# Presentation: 280345

## Introduction to the Incident Management Assistance Teams

## IMATs: Incident Management Assistance Teams

- In response to the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, FEMA has developed IMATs to:
- Bring the most qualified, experienced emergency management personnel and capabilities in response to all-hazard incidents
- Establish a cadre of full-time staff entirely dedicated to exercising, analyzing, and executing disaster response

## IMAT Mission

- Support local governments in all-hazards planning and incident action planning
- Provide expertise in all emergency management functional areas
- Support states and other response organizations in an incident by establishing command, coordination, and communications
- Provide real-time situational awareness
- Coordinate other Federal agencies to provide response/recovery resources
- Execute Stafford Act authorities and FEMA missions to direct the support, integration, and coordination of Federal resources in order to mitigate the impacts from the incident

## Response Capabilities

_**CURRENT**_
- FIRST
- ERT-A
- ERT-N

_**FUTURE**_
**National IMAT**
- 3 geographically-based in the East, West, and Central US
**Regional IMAT**
- 1 located in each FEMA Region

## Force Capabilities 

- Force Capabilities

## IMAT Communications

- IMAT communications capability
- Missions:
- Assist and sustain IMAT connectivity.
- Provide connectivity for a small, Federal contingent in forward areas.
- Assist with interoperability and coordination issues.
- Provide situational awareness information as directed.

## Communications Capabilities

- IMAT communications vehicle
- Small footprint to allow maximum flexibility/access. (Crewcab truck with utility bed)
- Multiple modes of communication to provide coordination, assistance and situational awareness.
- Ku Satellite
- VHF/UHF
- HF
- BGAN

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## Deployment Scheme

- DISASTER LEVEL

- TEAM TYPE

- Level I

- Level II

- Level III

- Type I
- National IMAT

- Type II
- Regional IMAT

- Type III
- Supplemental IMAT

## IMAT–JFO ORGANIZATION (from NRF)

- IMAT–JFO ORGANIZATION (from NRF)

## National IMAT

## REGIONAL IMAT 

**REGIONAL IMAT **

- Regional IMAT

## Command and Control

- NATIONAL TEAMS:
- Disaster Operations Directorate maintains Program Management and Operational Control of teams
- Teams are deployed via the NRCC
- REGIONAL TEAMS:
- Disaster Operations Directorate maintains Program Management to ensure consistency in qualifications, equipment, training, typing, and credentialing of teams
- Regional Administrator maintains Operational Control and Day-to-Day Oversight
- Situations may require that OPCON revert to Headquarters
- Teams are deployed via the RRCC

## IMAT Phase-In Plan

**Phase 1**

**NATIONAL**
** ****IMAT**

**REGIONAL**
** ****IMAT**

**1**

**EAST**
**NCR **

**3**

**Regions**
** ****4,5,6**

**Phase 2**

**+1**

**WEST**
**Sacramento**
**CA**

**Region **
**2**

**Phase 3**

**Region**
**7 **

**+1**

**+1**

**0**

**IMAT    Location**

**IMAT    Location**

**IMAT    Location**

**N/A**

**+1**

**Central**
**(TBD)**

**+5**

**Regions**
**1,3,8 9**
**and 10**

**Phase 4**

**IMAT    Location**

## FY 2008 Status

- Phase One IMATs have been stood up:
- National IMAT-East (National Capital Region (HQ))
- Regional IMAT - Region IV
- Regional IMAT - Region V
- Regional IMAT - Region VI
- Phase Two:
- National IMAT – West  (Sacramento)
- Regional IMAT – Region II

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