# Presentation: 530041

## EMAC Overview

- <date/time>April 2006

## What is EMAC?

- Interstate Compact that Facilitates State to State Mutual Aid
- Ratified by US Congress in 1996
- Signed Into Law in Each Member State
- Administered By NEMA, the National Emergency Management Association

- Emergency Management Assistance Compact

## EMAC Governing Structure 

- NEMA - National Emergency
- Management Association

- NEMA - Response &
- Recovery Committee

- EMAC Ops Subcommittee/
- Executive Task Force

- 10 Lead State
- Members

- Chair Elect
- Past Chair

- 3 At Large
- Members

- EMAC Executive Task Force Chair

- EMAC Sr. Advisor

- EMAC Coordinator

## EMAC Mission

- 	Facilitate the efficient and effective sharing of resources between member states during times of disaster or emergency.

## EMAC Vision

- EMAC, the cornerstone of national mutual aid.

- “ The use of EMAC will become institutionalized and automatic within the emergency management community and the various emergency support functions.”

## Why is EMAC Successful?

## EMAC Key Provisions

- “Employees . . . rendering aid . . . shall be considered agents of the requesting state for tort liability and immunity purposes”
- “. . . any party state rendering aid . . . shall be reimbursed by the party state receiving aid for any loss or damage to or expense incurred . . .” *(requesting state)*

## EMAC Key Provisions

- “...the state rendering aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for such state.”
- “...licenses, certificates, or other permits...shall be deemed licensed, certified, or permitted by the state requesting assistance."

## What does EMAC do?

**EMAC does:**** **
**Maximizes use of all available resources**
**Coordinates deployment of EMAC resources with National Response Plan resources**
**Expedites and streamlines delivery of assistance between member states**
**Protects state sovereignty**
**Provides management and oversight**

**EMAC does NOT: **
**Replace federal support**
**Permit use of National Guard resources for “military” purposes **
**Alter operational direction and control**
**Support self-deployment**

## Member State Responsibilities

- Educate Emergency Staff & State Agencies on the EMAC Process
- Train A-Team Members on EMAC Operations
- Develop and Maintain Procedures for A-Team Activation
- Develop and Maintain Procedures for Requesting/Providing Assistance
- Evaluate Procedures Through Exercises and After Action Review (AAR)

**Notes:**
Each EMAC member state should establish at least two (2) Type 1 A-teams and one (1) Type 2 A-team prepared for out-of-state deployment.  The additional team or teams may be needed to support multiple state operations and also provide a means to ensure rotation and rest of previously deployed team members.
All states should develop and maintain implementation and operational procedures for A-team activities from both a requesting and a responding perspective.  All states should likewise insure that procedures are evaluated through exercises that include participation of potential requesting and assisting states.

## Operational Response

## EMAC Cycle

**Governor’s Declaration**

***  ******Mission***
***  ******Duration***
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***  ******Staging***
***  ******Sustainment***

## EMAC Requests

- Formal Procedures & Forms In Place
- Resource Types Specified on Request Form (REQ-A)
- Assistance Negotiated Between States
- Signed Request Form = Written Contract
- Reimbursement Guaranteed
- Compact Provisions Apply

## A-Team

- Deploys at Request of Impacted State
- Operates from Impacted State’s EOC or  Command and Control Center
- Serves as Liaison Between Responding States, Other EMAC Assisting States and the Impacted State
- Coordinates Assistance Requests Between Impacted State and Other Member States

**Notes:**
An A-team is designed to provide state-level coordination between requesting and responding states.  As such, an A-team reports to and operates from the facility from where central direction and control of emergency operations are conducted.  An A-team is not intended to deploy to, or operate as a self-supporting unit in, a detached field site.
An A-team should be prepared to work in shifts to provide 24-hour coverage in the operations center.
An A-team should be prepared to deploy within eight (8) hours of receipt of request and conduct support operations in the requesting state for a maximum period of seven (7) days before returning to its home state.  If the assistance period exceeds seven (7) days, an A-team should be rotated to its home state and replaced with fresh and rested personnel from its home state or another member state.

## Examples of EMAC Applications

- Hazard mitigation
- Community outreach
- Search and rescue
- Debris clearance
- Information & planning
- Public health – 	emergency/medical
- Hazardous materials
- Human services/mass care
- Animal control

- State/Local EOC Support
- Damage assessment
- Disaster recovery
- Logistics
- Donations management
- Security
- Communications
- Fire fighting
- Aviation support
- Biological/chemical events

**any **capability of member states can be shared with member states

## Why IS EMAC Effective?

- Administrative Oversight and support staff
- 	- Formal Business Protocols
- Solves problems upfront
- Reimbursement
- Licensure
- Liability
- Continuity of Operations
- 	- Standard Operating Procedures
- Continual Improvement
- 	- Critiques/Training/Exercises

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## How can MRC fit?

- Work with state emergency management office to see if they have a structure in place that can make them “agents of the state”.  Become part of a state team.
- If structure not in place to be agent of the state, MRC’s would be available to deploy under the National Response Plan as Federalized resources.

## Pre-EMAC Deployment Planning

- Organize local resources under state sponsorship for EMAC deployment.
- Define process to deploy local resources as agents of the state.
- Type and credential resources based on NIMS standards.
- Establish a working relationship with your EMAC Designated Contact(s).
- Train and exercise for efficient EMAC deployments.
- Establish daily equipment and personnel costs in advance.
- Build capacity to deploy into substandard living conditions.

## Contact Information

- _For more information about EMAC contact:_
- 	Angela Copple
- 	EMAC Coordinator
- 	National Emergency Management Association
- 	acopple@csg.org

## Joyce WinninghamIowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division

- joyce.winningham@iowa.gov
- 515-323-4313