Emergency Management Roles and Responsibilities
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- 2023 01 18 A30326 D247869 Wa Military Department Emegency Management Roles And Respons
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A slide briefing on Washington Military Department emergency management roles and responsibilities, presented to the House Innovation, Community & Economic Development, and Veterans Committee on January 18, 2023 by Robert Ezelle, Director of the Emergency Management Division. The slides describe the division's mission, its duties under RCW 38.52, its organization and programs, and the state's role in disaster response and federal recovery assistance. They report state recovery funds, including a $5 million governor's emergency assistance fund and a $7.5 million legislative appropriation, and list current activations since 2020, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The briefing states that Washington has had 194 Federal Declarations since 1956 and closes with short- and long-term issues and $3,666,530 available under the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program.
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Washington Military Department
Emergency Management Roles and Responsibilities
Briefing to the House Innovation, Community &
Economic Development, and Veterans Committee
January 18, 2023
Robert Ezelle
Director, Emergency Management Division
Washington Military Department
EMD Vision
A disaster ready and resilient Washington State.
EMD Mission
EMD leads and coordinates mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery in
Washington State to minimize the impact of disasters and emergencies on the
people, property, environment and economy. 2
RCW 38.52
• The department shall administer the comprehensive emergency
management program of the state of Washington as provided for in
this chapter.
• The director, subject to the direction and control of the Governor,
shall be responsible to the governor for carrying out the program
for emergency management of this state.
• The director shall coordinate the activities of all organizations for
emergency management within the state, and shall maintain liaison
with and cooperate with emergency management agencies and
organizations of other states and of the federal government
• The director shall develop and maintain a comprehensive, all-
hazard emergency plan for the state
Director
The Emergency
Administrative Support Assistant Director Management
Division
Budget Grants How it’s organized….
Infrastructure
Operations 911
& Cybersecurity
• EM Cyber • Response Section (AWC, SEOC, logistics) • 911 Technical Branch
• Private Sector • Preparedness Section (Outreach/Geologic • 911 Customer Service
• Critical Infrastructure Hazards, Planning, Exercises, Training) Section
• Mitigation and Recovery Section
(Mitigation, Human Services, Public
Assistance)
4
Essential Programmatic Activities
• Alert and Warning Center • Support of the statewide 911 System
• State Emergency Operations Center • Appliance and Human Services grants
• Individual/Public Assistance (post disaster)
• Comprehensive Emergency Management
Planning – technical assistance to local EMs • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (post
disaster)
• State Exercise and Training Program (includes
EOC Training) • Building Resilient Infrastructure and
Communities (BRIC) Grant Program
• Stakeholder Preparedness Review
• Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant
• Cybersecurity/Critical Infrastructure
• Homeland Security/Emergency Preparedness
• Public Education, Public Information
Grants Management
• Geologic Hazards Program
• HAZMAT Grant Program
• Search and Rescue (SAR) Program
• State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
Approx $3 billion, 1,000+ contracts
5
NIMS/ICS Across All Levels of Government
Joint Field Office
with Unified Coordination Group
Off-scene Coordination
Mutual Aid:
EMAC, PNEMA
Requests and Information
State Emergency Operations Center
and elected officials
Resources Mutual Aid:
WAMAS
City/County Emergency Operations Center
and elected Officials
On-scene Command Delegation of Authority
Mutual Aid:
Incident Command Post with LE, Fire, EMS
Incident Command/Unified Command/
Type III, II, or I Incident Management Team
6
State Role in Disaster
• The State EOC coordinates the resources and activities of state
government, voluntary organizations, and the private sector in
support of local and tribal jurisdictions responding to incidents
and disasters
• When federal help is required EMD drafts the request for
assistance and partners with FEMA to manage the assistance
provided to the state
• EMD facilitates establishment of a structure/process to manage
long term recovery
7
State Recovery Assistance FY 21-23 BIEN
• Governor’s emergency assistance fund
– $5 million (replenished in CY22 session)
• $7.5 million CY22 legislative appropriation for disaster assistance
8
Federal Recovery Assistance
• Major Disaster Declaration for any natural catastrophe, or
regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion, in which the
President determines has caused damage of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant federal disaster assistance to alleviate the
damage, loss, hardship, or suffering.
• Federal assistance is supplementary to the efforts and available
resources of States, local governments, and relief organizations.
– Public Assistance (PA)
– Individual Assistance (IA)
– Small Business Administration (SBA)
9
Legislature’s Role in Disaster
• Authorizing and appropriating
– Emergency management programs
– Response and recovery activities
• Preparedness and mitigation advocacy
• Communications conduit between emergency management and
the community during disasters
10
National Disaster Landscape
• 1956-1980
– 3 Billion-dollar disasters annually in 1980 (1 every 120 days)
– Acute crisis framework
– Advent of NIMS/ICS
• 1980-Today
– Exponential disaster growth
– 18 Billion-dollar disasters annually (1 every 20 days)
– Polycrisis
– Chronic disaster environment supported by an acute disaster framework
• 2030
– 20 Billion-dollar disasters annually (1 every 12 days)
Washington State Hazard Profile
Natural Hazards Human-Induced Hazards
1. Avalanche 1. Agricultural Disease Outbreak
2. Coastal Hazards 2. Dam Failure
3. Drought 3. Pandemic/Epidemic
4. Earthquake 4. Terrorism
5. Flood 5. Hazardous Materials
6. Landslide 6. Cyber Incident
7. Severe Weather 7. Radiological Incident
8. Tsunami
9. Volcano
10. Wildfire
12
Current Activation (3 Years)
• Jan-Feb 2020 Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides
• Jan 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic
• Sept 2020 Wildfires and Straight-line Winds
• Dec 2020-Jan 2021 Severe Winter Storm, Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
• Nov 2021 Flooding and Landslides
• Dec 2021-Jan 2022 Severe Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding
• European Green Crab
• Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
• Mpox
• Nov 2022 Severe Storms and Flooding (Major Disaster Declaration Requested)
• Flu and respiratory virus
Washington’s Recent Disaster Experience
2023 Federal Declarations 2019 Federal Declarations 2014 Federal Declarations
1 Major Disaster (Nov 2022 Flooding 1 Major Disaster (Severe Winter Storms, 2 Major Disasters (SR530
and Mudslides) Flooding, Landslides, and Tornado) Landslide/Central Washington
0 Fire Management Assistance Grants 2018 Federal Declarations Firestorm)
2022 Federal Declarations 8 Fire Management Assistance Grants
9 Fire Management Assistance Grants
2 Major Disasters (Nov 2021 Flooding 2017 Federal Declarations 2013 Federal Declarations
and Mudslides, Jan 22 Winter Storms) 3 Fire Management Assistance Grants
1 Major Disaster (Severe Winter Storms,
3 Fire Management Assistance Grants Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides)
2021 Federal Declarations 3 Fire Management Assistance Grants
2 Major Disasters (Sept 2020 Wildfires, 2016 Federal Declarations FMAG Totals: 60
Dec 20-Jan 21 Winter Storms)
4 Fire Management Assistance Grants Major Disaster Declarations:
8 Fire Management Assistance Grants
2015 Federal Declarations
2020 Federal Declarations Fire 3
4 Major Disasters (Historic Fires; Windstorm 1
2 Major Disasters (Jan Severe Storms, Windstorm; Nov Severe Storm; Dec
Pandemic) Severe Storm) Winter Storms/Flooding 9
10 Fire Management Assistance Grants 12 Fire Management Assistance Grants Landslide 1
Pandemic 1
Total 15
Washington’s Disasters Over Time
Since 1956 – 194 Federal Declarations
• 63 Major Disasters
• 9 Emergency Declarations
• 122 Federal Fire Suppression/Management
Declarations
Washington ranks as the fourth most disaster-prone state in the U.S.A
Caveat: In the last ten years, we’re number two
15 15
Disaster Growth
FMAG Declarations by Decade Total Declarations by Decade
70 58 90
60
50
40 33 80 77
30
20 16
11
10 1 1 2 70
0
60
50
42
Disaster Declarations by Decade 40
15 14
12 30 28
10 9
8 8
5 20 16
5 4 12 11
10
5
0
0
1961-1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000 2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030
16
Acres Burned Since 2002
1,200,000
> 400,000 Acres
1,000,000
> 200,000 Acres
800,000
> 100,000 Acres
< 100,000 Acres
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
(Source: NIFC) Average 2003-2012: 166,211 Average 2013-2022: 467,535
Polycrisis in WA
Compounding
Disasters
Polycrisis in WA
Compounding
PA Recovery
Projects
Short Term Issues
• Increased disaster load due to climate change
• Lack of state programs to assist individuals and communities
impacted by disasters
– Individual assistance
– Public assistance
• Enabling access to mitigation grants for small and impoverished
communities
• Direct support to local emergency management during disasters
• Reauthorization of match for State and Local Cybersecurity Grant
Program
Long Term Focus
• Resiliency of critical infrastructure
• Preparedness for a catastrophic event
• Continuity of operations and continuity of government planning
• Aging/inadequate emergency communications infrastructure
• Statewide emergency management capacity and resourcing
State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
• Notice of funding opportunity September 16
• $3,666,530 available to Washington State
– 4-year performance period (12/1/2022-11/30/2026)
– 10 percent match required first year of grant (increases for subsequent awards)
– 80 percent pass through to local jurisdictions
– 25 percent to rural jurisdictions
• Application submitted by 15 Nov deadline
• Award pending development of required cybersecurity plan
– Anticipated completion 6/2023
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