Asaayi Lake Fire June 13, 2014

Navajo Nation Emergency Operations Center

• 121 Navajo Nation employees, volunteers

• 80 in the field

• 6 chapters/communities 5 – 20 personnel each for 164

sheltered total nights

•NN FISH & WILDLIFE

•NN ABANDONED MINES

•NN AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

•ARCHAEOLOGY/HISTORIC PRESERVATION

•NN CHAPTERS

•NNDEM

•NN DIVISION OF HEALTH (EPIDEMIOLOGY, CHR’s, Behavioral Health)

•NAVAJO HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM-GALLUP/TOHATCHI

•NAVAJO NATION SPECIAL DIABETES PROJECT

•NAVAJO DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION

•NN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

•NN FIRE & RESCUE

•NN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

•NN FORESTRY

•NAVAJO HOUSING AUTHORITY-RISK MANAGEMENT

•NN LAND DEPARTMENT

•NAVAJO NATION MUSEUM

•MINERALS DEPARTMENT

•DIVISION NATURAL RESOURCES

•DEPT RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT

•NN WATER RESOURCES

•NAVAJO NATION POLICE DEPARTMENT

Coordination with:

• Fish & Wildlife

• Rangers

• Dept of Ag

• Land Management

• Water Resources

• Chapters

• Rounded up and

brought down 60 heads

livestock

• 156 still up in the

mountain

• 183 displaced cattle

need to be relocated to

NAPI

IMT Assessment

5 homes

24 – 28 structures

“Paused” Donations

Still going out

Affected community

members

BAER

(Burned Area Emergency Response) Team

Challenges

Rapid Response Policy 20 Dedicated Staff that KNOW when to report

to the EOC Partnerships (Counties, UNM-G, NTU for Local

Training) – NM/UT there is no MOU ESF (Emergency Support Functions) ICS Training for NIMS Based Architecture –

(Training in the EOC takes away time from response)

Invest in the infrastructure and our people T-t-T for CERT, ICS and TVA Monsoon is coming Sandbag Trng

Questions?