Partnerships for Preparedness

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

CAPT Tom Bowman, MS, CEM Deputy Branch Chief, Program Services Branch

Division of State and Local Readiness

Association of Public Health Nurses 2014 Annual Conference

May 7, 2014

Division of State and Local Readiness

“A good partnership can be marked by the simplest of

metrics:

Can you pick up the phone and have someone

answer your call?”

Stafford Act Declarations in New Mexico

Since 2001:

39 Fire Management

Assistance Grants

10 Major Disaster

Declarations

1 Emergency Disaster

Declaration

• Every response started with

local fire, law enforcement,

and/or medical first

responders

•

Partnerships in Response

“Prior to Hurricane Sandy making landfall, FEMA

worked with our partners at all levels of government, as

well as within the private sector, to assist our citizens

and first responders as they prepared for the storm. As a

result of these efforts, at the request of state and local

officials the Agency was able to support a prompt,

coordinated response that brought to bear the full

resources of federal, state, tribal and local government,

in conjunction with our private sector partners.”

Craig Fugate, FEMA Administrator

March 20, 2013, Congressional Testimony

Tribal Partnerships

Heavy rains on January 14-17, 2014, resulted in flooding in

parts of Cherokee, and, as a result, the tribe has been the first

American Indian tribe to receive a Presidential Disaster

Declaration under the Stafford Act. (ELVIA

WALKINGSTICK/One Feather)

1 Community Preparedness

2 Community Recovery

3 Emergency Operations Coordination

4 Emergency Public Information and Warning

5 Fatality Management

6 Information Sharing

7 Mass Care

8 Medical Countermeasure Dispensing

9 Medical Materiel Management and Distribution

10 Medical Surge

11 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

12 Public Health Laboratory Testing

13 Public Health Surv and Epi Investigation

14 Responder Safety and Health

15 Volunteer Management

National Public Health Preparedness Standards

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Division of State and Local Readiness

CDC Federal Preparedness Alignment

Alignment with ASPR

White House directed

In third year

Single application and

funding award

Joint implementation

Alignment with FEMA

Grants

Medical Countermeasures

ASPR – Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Interagency Preparedness Grant Coordination

July 2011 Memorandum of Understanding renewed

in 2014

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Health Services and Resources Administration

Department of Transportation

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

DHS and HHS have agreed on a two-year work plan

currently in process

Are We Prepared? Measuring the Impact of

Preparedness Grants Since 9/11

Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental

Relations, and the District of Columbia

Panel 1: Federal Emergency Management Agency

DHS Office of Inspector General

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Panel 2: National Emergency Management Association

U.S. Conference of Mayors

Filler Security Strategies, Inc.

Heritage Foundation

Challenges to Partnering

Social science suggests that people tend to

“normalize emergencies.” They tend to view them

within the context of day-to-day activities.

“Government bureaucracy actually

requires agency managers do only their

respective jobs.” - Donald Kettl

Kettl, D. (2007) System Under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics. Washington DC: CQ Press

High Risk

Low Frequency

High Risk

High Frequency

Low Risk

Low Frequency

Low Risk

High Frequency

Managing Risk

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Value

To calculate or reckon the monetary value of; give a specified

material or financial value to; assess; appraise: to value their

assets.

To consider with respect to worth, excellence, usefulness, or

importance.

To regard or esteem highly: He values her friendship.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/value?s=t

Collaboration

Are you a partner of value?

Can you explain the

difference between:

• Hazard,

• Vulnerability,

• Risk, and

• Threat?

Enterprise Solutions

Blue Sky Planning

Public Health Nurses

Public health nurses become the default

coordinators among emergency management,

hospitals, fire, emergency medical services, and

public health

Public health nurses need to bring the healthcare

system to the table

Public health nurses need to advocate for whole

community partnerships

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

CAPT Tom Bowman, MS, CEM Deputy Branch Chief, Program Services Branch

Division of State and Local Readiness

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Division of State and Local Readiness

Thank you

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The finding and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position

of the Centers for Disease control and Prevention