Emergency Response
In 30 Minutes!
Peter R. Jensen
▪ Deputy Team Leader
– SE Wisconsin Incident Management Team
▪ Retired FEMA / DHS
– Planning Section Chief
▪ 9-11 World Trade Center Federal Response
▪ Salt Lake City Olympics
– Deputy Planning Section Chief
▪ National Response Coordination Center – FEMA HQ
▪ Hurricane Katrina
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Emergency Response
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In a nutshell
▪ You are a critical component of a community
emergency response system.
▪ It is more than power…
– Public Safety
– Public Information
– Preparedness
– Response Coordination
– Response Communication.
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Essential Three Elements
▪ Understand
– Understand the threats and your capabilities
– Plan for what you can do, not what you want to
do!
▪ Coordinate
– Coordinate with other emergency response
elements
▪ Cooperate
– Participate in related organizations, events, and
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Understand
▪ The realistic threats you face:
– Tornadoes
– Floods
– Ice Storms
– Technological
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Understand
▪ That secondary threats may be more
significant that primary ones.
– Loss of communications
– Critical facilities
– Loss of security systems
– Loss of climate control systems
– Food preparation and storage systems
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Understand
▪ Emergency Response Systems
– Incident Command System
▪ HSPD – 5
▪ REVISED training is available!
▪ Disaster Assistance
– Debris Removal (Category A PA)
– Public Utilities (Category F PA)
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Coordinate
▪ Do you know your County Emergency
Manager?
– When was the last time you met / worked with
them?
▪ Do you know the other key emergency
response players?
▪ Do you participate in emergency exercises?
▪ Do you reach out and coordinate with
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Cooperate
▪ Are you an active participant in emergency
response groups and programs?
▪ Southeast Wisconsin Homeland Security
Partnership (SWHSP): https://swhsp.org/
[swhsp.org]
▪ Business Resiliency Professionals of
Wisconsin (BRPW): https://brpwi.org
[brpwi.org]
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Participate in Programs
▪ 2019 Resiliency Services Showcase
▪ Date: June 20, 2019
▪ Register Here https://www.brpwi.org/event-
3298081 [brpwi.org]
▪ Location: Kohl’s Innovation Center, W165
N5830 Ridgewood Drive, Menomonee Falls,
WI 53051
▪ FREE!
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And now…
Questions?
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