Emergency ManagementAssistance Compact (EMAC)

The Epicenter of Disaster and Health Emergency Preparedness

Affiliated organizations

1933 1974 1995 2002

“Where in the hell is the cavalry on this one? They keep saying we’re going to get supplies. For God’s sake, where are they?”

1992hurricaneandrew

State to state mutual aid...

• people• supplies• equipment

EMAC Is

EMAC’s evolution

Paid for bythe requestingstate

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“Administered by the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), EMAC is nota government agency or program, but an agreement among states and territories to provide assistance across state lines when a disaster occurs.”

“During the SGA winter meeting [1995], the assembled governors unanimously vote to open compact membership to all states and territories. The compact name changes from SREMAC to EMAC.”

1995SREMACbecomes emac

“The Southern Governors’ Association in conjunction with the emergency management divisions of the member states will develop a cooperative agreement which sets forth an executive plan and inventory that will outline the operations, resources and activities that can be coordinated and activated when a disaster situation befalls one or more of the member states.”

1993SREMAC

Born

“In the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo, Governor Chiles [Florida] had wanted to support Governor Campbell of South Carolina, but was not allowed by law to send National Guard troops across state lines.”

1989hurricane

HUgo

1995Hurricane

Opal`

“Hurricane Opal made landfall in Florida and became one of the first opportunities to implement the EMAC concept. The Advance Team (A-Team) concept was tested for the first time with personnel from Tennessee, Georgia, and Texas combining to provide an A-Team to Florida.”

1996CongressionalConsent to emac

“Congress approved EMAC through a joint resolution (Public Law 104-321), making EMAC the first national disaster-relief compact since the Civil Defense and Disaster Compact of 1950 to be ratified by Congress.”

1998FloridaWildfires

“Wildfires in Florida resulted in the mobilization of 551 firefighters, 126 firefighting apparatus, and 24 support vehicles through EMAC. This response represented one of the first instances in which not only state, but also local, resources mobilized under EMAC.”

1997NEMA assumes

emac Administration

“In hindsight, NEMA was the obvious body to administer EMAC, since it represented state emergency management officials, which had statutory responsibility for implementing the compact.”

2005 Hurricanes

Katrina & Rita`

“Only one year after the 2004 hurricane season, Hurricane Katrina would shatter existing records for personnel deployed under EMAC. The resultingmobilization of nearly 66,000 personnel across a 90,000square-mile area of operations...”

2004 FloridaHurricanes

“Four hurricanes—Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne—struck Florida over a span of 43 days, causing $45 billion in damages [59]. Over a period of 85 days, 38 states deployed nearly 800 personnel through EMAC

2001 September 11th

Terrorist Attack

“Unlike previous catastrophes, 9/11 was not a hurricane and state officials throughout the country found themselves asking whether they could do anything remotely approaching what the State of New York was able to do, even with outside assistance.”

“NEMA issued a contract to develop Mission-Ready Packages (MRPs). The MRP templates build off the 120 National Incident Management System (NIMS)typed resources and identify logistical and other necessary elements that are deployed in missions, including cost estimates.”

MissionReady Packagesare born

All quotes, dates, and events are derived from the September 2014 NEMA publication, The Emergency Management Assistance Compact: A History and Analysis of Evolution of National Mutual Aid Policy and Operations

2011 Hurricane Irene &

Tropical Storm Lee

“Making landfall within days of each other, Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee resulted in EMAC requests from 10 states. In response to these two events, 25 states assisted the affected states, deploying 1,126 personnel and completing 68missions.”

2011 Hurricane Sandy

“As the second-largest Atlantic storm on record, Hurricane Sandy affected the entire East Coast and battered New York and New Jersey with heavy rains, strong winds, and record storm surges. Thirty-eight states provided 2,600 personnel and other resources through EMAC over a span of five months.”

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2014 assumes

administration of mass

“NEMA announced that it would be taking over the Mutual Aid Support System (MASS) [89]. MASS is a web-based platform designed to categorize and track organizations, people, and equipment, which make up MRPs”