FEMA Region X Brenna Meneghini Hazard Mitigation Assistance

FEMA Region X Brenna Meneghini Hazard Mitigation Assistance Specialist

FEMA Region X • Regional Administrator Mike O'Hare • Deputy RA Vince Maykovich • 200 full-time employees • Main office in Bothell, Washington • Regional Response Coordination Center (RRCC) • Area office in Anchorage, Alaska • FEMA Integration Teams embedded in Oregon, Idaho and Washington • Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS)

FEMA Region X FEMA’s Mission Statement: Helping people, before, during and after disasters.

What We Do We support your emergency management and disaster response and recovery efforts by: • Identify hazards and vulnerabilities to reduce risk from disasters. • Support building national resilience to disasters. • Preparedness planning, training, and exercises. • Work through public and private partnerships at the federal, tribal, state, and local levels. • Disaster response and recovery.

Regional Offices

Region X FEMA Region X supports the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and 271 Federally Recognized Tribes. • Subject to natural disasters such as: • severe storms • high winds • floods • wildland fires • earthquakes • volcanoes • tsunamis • landslides

Phases of Emergency Management

Region X Tribal Affairs What is the role of Regional Tribal Affairs? • Strengthen relationships • Advance readiness and training for tribes and for FEMA staff • Increase access to FEMA programs, funding, training, technical assistance and resources for tribes • Facilitate the implementation of the Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance Region X Tribal Affairs staff: Erin Ward 425. 487. 4567 Erin. Ward@fema. dhs. gov Ramona Van Cleve 907. 271. 4302 Ramona. Van. Cleve@fema. dhs. gov Jay La. Plante 425. 487. 4540 Jay. La. Plante@fema. dhs. gov Aurora Lehr 425. 487. 4917 Aurora. Lehr@fema. dhs. gov

Region X Tribal Affairs What FEMA does to support the federally recognized tribes: • Steady State: • office visits • program briefings • training • technical assistance • Coordination • updates about ongoing activities • Disasters: • immediate and regular updates • special events (tours, town hall meetings) • coordinate with partners

Tribal Office Preparedness In a disaster, tribal offices become one of the first places citizens go for information. Is your office ready? • Large number of inquiries from all over the area • Normal services may be disrupted (power, internet, etc. ) • Backup for staff • Does FEMA know how to reach you in emergency? Office continuity plans: • Call down lists • Office emergency operations kit with intake materials • Designated staff for specific areas • Cell phone numbers for key staff

Hazard Mitigation Assistance Programs • Any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to human life and property from hazards. Yearly, and nationally competitive Available after a disaster statewide Yearly, nationally competitive, and NFIP flood insurance required

FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Plan Benefits • Identify natural hazard impacts and strategies and activities to reduce any losses from those hazards • Updated every 5 years Funding • HMA grants (PDM and HMGP)

National Flood Insurance Program A partnership to reduce flooding damages and encourage responsible, safe development. Local governments: • Adopt and enforce floodplain regulations • Permit and monitor development in the mapped floodplain Federal Government provides: • Flood insurance • Technical assistance • Identification of risk (mapping)

Grants • FEMA grants support grantees’ ability to develop and sustain capabilities at the state and local, tribal, and territorial levels. • Some of these grants programs include: • Hazard Mitigation Grants • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) • Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) • Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program • Assistance to Firefighters Grants Programs • More information about grants can be obtained at: www. fema. gov/grants. nd a l e om rogram H l a Trib Grant P ity r u c Se

Stafford Act Defines an Emergency as: § Any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President, Federal assistance is needed to supplement State and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States. § Limited to immediate and short-term assistance, essential to save lives, protect public health and safety and property Reference: 44 CFR § 206. 2(a)(9)

Stafford Act Defines a Disaster as: § Any natural catastrophe. . . or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion in any part of the United States which in the determination of the President causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance to supplement the efforts and available resources of States, local governments, and disaster relief organizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby. Reference: 44 CFR § 206. 2(a)(17)

Types of Disaster Assistance Public Assistance • Assistance to state, tribal and local governments, and certain non-profit organizations, for emergency work and repair or replacement of disaster damaged facilities. Individual Assistance • Assistance to individuals and households to repair, replace primary residence, find alternate, temporary housing, replace personal property, other eligible disaster related expenses. Hazard Mitigation • Additional funding to support cost-effective measures that prevent or reduce long-term risk to life and property from hazards.

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Alaska Area Office Contacts • Robert (Zach) Katzenberger, • Robert Forgit, Alaska Area Manager: Logistics: robert. katzenberger@fema. dhs. gov robert. forgit@fema. dhs. gov • Paul Valley, Planner: paul. valley@fema. dhs. gov • Ramona Van Cleve, Tribal Liaison: ramona. vancleve@fema. dhs. gov

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