Broward County, Florida Board of County Commissioners Emergency Management Contingency Consulting Services
Introductions Donald Kunish, CEM – Deputy Director, Post Disaster Services • Certified emergency manager with 19 years of industry experience • Provides multiple communities with support to utilize U.S. Government grants to respond, recover and mitigate to natural and manmade disasters across the country • Former Deputy Bureau Chief for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, responsible for managing Florida’s Hazard Mitigation Planning and Grant Programs, Statewide Emergency Management All-hazards Planning and Training and Exercise Programs Kerri O’Dell – Director, Emergency Management • Serves as high-level project manager for Tetra Tech with over a decade of disaster preparedness, emergency planning, and disaster response and recovery experience • Has assisted numerous local, state and private sector businesses with active shooter assessment; emergency operations planning; continuity of operations planning (COOP); exercise design, implementation and evaluation; and recovery planning • Broward County resident with extensive familiarity assisting South Florida communities Danny Hinson – Senior Planner • Former county Emergency Management director with over 12 years in the field. • Former Regional Domestic Security Task Force Planner working with law enforcement and military conducting exercises and planning 2
Firm Overview
Firm Overview – Tetra Tech, Inc. • Founded in 1966 • 400 offices worldwide - 20,000 employees • $2.6 billion in revenues - FY17 • Over 20 years of disaster recovery and emergency management support • Local presence – multiple offices in South Florida • State-level FEMA PA experience in the State of Florida • Over $6 billion of experience in post-disaster grant application, administration, and program management • 250+ full-time staff dedicated to security, disaster recovery, and emergency management • One company, countless services 4
Overview of Staff
Overview of Staff • Tetra Tech has provided the County with a dedicated project team 6
Past Project Success
Volusia County, Florida – Hurricane Matthew • Our team has supported Volusia County for many years and was available to assist prior Hurricane Matthew’s landfall, and in the immediate aftermath • Mobilized a team within hours and began the process of supporting debris removal monitoring and operations • Grant management specialists assisted with FEMA project worksheets for reimbursement claims estimated at $30 Million • PW’s covered all categories of work, including improved projects, alternate projects, and 406 hazard mitigation • Also providing Technical Assistance to the County in regards to other post-disaster federal grants including USDA, HUD, and FHWA-ER. 8
Richland County, South Carolina – 1,000 Year Flood • Tetra Tech assisted the County immediately after the flood to perform a comprehensive needs assessment of the County followed by a strategic analysis of available grant funds • $26.5 million in HUD CDBG-DR grant funds was subsequently awarded to the County • Tetra Tech assisted the County with preparation of an Action Plan that was approved by HUD in five days • Our team provided comprehensive grant implementation services, including outreach, case management, and management of permanent home repairs, and economic development projects ▪ Repair of over 270 roads and bridges ▪ Well testing & disinfection program ▪ Debris removal ▪ Long-Term recovery workshops ▪ CDBG-DR management & oversight; HMGP grant applications 9
Metro Atlanta Regional Transit Authority (MARTA) • The Tetra Tech team has been supporting multiple emergency management efforts for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s (MARTA) since 2010 • MARTA initially appointed our team to develop a threat and vulnerability assessment (TVA) and continuity of operations (COOP) plan • Over the last 8 years, our team of emergency management personnel have conducted the following projects for MARTA: ▪ ▪ Continuity of Operations Planning HSEEP-Compliant Exercise Program Development, Facilitation and evaluation ▪ Security and Emergency Preparedness ▪ Planning After Action Report/Improvement Plan Development ▪ Emergency Operations Planning ▪ Emergency Operations Training ▪ FTA, TSA, and State Regulatory Compliance ▪ Incident Command System (ICS) Training ▪ SOP Development ▪ Training and Exercise Program 10
Flood Mitigation Bundle Justice Center 11
Additional Information
Ongoing Projects • Deployed in 4 states and 2 US Territories in 2017-18 13
Enhanced Grant Technology – Data Management Data Collection Data Ingestion and Cleansing PW Formulation and Reporting RecoveryTrac™ Data Site Data in Extraction cloud RecoveryTrac TM Project Worksheet Formulations Site Data SQL Quality Control (Tablets) Server and Review Database SharePoint Data SharePoint Extraction Data in cloud SharePoint Cost Rollups & Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annual Documents Reporting and Detailed Status 14
Why Choose the Tetra Tech Team?
Why Choose the Tetra Tech Team? • Engineering support for Emergency Management • Enhanced GIS Based Technology • Experience helping communities prepare for, and respond to, all types of disasters • Experience providing federally funded grant management and administration services to state-level applicants • Assisted our clients with obtaining and managing over $6 billion in post-disaster grants • Local presence and familiarity with Broward County • Full-service disaster recovery firm 16
Questions & Discussion
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