Presented for 2011 Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference by:

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1 Presented for 2011 Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference by: Dick J. Bower, MS,CEM, ACO Build./Fire Safety/Emerg. Mgmt. Dir. City of Gig Harbor, WA

2 Housekeeping Speaker intro.

3 BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH MULTI-AGENCY COLLABORATION San Francisco, 1906 unk.

4 Building Community Community: A body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests A body of persons of common and esp. professional interests scattered through a larger society. Merriam-Webster, (2001) Nauman, 2005

5 Resource Not Victim With a strategy in which residents of urban areas are trained in search and rescue, first aid, fire suppression, care and shelter, emergency communications, and disaster mental health, the community becomes a resource rather than a victim. Lichterman, J.D., (2000) N.I.H. Unknown, n.d.

6 Professional community Emergency management community Civic i community Resident community Business community

7 Possibilities Consider the possibilities of a disasterassistance system that relies instead on a network of partnerships p among cities and counties, supported by a sophisticated database of human and material resources for emergency response and recovery assets could be identified and local government response teams could be certified, trained, and deployed for all four phases of a disaster Robert O Neill, ICMA Exec. Dir. Nauman, 2005

8 To bring into proper order or relation, adjust so as to have harmonious action. Reactive Webster s New World College Dictionary (1996)

9 FEMA Says: Multiagency coordination is a process that allows all levels of government and all disciplines i to work together th more efficiently and effectively. FEMA Multiagency Coordination Systems, n.d.

10 Multi-agency coordination entity/center IS 701 NIMS Multiagency Coordination System Dispatch Centers Incident Command/Unified Command Jurisdictional EOC s MAC Groups Off-Scene EOC s and / or MAC groups Documents

11 To work together, esp. in some literary, artistic or scientific undertaking. Proactive Webster s New World College Dictionary (1996)

12 Broad, stakeholder base Continuum IS 288 The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management IS 650.a Building Partnerships with Tribal Governments

13 Collaborative Comm. Me embers SD CBC CC Incident Continuum CBR NSR NSR Normal Situation Resources CBR Collaboratively Built Resources SC Surge Demand CC Collaborative Capacity

14 Collaborativ ve Comm. SD C CR CBR Members Incident Continuum NSR Normal Situation Resources CBR Collaboratively Built Resources SD Surge Demand C Collaborative Capacity CR Coordinated Resources NSR

15 Efficient planning for 4 phases of EM Mutual Aid Resources Public Pi Private Partnerships Pre-established contracts Business continuity planning Neighborhood response Training/Exercise Communications

16 Mitigation planning Continuity planning Sustainable development Long-term partnerships Immediate recovery assistance Long term recovery planning

17 The New Emergency Management In discussing what may be called the new emergency management, it will be argued that the factors that contribute to its environment and the challenges that shape it require a broader, strategic, t and more proactive orientation for the emergency management profession. Robert Schneider, n.d. FEMA/UNC Nauman, 2005

18 Genesis of KPGHIMACC 2002 update to1995 regional plan Recognize existing relationships Update contacts NIMS compliance Public/Private/NGO Partnerships White, 2009

19 NIMS planning needs Collaboration important Mitigation workgroups Integrating partners Ongoing gap analysis White, 2009

20 Focusing Event Hanukkah Eve Storm 2006 Coordination of utility, first responder, and public works resources. Activating MACC improved efficiency of response and recovery efforts. NOAA,2006

21 Water Sewer Electric Phone Cell Phone Internet Gas Unknown, n.d.

22 Diverse Membership Government/First responders Utilities Schools Faith-based orgs Health care Dept. of Corrections NGO s Economic infrastructure

23 Government/First Responders Cities/Counties/State Emergency Mgmt. Public Works Building / Fire Safety Public Transit National/State Guard First Responders Local/County/ State Law Enforcement Fire/Rescue/EMS Transit/Port/Campus Police/Fire FEMA, 2005

24 Schools Public Schools Private Schools Child/Adult Daycare Higher Education Institutions Technical/Vocational Schools Bower, 2011

25 Faith-Based Organizations Salvation Army Latter-Day-Saints United Methodist Church Presbyterian Church Adventist Disaster Response Peninsula Communities of Faith Thurston Co. Faith Communities Disaster Preparedness /em/faith/faith.asp Nauman, 2005

26 Health Care Hospitals Urgent Care Assisted Living Public Health Mental Health Clinics/Private providers Bower, 2011

27 Red Cross PEP-C Community Emergency Response Teams ARES/RACES Service Clubs CAP, Scouts, Safe Streets, etc.

28 Local businesses Small Business Admin. Chamber of Commerce Industry Major retailers Transportation Port of Tacoma, n.d.

29 CERT Homeowners Associations Garden Clubs Other? Nauman, 2011

30 Collaboration Builds Community Emergency management Inter-agency Responders/providers Neighbors Nauman, 2005

31 Statewide summit 2010 Diverse participation Dialogue and relationship building Two mutual aid bills in 2011 Rogers, 2010

32 Gig Harbor Key Peninsula Fox Island Raft Island Tacoma Puyallup Pierce Co. White, 2009

33 Monthly collaboration meetings Joint training/exercises Earthquake Exercise Portal Training ICS Active shooter

34 Community Outreach High risk population planning workshop kh Chapel Hill Emergency Preparedness Fair PEP-C/GH Map Your Neighborhood Pierce Co. PC-Net Nauman, 2010

35 Multi-Agency Collaboration Builds capacity Builds resilience Builds relationships Builds community Nauman, 2005

36 Thank You Questions For More Information Contact: Dick J. Bower, MS,CEM,ACO Bower Associates 7188 Parkstone Ln. SW Port Orchard, WA Nauman, 2005

37 FEMA (n.d.) Multiagency Coordination Systems. Retrieved February 20, 2011 from: Schneider, R., (n.d.). A strategic overview of the new emergency management. UNC Pembroke. Washington DC: FEMA. Retrieved February 22, 2011 from : Parker, K. (2008). Local government resources and emergencies. Homeland Security: Best Practices for Local Government (Kemp, R. ed., 2010) Washington D.C.: ICMA Press. Lichterman, J. (2000). A community as resource strategy for disaster response. Retrieved February 20, 2011 from:

38 Bower, Dick. Bower Associates. Port Orchard, WA. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Washington, DC. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Washington D.C. Nauman, Marvin. High Sierra Productions. Gig Harbor, WA White, Jonathan. Peninsula Light Company. Gig Harbor, WA.