Dramatically Increasing The Amount Of Relief Supplies

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Dramatically Increasing The Amount Of Relief
Supplies
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FEMA Commodities
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Improving Victim Assistance

• Implemented use of computer portable registration
  in shelters to speed victim registration and
  re-unification
• Doubling tele-registration capability to 200,000
  per day to increase access to disaster aid
• Doubling housing inspections capability to 20,000
  per day to more quickly process claims
• Red Cross collects annual shelter inventory from
  field in May - will be available June 1
• 13,000 mobile homes and 3,000 travel trailers
  available to speed up availability of temporary
  housing

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Mission Assignments
Examples of Pre-scripted Mission Assignments

• Federal providers
• Dept. of Agriculture
• Coast Guard
• National Communications System
• Dept. of Defense
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Dept. of Energy
• U.S. Forest Service
• National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
• Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Dept. of Justice
• Occupational Health Safety Administration
• National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
• Federal Protective Service
• Dept. of Transportation

• Rotary Wing Support Medium Heavy
• Transportation Tactical Strategic
• Communications 1st Responder, 25, 75-user
  packs
• Route Clearance
• DCO/DCE Mission Assignment
• Aerial Damage Assessment
• Engineering Support
• Mass Feeding
• Mobilization Centers
• Operational Staging Areas
• Fuel Distribution Points
• Emergency Relief/Supplies Distribution Points
• Medical Evacuation
• Medical Support

• 31 mission assignments by June 1
• 13 were pre-scripted last year

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Historic Hurricanes
Courtesy of US National Guard
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STATUS OF THE 11 CRITICAL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED IN
THE KATRINA LESSONS-LEARNED REVIEWS
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This Brief is Classified UNCLASSIFIED
U.S. Northern Command Preparation for Hurricane
Season 2006
ADM Tim Keating
23 May 06
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• National Guard Coordination.
• Hosted USNORTHCOM Commanders Hurricane
  Conference.
• Met with 54 Adjutants General.
• Established permanent National Guard desk in
  USNORTHCOM Command Center.
• Participated fully in USNORTHCOM Legal
  Conference.
• Coordinating access to Emergency Management
  Assistance Compact (EMAC) missions.
• Interagency Coordination.
• Supporting FEMA and State of Louisiana with 8
  USNORTHCOM planners in Baton Rouge
• Providing Defense Coordinating Officers to the
  ten Federal Emergency Management Agency Regions.
• Continuing 140-150 conferences / tabletops
  since Katrina.
• Hosting bi-weekly video teleconference with
  Department of Homeland Security / FEMA /
  National Guard.
• Hosted Federal Coordinating Officer and Defense
  Coordinating Officer Conference.

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Communications

• Exchanged liaison officers with DHS/National
  Communications System, National Guard Bureau,
  FEMA/Joint Field Office
• Participated in Emergency Support Function 2
  (Communications) Operations Plan Development
• Developed 3 pre-scripted communications Mission
  Assignments (MAs)
• Drafted communications request for forces and
  identified assets from the Services and Joint
  Communications Support Element (i.e. voice,
  video, and data packages to support a small
  command post or large joint task force)
• Procured gap-filler cellular network packages
  (USNORTHCOM 1, FEMA 7)
• - 100 cell phones - 40 laptops -
  satellite terminal - radio bridging
• Procured 300 satellite phones for distribution
• Conducted 2 Major Interoperable Communications
  Exercises with interagency / DoD mission partners
• Will have participated in 7 disaster
  Communications Table Top Exercises by 22 June
  2006
• Provided a USNORTHCOM Communications planner to
  Louisiana/New Orleans to assist in developing an
  emergency communications plan
• Provided an unclassified, Internet based
  situational awareness picture and established a
  link into DHS Homeland Security Information
  Network picture

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Logistics

• Tracking Federal Emergency Management Agency
  (FEMA) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
  partnership and logistics preparations
• Pre-positioning of stocks (food, water and ice)
  at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  Logistics Centers
• FEMA Procurement of MREs (3 million meals)
  maintained in DLA warehouses (DLA has flexibility
  to ship from warehouse that best supports impact
  area.)
• Improved in-transit visibility reduces need for
  short notice airlift
• DLA primary source to DHS / FEMA for
• Emergency meals (MREs and commercial type
  meals)
• Fuel
• Pharmaceuticals Medical/Surgical Supplies

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Damage Assessment

• Department Homeland Security (DHS) produces the
  National Assessment.
• USNORTHCOM has constructed a supporting process
  to task, conduct, process, and disseminate damage
  assessments
• Assessment divided into pre-storm, immediate
  post-landfall (first 24 hours), and follow-on
  timeframes.
• Will employ ground, rotary wing, fixed wing, and
  space assets.

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Summary

• When directed, USNORTHCOM is ready to support DHS
• Conducted numerous coordination exercises and
  conferences
• Incorporated Katrina lessons learned
• Leaning forward to provide DoD capabilities when
  directed, including
• Search and Rescue
• Robust communications
• Strategic and tactical lift
• Air/Ground damage assessment
• Facilities
• Engineering expertise
• Medium/Heavy lift helicopters
• Medical support
• Airspace control
• Forces afloat

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Hurricane Readiness

• The National Guard

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Situation

• 17 Named Storms predicted for 2006 (Department of
  Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University,
  April 2006)
• 9 Hurricanes predicted for 2006 (Department of
  Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University,
  April 2006)
• 5 of the Hurricanes predicted for 2006 will be
  classified as Major (Categories 3-5 on the
  Saffir-Simpson Scale) (Department of Atmospheric
  Science, Colorado State University, April 2006)

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Mission Statement

• The National Guard organizes, equips, and trains
  military forces to provide a rapid response
  capability to assist Civil Authorities in
  response to natural disasters, catastrophic
  events or to deter/counter Homeland Security
  threats.
• The National Guard supports the Governor and
  supplements local, State, or Federal agencies
  efforts to save lives and reduce human suffering,
  restore civil order, and maintain communications
  and continuity of government.

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Mandate
Preposition and stage robust National Guard
forces and capabilities to immediately respond in
support of civilian authorities to

• Preposition and stage overwhelming force to
  immediately respond in support of civilian
  authorities to
• Save lives evacuation and rescue
• Preserve or restore civil order
• Maintain or reestablish communications
• Ensure continuity of operations and government

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A Capable Response

• Unity Of Effort
• Governors Retain Command Control
• of National Guard Forces
• Shared Situational Awareness
• Robust /Interoperable Communications
• Transparency of Availability of Forces

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• Ready
• Reliable
• Essential
• Accessible

. . . Offering uniquely American solutionsto the
complex security challenges our nation faces both
at home and abroad.
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