What is NEMA?
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NEMA stands for the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, which was created in 1996 as part of the Nebraska Emergency Management Act to administer emergency management in the state. It is currently led by Assistant Director Al Berndt and has 35 employees organized across 4 sections to perform emergency operations, public assistance, hazard mitigation, and administrative support functions. Key responsibilities include developing emergency plans, providing training and grants, and supporting response efforts at both the state and local levels.
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What is NEMA?
- 2. It depends on who you ask.
- 5. Nebraska Emergency Management Act July 19, 1996 • Nebraska Emergency Management Agency created in the office of the Adjutant General • Adjutant General administers the act • Provides an emergency management system
- 7. Today’s NEMA
- 8. Al Berndt, Assistant Director Manages day-to-day operations 35 employees
- 9. 4 Sections
- 10. • Policy • Accounting • Information Technology • Administrative Support
- 11. • Emergency Operations • Public and Individual Assistance • Hazard Mitigation
- 12. • Grants • Planning • Training and Exercise
- 13. • Radiological Planning • Calibration Lab • State Emergency Response Commission • Public Information
- 14. Planning State Emergency Operations Plan (SEOP) Local Emergency Operations Plan (LEOP) Continuity of Operations and Government Plans (COOP/COG) Threat Hazard Identification Analysis (THIRA)
- 15. Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Planning (HMEP) State Homeland Security Grant (SHSG) Citizen Corps Program (CCP) Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) Grants preparedness
- 16. Response
- 19. Support
- 29. Patrick J. Rooney, Jr. Planning Specialist 402-471-7438 patrick.rooney@nebraska.gov
Editor's Notes
- It might be the National Electrical Manufacturers Association or the National Emergency Management Association. But in Nebraska, it’s more commonly associated with the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency. I’m often asked what is NEMA and what do you do. So let’s start at…
- Where did NEMA originate from?
- A hole - 20 feet in the ground!In 1963 this underground bunker became home to the Nebraska Civil Defense Agency and protective shelter to state government for operations if there was a nuclear attack. The agency occupied the bunker for 33 years as civil defense and continued as emergency management for another 16 years.
- Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 81, Section 81-829.31 and Sections 81-829.36 to 81-829.75 are known as the Nebraska Emergency Management Act. The Cold War was over and the Nebraska Civil Defense Agency officially became the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency.
- Today’s NEMA is housed in a new building adjoining the Military Department’s new Joint Force Headquarters located on the Air National Guard base in Lincoln.
- Work with other state agencies on specific emergency preparedness plans and planning: Dept. of Ag (cross border movement control plan), DHHS (repatriation plan, water shortages).
- EMPG: NEMA applies directly to Dept. of Homeland Security for EMPG funds and is responsible for providing a portion of these funds as sub-grants to eligible local county governments.HMEP: Under the “Emergency Community Right to Know Act” (SARA Title III), fees collected from hazardous materials transporters are granted to states for use by Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs).SHSG: NEMA submits an application with Investment Justifications to FEMA for the grant. NEMA continues to include investment justifications for citizen corps and MMRS. Other investment justifications submitted include communications, PET, law enforcement, HazMat and Ag. Nebraska treats citizen corps and MMRS as separate programs and continues to fund them even though they are no longer part of the SHSG.NEMA also administers disaster grants such as the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Pre-Disaster Mitigation-Competitive Grant (PDM-C) and the Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG).
- Depending on the incident, the State EOC may be either partially or fully activated. Representatives from the Essential Support Functions (ESFs) such as NSP, DHHS, DOR, Red Cross, ARNG report to the EOC to provide operations support specific to their area of expertise.
- NEMA’s Mobile Operations Center may be sent to an incident to provide additional support to local resources and coordination with the State EOC.
- NEMA is not a first responder like law enforcement or fire. We coordinate resources to support first responders.
- Flooding on the Elkhorn River near Norfolk in June 2010.
- Sometimes Disaster costs include more than money! June 2010 Flooding on the Elkhorn River near Norfolk.
- June 2011, flooding on the Missouri River.
- Ice jam on the Platte River near Alda in 2010.
- 2007 Ice Storm in South Central Nebraska.
- June 2012, Cottonwood Fire in Sioux County.
- Hallam Tornado in 2004.