Presentation by Jim Redick, Director of Emergency Preparedness in Norfolk, VA. This presentation was given at the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association's annual Symposium held every July in Broomfield, Colorado. Watch the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FJM1eV6VMo

5. So what is Norfolk Doing About it?

6. Norfolk Local Emergency
Planning Committee
• Overarching committee, reflective of all
Emergency Support Functions, inclusive of
community partners, to ensure a well-
managed comprehensive city-wide response
to all-hazards.
• Emergency Support Functions are the
organizational categories used in the National
Response Framework as well as the
Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency
Operations Plan

7. Norfolk Local Emergency
Planning Committee
• Build Relationships!
• Satisfy LEPC and Other Committee Requirements
• Cross-sector collaboration / information sharing /
situational awareness
• Discuss capabilities, concerns and realistic expectations
• Discuss planning initiatives (and identify planning gaps),
• Communication strategies
• MOU’s
• Synergize training and exercise opportunities
• Confirm contact / alternate contact information

8. ESF-1 Transportation
• Amtrak
• Elizabeth River Crossing
• Hampton Roads Transit
• Homeland Security (Infrastructure Protection)
• Norfolk Public Works
• Norfolk Airport Authority
• Norfolk Southern
• Public Works
• TSA
• U.S. Coast Guard
• Virginia Port Authority
• VDOT
• Virginia State Police

9. ESF-2 Communications
• Amateur Radio
• Norfolk PD / FR / IT
• FEMA Task Force II
• Cox Communications
• Verizon / Verizon Wireless
• State Interoperability Coordinator
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Virginia National Guard / Va Defense Force
• Virginia State Police
• Dept. of Homeland Security, Infrastructure Protection
• Joint Task Force – Civil Support
• U.S. Coast Guard

10. ESF-6 Mass Care, Housing
& Human Services
• Norfolk Human Services
• Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority
• Norfolk Office of End Homelessness
• Norfolk Community Services Board
• Norfolk Department of Public Health
• Norfolk Recreation, Parks & Open Space
• Endependence Center
• 211 Virginia
• VDEM / VDSS
• FEMA RIII
• Amerigroup
• Navy Region Mid-Atlantic / Naval Station Norfolk
– Fleet and Family Support Center
– NMCRS Little Creek
• Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters
– American Red Cross
– Salvation Army
– Operation Blessing

11. ESF-8 Public Health
& Medical
• Norfolk Fire & Rescue
• Norfolk Department of Public Health / VDH
– Medical Reserve Corps
• Sentara Norfolk General / Sentara Leigh
• Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center
• Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters
• EVMS, ODU, NSU, TCC – Faculty/Students
• HR Metropolitan Medical Reserve System
• Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association
• Regional Hospital Coordination Center
• Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office

12. ESF-13 Public Safety & Security
• Norfolk Police Department
• Norfolk Sheriff’s Office
• Norfolk Airport Authority
• NSU / ODU / EVMS / TCC Police and Security
• NOB / JEBLCFS
• Virginia State Police (& Fusion Center)
• FBI Norfolk
• U.S. Marshalls
• Dept. of Homeland Security

13. ESF-15 External Affairs
• Norfolk Communications & Community Enrichment
• Norfolk Public Relations
• Norfolk Libraries
• Norfolk Recreation, Parks & Open Space
• Military PIO’s (NOB, JEBLCFS, USCG)
• 211 Virginia
• ODU and NSU Radio
• WHRO
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Norfolk / Virginia Department of Health
• Virginia Department of Transportation
• FEMA RIII

14. ESF-17 Donations and
Volunteer Management
• Norfolk Volunteer Coordinator
• Baptist Mission Board
• Amateur Radio
• American Red Cross
• Amerigroup
• Civil Air Patrol
• EVMS
• Mercy Medical Airlift
• Norfolk Animal Care Center
• Norfolk CERT
• Norfolk MRC
• Norfolk SPCA
• Norfolk State University
• Old Dominion University
• Operation Blessing
• Salvation Army
• Tidewater Community College
• VOAD
Tactical vs. Convergent

15. How Would We All Work
Together in Response?

16. Team Norfolk
Emergency Operations & Resilience
Framework
• Vol. 1: Mitigation & Prevention Plan
• Vol. 2: Basic and Administrative Plan
• Vol. 3: Team Norfolk Charter
• Vol. 4: Emergency Support Function Annex
• Vol. 5: Functional Annexes
• Vol. 6: Supporting Annexes
• Vol. 7: Hazard-Specific Annexes
• Vol. 8: Continuity of Operations Plan
• Vol. 9: Long-Term Recovery Plan
• Vol. 10: Capabilities and Gaps Assessment
• Vol. 11: Training and Outreach Strategy

19. Incident Command System Approach
– Establishing a “Resilience Coordinator”
• Full Time focus
• Positioned in State-Level Office
– Establishing a 4-Year Action Plan Cycle
• Synch with USACE “Sandy Study”
• Utilizing the Floodplain Management Plan of the
Commonwealth of Virginia

20. Identify Training and Awareness
Opportunities Among Various
Audiences
• Leverage USACE Silver Jackets website
– One centralized Source for Information
• Establish a common and comprehensive understanding of the
threat among the following:
– American Planning Association, Virginia Chapter
– American Public Works Association, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
– Virginia 1st (Banking Sector focused on disaster planning)
– Virginia Bankers Association
– Virginia Association of Realtors
– Virginia Association of Zoning Officials
– Virginia Floodplain Management Association
– Virginia Housing Commission
– Virginia Property Insurance Association
– Mortgage Bankers Association / Lenders
– Appraisers
– Insurance Sector
– Developers
Continuing Education Credits? Professional Development?

21. Revive Critical Infrastructure / Key
Resources Sub-Panel
• Update the “Virginia Plan” to reflect strategies to
protect against environmental issues (and issues
threatening the environment)
• Use as a means to bring private sector to the
table for voluntary / unified all-hazards planning
standards and relationship building
• Leverage DHS Protective Security Advisor and
State Private Sector Liaison.

23. Questions?

24. Thank You!
Jim Redick, MPA, CEM
Director, Emergency Preparedness & Response
City of Norfolk
441-5600
James.Redick@norfolk.gov