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isNEMA READYA Year ofFireAgencyOverviewPreparednessTrainingandExerciseResponseandRecovery34567-8TechnicalHazardsWildfiresNEMANumbersOrganizationalChartContactUs91,570101112PrepareEmergency ManagementRespondRecoverMitigateNEMA staff and other stateagency representatives worktogether at the State EmergencyOperations Center to respond todisasters affecting the state.NEMA moved to new offices atthe Joint Force Headquarters onthe Nebraska National Guard Basein August 2012.Page 2 www.nema.nebraska.govNebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

MissionNebraska EmergencyManagementAgency (NEMA) ischarged by statestatute with reducingthe vulnerabilitiesof the peopleand communitiesof Nebraska fromdamage, injury,loss of life andproperty resultingfrom natural, technologicaland manmadedisasters.A Year of FireDirectorMaj. Gen.Judd LyonsAssistantDirectorAl BerndtNebraska Emergency ManagementAgency (NEMA) strives tobe a results-oriented, purposedrivenand focused agency supportingall facets of emergencymanagement in the state. Theevents of the past five years—tornadoes,floods and wildfires—havetested us, but working togetherwith local emergency managers,other state agencies and federalpartners, we were prepared andable to successfully respond.Following the wet and floodingconditions of 2010-11, we faced an entirely different kind of threat in 2012. Searing temperatures and prolongeddrought scorched the state, leaving an abundance of dry fuel in the form of parched cropland, prairies and ponderosapine stands. We recorded 1,570 wildfires that burned more than 500,000 acres, the majority of whichwere started by lightning strikes.While the wildfires clearly tested the response portion of NEMA’s duties, the agency also continued its focuson recovery, preparedness and mitigation, all while packing and moving our offices from “The Bunker” at 13thand Military Road to the newly constructed Joint Force Headquarters on the Nebraska National Guard Air Baseat 2433 N.W. 24th St. The new State Emergency Operations Center includes quality technology, equipment andspace for NEMA staff and essential support personnel from other state agencies to respond in times of crisis.On behalf of the staff of NEMA, it is a pleasure and honor to serve the citizens of our great state as we learnfrom the lessons of the past and focus on meeting the challenges of the future.Major General Judd Lyons, Adjutant General, DirectorAl Berndt, Assistant DirectorPage 3 www.nema.nebraska.govNebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

Agency OverviewNEMA Assistant Director Al Berndtupdates staff at the Region 23 Firesin August.The Nebraska EmergencyManagement Agency existsto protect lives and propertyby effectively preparing for,preventing, responding toand recovering from threats,hazards and emergencies.Mitigation, preparedness, responseand recovery are essentialparts of NEMA.Housed under the NebraskaMilitary Department,NEMA is structured into fourperformance sections: administration,response andrecovery, preparedness andtechnical hazards. In his roleas Adjutant General, MajorGeneral Judd Lyons is thedirector of the agency. Dayto-dayoperations are administeredby Assistant DirectorAl Berndt.NEMA is staffed with 35full-time employees, oneGIS support position fromthe University of Nebraska,one program specialist fromthe Public Policy Center andthree temporary employeesworking in the response andrecovery section.NEMA relies extensivelyon full- and part-time emergencymanagement representativesin Nebraska’s 93counties to carry out programsat the local level.It is this partnership withlocal directors that is a keyreason Nebraskans have beenable to effectively respond intimes of emergency.NEMA also supports theNebraska lieutenant governoras state homeland securitydirector and acts as stateadministrative agency forthe state’s homeland securityprogram and point ofcontact for integration ofemergency management andhomeland security programswith the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security. Asstate administrative agency,NEMA has responsibilityfor overall funding, fiscalaccountability, program managementand integration withother state agencies to interactand carry out the statehomeland security program.Assistance to Local GovernmentsThe Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)provides direct support for essential expenses, such as salaries,benefits, equipment, supplies, maintenance of facilitiesand other necessary costs of state and local emergency managementdepartments and agencies.The six project areas from which each jurisdiction is askedto identify activities they want to accomplish are:Administration of emergency management program Planning Training and exercise Disaster response and hazard mitigation Technical hazards Public education and outreach.Local emergency managers play an integral, if not leadingrole, in the various Planning, Exercise and Training Regions,and NEMA wants them to be able to take credit for all ofthese activities, as well as their more traditional emergencymanagement duties.AdministrationOversight of grant and performance programs, includingthe State Emergency Performance Grant program, isthe responsibility of NEMA’s administration staff. TheState Emergency Operations Plan, the State HomelandSecurity Strategy and the Agency Strategic Plan are theresponsibility of administration staff and are in place tolead and guide agency performance.At the national level, NEMA interacts with the NationalEmergency Management Association. NEMA activelysupports the Nebraska Association of Emergency Managementand its professional membership.The information technology and communications unitprovides Geographic Information System maps for supportstaff during emergency response. Communicationsstaff continue to work on statewide interoperable communicationsand with local emergency managers onthe Paraclete system which is being used for improvedmutual aid communication.Page 4 www.nema.nebraska.govNebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

PreparednessGrantssupports local emergency managementagencies in the enhancement of theirprograms. Since 1999, NEMA has been the designated stateadministrative agency for all homeland security grants fromthe Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security (DHS).Each year NEMA holds an investment justification workshopwith the State Homeland Security Committee and localfirst responders to write the investment justifications for thegrant application. In 2012, the allocations for state agenciesand local regions were based on the amount in eachinvestment justification and total population of each PlanningExercise Training/Communications region. Based on the totalaward from DHS, committee recommendations were forwardedto the Governor’s Policy Group. Nebraska Gov. DaveHeineman made awards based on the recommendations fromthe policy group.NEMA is the point of contact to help local jurisdictions andcommunication regions with planning for statewide interoperablecommunications within a single system. The planningstaff assists the regions in updating their Tactical InteroperableCommunication Plans (TICP) which is then incorporatedinto the LEOP.NEMA is assisting local jurisdictions on three projects thatwill have a profound impact on first responder interoperability—RegionalPublic Safety Answering Point (PSAP), Interconnectivity,Strategic Technological Reserve InvestmentMutual Aid Frequency Overlay.NEMA has continued the grant monitoring program asrequired by DHS. Thirty-two counties and regions were visitedthis past year. The monitoring visit covers equipmentacquisition and inventory, personnel/direct labor, employeereimbursement, travel/vehicle mileage, training/meeting/conferenceexpenses, supplies and materials, other direct costs,project income, pass-through funds, fiscal, single audit reviewand National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliance.NEMA's preparedness section is responsible for administration of grants, working with emergency managerson local emergency operations plans, emergency preparedness training and exercise program and involvementof the public through the Citizen Corps program.In fiscal year2012 the State ofNebraska appliedfor and received thefollowing grants: State HomelandSecurity Grant EmergencyManagementPerformanceGrant HazardousMaterialsEmergencyPreparednessGrantPlanningoversees the State EmergencyOperations Plan (SEOP), StatePreparedness Report, Statewide Communications Interoperabilityimplementation and revisions of county Local EmergencyOperation Plans (LEOP). Working with the University ofNebraska Public Policy Center (PPC), NEMA has establishedplanning capabilities for the Integrated Planning Process forthe eight Planning Exercise and Training (PET)/CommunicationRegions. A comprehensive program of planning supporteducation has been developed to assist in integrating localplanning needs into the SEOP/LEOP planning program. Thissupport will allow LEOPs to address the Core Capabilitieswhich are critical elements necessary to achieve the NationalPreparedness Goal setup by the Federal Emergency ManagemntAgency.The planning unit also develops all of the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security grant investment justifications, servesas the agency liaison to Lincoln and Omaha's MetropolitanMedical Response Systems and coordinates the Citizen Corpsand Medical Reserve Corps programs. The unit also coordinatesthe State Homeland Security Senior Advisory Group,the State Homeland Security Leadership Group and the StateHomeland Security Planning Team.Investment Justification WorkshopPage 5 www.nema.nebraska.govNebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

NEMA's Training and Exercise team presentsan active program, integrated into Nebraska’s eightPlanning, Exercise and Training/Communication regions.Activities are conducted at all levels, from assistanceto local jurisdictionsthroughregional trainingand state leveldrills, exercisesand training.NEMA offerssupport to stateagencies, localjurisdictions andeight training regions in the form of basic certificationacademies and targeted courses for emergency managementpersonnel.The basic academy supports certification as requiredunder Nebraska law. Attendees acquire the basic skillsnecessary to function as a certified emergency managerin the state.Thousands of individuals in Nebraska completedonline independent studies in the NIMS 100, 200, 700and 800 courses,along with specializedtraining inareas specific toagriculture, healthand human services,hazardousmaterials and otherfields. NEMA continuesto establisha level of training in compliance with requirementsidentified by the Department of Homeland Security andNebraska law.NEMA also conducts an annual state-level exerciseeach year to test the readiness of local, county andstate agencies and their ability to work together in alarge-scale incident.Page 6 www.nema.nebraska.govPreparing for Self SufficiencyNebraska Citizen Corpsworks to prepare individualsand communities for self-sufficiencyduring natural disastersand terrorist incidents.A full-time coordinator organizesand advocates for CitizenCorps Councils across thestate. In 2012, Citizen Corpsfunds were used for state managementof the Nebraska CitizenCorps Program, for technicalassistance to local CitizenCorps Councils, to strengthenthe Citizen Corps Councils, fortraining and exercise opportunities,and to assist with the continuingdevelopment of a StateCitizen Corps Council.Federal funds were subgrantedto the Citizen CorpsProgram regions to: Strengthen Citizen CorpsCouncils in Nebraska Strengthen intra-regional andinter-regional collaboration Promote community preparednessand National Pre-paredness Month Support partner programswith funds for training materialsand exercises Organize and plan an annualNebraska CERT conferenceThe Southeast Nebraska Medical Reserve Corps and LancasterCounty Emergency Management held a training on assemblinga portable hospital for emergency use.Volunteers andunit leadersparticipatedin a series ofskills challengesat the CERTConference inAugust. Purchase equipment for localCitizen Corps Councilsto help sustain their programs.In 2012, Citizen Corps focusedon training and exerciseopportunities for volunteers.8 Regions13 Citizen CorpsCouncils10 CommunityEmergency ResponseTeams3 Volunteers in PoliceService units3 Fire Corps units7 Medical ReserveCorps1,000+ NeighborhoodWatch units.Nebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

Response and RecoveryThe core missions of NEMA’s Response andRecovery section are to be ready to coordinatea timely and efficient state response in supportof local government and to effectively administerboth state and federal recovery programs tospeed local jurisdictions’ return to normal followinga disaster.June 2012 marked the start of an active and volatile wildfire season whichhad a major impact on the state. Wildfires burned 503,047 acres of land in2012 compared with 36,582 acres in 2011, a 1,286 percent increase in thenumber of acres burned. Fires in Brown, Cherry, Dawes, Logan, Keith, KeyaPaha, Sheridan and Sioux counties required state resources to support thelocal firefighting response, prompting the governor to authorize an emergencydeclaration allowing for the use of state resources to respond to thefires. The Region 23 and Region 24 fire complexes as well as the Wellnitzfire in Sheridan County required a coordinated response using resources fromlocal, state and federal entities. Significant fires of the season were:Sioux County Fire, June 17-20 — More than 4,500 acres burned on stateownedproperty. Ground support for fighting the fire came from 150 personnelincluding a strike team out of Scottsbluff, a hand crew out of Pine RidgeJob Corps and 12 mutual aid fire departments. Twenty-five state employeesresponded including five members of the Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s WildlandIncident Response and Assistance Team (WIRAT) and a four-memberteam from the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) deployedwith the agency’s Mobile Operation Center (MOC).Assets from the Nebraska Army National Guard (NEARNG) included a UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter with crew and a Bambi bucket used to provide airsuppression to attack the fire and a National Guard Heavy Expanded MobilityTactical Truck (HEMTT) with crew which provided refueling. Spotting serviceswere provided by the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) with their fixed-wingaircraft.Two tanker flights from South Dakota were also needed for aerial firesuppression. Total state cost to date: $150,860.Page 7 www.nema.nebraska.govLogan County Fires, June 30 — WIRAT requested aerial suppression fromNEARNG while on the scene with the Stapleton Fire Department and mutualaid resources fighting five fires in Logan County. One person from the NebraskaState Patrol was deployed to Stapleton with NSP’s command vehicleand four NEMA staff and the MOC were deployed to support the incidentcommand operation in Stapleton. Five fires in Logan and McPherson countiesquickly merged into three, burning 11,123 acres. State cost to date: $86,358.Region 24 Fire Complex, July 20-29 — The Region 24 Complex consistdedof the Fairfield Creek, Wentworth and Hall Fires along the Niobrara Rivernear Norden. Lightning on July 20 caused the Fairfield Creek Fire. The firespread rapidly July 21 in Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties. The firesburned 76,242 acres. More than 100 volunteer fire departments providedmutual aid for fire suppression, including three departments from South Dakota.The determination was made that the fires had surpassed state capabilities,and a Type II Incident Management Team (IMT) was hired and mobilizedon July 22.The maximum staff assigned to the IMT was 480. In additionto NEMA, the following state agencies responded: National Guard, Departmentof Roads, State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Health and Human Services,Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Agriculture, Officeof the Chief Information Officer, Nebraska Forest Service and Nebraska StatePatrol.Total estimated state cost: $3,434,225.Keith County Fires, August 3-5 — Numerous wildfires began in KeithCounty during the late afternoon of Aug. 2. A disaster declaration was submittedto NEMA on Aug. 3 requesting assistance from state resources. NEMAdeployed three staff members with the agency’s MOC to the incident com-Nebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

From Left, NEMA's Dave Reisenand Earl Imler update Gov. DaveHeineman on the Wellnitz Fire asNEMA's Brent Curtis looks on.mand at the Keystone – Lemoyne FireHall.The Nebraska Army NationalGuard deployed two UH-60 Blackhawkhelicopters and crew to provide aerialsuppression.Other state assets included WIRATfrom the State Fire Marshal's Officeand a bulldozer from Nebraska Departmentof Roads to help with groundsuppression of the fires. Total statecost: $118,699.Region 23 Fire Complex, Aug. 28- Sept. 10 — Hundreds of mutual aidfire departments responded to fires inDawes and Sheridan Counties stressinglocal resources beyond their capabilities.NEMA requested a Type IIIncident Management Team to comein and manage the fires. The Region23 Fire Complex started from a seriesof lightning storms. The complex consistedof two separate fires - DouthitPublic Assistance staffwas busy in 2012 closing out eight federally-declareddisaster programs, an achievment lauded by theFederal Emergency Management Region VII staff.In the last 50 years Nebraska has had 54 declareddisasters and emergencies, and 22 of those disasterswere declared in the last seven years.Quick and efficient response is the goal of NEMAand West Ash. Approximately 600emergency responders were broughtin by Rocky Mountain Area IncidentManagement Team C to help fight thefires that burned 86,201 acres. Totalestimated state cost: $4,700,000.Wellnitz Fire, Aug. 30-Sept. 10— Atthe height of the response to the Region23 Fire Complex, another firestarted by lightning just 60 miles awayin Sheridan County north of Rushville.By mid-morning on Aug. 31, the firehad blown up to approximately 4,000acres and NEMA was receiving requestsfor state support. A requestwas made by NEMA to Great PlainsDispatch for an additional Type II IMTfor the Wellnitz Fire.The Rocky Mountain Area IMT2Team A took command of the WellnitzFire on Sept. 2 and brought in about300 personnel to provide suppressionon the Wellnitz Fire. Their purpose wasto provide additional resources, notavailable locally, working in cooperationwith state and local agencies. Thefire burned 77,683 acres—48,681 inNebraska and 29,002 in South Dakota.Total estimated state cost:$1,314,918.Estimated cost to the state for allfires (excluding costs for aerial suppressionand mutual aid) is $9,805,060.Public Assistance staff, whether it is for a federalor state declared disaster. NEMA has worked toassist state and local government through floods,tornadoes, wildfires, hail, ice and snow storms.To successfully respond in times of disaster,NEMA administers the Governor’s Emergency Fundwhich was established to provide assistance topolitical subdivisions that have suffered from adisaster or emergency.HazardMitigation staffat NEMA work to reducethe impact of disasters onlives and property acrossNebraska.Staff provide guidance andassistance to communities tomitigate for everything fromtornadoes, fires and floods toany other natural hazard.After a federal disaster declarationhas been approved forthe state, Hazard MitigationGrant Program funds are madeavailable for local governmentto develop long-term initiativesthat will reduce loss of life andproperty.Hazard Mitigation saves taxpayerdollars through measuressuch as reduction of poweroutages due to storms, propertybuyouts of frequentlyflooded homes, flood reductionprojects, safe rooms, backuppower to critial infrastructrionand warning systems.Page 8 www.nema.nebraska.govNebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

Technical HazardsTwo nuclear power stations in eastern Nebraska and interstatemovement of radioactive material and radioactive waste across thestate make preparing for radiological emergencies a priority for NEMA.The agency's Technical Hazards Section includes radiological emergencypreparedness, public information and support for the State’sEmergency Response Commission (SERC). Planning, preparing andtraining for technical hazards events that could harm or negativelyaffect Nebraskans is a major part of the work undertaken in this section.Taking action before and after an incident could significantlyreduce negative consequences of an incident in the state.Ingestion pathway training prepares Nebraska responders for a nuclear event.Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP)The radiological emergencypreparedness (REP) unit updateslocal Radiological EmergencyResponse Plans (RERP)for counties near the state'snuclear power stations.NEMA notifies local emergencyresponse managers ofradiological shipments throughtheir jurisdictions.The radiological systemsmanager calibrates radiologicalequipment and exchangesthem on a four-year cycle tolocal emergency first responderagencies. NEMA maintainsa database of these exchangesand provides a listing tolocal emergency managementdirectors.The nuclear power stationsroutinely conduct drills andexercises in which NEMA participates.In 2012, NEMA wasinvolved in four nuclear powerstation drills and two functionalexercises.REP staff members are certifiedradiological instructorsand offer free training to allemergency first responderagencies throughout Nebraska.State Emergency Response CommissionNEMA providessupport tothe State EmergencyResponseCommission,which supervisesand coordinatesactivities of theLocal EmergencyPlanning Committees(LEPCs)across the state.LEPCs help updateLocal EmergencyOperationsPlans (LEOP) andprovide trainingto specific localizedchemicals and exercise response plans.SERC is tasked with ensuring that proper chemical reportingis completed across the state. Facilities and businessesstoring hazardous materials or chemicals are required to reportinventories of substances or products that meet or exceedreporting thresholds.Public InformationGetting accurate and timely information to thepublic in times of disaster is the number one goalof NEMA's public information officer (PIO). Workingwith local, state and federal communicators the PIOactivates a Joint Information Center (JIC) followinga disaster or event that affects citizens of the state.In 2012, the PIO cooperated with incident managementteams working the fires to get needed informationto citizens.The PIO also fulfills the federal requirement thatnuclear power station incidents activate a JIC in theevent of an incident at one of the state's two nuclearpower stations.Page 9 www.nema.nebraska.govNebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

Source: NEMADate: October 11, 2012Projection: State Plane Nebraska NAD 1983Status: DraftNEMANUMBERSLightningStarted 98 %of summer fires©© © © ©©DAWES© ©© ©SIOUXSCOTTS BLUFFBOX BUTTE©SHERIDANFire Costs$9,805,060GRANTWildfires1,570Nebraska WildfiresMORRILL©GARDENBANNERARTHURMCPHERSONestimate *© LOGAN©©©©© ©* Excluding costs © CUSTER©KIMBALLCHEYENNEfor © aerial © suppression and mutual © aid ©KEITH© © ©DEUEL©© ©LINCOLN ©EMPGPERKINSDAWSON©41Local Jurisdictions and © 9CHASEHAYESFRONTIERGOSPERRegions© ©DUNDYHITCHCOCK RED WILLOW © FURNAS©June 19 through October 10, 201272 Locations StatewideCHERRYHOOKER©KEYA PAHA© © ©©©BROWN©© ©© © ©THOMAS © BLAINE© ©ROCKLOUPPHELPSHARLAN©GARFIELDVALLEYSHERMANBOYD© © ©HOLT©©HALLGrantsBUFFALOANTELOPEBOONEAcres BurnedKNOX503,047©©Wildfires reported to Nebraska Forest Service© ©DOUGLAS©SAUNDERSBUTLERHOWARDPOLKJune MERRICK 19-Oct, 10, 2012SARPY©$2,801,316 GAGEKEARNEYFRANKLINWHEELERGREELEYADAMSWEBSTERNANCEHAMILTONCLAYNUCKOLLSPIERCEMADISONPLATTEYORKFILLMORETHAYERCEDAR©WAYNESTANTONCOLFAXBURTMutual Aid100+Location©FireVolunteer Fire DepartmentsState AgenciesDeployed10 agenciesAerialSuppression$1,556,692estimate91% State AssetsCASSSEWARDState LANCASTER Homeland Security Grant ProgramSALINEJEFFERSONDIXONCUMINGDAKOTATHURSTONDODGE5 0 10 20MilesWASHINGTONOTOETotal received from theJOHNSON NEMAHAState Homeland Security Grant Program.PAWNEE5RICHARDSONCountyrepresenting77countiesParticipate in the Emergency ManagementPerformance Grant (EMPG) program.Duty OfficersThe hours NEMA staff24/7monitor Nebraska for weatheremergencies and other disasters.Page 10 www.nema.nebraska.govRegion Hazmat MOU IED/Fusion Comm/PET Total AwardSoutheast $15,000 $58,553 $176,820 $235,373South Central $45,000 $48,869 $47,422 $96,291East Central $15,000 $25,180 $24,435 $49,615Northeast $15,000 $27,747 $26,925 $54,672Panhandle $15,000 $38,287 $37,153 $75,440North Central $59,760 $107,991 $167,751Southwest $15,000 $14,836 $14,396 $29,232Tri-County $30,000 $66,836 $214,858 $281,694Total Region/MOU Hazmat Team Awards $1,140,068NCOR on Behalf of Locals 1,100,985Total Award to Local Units of Government $2,241,053Nebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

DirectorAdjutant General Judd LyonsAssistant DirectorAl BerndtAdministrationResponse andRecoveryEarl ImlerManagerGrants andPreparednessMardell HergenraderManagerTechnologicalHazardsJon SchwarzManagerCindy NewshamAdministrativeAssistant IIISue KrogmanInformationTechnology/CommunicationsSupervisorDeb KaiBusinessManager IIIPhyllis RathjenAccountant IUnit SupervisorDonny ChristensenPublic AssistanceUnit SupervisorNikki WeberFederal AidAdministratorSupervisorDan HillerPlanningUnit SupervisorDave ReisenTraining andExerciseUnit SupervisorBob EastwoodCommunicationsOfficerAmy StrohStaff Assistant IIMary BakerPlanningSpecialistBob WilhelmPlanningSpecialistPatrick RooneyPlanningSpecialistChuck ChaseExerciseTraining OfficerBryan CookCooper REPPlanning andTraining Specialist IChad BoshartGIS ContractorKaren HeathStaff Assistant IJulie BergfieldStaff AssistantTemporaryJulie MayersGrant MonitoringSpecialistLogan LuekingPlanningSpecialistRoger ConradExerciseTraining OfficerAaron AlwardFt. Calhoun REPPlanning SpecialistNebraskaEmergencyManagement AgencyOrganizational ChartVicki HessheimerStaff Assistant IMerle HenkeniusStaff AssistantTemporaryBrent CurtisProgramSpecialistSheila HascallPlanningSpecialistMiranda RogersStaff AssistantTemporaryVacantPlanningSpecialistJackie MalyFederal AidAdministratorAlisia LaMayProgramSpecialistLeo LarkinPlanningSpecialistRyan LowryCitizen CorpsPlanningSpecialistThrough theUniversity ofNebraska PublicPolicy CenterVacantExerciseTraining OfficerMichael LoftisRadiologicalSystems ManagerTonya NgotelSERC CoordinatorProgram SpecialistJodie FawlPublic InformationOfficerPage 11 www.nema.nebraska.govNebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report

Nebraska Emergency ManagementAgency Assistant DirectorAl Berndt addresses citizens ata community meeting in Crawfordregarding the Region 23Complex Fires.Winners of the SevereWeather AwarenessWeek PosterContest sponsoredby the Nebraska Associationof EmergencyManagement,Nebraska EmergencyManagement Agencyand National WeatherService, were honoredat the NebraskaState Capitol inMarch. From left,Matthew Guilford,first place; KalieGlendy, second; MadalynCrouse, third;and Alice Arnold,fourth.2433 N.W. 24thLincoln, NE 68524-1801(402) 471-7421www.nema.nebraska.govNEMA is responsible for coordinatingthe state response in any majoremergency or disaster, includingthe support of local governmentsas needed or requested, and coordinatingassistance with FEMAand other federal partners.NEMA’s 2012 Annual Report was producedby Public Information OfficerJodie Fawl. For additional informationabout the report or other agency publicationscontact her at:.402-471-7428jodie.fawl@nebraska.govNEMA staff work in the Emergency Operations Facilityin Omaha during a Ft. Calhoun Nuclear PowerStation evaluated exercise. NEMA staff serve as theNebraska Governor's Authorized Representative.Page 12 www.nema.nebraska.govNebraska Emergency Management Agency 2012 Annual Report