Hurricane Katrina

LOGISTICS RESPONSE

Logistics Response

What Made Katrina Different?

Magnitude

Situational awareness

Continuity of government operations

Mass evacuation operations

Security issues

Hotels, cruise ships as shelter

We had Hurricane “Pam”

The Katrina Dilemma

In this disaster, we did more than we ever did before, and did it faster

Truckloads of commodities Rescues Patients treated Travel trailers set up

But we also had more unmet needs than in any disaster before

Commodities Distributed

Truck Loads Units

Water 9,200 166 million liters (still supporting)

Ice 7,400 297 million lbs

MRE’s 2,375 52 million meals

Other 3,660 (cots, tarps and plastic sheeting, etc.)

Total 22,635

Generators Used

Generators up to 125KW 252

Generators 126KW to 5.2MW 80

Total Generators 332

Base Camp Status

Base Camps for Response/Recovery Workers

Total Camps 40 (24,440 beds)

Camps Closed 36 (20,690 beds)

Current Camps 4 (3,750 beds)

Facilities Built and SupportedLocation Number

JFO’s/AFO’s/Other Field Offices 15

Disaster Recovery Centers 57

Long Term Recovery Offices 18

Warehouses 9

Staging Areas 4

Total 103

What We Learned

Lack of Situational Awareness

Problems

Equipment

People

Shared processes

Staffing Issues

We are stretched very thin on capable, experienced staff

Most federal response team members are not primarily employed in response operations

For example, in the critical early response, FEMA could not adequately sustain 24-hour ERT operations

Policies inhibited a rapid buildup of federal personnel

Logistics Staffing Issues

Severe Logistics Staffing Shortfalls

• NDMS / US&R IMT support

• DMORT Task Force Log staffing never did get fixed

• JFO Logistics staffing critical from day one to now

• All entities competing for same scarce staffing resources

Fed/State/Local Relationships

The local governments nearly collapsed

Need to prepare for Continuity of Government support in future disasters (e.g., Civil Affairs specialists)

“Pull” versus “push”. Stafford Act versus ICS

Need to strengthen emergency management capability at the State and local level

People

Training

Need buy-in

Loans instead of grants would create more fiscal responsibility

Logistics Issues

Fuel shortages

Oxygen shortages

Need pre-negotiated contracts

Need to pre-stage commodities, even in the impact zone

Lack of credit cards, warrant capability in the field

Logistics Action Items Need to do better next time

• Coordinate, Coordinate, Coordinate!

• Reduce/eliminate duplication of effort and resources

• Training – need an accreditation process (ex: red cards)

• Remember that we fight as we train

• Coordinate, Coordinate, Coordinate!

Logistics Initiatives for 2006 Interagency Agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency National Stand-By Contracts

Oxygen Supplier

Equipment Rental Services

Material Handling Equipment

Forklifts

Pallet Jacks

Propane

Total Asset Visibility – Phase I

Base Camps

Strategic Positioning

Pre-Positioned Equipment (PEP) Program

Training Courses – Joint Mobilization Center / Federal Operating Staging Area

NDMS and US&R Field Replenishment and Re-Supply

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) / Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) and FEMA Online Ordering from prime vendors

Use of Electronic Catalog (ECAT) system for total catalog / total delivered price system

DLA/DSCP Acquisition services

Able to deliver to FEMA Logistics Centers or direct to field sites

Purchase Cards FEMA Acquisitions Contracting Officers with single purchase limits to support MST/IST

Select NDMS Logistics Chiefs with purchase cards to support local purchases under $2500

Additional National Standby Contracts Oxygen Supplier

Equipment Rental Services

Total Asset Visibility

Total Asset Visibility Phase I for Hurricane Season 2006

Phase I: the ability to inventory and track certain commodities with GPS satellite tracking devices, “trading partners management” and “warehouse management” software systems, in Regions IV and VI.

A bridge contract for technical support to FEMA for the remainder of calendar year 2006.

TAV Phase I

Thank you.