Readiness and Homeland Security Workshop

Streamer Requirements Update And

USACE Response Capabilities

R&HS Program Update

• 2010 New Streamer Criteria– Savannah – Large Post – 2 Required and 6 of 8

Desired– 3 Principal Criteria• Collaborate and Conduct Outreach

– One Required and three desired criteria• Training and Education of Committee Members

– One required and two desired criteria• Committee Members Engage in Discussion of R&HS

Outside of the Post– Three desired criteria

USACE Response Capabilities• USACE Civil Disaster

– Emergency Support Function #3 Lead under the National Response Framework

– Cadres• Team Leaders and Assistant Team Leaders• Local Government Liaisons• Structural Safety Assessment for Urban Search and Rescue

– Subject Matter Experts– Planning and Response Teams

• Response: Power, Water, Ice, Infrastructure Assessment• Recovery: Debris, Roofing /Rapid Repair, Housing/Critical Public

Facilities– We have recently used team members for work in Haiti and

Pakistan – and foresee more of this happening

USACE Response Capabilities• USACE Field Force Engineering – Support to COCOMs– Field Engineering Support Team (FEST-A and M)– Contingency Real Estate Support Team (CREST)– Environmental Support Team (EnvST)– Reachback

• USACE Reachback Operations Center– Automated Route Recon Kit (ARRK)– Tele-Engineering Equipment - mobile, secure VTC– Have used these teams for Civil Disaster work and see

using them more in the future

USACE Advanced Contract Initiative (ACI) Contracts

• Temporary Power• Water• Ice• Debris• Roofing• World-wide Power from NAP (Not ACI – but

we can use it!)

Questions to Members

• Do you know your firm’s capabilities in disaster response?

• Have you spoken with you local County or City Emergency Manager regarding the gaps they have found?

• Are you on a team that holds a USACE ACI Contract?

• Are you on a team that holds a FEMA IA-TAC or PA-TAC contract?