Jeleen Briscoe, USDA APHIS Animal Care Emergency ProgramsJereme Altendorf, US Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Force

Building an Emergency Management Preparedness Program

Emerging Roles for AZA in Emergency Response and Confiscations

Fire Dept

Who may show up at your gates?

AZA

AVICArea Vet in Charge

EPA

FEMA

USDA ACEPAnimal Care Emergency Programs

NASAAEPNational Alliance of State Animal & Agriculture Emergency Programs

NVRTNational Veterinary Response Team

DOIHHS

VMATVeterinary Medical Assistance Team

NARSCNational Animal Rescue & Shelter Coalition

State Vet

State EMEmergency Management

ESF#11Emergency Support Function

FOSCFederal On-Scene Coordinator

ESF#10Emergency Support Function

Who may show up at your gates?

ZOO

State & Local ResponseVeterinary Emergency Managers

Other StatesEmergency Management

Assistance Compact

Federal GovernmentPresidential Declaration (Stafford Act)

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Personnel overwhelmedResources dwindleProlonged response

HELP!

Nation’s approach to all-hazards response

Key response principlesRoles

Organizational structure

National Response Framework

National Response Framework

National Incident Management System

National Incident Management System Incident Command System

Unified Command

ParticipantsMay Include:

Local Official(s)State Official(s)

Federal Official(s)Responsible Party Representative(s)

SafetyLiaison

Information

Operations Finance and AdministrationLogisticsPlanning

II

The PETS Act

2005

Federal Response

National Response Framework

Tribal Relations

Cyber Incident

Food and Agriculture Incident

Terrorism Incident Law Enforcement and

Investigation

Biological Incident

Nuclear/Radiological Incident

Volunteer and Donations Management

ESF #10 – Oil and Hazardous Materials

Response

ESF # 9 –Search and Rescue

ESF #8 – Public Health & Medical Services

Public Affairs

Private-Sector and Nongovernmental

ESF #7 –Logistics Management & Resource

Support

ESF #15 – External Affairs

ESF #6 – Mass Care, Housing & Human

Services

ESF #5 – Emergency Management

ESF #4 - Firefighting

ESF #3 – Public Works and Engineering

ESF #2 –Telecommunications

ESF #1 - Transportation

ESF #14 – Long-Term Community Recovery

ESF #13 – Public Safety and Security

ESF #12 - Energy

ESF #11 –Agriculture and Natural Resources

Private-Sector Coordination

Financial Management

Worker Safety and Health

Support Annexes

Emergency Support Function Annexes

State Response

Local Government Response

Partner Guides

Base Plan

International Coordination

Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources

Catastrophic Incident

Incident Annexes

Emergency Support Functions

ESF#6: Mass care and emergency services - including pets

ESF#8: Veterinary medical support

ESF#11: Animal & plant disease & pests

Commercial food supply

Natural resources

Safety and well-being of pets

Emergency Support Functions

ESF#6: Mass care and emergency services - including pets

ESF#8: Veterinary medical support

ESF#11: Animal & plant disease & pests

Commercial food supply

Natural resources

Safety and well-being of pets

Emergency Support Functions

Zoo

Anim

als?

Federal Partnerships� Statutory authority (Stafford Act)

�Resources

Federal Animal Emergency Working Group

�AWA & Pets Mission

� Staff of veterinarians and VHT’s� Program Response Team

�National Veterinary Response Team

�Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps

� Emergency Management Coordination Group

NASAAEP BPWG CollaborationNational Alliance of State Animal and Agriculture

Emergency ProgramsBest Practice Working Groups

Animal Search

& Rescue

Evacuation & Transportation

Emergency Animal

Sheltering

Disaster Veterinary

CareAnimal

DecontaminationTraining

Preparedness Community Outreach

Planning & Resource

Management

NASAAEP Best Practice Working Groups

National Animal Rescue and Shelter Coalition

Associate: AVMAAffiliates: Society of Animal Welfare Administrators, American Red Cross,

NASAAEP, PetFinder.com Foundation, American Veterinary Medical Foundation

APHIS Emergency Operations Center

Multi-Agency Coordination System

Text

9 CFR §2.38(e) §2.129

AC VMO or InspectorACEP

AC Program Response TeamLocal/State Authorities

NGO’s

National Response

Framework

National Response

System

Clean Water ActSuperfund

No Presidential DeclarationTHE POLLUTER PAYS

Emergency Support FunctionsPresidential Declaration

THE GOVERNMENT PAYS

The National Response System

Local

Regional

National

Oil and hazardous substance emergencies

Preparedness

Response

The National Response System

Local

Regional

National

+ Industry

www.nrt.org

P r e p a r e d n e s s

http://www.epa.gov/oem/content/epcra/

How Industry Coordinates Emergency Preparedness within the National Response System

Qualified Individual

Training: HAZWOPER, Health & Safety, ER Plan Requirements

Preparedness for Response Exercise Program

Qualified Individual

emergency preparedness coordinator

33CFR154.1026(c) ...designating them as a qualified individual and specifying their full authority to:

(1) Activate and engage in contracting with oil spill removal organization(s);

(2) Act as a liaison with the predesignated Federal On-Scene Coordinator (OSC); and

(3) Obligate funds required to carry out response activities.

Emergency Preparedness TrainingLEPC and ACP Committees

Incident Command System

OSHA: Hazard Communications & Hazardous Waste Operations and

Emergency Response

Agency specific training

Response Resources & Funding

Technical Assistance

Industry exercise guidelines

Exercise objectives:

Resource Deployment

Tabletop

Full-scale

Compatible with HSEEP

II

State Emergency

Management

Local Responders

Multi-Agency Coordination

SystemStatutory Response

Emerging Roles for AZA?

State Emergency

Management

Local Responders

Multi-Agency Coordination

SystemStatutory Response

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