Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned

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Hurricane KatrinaLessons Learned

• Laurence I. Broun
• Departmental Emergency Coordinator
• Office of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency
  Management
• May 2006

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HURRICANE KATRINA

• This is the first and foremost lesson learned
  from the death and devastation caused by our
  countrys most destructive natural disaster No
  matter how prepared we think we are, we must work
  every day to improve.
• Frances Fragos Townsend
• Assistant to the President for
• Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

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Federal Response

• Homeland Security Council (HSC) directed a
  comprehensive interagency lessons learned review.
• HSC forwarded to the President The Federal
  Response to Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned
  report in February, 2006.
• 125 individual recommendations were identified,
  organized under 17 critical challenges.
• Interagency leadership meets weekly in HSC Policy
  Coordinating Committees (PCCs) to review remedial
  actions which must be addressed before 2006
  hurricane season.
• Assistant Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries and
  Cabinet members have participated in tabletop
  exercises to review hurricane response plans.
• The President is briefed weekly on corrective
  actions.

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HSC Critical Challenges

• National Preparedness
• Integrated Use of Military Capabilities
• Communications
• Logistics and Evacuations
• Search and Rescue
• Public Safety and Security
• Public Health and Medical Support
• Human Services
• Mass Care and Housing

• Public Communications
• Critical Infrastructure and Impact Assessments
• Environmental Hazards and Debris Removal
• Foreign Assistance
• Non-Governmental Aid
• Training, Exercises and Lessons Learned
• Homeland Security Professional Development and
  Education
• Citizen and Community Preparedness

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DOI Response

• Department of the Interior deployed more than
  6,100 personnel in response to Hurricanes
  Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
• Bureau response activities include provision of
  public safety on Departmental lands, restoration
  of bureau essential functions, and recovery
  activities
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Minerals Management Services
• National Park Service
• Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey

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DOI Support Under theNational Response Plan

• Assistance was provided to State and local
  jurisdictions under Emergency Support Functions
  (ESF) of the National Response Plan.
• ESF-3 Public Works and Engineering
• DOI Lead Bureau of Reclamation
• ESF-4 Firefighting
• DOI Lead Office of Wildland Fire Coordination
• ESF-10 Oil and Hazardous Materials Response
• DOI Lead Office of Environmental Policy and
  Compliance.
• ESF-11 Agriculture Natural Resources
• DOI Lead Office of Environmental Policy and
  Compliance.
• ESF-13 Public Safety and Security
• DOI Lead Office of Law Enforcement, Security
  and Emergency Management

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DOI Lessons Learned

• Assistant Secretary, Policy, Management and
  Budget, requested all bureaus and offices submit
  lessons learned.
• Emergency Management Council reviewed 119 lessons
  learned.
• Linked DOI lessons learned with HSC Critical
  Challenges
• Identified additional items requiring action at
  the Departmental level.

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DOI/HSC Critical Priorities

• Emergency Support Function (ESF) Operational
  Plans.
• Search and Rescue.
• National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  Implementation.
• Incident Command System (ICS) Training.
• Planning and Execution.

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DOI/HSC Critical Priorities (continued)

• Regional Preparedness
• National-level Interagency Coordination
• Communications
• Public Safety and Security
• Remedial Action Management Program

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Additional DOI Priorities

• Personnel Accountability
• Situation Reporting
• Interior Incident Management Team
• Emergency Responder Benefits
• Departmental Emergency Operations Center

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