: January 2004 • Underway • Type expanded list of resources • 120 resources to be completed: September 2004

14. Status: Resource Inventory • Accomplished • Draft resource inventory form and instructions developed • State-level resource inventory process outlined • Pilot program completed in 7 states with NEMA • AL, CO, DC, IA, MA, MT, NH • Approximately 18 typed resources to inventory • Purpose • Receive feedback on inventory process • Obtain data to assist in the identification of the automated system • Receive feedback on resource typing efforts • Next Steps • Update inventory guidance based on pilot and ARMS requirements

15. Status: ARMS • Accomplished • Resource requirements identified • System requirements analysis conducted • Underway • Develop a data collection and field survey plan • Develop standardized “key asset” inventory guidance forms • Next Steps • Pilot system • To be completed July 2004

16. Credentialing • Specifies and standardizes the roles and responsibilities of those first responders operating in a disaster. • Ensures that personnel responding to an incident have been properly trained and qualified to operate in those positions. • Provides uniform certification programs allowing first responders to provide mutual aid nationwide.

17. Credentialing • FEMA Seeks to Establish a Nationwide System of Credentialing by: • As prescribed by NIMS, developing a “a documentation and database system related to qualification, certification, and credentialing of incident management personnel and organizations”. • Specifying and standardizing the roles and responsibilities of those first responders operating in a disaster. • Ensuring that personnel responding to an incident have been properly trained and qualified to operate in those positions. • Providing uniform certification programs that allow first responders to provide mutual aid nationwide. • Ensuring the proper identification of first responder personnel. • Working with existing State or discipline-specific credentialing bodies toward national recognition for multi-jurisdictional response under mutual aid agreements. • Draft concept paper for a credentialing system is currently out for comment by DHS.

18. Next Steps • Developing an Action Plan for Implementing Resource Typing at the Local and State Level. • Ensuring Consistency with the National Mutual Aid and Resource Typing Working Group, NIMS, and the NIMS Integration Center. • Reaching Out to State and Local Officials and First Responders for Input and Feedback on this Process. • To provide feedback, contact: Gil Jamieson Lavoyed Hudgins Tanya Bathiche (202) 646-4090 (859) 224-8217 (703) 383-4568 Gil.Jamieson@dhs.govlhudgins@csg.orgtbathiche@titan.com