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DCMC PARTNERS Mission Assignments and EMAC in Puerto Rico March 29, 2018 DC D CM MC C Partners DCMC Putting Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria Into Context DCMC P ARTNERS Hurricane Maria was the nations first truly catastrophic


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Mission Assignments and EMAC in Puerto Rico March 29, 2018

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Putting Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria Into Context

  • Hurricane Maria was the nation’s first truly catastrophic

disaster

  • Never before has the response period lasted as long
  • It is unprecedented that an entire state population lost power,

water, telecommunications and basic services for such extended periods

  • Entire infrastructure systems were devastated, and their loss caused

cascading impacts that plague Puerto Rico to this day

  • Debris and mountainous terrain made movement nearly impossible
  • Puerto Rico is an island located over 1,000 miles from the U.S.

mainland

  • Government and first responders were themselves “victims”
  • f the storm
  • Early estimates are that the per-capita impact of Hurricane

Maria was 3+ times the impact of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana

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The Need for Mission Assignments and EMAC Support

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  • Catastrophic nature of the event
  • Government was overwhelmed and had its own capacity and

capabilities devastated by the storm

  • Puerto Rico was bankrupt and did not have the financial

flexibility or cash-flow to enter into contracts or seek reimbursement after paying their bills

  • Many vendors would not contract with Puerto Rico
  • Legal Constraints
  • PROMESA / Bankruptcy
  • Lack of on-island resources (materials, equipment, and

personnel)

  • Logistical challenges
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Mission Assignments Coming to the Rescue….

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  • Mission assignments became a tool to not only obtain

resources, but to address fiscal challenges and facilitate response.

  • Debris
  • Blue Roof
  • Repairs to critical governmental facilities
  • Power Restoration (line repair; generators)
  • Commodities and Fuel
  • Medical
  • Emergency Bridge and Road Repairs
  • Infrastructure / Site Assessments
  • Dam repairs and stabilization (Guajataca Dam)
  • Utilized both for traditional emergency work and to jump-

start recovery

  • Secondary benefit: MA’s brought resources to Puerto Rico

that could be left there for longer-term support

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Puerto Rico Relied on EMAC Heavily Also

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  • For similar reasons, EMAC was of critical importance.
  • EMAC support was utilized heavily as well to support

emergency needs – aid was received from 33 States in all

  • Police and Security
  • Mobilization of Power Restoration Personnel and Equipment
  • IMTs
  • Staff Augmentation
  • Approximately $1 billion has been spent on EMAC

assistance

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Observations and Challenges with Mission Assignments After Maria

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  • Highly effective tool overall to address Puerto Rico’s fiscal

and operational challenges

  • Less State control over process, priorities, and approach
  • Reduced operational and financial transparency
  • Logistics / timelines
  • Operational status
  • Strategic approach
  • Planning
  • Federal agency contracting process delays
  • Logistics coordination and tracking was a major issue
  • Challenge securing and moving resources
  • Transition of responsibility back to Puerto Rico was

challenging

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Observations and Challenges with EMAC After Maria

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  • Use of EMAC teams from other states to help manage the

process was a huge success

  • 2-week deployments are not problematic for catastrophic

events

  • Field conditions….or people’s perceptions or concerns

about them….made EMAC less helpful and added significant additional burdens on the Puerto Rico

  • Self-deployment of personnel and resources (with an

expectation of EMAC eventually covering the bills) was problematic

  • Delays in providing documentation for reimbursement
  • EMAC cannot be used for mitigation or long-term recovery

support….a problem for catastrophic events