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Interoperability – Moving Beyond the Technology
National Capital Special Operations SymposiumNov 14, 2012
John Saunders, President - Saunders Enterprises & Emergency Management ConsultingPresident, IAEM-Canada
The World – She’s a-chang’in
Increase in number and severity of natural events
Potential for Man-Made – Unintentional or otherwise
Civil Unrest
Technology
Global Challenges& Changing Philosophies
2004 Tsunami
HaitiEarthquakeCholera Response
2004 Tsunami
NPA
W.C.D.O
World Vision
DOS/PRMUSAID/OFDA
US Gov’t
ADRA
DanishGov’t
MSF
Mercy Corps
CWS
JCC
Federal/State/LocalElected Officials
United Nations • WFP
• OCHA• UNHCR,UNICEF, UNDP
Oxfam
Local Agencies
Peace Corps
DFIDGov’t UK
ACF
CARE
CRS
Local Authorities
IRC
Savethe
Children
MDM
ECHO
IndigenousNGO’s
German Gov’t
*This chart represents a small fraction of NGO’s/implementing partners and will change with each disaster *Slide adapted from USAID/ Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
RC/RCSocieties
JRC
ARC GRC
DRK BRC
ACT
RedR
2010 Haiti Earthquake
2010 Haiti - Cholera Response
Collective Challenges& Guiding EM Principles
Principles of Emergency Management
Progressive
Integrated
Risk-driven
Collaborative
Coordinated
Flexible
Professional
Comprehensive 1
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Emergency Management Algebra
E + E + A = C
Collaborative
Emergency Management Algebra
Emergencies + E + A = Catastrophes
E + E + A = C
Collaborative
Emergency Management AlgebraEmergencies + E + A = Catastrophes
COLLABORATIVE . . .
Emergencies + Egos + Agendas = Catastrophes
E + E + A = C
COMPREHENSIVE
"All Stakeholders" -- Effective emergency management requires close working relationships among all levels of government, the private sector, and the general public
INTEGRATED . . . .
Emergency Managers ensure unity of effort among all levels of government and all elements of a community
FLEXIBLE . . .
Flexibility demonstrated?:
“We’ve always done it this way” “Damn students take a course and
think they know better than me how to do things”
Social Media Risk Communications
Lessons Observed - CommunicationWhat communication, with who and how?
Each other:Integrated ops and daily briefing with all
responding partiesElected OfficialsImpacted Residents – Minimum 2 per day initially
+ + +Rest of Community
TOPOFF Exercise
Lessons ObservedAfter Action Reports, reviews
Exercises – Exercise to fail not to make your team or council feel good
- If everything went well, it was likely a poorly designed exercise
Lessons ObservedRay Nagin – Mayor – New Orleans
Attawapiskat – Talk about political!!
Attawapiskat
SummaryEGOS/AGENDAS = BadWork together not for efficiency but for how
best to take care of the peopleThis is how we all will be judged
PartnershipsLook beyond the comfortable
IAEM - International Association of Emergency Managers
5,000 + Members around the world, including Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, United States and Canada
Our Mission is to advance the profession by promoting the principles of emergency management; to serve our members by providing information, networking and professional development opportunities; and to advance the emergency management profession.
IAEM - International Association of Emergency Managers
IAEM - Conferring body of two valued professional designations
CEM – Certified Emergency ManagerAEM – Associate Emergency Manager
Access to FEMA Courses
