GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

GOHSEP Louisiana Elected Officials Emergency Management Manual
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate
the footprint of the space needed to stage and
complete the mission, as well as estimated cost.
Credentialed personnel are those who are identified
by the resource provider as having the knowledge,
skills and abilities needed to conduct a specific
mission. Resource providers should develop MRPs
in cooperation with State emergency management
agencies after being told that the resource would
be valuable for use during intrastate or interstate
mutual aid deployments.
Pre-Disaster Contracts
Establishing contracts before a disaster or
emergency helps avoid serious mistakes in the
procurement process. Procuring when jurisdictional
leadership is under no pressure to immediately
respond allows time to carefully assure that all
Federal laws and regulations are followed. Pre-event
contracts also secure resources that may become
limited post-disaster.
Past experience has shown that despite best efforts
to line up labor, services, equipment, materials and/
or supplies before a disaster, there are occasions
when contractors are unwilling or unable to fulfill
a contract agreed to pre-disaster. An available list of
multiple contractors – identified pre-event – that
provide services in the areas likely to be needed is a
viable alternative to meet this contingency.
Pre-disaster contracts are one
of the most effective tools
for pre-event planning +
ensuring operational gaps
are addressed.
This is especially true for
debris management.
See Debris Removal section later in this
Manual for more information.
A pre-disaster debris contract
may lead to additional FEMA
funding!
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