Download or read book The Army s Role in Domestic Disaster Support An Assessment of Policy Choices written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is intended as a first step in identifying the central issues for determining the appropriate role in disaster relief for the Army of the Future. It addresses four questions: (1) What is the current structure of federal disaster response and how do the military, and the Army in particular, fit within it?; (2) What are current civilian needs for disaster response and how can the Army meet them?; (3) What are the chief implications of expanding the Army's role in jointly managed disaster support?; and (4) What are the options for expanding the Army's role and what steps should the Army support regarding these options?
Download or read book Domestic Support Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Support to Domestic Disaster Relief written by A. G. Smart and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph examines the applicability of Joint contingency operations doctrine and emerging Army operations doctrine to planning and executing domestic disaster relief operations. Key linkages between considerations for Joint contingency operations and Army principles for operations other than war are used as the paradigm for examining a contemporary case study of military support to domestic disaster relief operations. The case study is the 1992 Joint Task Force Andrew support to Federal response and relief efforts in southern Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. This monograph begins by discussing the legal and regulatory framework which creates the unique context for Federal military involvement in these types of operations. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Federal Response Plan delineates the Federal and other agency primary and supporting responsibility for the twelve Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) associated with response and relief efforts following a Presidentially declared disaster.
Download or read book Examining the Military s Support of Civil Authorities During Disasters written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Domestic Support written by Jonathan S. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evaluation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and non-combat uses of military manpower in response to selected domestic contingencies requiring capabilities greater than those inherently available within normal communities. Primary focus is on the command, control and coordination aspects of all agencies responding to natural disasters and civil disturbances. Opportunities for maximizing the federal contribution by improving FEMA's capabilities are examined, given concerns that the warfighting capability of the military must be maintained. Relationships between the Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) and the State Coordinating Officer (SCO) (and the relationship between the Defense Coordinating Officer (DCO) and the National Guard, when the Guard has not been federalized) are examined, in addition to the working relationships between State, DoD and FEMA (to include observations on problems with recommendations to resolve them). Focus is on improving FEMA's "unity of command," response times, coordination prior to disaster and declaration, etc., and noting how post-disaster (e.g. Hurricane Andrew) actions and/or "off-line" agreements (such as the NG interstate agreements) have improved the operation.
Download or read book Manual for Civil Emergencies written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army Support During the Hurricane Katrina Disaster written by James A. Wombwell and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Hurricane Katrina, in Aug. 2005, was the costliest hurricane as well as one of the five deadliest storms in U.S. history. It caused extensive destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas. Some 22,000 Active-Duty Army personnel assisted with relief-and-recovery operations in Mississippi and Louisiana. At the same time, all 50 states sent approx. 50,000 National Guard personnel to deal with the storm¿s aftermath. Because the media coverage of this disaster tended toward the sensational more than the analytical, many important stories remain to be told in a dispassionate manner. This study offers a dispassionate analysis of the Army¿s response to the natural disaster by providing a detailed account of the operations in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Download or read book Emergency Employment of Army Resources written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Doctrine for Domestic Disaster Response Activities written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph examines two disasters, Hurricanes Andrew (1991) and Marilyn (1995), and the U.S. Army's support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine whether Joint and Army doctrine provides doctrinal tools for Defense Coordination Element (DCE) planning. Two recent disasters, Hurricanes Andrew and Marilyn, provide detailed lessons learned and after action reports to examine the role of the DCE in planning military activities during federally declared disaster relief operations. First, this monograph begins by discussing the legal and regulatory basis that established the unique relationship between Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the military during federally declared disasters. The Federal Response Plan, FEMA's emergency response planning document, outlines the functional coordination and lead agency responsibilities during disaster response and recovery operations. Department of Defense (DoD) Directives and Army regulations provide the Defense Coordinating Officer and his staff the legal basis for military support during these operations. The operational and tactical requirements of the DCE are found by reviewing post incident reports from large-scale disasters such as Hurricane Andrew.
Download or read book Introduction to Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities DSCA written by Bert B. Tussing and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The application of our Armed Forces within the states and territories of the United States is far from intuitive. The challenges of defending the country against assaults within the homeland are much more complex than engaging our enemies on foreign soil. Likewise, the introduction of the military’s appreciable capabilities in response to disasters, be they natural or manmade, comes with authorities and restrictions reflective of an American ethos that will always hold those forces as the servants of the people, never their overseers. Introduction to Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA): The U.S. Military’s Role to Support and Defend examines the requirements and regulations that guide the utilization of our forces in the domestic environment. Topics include: The importance of the distinctions between homeland security, homeland defense, and Defense Support of Civil Authorities as they pertain to both authorities and responsibilities The deliberately subservient position of the military to civil authorities when engaged in response and recovery operations following a disaster The unique relationship between the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard in a mutually supportive effort that bridges requirements between defense on the high seas and law enforcement in territorial waters The air defense mission over the United States, orchestrating manned aircraft, unmanned aircraft, and cruise missiles against threats of the same nature The exceptional challenges that would be associated with the application of land forces in a defense mission on American soil The development of the CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) Enterprise as a function of the nation’s focus on preventing, responding to and recovering from a Weapons of Mass Destruction attack New challenges emerging in the domestic environment that will call for the application of military resources, to include the Arctic, complex catastrophes, and cybersecurity issues
Download or read book Bridging the Gap written by Melinda Moore and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. policymakers have stepped up systematic disaster preparedness efforts sharply since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, including the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a plethora of federal initiatives. Against a backdrop of natural disasters that occur each year in the United States and heightened concern about pandemic influenza, there is an emerging national consensus that the best path is an all-hazards approach to disaster preparedness planning and that effective local planning is critical. Military installations and their civilian counterparts-local government and local health-care providers, especially the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-can strengthen local-level disaster preparedness planning. This is an interim report for the first phase of a larger study aiming to develop a planning support tool for local military and civilian planners. It describes current policies and programs-especially those with nationwide application-for domestic emergency preparedness, risk analysis, and capabilities-based planning. It also describes results from interviews with local military and civilian planners at five selected sites to help understand how local preparedness planning currently operates and identify the needs of local planners. Collectively, these form the basis for a proposed tool, for which the framework is described in this report. The next phase of the study will include development and field testing of a proof-of-concept prototype of the tool.
Download or read book Interagency Cooperation written by Carl E. Fischer and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurricane Andrew was the worst natural disaster in American history. Its sustained winds in excess of 145 miles per hour razed entire neighborhoods. Debris was scattered dangerously throughout the area, restricting access and hindering assistance efforts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the organization tasked with coordinating relief efforts in the wake of such disasters, tried for the first time to implement the Federal Response Plan (FRP), a document that had only been approved four months before Andrew made landfall. As the lead agency, FEMA coordinated the efforts of 26 governmental agencies and the American Red Cross. The Department of Defense (DOD) also has a role in disaster relief operations. Today, publications such as the Army's Field Manual 100-19, Domestic Support Operations, provides doctrinal principles for domestic support.
Download or read book Private Public Disaster Relief written by Naval Postgraduate Naval Postgraduate School and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurricane Katrina changed the way the United States conducts domestic disaster relief, most notably with the expanded role of the U.S. military. This thesis centers on the question: To what extent should the military be involved in domestic humanitarian assistance and disaster relief? Analysis of mistakes from Katrina point to the answer: The U.S. military should not hold a primary role in disaster relief due to the issues of establishing logistic, communication and medical networks for the victims of a disaster. Instead, a shift in policy should be made to use America's private sector resources to conduct disaster relief efforts. The autonomous nature of private sector leadership allows for quick decisions and front-line empowerment to establish centers of relief to distribute food, shelter, water and medical supplies as well as support communications and logistic efforts. Because of these attributes, the private sector is better equipped than the military to handle domestic disaster relief, and a change in policy should be made to reflect this.
Download or read book Hurricane Katrina written by Sharon L. Pickup (au) and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurricane Katrina was one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. Despite a large deployment of resources at all levels, many have regarded the fed. response as inadequate. The GAO has a body of ongoing work that covers the fed. govt.'s preparedness & response to hurricanes Katrina & Rita. This review examined: (1) the extent to which pre-Katrina plans & training exercises reflected the military assistance that might be required during a catastrophic, domestic, natural disaster; (2) the military support provided in response to Katrina & factors that affected that response; & (3) the actions the military is taking to address lessons learned from Katrina & to prepare for the next catastrophe. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.
Download or read book Analysis of Department of Defense Dod Support in Domestic Disaster Relief Analysis of Federal Response to 2017 Hurricanes Harvey Irma and Maria written by U. S. Military and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our research analyzed Department of Defense (DoD) involvement in the disaster relief efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. During the 2017 hurricane season, the United States experienced three major hurricanes in rapid succession. These events tested the hurricane responses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and have left some wondering why the DoD was slow to respond. Through our research, we evaluated the FEMA Mission Assignments (MAs) to U.S. agencies and analyzed how the DoD was employed in Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) operations during these events. Our three hypotheses were as follows: (1) DoD utilization in domestic hurricane relief is less than other agencies; (2) there are common tasks in every hurricane disaster that DoD could focus on to improve response; and (3) pre-positioning has a positive effect on the quality of disaster response. Our findings show that DoD is the most utilized agency for domestic disaster relief efforts, tasked with between 38% to 49% of all mission assignments. FEMA's utilization of DoD is predominantly in transportation; public works and engineering; logistics management and resource support; search and rescue; and external affairs. The outcomes of Harvey, Irma, and Maria also support the importance of pre-positioning for disaster relief efforts. Since 2008, there were 63 major disaster declarations due to direct impact from hurricanes, tropical storms, or flooding resulting from a hurricane. The disaster declaration affected 28 states, tribal, or territories with nineteen percent directly affecting Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico (Disasters, 2018). Natural disasters such as Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Sandy (2012) have identified challenges with response integration and the effective use of DoD personnel. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, regulations have favored the use of military assets in homeland security and domestics disaster relief. Hurricane Katrina affected more than half-million people and motivated Congress to pass the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, which streamlined processes within DHS and lean forward in providing response and recovery efforts when reacting to a natural and man-made crisis and emergency planning (DSCA a vital resource, 2015). Lessons learned from Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy have developed DoD's role in the national response system stronger than any other time in our nation's history. I. Introduction * A. Overview And Purpose * B. Project Organization * Ii. Background * A. Overview * B. Legal And Policy Foundations * 1. Posse Comitatus Act * 2. Stafford Act * 3. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 And 8 * C. Federal Emergency Management Agency * D. Emergency Support Functions * E. Department Of Defense Entities * 1. National Guard * 2. Federal Forces * 3. Dual-Status Commander * F. Hurricane Impacts Overview * 1. Hurricane Harvey * 2. Hurricane Irma * 3. Hurricane Maria * G. Summary * Iii. Data * A. Postulates * B. Data Source * C. Assumptions On The Data * D. Methodology * E. Hurricane Harvey Data * F. Hurricane Irma Data * G. Hurricane Maria Data * H. Other Findings * I. Verification Of Categorization * J. Summary Of Data * Iv. Analysis And Discussion * A. Postulate 1: Department Of Defense Utilization * B. Postulate 2: Common Tasks For Dod * C. Postulate 3: Effect Of Pre-Positioning * D. Limitation Of The Study * V. Conclusion * A. Contributions Of The Study * B. Future Research
Download or read book Roles and Mission of the U S Army in Disaster Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent experience serves to illustrate the frequent use of military resources in both domestic and international disaster response operations. As the rapid growth of the human population meets 'head on' with global environmental change, the frequency and magnitude of natural and conflict based disasters appear more probable in the future. This study examines the historic role of the U.S. Army in both domestic and international disaster operations within the framework of the present policy environment. Through an analysis of the emergency response mechanisms which 'trigger' a military response, the author suggests that the Secretary of the Army is indeed the correct proponent for military support to civil authority for domestic disasters, but that much more could be accomplished by the states through the use of interstate compacts to regionally share the resources of the National Guard in 'state active duty' status. The Army's role in international disaster operations could be enhanced by the use of a disaster response task force organized around Corps CS/CSS units coordinated by the Corps Rear Tactical Operations Center (RTOC). Such a tailored force would provide the resources to meet the primary emergency support functions in non-hostile situations, while insuring the training of the CS/CSS units and releasing the combat units for continued training. The proposed force structure would impose only limited training and equipment modifications, at minimal cost, while insuring public support of a peacetime Army that provides a service to society.
Download or read book Foreign Humanitarian Assistance written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-19 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign Humanitarian Assistance, Joint Publication 3-29, 14 May 2019 This publication provides fundamental principles and guidance to plan, execute, and assess foreign humanitarian assistance operations. This publication has been prepared under the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). It sets forth joint doctrine to govern the activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States in joint operations, and it provides considerations for military interaction with governmental and nongovernmental agencies, multinational forces, and other interorganizational partners. Why buy a book you can download for free? We print the paperback book so you don't have to. First you gotta find a good clean (legible) copy and make sure it's the latest version (not always easy). Some documents found on the web are missing some pages or the image quality is so poor, they are difficult to read. If you find a good copy, you could print it using a network printer you share with 100 other people (typically its either out of paper or toner). If it's just a 10-page document, no problem, but if it's 250-pages, you will need to punch 3 holes in all those pages and put it in a 3-ring binder. Takes at least an hour. It's much more cost-effective to just order the bound paperback from Amazon.com This book includes original commentary which is copyright material. Note that government documents are in the public domain. We print these paperbacks as a service so you don't have to. The books are compact, tightly-bound paperback, full-size (8 1/2 by 11 inches), with large text and glossy covers. 4th Watch Publishing Co. is a HUBZONE SDVOSB. https: //usgovpub.com
