Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Defense Support to Civil Authorities

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• Agenda

• Civil Support Missions
• Immediate Response
• Request for Assistance Process
• Unity of Effort
• National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
• Historical DoD Support to Firefighting
• NIFC Request for Assistance Process
• DoD Firefighting Capabilities
• The Economy Act
• Status and Use of the National Guard (Title 32
  United States Code
• Way Ahead

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• Civil Support Missions

• Hurricane/Typhoon
• Fire
• Volcanic Eruption
• Landslide
• Earthquake
• Flood
• Tsunami/Tidal Wave
• Meteor Impact
• Tornado
• Snowstorm
• Drought

• Chemical Incident
• Biological Incident
• Radiological Incident
• Explosion
• Oil Spill
• Space Debris Impact
• Epidemic
• Animal Disease
• Postal Work Stoppage
• Insurrection
• Civil Disturbance
• Mass Immigration

• CBRN Training
• Laboratory Support
• Medical Support
• Special Events
• Civil Works Projects
• Counter Drug Operations
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Continuity of Operations
• Counter Terrorism
• State Funerals

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• Immediate Response Criteria

• Save Lives

Local Military Commanders or Responsible
Officials of DoD Agencies May Take Necessary
Action to

• Prevent Human Suffering

• Mitigate Great Property Damage

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Emergency Support Functions
Transportation Department of Transportation Commun
ications National Communications System Public
Works and Engineering Department of Defense/U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Firefighting Department
of Agriculture/Forest Service Information and
Planning Federal Emergency Management Agency Mass
Care American Red Cross
Resource Support General Services
Administration Health and Medical
Services Department of Health and Human
Services Urban Search and Rescue Federal
Emergency Management Agency Hazardous
Materials Environmental Protection
Agency Food Department of Agriculture/Food and
Nutrition Service Energy Department of Energy
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• NIFC Overview

The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in
Boise, ID is the nations support center for
wildland firefighting

• NIFC is a place, not an organization
• Home to seven federal agencies
• All work cooperatively to support firefighting
  efforts across the nation
• Does not fight fires makes sure firefighters
  have what they need to be successful

• NIFC can set-up a support network for 10,000
  firefighters in _at_ 24 hours
• Support is no cost to communities
• Home to largest cache of hand-held radios in the
  country

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Governor
IC
State Adjutant General
IC
IC
RFA
Incident Commanders (Civilian _at_ Each Fire)
National Interagency Coordination Center
State Coordinating Officer
Request For Assistance
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• Defense Support to Wildland Firefighting in 2003

• Southern California Fires
• Eight Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems
  (MAFFS) - equipped C-130 aircraft
• Six Marine Corps helicopters
• Four Navy Reserve helicopters
• Eight CA NG helicopters
• Two OR NG helicopters
• Over 280 NG troops were deployed One Liaison
  Officer at NIFC Headquarters, Boise, ID
• One Defense Coordinating Officer with Defense
  Coordinating Element, Pasadena, CA
• March Air Reserve Base as FEMA mobilization
  center
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers support

• Montana Fires (August)
• One Army battalion with medical evacuation
  helicopter detachment in support of
• One Defense Coordinating Officer with Defense
  Coordinating Element

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• Recent History of Defense Support to Wildland
  Firefighting

• 2002
• One Army battalion
• Eight Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
  C-130 airplanes converted to tankers
• 2001
• Two Army battalions
• Eight Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
  C-130 airplanes converted to tankers
• 2000
• Four Army and one Marine Corps battalions
• 1996
• One Army battalion and one Marine Corps battalion
• Eight Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
  C-130 airplanes converted to tankers
• 1994
• Five Army battalions and two Marine Corps
  battalions
• Eight Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
  C-130 airplanes converted to tankers

• 1990
• Four Army battalions
• Eight Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
  C-130 airplanes converted to tankers
• 1989
• Four Army battalions
• 19 helicopters
• Eight Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
  C-130 airplanes converted to tankers
• 1988
• Six Army battalions and two Marine Corps
  battalions
• 57 helicopters, including two OV-10 Mohawks with
  infrared scanners
• Eight Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
  C-130 airplanes converted to tankers

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• DoD Capabilities

• Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System
  (MAFFS)
• 8 C-130 MAFFS Equipped Aircraft
• 186 Aircrew and 14 Support personnel

146 AW (ANG) Channels Island,CA 2 MAFFS 10
CREWS
302 AW (USAFR) Colorado Springs,CO 2 MAFFS 10
CREWS
153 AW (ANG) Cheyenne,WY 2 MAFFS 10 CREWS
145 AW (ANG) Charlotte,NC 2 MAFFS 10 CREWS

• 145th AW NCANG, 146th AW CAANG, 153rd AW WYANG,
  and the 302nd AW AFRCS conduct for annual NIFC
  training, crew and air frame certification.
• Units deploy to Boise, ID for 5-7 day MAFFS
  training/certification. Joint training with U.S.
  Forest Service.
• Certified units return to home station. Crews
  are certified as Low Level Air Drop Crews.
• Home station launch within 24 hrs will normally
  be required upon receipt of orders.
• Units do mobilize for DOD missions in U.S. and
  overseas.

• Airframe/crews are provided by DOD
• MAFF units are Forest Service assets
• 3,000 gallon capacity

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• DoD Capabilities

• Helicopters
• Army
• UH-1, UH-60, CH-47
• USMC
• UH-60, CH46, CH-53
• USN
• UH-60, CH46, CH-53

• Only Army A/C have radios installed for use
  w/NIFC
• Like MAFF A/C and crews, Helos must be NIFC
  certified
• Annual certification 2 day training (ground
  school/air drops)
• Helo managers (agency fire expert) in every A/C
  during
• support missions
• A/C utilize Bambi buckets for water haul
• UH-1 420 gals, UH-60 660 gals, CH-46 1320
  gals,
• CH-47/53 2600 gals capacity

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• DoD Capabilities

• Battalion size Task Force of 560 persons
• 25 teams (20 soldiers/marines per team)
• Staff /Support Staff of 60 persons
• Medical Air Ambulance

• Battalion receives warning order.
• NIFC Gathers Together Training Cadre. (D1)
• Battalion prepares classrooms and equipment for
  training with NIFC.
• NIFC trainers deploy to designated
  installation. Conduct home station training and
  issues Personal Protective Equipment. (D3)
• Battalion marries up with NIFC trainers and is
  issued NIFC WFF equipment and receives
  specialized WFF training. (D3)
• NIFC Transports Designated Unit to Site. (D5)
• Battalion arrives at NIFC base camp and sets up
  WFF operations.
• NIFC Conducts onsite hands on training. (D6)
• NIFC Trained DoD Assets are deployed to actual
  fire fighting duties providing support to LFA.
  (D7)

• Soldiers not specifically trained to fight
  fires
• (additional mission)
• Strong/young and organized
• Trained/equipped/certified Type 2 firefighter
  

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• DoD Capabilities

Other Resources Employed in support of NIFC for
Wildland Firefighting

• Geospatial Imagery
• Remote Weather Forecasting
• Contracting Services
• Base Camp Life Support
• Transportation
• Maintenance
• Medical

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31 USC 1535 (The Economy Act)

• Authorizes Federal Agencies to provide
  supplies, equipment and material on a
  reimbursable basis to other Federal Agencies.
• NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT to Exhaust Other Sources.
• But the requesting organization must determine
  that the supplies or services cannot be obtained
  as conveniently or economically by contracting
  directly with a private source.

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The Status and Use of the National Guard

• Duel - Mission
• Non- Federal Status (State Active Duty)
• Federal Status
• Title 10, United States Code
• Title 32, United States Code

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Way Ahead

• FY 04 National Defense Authorization Act
• OMB review of USAFR and ANG MAAFS Authorities
• Review of 42 USC 5121 et seq. (The Stafford Act)
• Consider expedited Economy Act review process
• Improve or Develop and Implement Improved
  Policies (if necessary)
• Report back to Congress NLT 120 days
• Updating MOA between DoD and DOA/DOI

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