Wildland Fire Preparedness
LLIS.gov Anniversary
National Level Exercise 2011
New Federal Initiatives
LLIS.gov Exclusive Content
- Critical Infrastructure: Acquiring Information About Infrastructure to Guide Flood Response Operations
- Incident Management: Establishing Procedures for Briefing Response Personnel Regularly on Complex HazMat Issues
- Interoperable Communications Planning: Conducting Planning Between Local Emergency Response Agencies and Higher Education Institutions
- School Emergency Planning: Including Public Information Material Distribution Procedures in Memoranda of Understanding
LLIS.gov Outreach
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Did You Know?
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there were wildfires in each state in 2010, which burned approximately 3,423,136 acres total. The most damaged state was Alaska, where fires burned 1,125,419 acres, and the least damaged was Rhode Island, where fires burned 23 acres. Jurisdictions throughout the country should prepare for the threat of wildfires this season.
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Wildland Fire Preparedness
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Featured Topic for May As responders continue to battle wildfires in Texas, jurisdictions are reminded that wildfire season has begun. The combination of warm, dry weather and high winds contributes to the conditions that make wildland fires likely in any area.
LLIS.gov works with the
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center to provide firefighters, state and local governments, and other emergency responders with documents to help them plan for and respond to wildland fires. Available on the
Wildland Fire Lessons Learned page, these documents include plans, guidelines, lessons learned, and after-action reports, such as:
- A National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, Wildland Fire Leadership Council;
- Banner and Jesse Fires: Facilitated Learning Analysis Snag Incidents - August 26 and 27, 2010, USDA Forest Service;
- Incident Management Teams: Including Personnel with Local Knowledge During Response Operations, LLIS.gov exclusive Lesson Learned;
- Lives Lost- Lessons Learned: The Victims and Survivors of the 2005-2006 Texas and Oklahoma Wildfires, Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center;
- Riverside County Health Agency Tabletop Exercise for People with Access and Functional Needs Draft After Action Report (AAR), Riverside County Community Health Agency;
- The Federal Land Assistance, Management, and Enhancement Act of 2009 Report to Congress, Wildland Fire Leadership Council; and
- Wildfire Response: Issuing Identification to Volunteer and Private Firefighting Units, LLIS.gov exclusive Lesson Learned.
For more information about wildland fire preparedness, please visit the
LLIS.gov Wildland Fire Lessons Learned topic-specific page in the Incidents box of the FEATURED CONTENT tab on the homepage. To share your experiences and learn from others, participate in the
Wildland Fire Response forum on
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LLIS.gov Anniversary
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LLIS.gov Celebrates 7 Years LLIS.gov was launched on April 19, 2004, with a press conference in Oklahoma City. The system has come a long way over the last seven years, but none of it would be possible without our dedicated members. The
LLIS.gov team would like to thank everyone who has participated in helping
LLIS.gov by contributing documents, expertise, feedback, and support. Without this help, the system could not have become the robust repository of nearly 19,000 homeland security and emergency management documents that it is today. Thank you!
If you would like to contribute documents or feedback to support
LLIS.gov's future growth, please log in and click on "Submit to
LLIS.gov" in the left navigation bar. For more information, contact the
LLIS.gov team at
feedback@llis.dhs.gov.
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National Level Exercise 2011
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Major Federal Exercise This Month National Level Exercise 2011, which is scheduled for May 16 - 20, will be a functional exercise with a major earthquake scenario. This exercise is designed to provide the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with a crucible to test Administrator Fugate's mission for the federal government to make decisions and take action within the first 72 hours of a major disaster that will have positive effect on life-saving and life-sustaining activities. In addition to FEMA, other participants include representatives from Regions IV, V, VI, and VII; Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky; the private sector; and non-governmental organizations.
LLIS.gov supports the National Level Exercise through the
Exercise Support System and other activities. For more information on
LLIS.gov's participation, contact the team at
exercise@llis.dhs.gov.
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New Federal Initiatives
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Updated Directives On March 30, 2011, President Obama released the
Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-8. This directive is aimed at strengthening the security and resilience of the United States through systematic preparation for the threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the Nation, including acts of terrorism, cyber attacks, pandemics, and catastrophic natural disasters. The directive outlines a national preparedness goal, an integrated set of guidance programs known as the national preparedness system, and the roles and responsibilities of individuals involved in completing the associated tasks. It also calls for a national preparedness report to be completed in one year.
In addition, DHS Secretary Napolitano launched a new National Terrorism Advisory System on April 19, 2011. As outlined in the
National Terrorism Advisory System Public Guide, the new system replaces the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System with just two threat levels: Imminent Threat Alert and Elevated Threat Alert. Alerts will be communicated to the public through the DHS Web site, social networking Web sites, and other media.
For more information on these and other federal guidance documents, please visit
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New LLIS.gov Exclusive Content |
The
LLIS.gov Team continues to post new Lessons Learned and Best Practices to the system on a regular basis. Weekly updates about new original content that is exclusive to
LLIS.gov can be found in the
NEW LLIS.GOV CONTENT tab on the LLIS.gov homepage. LLIS.gov recently posted the following exclusive documents:Lessons Learned Have you developed an innovative program or technique from a preparedness investment that you would like to share with other
LLIS.gov members? The
LLIS.gov team can work with you to develop a Lesson Learned or Best Practice that can be shared on
LLIS.gov. To share your stories, contact us at
research@llis.dhs.gov.
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LLIS.gov Outreach |
The
LLIS.gov Team travels around the country speaking and exhibiting at conferences and events. Recently, we exhibited during the 2011 Training and Exercise Conference at the Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, MD, the
2011 National Hurricane Conference in Atlanta, GA, and
Partners in Emergency Preparedness in Tacoma, WA. Did you visit the
LLIS.gov representatives at these events? Please share your feedback and comments with us by emailing
outreach@llis.dhs.gov.
This month, we are scheduled to participate in the event below. We hope to see you there!
If you would like to request an
LLIS.gov presentation at your next event, please email the Outreach Team at
outreach@llis.dhs.gov. To view a list of all emergency management and homeland security events, please visit the
LLIS.gov Events Calendar. For more information, please visit the
LLIS.gov Outreach page.
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