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National Preparedness Division

Federal Preparedness Coordinator
Farley Howell
(510) 627-7250
farley.howell@dhs.gov

Deputy Federal Preparedness Coordinator
Tom Ridgeway
(510) 627-7277
thomas.ridgeway@dhs.gov

Regional Integration Branch

Jeff Lusk
Chief
(510) 627-7116
jeff.lusk@dhs.gov

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Planning and Assessments

Federal

Integrated Planning System (IPS)
FEMA 5-Year Strategic Plan

State, Territory, Local

Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG)
State Preparedness Report (SPR)

Current initiatives

Daniel Stevens
Planning Specialist
daniel.stevens@dhs.gov

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NIMS

National Incident Management System (NIMS)
National Response Framework (NRF)

Susan Waller
NIMS Coordinator
510-627-7275
susan.waller@dhs.gov

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Exercise

HSEEP toolkit website
LLIS website
National Preparedness Guidelines

Fred Wehrenberg, CHMM
Exercise Program Manager
510-627-7020
fred.wehrenberg@dhs.gov

Joel Palmer, MPH, CPH
Exercise Specialist
510-627-7193
joel.palmer@dhs.gov

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Training

National Preparedness Guidelines
Technical Assistance
Emergency Management Institute
Center for Domestic Preparedness
National Fire Academy
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC)
FEMA Training and Exercise Integration/Training Operations (TEI/TO) approved course lists:

Tomas P. Kaselionis
Regional Training Specialist
(510) 627-7298
tomas.kaselionis@dhs.gov

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Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program

The FEMA Region IX Regional Continuity Manager serves as the regional continuity point of contact for FEMA NCP COOP Division.  The following links provide access to currently COOP planning guidance, evaluation tool, and training information: 

www.fema.gov/government/coop/index.shtm

James R. Macaulay, CEM
Regional Continuity Program Coordinator
(510) 627-7009
james.macaulay@dhs.gov

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Tribal

FEMA Tribal Policy
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona
Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
Inter-Tribal Council of California
California Tribal Nations–Emergency Management Council

Citizen Corps

Tessa Badua-Larsen
Program Coordinator
(510) 627-7185
teresita.badua-larsen@dhs.gov

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Community Preparedness

Citizen Corps
Are you Ready?
Ready.Gov
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Alec Tune
Community Preparedness Specialist
(510) 627-7105
Email

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Technological Hazards Branch

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP)
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP)

Harry Sherwood
Branch Chief
(510) 627-7240
harry.sherwood@dhs.gov

Paul Anderson
Technological Hazards Program Specialist
(510) 627-7093
paul.anderson@fema.gov

Richard Echavarria
Technological Hazards Program Specialist
(510) 627-7217
richard.echavarria@dhs.gov

Katherine Nishihara
Technological Hazards Program Specialist
(510) 627-7080
katherine.nishihara@dhs.gov

Elena Joyner
Emergency Management Assistant
(510) 627-7195
elena.joyner@dhs.gov

Hazardous Materials
Are you ready?
Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC)
Oceania Regional Response Team (ORRT)
Regional Response Team (RRT)- Website coming soon
Continuing Challenge
HazMat Explo
Arizona State Emergency Response Commission
Nevada State Emergency Response Commission

John Woytak
Hazardous Materials Specialist
(510) 627-7167
john.woytak@dhs.gov

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Pacific Area Office

(808) 851-7900

Exercise support:
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
Lessons Learned Information Sharing

Larry Dove
Training and Exercise Specialist
(808) 851-7906
larry.dove@dhs.gov

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Last Modified: Thursday, 09-Jul-2009 11:54:07 EDT