GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

GOHSEP Louisiana Elected Officials Emergency Management Manual
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate
• Presidential disaster declaration process.
• Coordination of State and Federal Emergency
Support Functions (ESFs).
• Emergency Management Assistance
Compact (EMAC).
• Management and response to requests
from local governing authorities and State
agencies for resources through WebEOC.
Each of these areas of emergency management
are discussed in later sections of this Manual.
• Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)
• Operation Stonegarden (OPSG)
For additional information on the above grant
programs, see Preparedness (Non-Disaster) Grants
section later in this Manual.
The eligible categories for most of the above grants
include management and administration, training,
planning, exercise and equipment. The focus for
Louisiana has been upon enhancing the capabilities
of State and local first responders to prevent and
respond to chemical-, biological-, radiological-,
nuclear- and explosives- (CBRNE-) related incidents as
detailed in the State Homeland Security Strategy.
RESPONSE
Beyond first-responder training before a disaster and
support after a disaster, GOHSEP plays a significant role
in the:
• Activation and staffing of the SEOC.
• Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA)
process.
In addition to the Office’s involvement with
virtualla.la.gov, LouisianaPA.com and WebEOC
(see the Respond and Resources + Tools chapters
later in this Manual), GOHSEP also hosts the emergency.
LOUISIANA.GOV website, a place where visitors can
find weather alerts, updated information on severe
weather and weather impacts across the State, safety
tips and more. Because emergency.LOUISIANA.GOV is
used primarily during large-scale events, it is updated as
needed, rather than daily.
Since 1990, GOHSEP has managed more than 35
Federal disaster declarations and coordinated several
hundred State disaster declarations authorized under the
Governor’s signature. GOHSEP also coordinates support
to Applicants of pre- and post-disaster recovery and
mitigation grant funding.
RECOVERY
Today GOHSEP is managing the recovery from the
Nation’s most expensive natural disaster to date
(Hurricane Katrina) and nine (9) other major disaster
declarations to include: Hurricanes Rita (1607), Gustav
(1786), Ike (1792) and Isaac (4080); Tropical Storm Lee
(4041); Mississippi River Spring Flooding of 2011 (4015 and
3322), Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding of 2009
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