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Inland Region
Discussion
Topics
Jim Brown/OES
11/30 07:46 AM
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Subject:
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Inland Region MARAC Meeting Schedule, Minutes and Agendas
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Category:
SEMS
MARAC Meeting Schedules:
MARAC Meeting Schedule
MARAC Meeting Agendas:
1997 MARAC Agendas
July 7, 1997..............................MARAC 5....Fresno (State Building)
1. Welcome and Introductions............................................................Passerello
2. Approval of Minutes of last meeting.............................................Passerello
3. SEMS Update from OES (Technical Group, etc.).........................Jerry Colivas
4. Report from SEMS Checklist Committee....................................Patricia Crawford
5. Flood Emergency Action Team (FEAT) Report............................Jerry Colivas
6. Emergency Alert System (EAS) Workshops and
Local Committee reports...........................................................MARAC reps.
7. FEMA's Operational Readiness Capability
Assessment (ORCA)..................................................................Passerello
8. Terrorism planning, training, exercising update.......................Tim Miles
9. Water Utilities Emergency Plan.....................................................Tim Miles
10. Alquist-Priolo Special Studies Zones Act..................................Roy Manning
11. Emergency Management Training..............................................Jerry Colivas
(SEMS EOC Functional Course; RIMS training;
Training Needs Assessment for Op Areas, etc.)
12. Emergency Managers Mutual Aid Plan.....................................Passerello
13. Next MARAC meeting October 2, 1997 in Fresno...................Passerello
July 9, 1997................................MARAC 3....Chico (Fire Training Facility)
1. Welcome and Introductions...........................................................Passerello
2. Approval of Minutes of last meeting............................................Passerello
3. SEMS Update from OES (Technical Group, etc.)........................Jerry Colivas
4. Flood Emergency Action Team (FEAT) Report...........................Jerry Colivas
5. Emergency Alert System (EAS) Workshops and
Local Committee reports.........................................................MARAC reps.
6. FEMA's Operational Readiness Capability
Assessment (ORCA)................................................................Passerello
7. Terrorism planning, training, exercising update......................Tim Miles
8. Water Utilities Emergency Plan....................................................Tim Miles
9. Alquist-Priolo Special Studies Zones Act..................................Roy Manning
10. Emergency Management Training..............................................Jerry Colivas
(SEMS EOC Functional Course; RIMS training
Training Needs Assessment for Op Areas, etc.)
11. Emergency Managers Mutual Aid (EMMA) Plan.....................Passerello
12. Next MARAC meeting October 1, 1997 in Chico.......................Passerello
July 10, 1997...........................MARAC 4 .... Sacramento (E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant,
Admin. Bldg., 7501 College Town Drive)
1. Welcome and Introductions............................................................Passerello
2. Approval of Minutes of last meeting.............................................Passerello
3. SEMS Update from OES (Technical Group, etc.).........................Jerry Colivas
4. Flood Emergency Action Team (FEAT) Report.............................Jerry Colivas
5. Emergency Alert System (EAS) Workshops and
Local Committee reports...........................................................MARAC reps.
6. FEMA's Operational Readiness Capability
Assessment (ORCA)..................................................................Passerello
7. Terrorism planning, training, exercising update.......................Tim Miles
8. Water Utilities Emergency Plan.....................................................Tim Miles
9. Alquist-Priolo Special Studies Zones Act...................................Roy Manning
10. Emergency Management Training...............................................Jerry Colivas
(SEMS EOC Functional Course; RIMS training;
Training Needs Assessment for Op Areas, etc.)
11. Emergency Managers Mutual Aid (EMMA) Plan.....................Passerello
12. Next MARAC meeting October 6, 1997 in Sacramento..........Passerello
October 1, 1997......................MARAC 3............Willows (US Forest Service Facility)
The October, 1997, MARAC meetings will be devoted to Flood Preparedness
This October 1st meeting will be in Willows at the US Forest Service Facility
(825 Humbolt Ave.)
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1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Approval of Minutes of last meeting
3. Flood Preparedness Workshop
o Alert and Warning issues (EAS, evacuation)
o Care and Shelter issues (Dept. of Social Services, Red Cross,
Salvation Army)
o National Weather Service
o Dept. of Water Resources
o US Army Corps of Engineers
o US Natural Resource Conservation Service
o Calif. National Guard
o Calif. Conservation Corps
o Calif. Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection
o AMERI-Corps
o OES Disaster Assistance Division
4. Training and Exercises
5. Location of January 7, 1998 MARAC meeting
October 2, 1997.....................MARAC 5............Fresno (State Building)
The October, 1997, MARAC meetings will be devoted to Flood Preparedness
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Approval of Minutes of last meeting
3. Flood Preparedness Workshop
o Alert and Warning issues (EAS, evacuation)
o Care and Shelter issues (Dept. of Social Services, Red Cross,
Salvation Army)
o National Weather Service
o Dept. of Water Resources
o US Army Corps of Engineers
o US Natural Resource Conservation Service
o Calif. National Guard
o Calif. Conservation Corps
o Calif. Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection
o AMERI-Corps
o OES Disaster Assistance Division
4. Training and Exercises
5. Location of January 5, 1998 MARAC meeting
October 6, 1997......................MARAC 4...........Sacramento
The October, 1997, MARAC meetings will be devoted to Flood Preparedness
The location of the Oct. 6th MARAC 4 meeting will be at the Transportation Lab. at 5900 Folsom Blvd. in Sacramento
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Approval of Minutes of last meeting
3. Flood Preparedness Workshop
o Alert and Warning issues (EAS, evacuation)
o Care and Shelter issues (Dept. of Social Services, Red Cross,
Salvation Army)
o National Weather Service
o Dept. of Water Resources
o US Army Corps of Engineers
o US Natural Resource Conservation Service
o Calif. National Guard
o Calif. Conservation Corps
o Calif. Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection
o AMERI-Corps
o OES Disaster Assistance Division
4. Training and Exercises
5. Location of January 8, 1998 MARAC meeting
1998 MARAC Agendas
January 5, 1998.....................MARAC 5...............Fresno
January 7, 1998.....................MARAC 3...............Chico
January 8, 1998.........................MARAC 4...................Sacramento
I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Approval of Minutes of last meeting
III. SEMS Multi Year Planning
IV. SEMS EOC Functional Training
V. Care and Shelter Operations
o Calif. Dept. of Food & Agriculture-livestock evacuation and
sheltering presentation by Dr. Pam Hullinger
o CARD Intergration in Coastal Region
o California Dept. of Social Services Report
o Food Distribution Operations Report
VI. RIMS Forms/IDE Reports
VII. Reports from MARAC members
VIII. Location of April 2, 1998 MARAC meeting
April 1, 1998.................MARAC 3............................Red Bluff
April 2, 1998...............................MARAC 4.....................Sacramento
April 6, 1998...................................MARAC 5.............................Fresno
July 6, 1998...............MARAC 5................Fresno...........State Building, 2550 Mariposa Mall, Auditorium
July 8, 1998...............MARAC 3................Chico.............Chico Fire Training Facility/City of Chico EOC
1. Introductions
2. Minutes of the April 1st meeting
3. Terrorism planning, training and exercise update
4. Medical/Health function in the EOC
(Emailed to all IR Op Areas......disk @ MARAC)
5. SEMS Technical Group meeting report (Madden)
6. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
7. Fire Season Briefing (OES/CDF/USFS)
8. EAS Warning Systems/Available Equipment
(ProCom Marketing, NWS, OES/EAS)
9. SEMS EOC Functional Training briefing (Colivas)
10. Reports from MARAC members
11. Next meeting: Oct. 7, 1998 in Chico
July 9, 1998...............MARAC 4................Davis.............UC Davis
1. Introductions
2. Minutes of April 2nd meeting
3. UC Davis vet briefing
4. Terrorism planning, training and exercise update
5. Medical/Health function in the EOC
(Emailed to all IR Op Areas.......disk @ MARAC)
6. SEMS Technical Group meeting report (Hopwood)
7. Fire Season Briefing (OES/CDF/USFS)
8. EAS Warning Systems/Available Equipment
(ProCom Marketing, NWS, KFBK, OES/EAS)
9. SEMS EOC Functional Training briefing (Colivas)
10. Reports from MARAC members
11. Next meeting: Oct. 8, 1998 in Sacramento
October 5, 1998 MARAC V meeting in Fresno at the State building....10am to 3pm
I. Welcome and Introductions John Passerello
II. Approval of Minutes of last meeting Members
III. Flood Preparedness Workshop
o State OES
Discussion on Preparedness Activities John Passerello
o National Weather Service
Overview of Hydrology & its Effects in MAR V Cindy Matthews Discussion on Meteorology & Effects of La Nina Dan Gudgel
o Dept. of Water Resources
Discussion on CDEC, Flood Operations & Flood Center Brian Smith
o US Army Corps of Engineers
Overview of PL 84-99 & Non Federal Flood Control Programs John Cook
o Calif. National Guard
Overview of Liaison Program Col. Tim Hodgson
o Department of Social Services
Overview of Care and Shelter Resources Robyn Carr
o County Coordinator Issues Patte Crawford
o OES Disaster Assistance Division
Discussion of Initial Damage Estimate Process Linda Calhoun
o Calif. Conservation Corps
Overview of CCC services Lin McNamara
o Calif. Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection
Overview of CDF Flood Fight Resources
o Natural Resource Conservation Service
IV. Training and Exercises Update Jerry Colivas
V. Location of January 4, 1999 MARAC meeting
October 7, 1998 MARAC III meeting in Chico at the Chico Fire Training Center.....10am to 3pm
I. Welcome and Introductions John Passerello
II. Approval of Minutes of last meeting Members
III. Flood Preparedness Workshop
o State OES
Discussion on Preparedness Activities John Passerello o National Weather Service
Overview of Hydrology & its Effects in MAR III Cindy Matthews
Meteorology & Discussion on Effects of La Nina Elizabeth Morse
o Dept. of Water Resources
Discussion on CDEC, Flood Operations & Flood Center Glen Pearson
o US Army Corps of Engineers
Overview of PL 84-99 & Non Federal Flood Control Programs John Cook
o Calif. National Guard
Overview of Liaison Program Col. Tim Hodgson
o Department of Social Services
Overview of Care and Shelter Resources Robyn Carr
o OES Disaster Assistance Division
Discussion of Initial Damage Estimate Process Linda Calhoun
o Calif. Conservation Corps
Overview of CCC services Erin Healy
o Calif. Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection
Overview of CDF Flood Fight Resources
o Natural Resource Conservation Service
IV. Training and Exercises Update John Anderson
V. Location of January 6, 1999 MARAC meeting
October 8, 1998 MARAC IV meeting in Sacramento at SMUD, Don Julio, 10am to 3pm
I. Welcome and Introductions John Passerello
II. Approval of Minutes of last meeting Members
III. Flood Preparedness Workshop
o State OES
Discussion on Preparedness Activities John Passerello
o National Weather Service
Overview of Hydrology & its Effects in MAR IV Cindy Matthews
Discussion on Meteorology & Effects of La Nina Elizabeth Morse
o Dept. of Water Resources
Discussion on CDEC, Flood Operations & Flood Center Mike Mirmazaheri
o US Army Corps of Engineers
Overview of PL 84-99 & Non Federal Flood Control Programs John Cook
o Calif. National Guard
Overview of Liaison Program Col. Tim Hodgson
o Department of Social Services
Overview of Care and Shelter Resources Robyn Carr
o OES Disaster Assistance Division
Discussion of Initial Damage Estimate Process Linda Calhoun
o Calif. Conservation Corps
Overview of CCC services Kurt Schwenk
o Calif. Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection
Overview of CDF Flood Fight Resources
o Natural Resource Conservation Service
IV. Training and Exercises Update Jerry Colivas
V. Location of January 7, 1999 MARAC meeting
1999 MARAC Agendas
2000 MARAC Agendas
2001 MARAC Agendas
2002 MARAC Agendas
2003 MARAC Agendas
January 8, 2003.................MARAC 3...............Tehama County Fairgrounds
Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
MUTUAL AID REGION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mutual Aid Region III
January 8, 2003
Tehama County Fairgrounds
650 Antelope Blvd
Red Bluff, CA
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
AGENDA
I. Introductions John Anderson, OES
II. Citizen Corps Adam Sutkis, GoServ
III. Medical Mutual Aid System Larry Masterman, RDMHS
IV. Smallpox Vaccination Program Jim Brown, OES
V. Exotic Newcastle Disease Heidi Hamlin, CDFA
VI. Significant Issues Roundtable
VII. Next Meeting scheduled for April 2, 2003
January 9, 2003.................MARAC 4...............SMUD Headquarters
January 23, 2003.................MARAC 5..............Fresno State Blg
May 7, 2003.................MARAC 3.............Red Bluff Fire Training Center
May 8, 2003.................MARAC 4.............OES Headquarters
May 15, 2003................MARAC 5...........Fresno State Building
July 9, 2003................MARAC 3...........Tehama County Fairgrounds
July 22, 2003................MARAC 4..........OES Headquarters
July 10, 2003................MARAC 5..........Fresno State Building
2004 MARAC Agendas
January 7, 2004
January 8, 2004
January 15, 2004
MARAC Meeting Minutes:
1997 MARAC Minutes
1999 MARAC Minutes
2000 MARAC Minutes
January 12, 2000............MARAC 3...............Chico
January 13, 2000............MARAC 4...............Sacramento
January 10, 2000............MARAC 5...............Fresno
Introductions........................................................John Anderson
Y2K REOC/EOC activation debriefing...................John Anderson
A Consensus of Region 5 Operational Area Coordinators
1.
Follow the Sun:
Operational Areas were not informed that the Follow-the-Sun (F.T.S.) Internet U.R.L was changed, e.g., (1) On December 29th Kern County setup its E.O.C. and tested its computers for accessing F.T.S. and NetRIMS via the Internet but could not access F.T.S. via the original U.R.L. that was given. State O.E.S. stated that it had changed F.T.S. to NetRIMS but “forgot to tell O.A.’s” of this change. (2) On the December 31st 2 p.m. conference call, Candice with Tulare County stated that she could not access F.T.S. and was then told that it can be accessed via NetRIMS.
The information that was posted on F.T.S. the evening of December 31st and during the rollover to January 1st was considered of little value. It would have been helpful if the information was posted in a narrative format. The narration could have stated a summation of what is/is not happening in the effected time zones, etcetera. Watching television newscasts proved to be more desirable.
2.
LotusNotes:
It was our understandling that since NetRIMS became operational that LotusNotes will no longer be used. Because of this, Tulare County
uninstalled
LotusNotes from their computers.
Kern County argued unsuccessfully against its discontinuance because it was felt that there needed to be a
backup
to NetRIMS. It was recommended to (1) retain the present LotusNotes access via a modem or data line (D.S.L., T-1) to the Sacramento RIMS file server, and (2) do whatever is necessary to beef up the OASIS data line whereby an O.A. can access the Sacramento RIMS file server via the OASIS data link. (Note: The $5.9 million OASIS was originally intended to be a “disaster proof” backup communications system. Thus, use its data line as a backup to NetRIMS.)
There have been occasions in recent weeks where O.A.’s were told that information could be found on LotusNotes, although we were previously told not to use this after NetRIMS became operational. It is our understanding that State O.E.S. still uses LotusNotes for various purposes, i.e., sharing of data and e-mail.
LotusNotes e-mail has proven to be user friendly, especially when it comes to ascertaining a State O.E.S. employee’s e-mail address. A problem, however, has arisen since O.A.’s were told to discontinue using LotusNotes. In the past e-mails were addressed to the O.A., e.g.,
Kern_OA/OES@oes.ca.gov,
but now this e-mail address is no longer used. State O.E.S. now sends correspondence only to the O.A. Coordinator, e.g.,
connerc@co.kern.ca.us.
This has resulted in a communications gap between State O.E.S. and the O.A. For example, State e-mails Charles Conner in Kern County who is out of the office for a few days or on vacation for several weeks. Thus, his e-mail goes unread and unanswered until he returns. This was not a problem when e-mail was addressed to the O.A. via LotusNotes.
3.
NetRIMS:
There is much confusion among the O.A. Coordinators regarding the issuing of NetRIMS I.D.’s and Passwords and exactly what are the licensing requirements. We do not know what’s fact and what’s fiction?
The evening of December 31st Fresno County O.A. had difficulty entering RIMS Event and Situation Report data. They ended up unintentionally deleting data after several attempts to enter situational information. We feel that NetRIMS is not a user friendly system.
4. The
State O.E.S. scheduled a Conference Call
for January 1st at 2 a.m. with Region 5 O.A.’s. Only Kern and Tulare Counties and Roy Manning were initially on the call. State O.E.S. had to be prompted to come on line at which time it was discovered that the Conference Call was cancelled. O.A.’s were never notified of this cancellation.
Individual OA comments:
Merced OA: Exercised new plan.
Fresno OA: Fresno Fire thought the activation was productive. Their first time with the ability to communicate with everyone. Fresno County felt that the activation was productive also, but experienced problems with RIMS. Data was lost after "Submit" button was pushed.
Kings OA: New Director had a chance to see the EOC activation.
Tulare OA: Not activated.
1999 Freeze Disaster............................................John Anderson
Recent changes in the Emergency Services Act..John Anderson
Drought Contingency Planning............................Dept. of Water Resources
Fresno City/DOD training and exercise................Don Woodruff
OES/DAD Public Assistance briefing....................OES/DAD
Operational Area Training for 2000-2001..............Tom Murray
o Initial Damage Assessment
o Victim Assistance (CBOs, etc.)
o Donations Management
o Disaster Assistance Procedures
o SEMS EOC Functional courses
o SEMS EOC Section Chief courses
o SEMS Field course
Next meeting: April 10, 2000
April 12, 2000.................MARAC 3...............Chico
April 13, 2000.................MARAC 4...............Sacramento
April 10, 2000.................MARAC 5...............Fresno
July 12, 2000..................MARAC 3...............Red Bluff Training Center
July 13, 2000..................MARAC 4...............SMUD
July 10, 2000..................MARAC 5...............Fresno
October 4, 2000..............MARAC 3............... Red Bluff Training Center
October 4, 2000
MUTUAL AID REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Region III
Red Bluff Fire Training Center
Red Bluff, CA
Wednesday, October 4, 2000
MEETING MINUTES
I. Introductions
MARAC Attendees:
John Passerello State OES, Inland Region
John Anderson State OES, Inland Region
Tom Murray State OES, Inland Region
Deborah Russell State OES, Inland Region
Mary Ann Johnson State OES, Individual Assistance
Ralph Minnich CDF - Redding Communications Center
Lori Metheny American Red Cross
Patti Brooks The Salvation Army
Doug Smith Red Bluff Fire Department
Doug Turner Colusa Co OES
Mike Harrold Sutter Co OES
Janice Ball Colusa Co OES
Liz Fisher Sierra Co OES
LTC Cherie Takami California National Guard
Bob Wallen CDF - Butte Co Fire Department
Dave Dean Shasta Co OES
John Cook US Army Corps of Engineers
Herb Lowe CDF – Tehama / Glenn
Doreen Kelly American Red Cross
Robert Sanders Red Bluff Fire Department
Nancy Ballard Modoc Co OES
Mark Ruthswohl California Conservation Corps
Mike Madden Butte Co OES
Larry Ball US Bureau of Reclamation
Deanna Stephenson Nor-Cal EMS
Eric Butler Department of Water Resources
Andy Corry Department of Water Resources
Kathy Hoxie National Weather Service
Cindy Mathews National Weather Service
John Hawkins Redding Police Department
Flood Preparedness:
Inland Region conducted this MARAC Flood Preparedness Workshop at the Red Bluff Fire Training Center in Red Bluff. There were briefings by the National Weather Service, Department of Water Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers, Natural Resource Conservation Service, OES/DAD Individual Assistance, Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation, Red Cross, The Salvation Army, California Conservation Corps, California National Guard and the volunteer Auxiliary Communication Service a major informational point from NWS is that it appears to be a
normal
rainfall winter for the Central Valley and Sierras.
National Weather Service
: Kathy Hoxie gave a briefing on the upcoming Winter Weather Forecast. She informed the audience about the difference between El Nino and La Nina. She showed a history of the past 35 years and explained that there was no discernable pattern to predict the weather ( ie. an El Nino does not necessarily follow a La Nina, or vice versa ). She stated that by best predictions it appears it will be a
normal
rainfall winter for the Central Valley and Sierras.
Department of Water Resources
: Andy Corry presented information on the State – Federal Flood Operations Center in Sacramento. DWR is the lead state agency for flood emergency response. The Flood Operations Center is an unit of the Division’s Emergency Response Section at the Joint Operations Center. During emergencies it is the facility that coordinates emergency response. The Center’s mission is to prevent loss of life and reduce property damage caused by floods.
US Army Corps of Engineers
: John Cook provided the group with information on the resources and programs provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
: Frank Menezes gave a briefing on the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP). NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to communities for restoring watersheds ravaged by natural disasters. Through the EWP Program, NRCS helps safeguard people and property following natural disasters such as floods, fires, wind storms, earthquakes, and droughts. NRCS helps repair over topped levees, dikes, and other flood retarding structures. Assistance is also available to help clear water courses clogged by sediment and debris to prevent future flooding. A fact sheet was distributed outlining the assistance available, eligibility requirements and contact numbers.
US Bureau of Reclamation
: Larry Ball presented watershed programs provided by the US Bureau of Reclamation. He pointed out several useful flood related websites such as:
http://www.usbr.gov
,
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/stage_maps
and
http://www.dwr.water.ca.gov
California Conservation Corps
: The audience was briefed by Mark Ruthswohl on the CCC’s flood prevention and flood fighting work available to local governments. The CCC has 50 highly trained crews to assist where needed this fall and winter. Work can include; levee reinforcement, boil repair, debris removal, sandbagging to protect structures, hillside stabilization, limited levee patrol and evacuation assistance. The CCC has a ready-made dispatch agreement for unlimited CCC crews use that local governments can take advantage of by contracting with the service districts in their areas. A map depicting the service districts was distributed. Local governments may also go to local California OES offices for specific limited assistance on a one-time response capability.
California National Guard
: LTC Cherie Takami made a presentation on the CNG’s Flood Plan, their Regional Task Force, their Operational Area Teams and their Liason Team Program. The focus of their flood plan is to save lives, protect critical property and to maintain public order. They have 24 hours after OES notification to deploy first forces. The plan provides for conducting two major responses simultaneously. The Regional Task Force Commander identifies mission objectives, goals and mission termination criteria with the supported agency. If capabilities are beyond scope of the RTF commander the commander will advise local incident commander to request necessary additional resources through OES. The Task Force consists of a command and control / support staff, engineer plans cell, primary maneuver force (workers), engineer company, a military police platoon, a special forces detachment, an aviation element, and ground transportation elements. There are 1-3 Operational Area Teams per Regional Task Force. They provide military assistance to civilian authority.
The Salvation Army
: Patti Brooks spoke about the assistance programs available to flood victims from The Salvation Army. Sheltering of the homeless and feeding the hungry were The Salvation Army’s two primary capabilities.
State OES, Individual Assistance
: Most of Mary Ann Johnson’s briefing was on FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program. She also informed the group about OES Individual Assistance Units functions and responsibilities in helping individuals recovery from disasters. She provided handouts which explained NFIP, gave flood risk management information for consumers, Insurance agents companies, lenders and state officials. The handouts also addressed several topics on hot to protect property from floods.
State OES, Public Assistance
: Ken Smith briefed on OES and FEMA Recovery Programs and procedures. He passed out several informative documents including Public Assistance Policy Digest, Public Assistance Guide, Public Assistance Applicant Handbook, Public Assistance Debris Management Guide.
Next Meeting and Location
The next meeting will be January 10, 2001, at the Red Bluff Fire Training Center, Red Bluff, California from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
October 5, 2000..............MARAC 4...............SMUD
October 2, 2000..............MARAC 5...............Fresno
2001 MARAC Minutes
January 10, 2001...............MARAC 3...............Redding CDF Communications Center
January 11, 2001...............MARAC 4...............Sacramento
January 8, 2001...............MARAC 5...............Fresno
April 18, 2001....................MARAC 3...............Red Bluff
April 23, 2001....................MARAC 4...............Sacramento SMUD Svc Center
April 19, 2001....................MARAC 5...............Fresno State Bldg
July 11, 2001.....................MARAC 3...............Red Bluff Fire Training Center
July 12, 2001.....................MARAC 4................Sacramento SMUD Svc Center
July 19, 2001.....................MARAC 5...............Fresno State Bldg
October 3, 2001.................MARAC 3.............Mooretown Rancheria, Oroville
October 4, 2001.................MARAC 4................Sacramento SMUD Svc Center
October 1, 2001.................MARAC 5...............Fresno State Bldg
2002 MARAC Minutes
January 16, 2002...............MARAC 3...............Red Bluff Fire Training Centerr
January 17, 2002...............MARAC 4...............OES HQ
MUTUAL AID REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Mutual Aid Region IV
Office of Emergency Services
3650 Shriever Avenue
Sacramento, CA, 95655
Thursday, January 17, 2002
MEETING MINUTES
I. Welcome and Introductions
Charles Wynne welcomed everyone to the Region IV MARAC Meeting at the new OES Building and introductions took place.
MARAC Attendees
Lynne Olson Amador OES
Bill Wennhold Calaveras OES
Marty Hackett El Dorado OES
Todd Crawford El Dorado OES Sheriff
Tom Coburn Nevada OES
Rod Rodrigues Placer OES
J.R. Coutts Placer OES
Bill Mikesell Rocklin Fire
Carole Hopwood Sacramento OES
Mary Lou Pierce Sacramento City OES
Dennis Smith Sacramento City Fire
Jim Archer Sacramento Sheriff
Bob Correa Sacramento Sheriff
Carolyn Foland Sacramento Co. H & H Services
Ernie Stewart Folsom Police
Scott Pearce Folsom Police
Art Bentely San Joaquin OES
Stan Carlson San Joaquin S/O
Ray Jackson Modesto City Fire
Gary Hinshaw Modesto City Fire
Russ Richards Stanislaus OES
Steven Hall Patterson/West Stanislaus Fire
Maureen Frank Tuolumne OES
Kyle Noderer Yolo OES
Jim Eckman DWR
Elizabeth Morse NWS
Selby Morh SMUD
Jeff Briggs SMUD
Annette Whiteford CDFA
Heidi Homlen CDFA Animal Health
MARAC Minutes
Region IV
January 17, 2002
Page 2
MARAC Attendees continued
Melanie Swart CDFA Animal Health
Rita Witucki CDFA, Animal Health
Dan Rolfe CDFA, Animal Health
Carolyn Foland Sac Co Health/ Human Services
John Passerello The Salvation Army
Bill Koontz American Red Cross
Terry Morse American Red Cross
Ev Profira USBR
John Cook USBR
Phil LaRocca USDA
Lou Carmona CNG
Charles Wynne State OES, Inland Region
John Anderson State OES, Inland Region
Jim Brown State OES, Inland Region
Jeri Lyn Peterson State OES, Inland Region
Labeebah Abdullah State OES, Inland Region
Marsha Esparza State OES, Inland Region
Paul Calkins State OES, Inland Region
Kim Zagaris States OES Fire
Pamela Rarick State OES - DAD
Mina Goodson State OES - DAD
Kenneth Peel State OES - DAD
Larry Mitcham State OES - DAD
Marla Chase State OES – DAD
II. Terrorism – Federal Perspective
Glen Norling, F.B.I, was unable to attend this meeting. Charles Wynne suggested that we begin the MARAC with Bob Gerber’s presentation on the SSCOT and Law Branch update.
III. SSCOT/Law Enforcement Branch Update
Bob Gerber, OES Law Enforcement Branch, gave a briefing on what the State OES, Law Enforcement Branch has been involved with since September 11, 2001. He began by describing the State Strategic Committee on Terrorism (SSCOT) OES developed this committee in 1997, after the Oklahoma City’s Federal building Bombing.
The committee has since expanded a great deal. The committee consists of State, Federal and Local governments, Fire, Law and MARAC representatives. SSCOT’s task is to look into terrorism issues, determine the State’s vulnerability and to create the State Terrorism Plan. There are 16 functional Sub-committees under SSCOT, 6 since September 11, 2001.
MARAC Minutes
Region IV
January 17, 2002
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Governor Davis Executive Order – D-47-01 was issued On October 10, 2001. This order, directed SSCOT to perform several tasks. They also had to provide initial report to the Governor by October 30, 2001. OES works closely with the Department of Justice, California Anti-Terrorism Center (C-ATIC). The center provides Law Enforcement Agencies with statewide intelligence support in the states effort to combat terrorism. For instance, C-ATIC has a component that is called a Group Analysis Unit. This group is going to analyze the Al Queda training manual that was found and made public.
A sub element to the SSCOT is the State Threat Advisory Committee (S-TAC). The S-TAC was established to look at Chemical or Biological threats against the State and also the consequences. The OES Director chairs both of these committees.
Bob Gerber also briefed the committee on the Airport Security Coordination when Governor Davis ordered the Calif. National Guard, to guard 30 airports. OES established a 1- 800 Toll-free, 24-hour, “Safety Information & Referrals Line”. Since September 11, they received over 2000 calls and 80 percent dealt with Anthrax. The Law branch put together an updated web site: www.oes.ca.gov. Click on Terrorism and you will get a lot of information about terrorism
Bob introduced OES Law Enforcement Branch new coordinator, Tom Murray.
IV. Fire Branch NYC Department Briefing
Jim Marquis, OES Fire Branch, presented a slide show showing a French Documenter interviewing a young fire fighter, still on probation, being interviewed about how it feels to be almost finished with probation process. In the background you can see the first jet hitting the North Tower dead center. The second impact also is shown on camera. This jet took off the corner of the south building. Jim described how these buildings were built and why they fell so easily. He said all people working below the impact were able to get out. The people working above the impact all perished.
Minutes later the Pentagon was struck. We will never know the target of the plane that went down in Pennsylvania. We will never know what other planes were heading to other targets because all planes were grounded soon after the NY attack. Some believe the White House was a target, as well as a Power facility on Long Island.
Jim then discussed his deployment to New York and the procedures and ties it took to put this response together. The Task Force of this response included 62 people, which included a cross-section of expertise in order to address all significant issues.
V. Weather Briefing
Elizabeth Morse, National Weather Services, explained why we had such cold weather the past few days. She discussed the El Nino and even though it is too early to tell, signs show another El Nino coming. It will take another four months to know for sure.
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VI New York Deployment Donations Management
Jim Brown, OES Inland Region, said he had a two-week deployment to New York in order to coordinate the donations management function after the terrorist attacks. He discussed the procedures he put into place to effectively and efficiently run this important operation. He discussed the different sections of the overwhelming operation and how they proceeded to accomplish and the necessary tasks. He explained the most important function was to attempt to stop all the truckloads from going directly to Ground Zero. He showed a slide presentation of the warehouses and some of the items that were being donated. He talked about the efforts of everyone and the cooperation from different areas, such as Bayonne and New Jersey, who supplied buildings for warehousing some of the items.
Director Dallas Jones and Deputy Director Mark Ghilarducci were introduced. Dallas welcomed everyone to the new facility and thanked everyone for his or her hard work during the terrorism crisis.
VII Domestic Preparedness Three-Year Plan
John Anderson spoke for Paul Skiermont, PTAB, who could not attend. John explained that an OES team went to San Luis Obispo and enhanced the Three-Year Strategy. It was submitted to OJP, and accepted with the condition that they are willing to work with OES on enhancing it.
OJP is requiring a list of equipment that would be purchased within the next two years of funding and no changes will be allowed to that list after it is submitted. John hoped that OES could do their own interpretation of the list, because the list is not specific enough. OJP has denied this. The list from the Operational Areas should be as accurate as possible and that the local agencies should refer to the list from OJP in the last packet.
VIII Inland Region Terrorism Activities Update
John reported on the Inland Region Terrorism Update. The REOC has been staffed with field people and staff since September 11
IX Public Assistance Training and Outreach Program
Ken Peel, OES DAD, stated he is coordinating, the training for applications of public assistance. He distributed a map and listing of phone numbers for the contacts for each local agency.
Ken said they have been asked to put together an applicant workshop in order to evaluate public assistance program eligibility, apply the formulation process, write a small project worksheet and comply with statutory deadlines. He said they were working on conjunction with CSTI regarding this project and their goal is to establish a one-day training in order to keep the costs down.
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Ken said they would like to established a program and provide the training before actual disasters happens and these hands-on workshops would be conducted at central locations in order to have a large enough attendance to make them cost effective
X. Significant Issues (Roundtable)
Sacramento City –
Dennis Smith reported that they are finalizing the MMRS grant. They will begin purchasing off of it.
Sacramento County -
Carole Hopwood is putting together 4 or 5 Town Hall Meetings to answer WMD questions.
Calaveras County –
Bill Wennhold said Calaveras had a briefing with the Board of Supervisors on the county’s preparedness with Terrorism
El Dorado County –
Marty Hackett said they had ICS training for Jail evacuation.
Sacramento City and County had a flood exercise
Calaveras County
met with auditor to get procedures for identifying equipment - got vender??
Placer County
– Rod Rodriguez reported that since September 11 they hosted FRO, ICWMD and Train the Trainer classes at Sierra College. The Placer County Health Dept. put together a “Zebra” package, which is a quick ref. Binder on biological agents. This was sent to all the hospitals in Placer County. Also, they are in the planning stages of a May 2002 Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Exercise
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Stanislaus County –
Russ Richards reported they held a tabletop Chemical Release Tabletop Exercise on January
Nevada County –
Tom Coburn reported that Nevada County is working on their Medically Fragile Evacuation Plan.
XI. Adjourn and Next Meeting
The next Region IV MARAC Meeting is scheduled for mid April 2002, at 10:am. The location will remain at State OES.
January 24, 2002...............MARAC 5...............Fresno
April 10, 2002....................MARAC 3...............Red Bluff
MUTUAL AID REGION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MUTUAL AID REGION III
April 10, 2002
Red Bluff Training Center
1015 Kimball Road
Red Bluff, CA 96080
MEETING SUMMARY
I. Introductions
John Anderson opened the meeting at 1005 with introductions. The Agenda was revised and this Summary reflects those revisions.
II. CDFA Planning Update
Dr. Heidi Hamlin, CDFA Sacramento reported on foreign animal disease in the United Kingdom. Foot and Mouth Disease is the prominent animal disease in the world. These diseases can be inadvertently brought into the United States or deliberately brought in. The Animal Health Branch is actively involved in the preparedness, prevention, response and recovery with USDA, Ag Commissioners, Local Emergency Managers & Responders, other State Agencies, Universities, Legislature, farmers, ranchers and allied industry and the CA Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory. The current preventions steps include; legally mandate disease reporting, investigate all unusual animal disease conditions, monitor animal movement through State Ag Border Stations, inspections at international ports of entry (USDA) and high-risk activities (CDFA), initiate County Health Inspector program for illegal meats and illegal waste feeding to swine (pilot), report the presence or absence of 85 animal diseases to the National Animal Health Reporting System.
Dr. Hamlin assisted in the United Kingdom 2001 Foot & Mouth Disease Outbreak and provided a presentation on the processes adopted there. In summary; Prevention is Key, Early, decisive response will minimize total losses, and effective response will be multi-agency with important roles for industry and local responders.
III. Disaster Services Worker Program
Anita Chant and Judy Miller, CA OES PTAB gave the background on Disaster Service Worker Volunteer Program. A Disaster Service Worker is registered with accredited disaster council or State OES, receives no pay or other consideration, impressed into service, auxiliary fire volunteer, public employees during proclaimed disaster or state emergency and excludes volunteer firefighters and convergent volunteers. The accredited Disaster Councils, American Red Cross or other authorized organizations may register volunteers as DSWs. It is a good idea to periodically ensure that the DSW information is current. A registered DSW should have an I.D. card, I.D. number, copy of registration and the classification they will be volunteering for, and training (especially basic safety). When submitting a DSWVP claim, the claim package must include: Original SCIF #3301, original SCIF #3267, copy of signed Registration & Oath and copy of incident narrative. These are to be sent to SCIF with copies to CA OES.
IV. DAD Presentation
John Rowden discussed the recent President’s budget, regulations affecting hazard mitigation planning under the Hazard Mitigation Act of 2000 and other regulations affecting hazard mitigation. In the budget proposal there is a recommendation for $3.5 billion to be provided in the next FFY for domestic preparedness. Discussions are still being held on how to appropriate these monies. Another part of the budget addresses improvement to disaster prevention strategies, which included $300 million for upgrading flood maps. The President is proposing to replace the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program with a $300 million annual Pre-disaster Mitigation Grant Program. The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program in place now is post disaster and is based on a percentage of the cost of the disaster by the Federal Government. The proposed Program is a fixed amount that is a pre-disaster basis to be distributed on a competitive basis. The language being proposed is very oriented to eastern hurricane and flood type disasters. They are concerned about this particular spin. They would like to see significant pre-disaster and post-disaster mitigation funds. There is 1.8 million in the budget for disaster relief. They are looking to unspent hazard mitigation funds and unspent public assistance funds for the source of those monies. Some projects in California could be at risk. There is an effort in the President’s budget to reform the National Flood Insurance Program. Placing more burden on those homeowners that live in high-risk areas with strategies that would have the state or local agencies with federal monies to offer to buy people out. If they refused to sell, their insurance rate might start hitting actuary rates. There was no increase in the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program. For the Hazard Mitigation Planning there is a common theme for these planning requirements both at the state and federal level. One is they are asking for a greater amount of risk - vulnerability analysis and assessment. Second they are looking at benefit cost analysis to identify the best projects. Third they are looking to have public participation in both the
state and local planning efforts. FEMA is looking to requiring the state to have a disaster fully planned out ahead of time. They are trying to fix the amount of administrative and project management funds at the beginning of the disaster and have the state budget it out for the life of the disaster.
V. El Nino Briefing
Cathie Hoxie, NWS reported the climate folks back East started seeing trends that El Nino is returning. In an El Nino pressure ridges tend to be flatter and CA tends to be warmer and wetter. The scientists focus on sea surface temperatures and the change from normal in regard to El Nino. They focus on 20 degrees North and 20 degrees South of the Equator in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Cooler than normal sea temperatures in the Eastern Pacific indicates a La Nina pattern. In Dec 99 it is cooler than normal, Sept 00 we still have a little cooler than normal, but less so than Dec 99. In Feb 02 there are slightly cooler than normal but we start seeing warmer than normal temperatures off the coast of So. America. The latest charts show sea surface temperatures are trending warmer than normal. They are projecting that temperatures will be warmer than normal into the end of the year and to near normal by the end of the year. Precipitation for the three month time period we are coming into will be below normal. El Nino studies are still relative new. She feels we are coming into an El Nino, but it may be slower in arriving and exiting.
VI. DOJ/OJP Terrorism Equipment Grant Update
John Anderson, CA OES reported that OES is processing the invoices for the 99 equipment funds now. CA OES will not apply for the 00/01 equipment money until after the three-year strategy is approved. They are working with OJP on getting the strategy approved. CA OES will revisiting the assessment with Operational Areas, providing an opportunity for updates. There will be four OJP staff working with OES staff to update the assessment. The assessment is now a living document and will be updated again in January. The 2003 funds will be $23 Million for equipment and $1 Million for exercises. The list will stay as it is, but OJP has stated that next go round vehicles can be purchased for the decon equipment. The $305 million dollars coming from OJP to CA, of this amount 75% will go to local government and 25% will come to the state for response. OES is developing a package that will prioritize where they want to be at the end of all of this. OES provides assistance to local government and ideas that were discussed were HazMat capability in each op area, communications vehicle in each op area, mass decontamination vehicles for each op area, heavy rescue teams for each op area.
VII. Significant Issues
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John Anderson reported that Dam Inundation regulations are going out for public comment. There will be a meeting in Redding on May 1 at CalTrans and at OES HQs on May 7th. OES can get the maps to you. OES Region ESCs have to inspect the dams that have an exemption to produce a map. If there has been construction downstream from the dam they now become a non-exempt dam and have to be inspected.
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Brian Abeel gave a CUPA review update. The CUPAs receive the business plans that contain the hazardous materials inventories of these facilities. These plans are supposed to be forwarded to those agencies responsible for the protection of human health and the environment during emergencies. The CUPAs are tasked to develop an Area Plan for response to a HazMat incident. This Plan requires CUPAs to coordinate with all local HazMat emergency responding agencies. This Plan includes pre-emergency planning, notification of and coordination public and response agencies, training and public safety information. He stated that Governor Pete Wilson tried to consolidate a lot of state programs at the local level in 1995.
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Dennis Babson, CA OES Hazard Mitigation noted that he sees insurance companies as one function and that is to pay claims. He looks at the Public Assistance side as getting people back on their feet. Hazard Mitigation is getting more involved in these processes. There will be more pre-planning and he would like to come to the operational areas and make a presentation on hazard mitigation.
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Michael Madden complimented Doug Turner, Janice Bell and Nellie Lee Barber on the recent CESA-IR Conference and that it was an excellent conference.
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Bill Pennington, CA OES reported there will be an E-Comm conference will be on April 20 in Palo Cedro near Redding. The information can be found on the OES website.
VIII. Next meeting date and location.
10 a.m.
July 10, 2002
Red Bluff Training Center
1015 Kimball Road
Red Bluff, CA
Attendees:
Abeel, Brian – CA OES PTAB
Adams, Grizz – Siskiyou Operational Area
Anderson, Ed – Glenn Operational Area
Anderson, John – CA OES Inland Region
Babson, Dennis – CA OES Hazard Mitigation
Ballard, Nancy – Modoc Operational Area
Barber, Nellie Lee – CA OES Inland Region
Beck, Toni – CDFA Animal Health
Bell, Janice – Colusa Operational Area
Carmona, Louis – California National Guard
Damon, Mike – Chief – Red Bluff Fire Dept.
Daugherty, Rod – Tehama Operational Area/SO
Durden, Gary – Tehama County Fire/CDF
Eatough-Smith, Gail – American Red Cross
Garton, Dennis – Tehama Operational Area
Griggs, Marie – Siskiyou Operational Area
Hamlen, Heidi – CDFA – Animal Health
Harrold, Mike – Sutter Operational Area
Hayward, Dave – Tehama County Public Works
Heidemann, Rod – CA OES Inland Region
Hoxie, Kathy – National Weather Service
Jackson, Chip – Lassen Operational Area
Lucero, Valerie – Tehama County Health Agency
Madden, Michael J. – Butte Operational Area
Masterman, Larry – NorCal EMS
O’Hara, Brian – CA OES Disaster Assistance
Pierce, Jeff – Sutter County Sheriff’s Dept.
Pittman, David – Oroville Fire Dept,
Potter, Carol – CA OES Disaster Assistance
Rowden, John – CA OES Disaster Assistance
Russell, Deborah – CA OES Inland Region
Siler, William – Yuba County Sheriff’s Office
Smith, Ken Michael – CA OES Disaster Assistance
Stewart, Todd – Pacific Gas & Electric
Steinmetz, Pat – CA OES Inland Region
Tipton, Mary – Sutter Operational Area
Turner, Doug – Colusa Operational Area
April 25, 2002....................MARAC 4..............OES HQ
April 18, 2002....................MARAC 5...............Fresno State Bldg
MUTUAL AID REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(MARAC) Region V
Fresno State Building Auditorium
2550 Mariposa Mall
Fresno, California
April 18, 2002
MEETING MINUTES
I. Welcome and Introductions
Jerry Colivas, State OES, opened the Region V, Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee meeting at 10:00. He began by welcoming everyone and asking them to read the minutes from the last meeting. There were no discrepancies in the minutes. Jerry asked the MARAC attendees to introduce themselves.
MARAC Attendees:
Maj. Lou Carmona CNG
Capt. Donald Smith CNG
Scott Henderson CNG
Cindy Matthews NWS
Dan Gudgel NWS
Jerry Bartholomew DWR
Brian Smith DWR Fresno
Cindy MacDonald The Salvation Army
Sallie Ramirez American Red Cross
Sarah Mize CDFA, Animal Health
Jeff Davidson CDFA, Tulare
Patti Crawford Tulare Co. OES
Ken Austin Fresno Co. OES
Marty Rivera Fresno Co. Sheriff
Lee Adley Fresno Co. EMS
Rainer F. Streib Fresno City
Charles Conner Kern Co. OES
Trudy Maletta Kings Co. OES/Fire.
Kevin Smith Merced OES
Ken Mitten Merced Fire
Steve Raney Merced Fire
Jerry Colivas State OES, Inland Region
Roy Manning State OES Region V
Matt Scharper State OES, Law
Linda Lewis State OES
Dennis Babson State OES Haz Mitigation
Rocky Saunders State OES
Bill Pennington State OES T-Comm
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II.
El Nino Briefing
Dan Gudgel, National Weather Services, Hanford, explained through a slide show, the trends that demonstrate an El Nino is on its way. Its strength however, is unknown at this time. Some of the signs that show EL Nino is returning are:
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Sea surface temperatures recently, are a bit higher than they are in the middle part of the Pacific Ocean.
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Sea surface along the Ecuador region in the Eastern portion of the Pacific is a half a degree to a degree Celsius, above normal.
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Higher temperatures just off of the South American coast.
Dan said we can expect to experience El Nino patterns next winter, in Mexico, Southeastern United States and possibly, California. We will also have, below normal precipitation between April and July and higher temperatures into the end of the year. El Nino information can be found on the Hanford Weather site. This information is updated every 30 days.
III CDFA Planning Update
Jeff Davidson reported for Dr. Heidi Hamlin, Tulare CDFA. Dr. Hamlin assisted with the Food and Mouth Disease outbreak that occurred in the United Kingdom in 2001. She provided a presentation on the processes adopted there. Jeff presented a slide show, showing the devastation of Foot and Mouth Disease. This disease can easily be brought, either, inadvertently or deliberately, to the United States. The CDFA Animal Health Branch is involved in the prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery with the USDA, Agriculture Commission, Local Emergency Managers, and other State Agencies, Universities, Legislature, farmers, ranchers, and the CA Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory. Prevention is key. Early decisive response will minimize losses and effective response will be multi-agency with important roles for industry and local responders.
Jerry Colivas introduced Linda Lewis from the OES, Individual Assistance Unit. Linda explained that is the Mutual Aid Region V, primary contact for USDA and SBA.
IV Disaster Service Worker Volunteer Program
Anita Chant and Judy Miller, OES, PTAB, provided a power point, presentation on the Disaster Services Worker Volunteer Program. A disaster Service Worker is registered with an accredited disaster council or State OES, receives no pay or other considerations, impressed into service, auxiliary fire volunteer, public employees during proclaims disaster or state emergency and excludes volunteer firefighters and convergent volunteers. The accredited Disaster Council, American Red Cross, or other authorized organizations may register volunteers as DSWs. The DSW information must always be current. A registered DSW should have an I.D. card, I.D. number, copy of the registration, and the classification they will be volunteering for. They also must have basic safety training. When submitting a DSWVP claim, the claim package must include an original State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) #3301, an original SCIF #3267, a copy of the signed registration and Oath and a copy of an incident narrative. The original claim is sent to SCIF, and copies to State OES.
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V. Disaster Assistant Division (DAD) Presentation
Royce Saunders, OES DAD, Program Branch Chief, first addressed the Disaster Resistant California, 3-day Conference, held May 6-8, 2002, at the Pacific Palms Conference Resort in the City of Industry, CA. Registration can be located on the OES website.
www.oes.ca.gov
FEMA is proposing to eliminate the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), which is a post-disaster, litigation, funding program. This program is based on a percentage of the cost of the disaster. FEMA wants to replace it with a $300 million nation-wide annual Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program. This new program is a fixed amount that is a pre-disaster basis to be distributed on a competitive basis. This program will be orientated towards eastern hurricane and flood type disasters. This program would also change the Stanford Act, which would require every state and local agency to have an approved Hazard Mitigation Plan on hand. California would face risking some projects and would like to see significant pre-disaster and post-disaster mitigation funds. The Federal budget would also reform the National Flood Insurance Program. Homeowners in high risked areas would be burdened with strategies that would have the state or local agencies with federal money to offer to buy them out. If they refuse to sell, their insurance rate might start hitting actuary rates. Another budget proposal would include a 300 million to upgrade flood maps. The Emergency Management Performance Grant Program (EMPG) will not see a budget increase.
VI. DOJ/OJP Terrorism Equipment Grant Update
Jerry Colivas reported for John Anderson. OES is now processing the invoices for the 99 equipment funds. There was 4 million dollars for 99 OJP funding. The 00/01 OJP Equipment funding is 14 million dollars. The 2002 funding will amount to 25 million dollars. One million of that will be for exercises. Proposed for 2003 funding is, 421 million dollars statewide. The billing period is not the grant period. It is the period of actual expenditures. OAs should attempt to get their Equipment Invoices in by the end of June to stay within one fiscal year.
Jerry then discussed the OJP Needs Assessment Program On April 29; OES field staff will receive training from DOJ, in Sacramento. Beginning May 13, for about three weeks, DOJ/OES Teams, along with the ESC, will be going to local jurisdictions to interpret the program and update the assessment. Those OAs who put the assessment in, hopefully have a paper copy or a way to get the information, because some portions need to be resubmitted, because OJP apparently had computer problems.
VII. CUPA Review Update
No report
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VIII. Significant Issues
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Fresno OA -
Ken Austin said they had just
completed a successful Hospital Exercise with Public Health Agencies and EMS providers.
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Tulare OA -
Patti Crawford had a concern from her Health Officer and the EMS Medical Director, in deciding whether to shelter-in-pace or evacuate. He feels the Medical Directors through out California need more direction on this issue. Jerry told her to contact the Dept. of Health Services. They have expanded, and now have staff to answer these types of questions. Jerry will get her a phone number of someone at DHS who can help her.
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Kern OA –
Charles Conner reported that he will no longer be the primary for SSCOT but will become the alternate. Ken Mitten, Merced Fire Chief will replace Charles as the primary.
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The VOAD/FOAD meeting will meet after the MARAC meeting.
Jerry Colivas announced that in June, the FBI/OES meeting would include an FBI presentation from a Terrorism expert on Middle East terrorists. The flyer will be distributed soon.
John Passerello distributed the Comprehensive Study Analysis on the Comprehensive Plan. A more detailed plan will be sent out in a couple weeks.
IX. Adjournment and next quarterly MARAC Meeting and location
The meeting adjourned at 12:52 PM. The next MARAC (Fire Season) meeting will be held July 18, 2002 at this same location.
July 10, 2002.....................MARAC 3...............Red Bluff Fire Training Center
July 11, 2002.....................MARAC 4................OES HQ
July 25, 2002.....................MARAC 5...............Fresno State Bldg
October 16, 2002.................MARAC 3...........Indian Health Center, Oroville
October 31, 2002.................MARAC 4................OES HQ
October 17, 2002.................MARAC 5...............Fresno State Bldg
MUTUAL AID REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MARAC V
Office of Emergency Services
State Building
2550 Mariposa Mall
Fresno, CA,
Thursday, October 17, 2002
MEETING SUMMARY
I.
Welcome and Introductions
John Anderson opened the meeting at 10:10 a.m., and welcomed everyone to the Region V Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee (MARAC) Meeting. This is the annual MARAC Flood Preparedness Meeting. Introductions took place.
MARAC Attendees:
Charles Wynne State OES
Maj. John McCarthy CA National Guard, CA-SMR
Mike Nation CDF Fresno, Kings
Cindy Matthews NWS, Sacramento
Johnnie Powell NWS, Sacramento
Roger Showalter Hogan MFG
Shawn Ortiz Dept. Social Services
Matt Scharper OES Law, Fresno
Marty Rivera Fresno S.O.
Richard Harrison CDS, Tulare Co.
Leedy Dunkle Calif. Conservation Corp (CCC)
Richard Hopkins DOJ-Anti-Terrorism (CATIC)
Rainer F. Streib City of Fresno
Linda Lewis State OES
Roy Manning State OES
Ken Mitten Merced Fire
Victoria Rardin Fresno Co. OES
Kevin Smith Merced Co. OES
Barry Thorn Madera Co. OES
LeCostel Hailey DWR
Brian Smith CA DWR,
Dan Gudgel NOAA/NWS/DOC
Ken Austin Fresno Co. OES
Sallie Ramirez American Red Cross
Katie Jercovich American Red Cross
Sharon Martinez American Red Cross
Lee Veselak American Red Cross
Ed Webb American Red Cross
Richard Lawson The Salvation Army
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October 17, 2002
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II.
Flood Preparedness
John Anderson explained how the agenda was structured to reflect, first the weather, then, where the damages may occur, DWR, then on to resources that are available from the state, and down to the Disaster Assistance Division and Recovery.
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National Weather Service –
Dan Gudgel introduced Cindy Matthews who is a Service Hydrologist for the NWS in Sacramento. She gave a report on the Graphical River Forecast Center.
In response to user need for main stem river forecasts out beyond 24 hours for pre-planning purposes, these graphs will be available through the Hydrology link on the NWS web page on December 2, 2002:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sacramento
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There is a single graph for each Official River Forecast Point. These graphs will show five days of observed river stages and rainfall/snowfall/snowmelt that went into the river forecast computer models, and will show the forecast values for the same parameters. The original main stem river text product values will correspond to the first portion (forecast portion) of the hydrograph (green). The second portion or guidance portion of the hydrograph (magenta) is for pre-planning use only. The further into the future you forecast a dynamic river system for the larger probably that your forecast will be incorrect. River forecast are based on forecast rainfall, snowmelt, local runoff and reservoir releases, all of which directly affect the forecast hydrograph and all of which are difficult to accurately forecast out beyond 24 hours.
Cindy Matthews also mentioned, there will be a presentation on
the 2002-2003 Winter Weather Outlook Workshop for California.
Friday, November 8, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room
California Office of Emergency Services
3650 Schriever Avenue
Mather, California
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Department of Water Resources -
Brian-Smith mentioned that flood materials and information on classes are on the table for people to pick up. He also brought a few copies of the Flood Operation Manual. The Flood Operation Center (FOC) is housed in the NWS Building in Sacramento. The Flood Center has stockpiled equipment and resources for flood emergencies on the condition that it is replaced. A Flood Center representative will come to your REOC during emergencies. Activated EOCs can also get assistance from a flood specialist through the REOC.
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U. S Army Corps of Engineer ––
Larry Bermooser, Emergency Response Dept.
Larry passed out green cards with his information and gave out his cell number,
916-807-0027.
Public Law 8499 is Bermoosers’ authority for dealing with flooding basically in Sacramento and San Joaquin area. It has two parts.
1. Response -
During the flood fight, while the river is rising and up until it crests. He can provide you services in two areas;
Technical
Support
, to help you look at the problem and make some solutions to keep the problem at the local level.
Conquer –
Contracts north of I-80 and South of I-80 can within 24 hours get you the best equipment and material for your aid.
2. Restoration and Rehabilitations
to bring you back to pre-flood condition.
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CA Dept. of Forestry / Fire Protection –
, Mike Nation, CDF Fresno, spoke in place of John Trowler. Mike gave an overview of CDF telling the group of the 200 hand crews (16-17 people per crew), Air resources, limited heavy equipment, and logistics crews to assist in the EOCs.
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California Conservation Corps –
Leedy Dunkle spoke for
Lyn McNamara. She passed out some handouts. CCC is a youth program from ages 18 to 23. They are vested in California and willing to work hard. These are the two qualifications to be with the CCC. They are trained to assist local government with floods and search and rescue and other incidences. CCC provides the safety equipment and basic tools and training for their use. They receive First Responders training, Electrical and landscaping training among other training.
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California National Guard –
Capt. Rob Mathews gave a brief overview of their capabilities. The CA National Guard has 16,000 Army Guard soldiers and 5,000 Air Guards. Their State commission range from Wildfires, Disturbance Assistance, Earthquake Support and many others. There is also a Federal Commission. If this country goes to war somewhere, chances are the California National Guard will be called up. Country wide 58 % of the Guard has been called to active duty. When the Guard is called up for state emergency that are on active duty. A tradition National Guard is committed to one weekend a month and two weeks each summer. These people actually have two jobs. Only the Governor can call up the National Guard for any mission. Their policy is to be at an incident in 24 hours or less.
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California Dept Social Services
- Shawn Ortiz reported Margie Agliano is the new Chief of Disaster Safety Bureau in Cal. Dept. Social Services as of August 16. Shawn then gave an over view of the Social Services Department. One of their duties is to bring back safely to Americans and their dependents that find themselves in a foreign country facing war or some other disaster. Another DSS service is Care and Shelter of displaced people due to flood, fire or other disasters. They also find and map all shelters in California.
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October 17, 2002
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American Red Cross –
Katie Jerkovich
reported that The American Red Cross provides two kinds of services. Emergency Services for the members of the military and their family and Relief Assistance for Disasters. American Red Cross Disaster Services Program was organized over a century ago. Their purpose is to bring a timely and effective help to people affected by a disaster. This program will help victims with their physical needs and mental well-being. Red Cross brochures were made available.
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The Salvation Army –
Richard Lawson just mentioned that the Salvation Army is supportive of food and shelter and emergency care.
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OES/DAD Local Assistance Centers -
Linda Lewis is with the Individual Assistance Section. Linda briefed the group on the Local Assistance Centers. During the 98/99 Freeze Governor Davis gave State OES a challenge. He asked OES to minimizes the disaster impact to victims, minimize recovery time, cut through the red tape, maximize the CBO/Volunteer system, look at existing program and know your resources. Meeting this challenge, State OES provided Local Disaster Centers to provide assistance to disaster victims in localized locations. Local center are the front line of service, a one-stop agency that will address unmet emergency needs. These facilities are usually empty storefronts with parking available and not too much traffic. Once facilities are identified, a local assistance Center can be put together quickly. In 1998/99 the Valley Freeze affected 8 Operational Areas and 19 centers were and running in two weeks.
OES is in the process of developing a final Guidance Document for Local Assistance Centers. This document will cover: Activation, Operation, Demobilization, Suggested Resources, Site Selection Criteria and Equipment needs. This Document is now on its final review and will be available by this spring. However the draft document can be used during the winter months, as this is considered a “Living Document”
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OES/DAD Proclamation Process -
Patti Rapozo, State OES DAD,
III.
CATIC Briefing
New item to the Agenda
Sgt. Richard Hopkins is an Army Counter-Intelligence Agent with a background in intelligence. Richard explained that the CATIC was developed within the Department of Justice in September, after the World Trade Center was attacked in NYC. Three months ago, the CATIC felt that it needed a military presence. Richard is one of seven National Guardsmen assigned to work in the CATIC. They coordinate with the Civil Law Enforcement to put together a Vulnerability Assessment for California. They also try to offer a 7% solution for volnerability assessments. He passed out CATIC brochures
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October 17, 2002
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IV.
Significant Issues:
1. Madera County
- Barry Thorn
reported that
2. State OES Inland Region –
John Anderson reported on the OJP Equipment Grant
3. Kern County –
Charles Connor reported that Kern Co. was conducting an Emergency Management Training Class on October 24 to the Kern Co. Emergency Team.
4. Charlie Wynne –
Spoke on the Bovine-Tuberculoses in Tulare Co. 1200 heads of cattle have already been slaudered. The infection has been contained to one herd on a dairy farm. Next he talked about the Exotic New Castle outbreak in Los Angels County. This is a deadly disease for chickens. This has potential to wreck havoc on the agricultural Community. Japan will not accept our poultry products. This so far has not get into the commercials poultry industry. CDFA are conducting onsite inspections with the CCC. This disease was brought on through fighting Cocks. Another CDFA issue is the West Nile Virus.
There is only one confirmed case in Inglewood, California. The woman worked for an interstate currier service. The medical people believe the West Nile Virus will arrive next spring if and when the rain brings on the growth of mosquitoes.
Charles said Terrorism is the key issue at the State OES Head Quarters and our primary focus is getting out the OJP Equipment grants. We want to get all of the money out. The program has changed from a reimbursement program to an Advance Program. The Director has delegated authority for extensions for the
Regions administrators. Try to get the equipment quickly as there are more rounds of funding coming.
5. John Anderson –
told the group that Bob Showalter manufactures sand bagging machine. Fresno County already has a machine and Bob explained how the machine actually works.
6. Merced County
– Kevin Smith has a concern about the time frame for the Equipment Grant. He is having difficult finding a type of radio that won’t create interference with computers. John told him to send a letter requesting an extension. Another question was about the trailers that Merced County need for their decontamination equipment. It will not be available until the 2002 Grant funding. John explained that they are stuck with the list they have this year but trailers will be available next year.
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October 17, 2002
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7. Fresno County OES –
Victoria Rardin said Fresno is working hard to distribute their fifteen Sandbagging machines. They are working on their EMPG and OJP Equipment Grants.
IV.
Next Meeting scheduled for January 16, 2003
The meeting ended at 12:17
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