CBRN and WMD Response: A Whole Community Approach The Role of FEMA - AUSA Conference

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CBRN and WMD Response: A Whole
      Community Approach
       The Role of FEMA
           October 15, 2014

Mission Frameworks & FIOPS

 The National Planning Frameworks                The FIOPs are the Federal
  outline how we will deliver what is              government’s concept of operations
  needed to achieve the National                   plans to execute the Frameworks. The
  Preparedness Goal. The Frameworks:               FIOPs contain:
   Summarize roles and responsibilities            An approach to integrating and synchronizing
   Cover core capabilities                          federal capabilities
   Define coordinating structures                  Description of critical tasks and
   Describe the relationships between mission       responsibilities
    areas                                           Specific provisions for the rapid integration of
   Provide ideas for applying the Frameworks        resources & personnel
                                                    Supersede existing incident annexes to the
                                                     National Response Framework (2007)

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DOD – FEMA Planning Integration
NORTHCOM Deputy J-55 (Plans Integration): A new FEMA detail began this summer at
    NORAD/NORTHCOM to:
       Enhance NORTHCOM integration with Regional federal interagency planning
       Coordinate and standardize NORTHCOM Playbook development in support of federal regional
         plans
NORTHCOM Playbooks (a.k.a. annexes to CONPLAN 3500): Playbooks are based on existing
    Regional incident annexes pursuant to FEMA’s 5-year planning schedule.
       The first are based on the Region IX Southern California Earthquake Plan and Region X Alaska
         Annex
       Upcoming Playbooks will address a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, an IND response in
         the National Capital Region, and a New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquake
National Planning Integration Team (NPIT): Employed at least twice per Playbook engagement
    between FEMA and DoD component planners to ensure planning assumptions, factors, and concepts
    are nested with the regional federal interagency plan.
Crisis Action Planning: NORTHCOM is now accustomed to deploying an adjustable mix of planners to
    FEMA to enable incident support efforts at the National Response Coordination Center.
“Maximum of Maximums”: All incidents – regardless of size or scope – are managed pursuant to the
    National Response Framework, and Federal Interagency Operations Plan (FIOP) for Response and
    Regional interagency plans to address the ‘maximum of maximum’ planning factors

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Alignment of Response Planning Efforts

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Ensuring Unique Capabilities
 FEMA is required to develop and implement a risk-informed all-hazards strategy for
preparedness…while also building unique capabilities necessary to respond to specific
      types of incidents that pose the greatest risk to our Nation. (6 U.S.C. 313)
           Strategies define unique capability requirements for
            Response and Recovery from CBRN incidents, as well as
            identification of priority gap areas to inform future
            priorities and investments.
           Planning Guidance to inform the employment of unique
            response and recovery strategies during CBRN incidents
            to improve operational outcomes to save and sustain lives.

            Operations Guidance to inform the unique application of
             traditional and unique capabilities during CBRN incidents to
             maximize the effectiveness of those capabilities within the
             context of larger National response strategies
             FEMA doctrine organizes incident management and
              support efforts around common principles and common
              operational design and conduct. Preserving the principles of
              NIMS and ICS, FEMA produces authoritative operational
              guidance operational guidance to support the conduct of
              disaster operations.
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FEMA CBRNE Capabilities
   Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center
   (IMAAC): An interagency center responsible for production,
   coordination, and dissemination of Federal consequence
   predictions for an airborne hazardous material release. Managed
   by DHS, other Federal partners include DOE, DOD, DOC
   (NOAA), EPA, NASA, and NRC.

   Nuclear Incident Response Team (NIRT): Specialized radiological
   response teams managed day-to-day by the DOE/National Nuclear
   Security Administration (NNSA) and the EPA. Operationally controlled
   by FEMA when activated to provide expert technical advice and support
   in disaster response operations and other needs involving nuclear
   weapons incidents, and radiological incidents.

   Domestic Emergency Support Team (DEST): A rapidly deployable
   interagency team of experts from FEMA, DOE, HHS, EPA, FBI and DoD
   to provide support to the FBI in response to a credible threat or incident.
   FEMA is responsible for program management of the DEST as well co-
   leading the team with FBI when deployed to coordinate pre-incident
   consequence management activities.

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Exercise Coordination Opportunities
Build mutual comprehensive situational awareness of all exercise requirements across
   FEMA and NORTHCOM components
Synchronize exercise schedules to leverage events to address priorities of mutual interest
Propose and shape exercise objectives, design, and location based on:
      Plans ready for validation
      New Policies (e.g., PPD-25), processes, and doctrine
      Regions, States, and cities already engaged in topic

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Exercise Alignment Opportunities

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