FEMA Strategic Plan - Federal Emergency Management Agency

Planning
Objective 1.5 Ensure the Nation’s jurisdictions have adequate plans
and programs to effectively address all hazards and minimize loss
of life and property.
FEMA will work with public and private sector
partners to develop plans and programs that
integrate national efforts to effectively address
all-hazard events. This unified effort will establish
plans and programs that integrate and leverage
resources from the public and private sectors, use
incentives in existing grant programs, and promote
regional and state mutual aid planning. FEMA’s
strengthened regional offices, with newly assigned
Federal Preparedness Coordinators and operational
planners, will be integral to this effort as they work
closely with the agency’s partners to provide
frameworks and guidance. This will lead to
enhanced planning capabilities at the federal, state,
and local levels and across jurisdictions, resulting in
coordinated and integrated plans and programs.
Identification of interdependencies is a key
component of this planning because catastrophic
risks are shared and transcend jurisdictional
boundaries. The completed plans will include hazard
mitigation plans, evacuation plans, mutual aid plans,
catastrophic event plans, and continuity of
operations plans, among others. These jointly
developed plans will form the basis for conducting
joint federal-state training and exercises that lead to
an improved national capability to quickly respond
to notice or no-notice events.
Louisiana state and local officials along with FEMA
representatives conduct an Evacuation Planning meeting to
address concerns and procedures for future hurricane
evacuations. Source: FEMA Photo Library
A. Strategy
Coordinate planning efforts and systems within
FEMA and collaborate closely with external partners,
federal agencies, states, territories, tribal nations,
local governments, first responders, business and
industry, and individuals to develop unified plans
that provide for an integrated national response to
all hazards.
B. Strategy
Enhance the integration of resources from all
government and non-governmental sectors in
recovery efforts through pre-disaster planning and
by mitigating against potential future losses, which
includes providing incentives in grant programs to
strengthen state, tribal, and local capabilities.
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