Proposed Bylaw Changes

Interoperability Moving Beyond the Technology

National Capital Special Operations SymposiumNov 14, 2012

John Saunders, President - Saunders Enterprises & Emergency Management ConsultingPresident, IAEM-Canada The World Shes a-changinIncrease in number and severity of natural events

Potential for Man-Made Unintentional or otherwise

Civil Unrest

TechnologyGlobal Challenges& Changing Philosophies2004 Tsunami

HaitiEarthquakeCholera Response2004 Tsunami

NPAW.C.D.OWorld VisionDOS/PRMUSAID/OFDAUS GovtADRADanishGovtMSFMercy CorpsCWSJCCFederal/State/LocalElected OfficialsUnited Nations WFPOCHAUNHCR,UNICEF, UNDP OxfamLocal AgenciesPeace CorpsDFIDGovt UKACFCARECRSLocal AuthoritiesIRCSavethe ChildrenMDMECHOIndigenousNGOsGerman Govt*This chart represents a small fraction of NGOs/implementing partners and will change with each disaster *Slide adapted from USAID/ Office of Foreign Disaster AssistanceRC/RCSocietiesJRCARCGRCDRKBRCACTRedR52010 Haiti Earthquake

2010 Haiti - Cholera Response

Collective Challenges& Guiding EM PrinciplesPrinciples of Emergency ManagementProgressive Integrated Risk-driven Collaborative Coordinated Flexible Professional Comprehensive 123114115678Emergency Management AlgebraE + E + A = CCollaborativeEmergency Management AlgebraEmergencies + E + A = CatastrophesE + E + A = CCollaborativeEmergency Management AlgebraEmergencies + E + A = Catastrophes

COLLABORATIVE . . .Emergencies + Egos + Agendas = Catastrophes

E + E + A = CCOMPREHENSIVE"All Stakeholders" -- Effective emergency management requires close working relationships among all levels of government, the private sector, and the general publicINTEGRATED . . . .Emergency Managers ensure unity of effort among all levels of government and all elements of a communityFLEXIBLE . . .

Flexibility demonstrated?:

Weve always done it this wayDamn students take a course and think they know better than me how to do thingsSocial Media Risk Communications

Lessons Observed - Communication

What communication, with who and how?

Each other:Integrated ops and daily briefing with all responding partiesElected OfficialsImpacted Residents Minimum 2 per day initially + + +Rest of CommunityTOPOFF Exercise

Lessons Observed

After Action Reports, reviews

Exercises Exercise to fail not to make your team or council feel good- If everything went well, it was likely a poorly designed exercise

Lessons Observed

Ray Nagin Mayor New Orleans

Attawapiskat Talk about political!!

Attawapiskat

SummaryEGOS/AGENDAS = BadWork together not for efficiency but for how best to take care of the peopleThis is how we all will be judgedPartnershipsLook beyond the comfortableIAEM - International Association of Emergency Managers5,000 + Members around the world, including Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, United States and Canada

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