Defense Support to Civil Authority An Introduction
Colonel James Mathis
DCO FEMA Region III
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
14 January 2010
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Objectives
Review the mission and role of the Defense
Coordinating Officer/Element (DCO/E):
 Intro to the structure, capabilities and
employment of the DCO/E
 Discuss the DCO/E activation process
 Review request & reimbursement process
 Update command and control considerations
 Highlight accomplishments & Way-Ahead
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Geographic Combatant
Command (USNORTHCOM)
PRESIDENT
Relationships
SECDEF
Coordinating
COCOM/OPCON
Supporting
U.S. Coast
Guard
AFNORTH
National Guard
Bureau
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JOINT TASK
FORCE
NORTH
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MARFORNORTH
JOINT TASK
FORCE
CIVIL SUPPORT
FLEET
FORCES
COMMAND
JOINT TASK
FORCE
ALASKA
JOINT FORCE
HEADQUARTERS
NATIONAL
CAPITAL REGION
Mission: USNORTHCOM Anticipates and conducts
Homeland Defense and Civil Support Operations within
the Assigned Area of Responsibility to Defend, Protect,
and Secure the United States and its interests.
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HHC TDA
OFF / WO / ENL / DAC / CONT AGGR
121/ 4 / 65 / 203/ 13 = 406
* As Of: 05/01/2009
COMMANDER
YC03
OCP 1 Cdr
OCP 2 Cdr
TF Eagle
TF Falcon
(RC-ARNG)
DCG
DCO/E
(RC-USAR)
JTF-CS
CSTA
JTF-N
X 3 CSRG
X 10
YC03
CoS
Special
Staff
OPM
(FP/AT)
Coordinating
Staff
SG
Secretary of the
General Staff
INTERAGENCY
COORD
PA
CSM
Chaplain
SJA
HHC
GG15
YC03
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
G7
G8
Personnel
Intel
Operations
Logistics
Plans
Signal
Training
Res Mgmt
NORTHCOM
LNO Cell
Peterson AFB, CO
HQDA
LNO
Wash DC
ADA
Cell
(CONOPS Driven)
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Regional Defense Coordinating
Officer & Element (DCO/E)
COL Fowler
COL Johnson
COL Fulton
COL Stanley
COL Jenkins
COL Freehill
COL Mathis
COL Armstrong
COL Young
COL Mayr
A permanently assigned DOD representative in each FEMA region to plan,
coordinate, and integrate Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) with
local, state and federal agencies
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Regional DCO/E Concept
The DoD Conduit within each
FEMA Region
Day to Day Operations
10 - Personnel
DCO
Colonel (06)
Deputy
3/5/7
MAJ(04)
YA 03 (x2)
MAJ (04)
LTC (05)
LOG
COMMS
SSG (E6)
SFC (E7)
PBO
Signal
NCO
SGT (E5)
LNO JFH-NCR
IT SPC
SFC (E7)
OPCON
REPLO
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SEPLO
 Collocated within the FEMA Regional
Headquarters
 Building and Maintaining relationships
with:
 FEMA staff
 Other Government Agencies
 State Emergency Responders
 TAG and JFHQ-State staff
 Potential Base Support Installations
 Subject Matter Experts for their Region
 Collaborate with Federal, State and
NGO and Private Sector:
Plan
Train
Support, when directed
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Emergency Preparedness
Liaison Officer (EPLO)
DCO
SEPLO
REPLO
State EPLO:
1 ea COL/06
1 ea NCO SFC/E7
Region EPLO:
1 ea COL/06
2 ea LTC/05
2 ea MAJ/04
1 ea NCO MSG/E8
By Exception:
1 ea LTC/05 (VA)
Army EPLOs OPCON to DCO
USN
USMC
USAF
USCG
Service EPLOs OPCON for
Contingency Operations
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Role of the EPLO
During an Event
Day-to-Day Operations
 Provide liaison between service and  Deploy as directed by Service to
state and federal agencies
provide liaison to:
Regional Response Coordination
 Brief DOD Installation commanders
Centers (RRCCs)
regarding DSCA mission
State EOCs
 Participate in disaster planning and
JFOs
response exercises in state or region
Other locations as required
 Maintain awareness of:
 Assist with validation of mission
 State or regional plans
assignments
 State National Guard capabilities
 Provide subject matter expertise and
and limitations
liaison regarding service capabilities/
 Key assets (local, state, federal)
viability
 Geography and transportation
systems
 Provide situational awareness for DOD
 Hazards: natural & man-made
and service component
 DOD installations and assets
 Provide service-specific expertise for
DCO/DCE and other agencies
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Role of the DCO
- Contingency Operations DoD representative in the disaster
area
Link between Lead Federal Agency
(LFA) representative and DoD
Liaison to State, local and other
Federal agencies
Coordinates requirements with
emergency operations center(s)
Validates Action Request Form
(ARF) and accepts Mission
Assignment (MA) from Federal
Coordinating Officer (FCO)
Assist with receiving, staging,
on-ward movement, & integration
(JRSOI) of units/personnel
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Recommends military resource
to meet MA requirements; forwards
RFA to NORTHCOM
Provide link to Base Support
Installation (BSI)
Coordinate administrative & logistical
support of deployed military forces
(Tier Level I Ops)
Controls DoD resources in the
disaster area during Tier Level I
operations
Maintains accounting records for
reimbursement
Provide Situational Awareness to
DoD Agencies
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DCE Communications/Equipment
Three commercial vehicles & two
trailers
Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV)
 Supports 6-10 personnel
 Capabilities: run from vehicle or remote
 SIPR and NIPR data terminals
 Secure and non-secure voice
 Secure and non-secure VTC
 SATCOM
 Limited on the move communications
 Video recording capability
Secure “QSec-2700”
Telephones
 Multiple radio systems
– UHF
– VHF
– 800 MHz
Mobile VTC
Computers
Voice, data, or VTC via
commercial satellite
NIPR and SIPR
access
Iridium Phone
For mobile, secure
calls via satellite
 Interoperability with first responders
– Bearcat Scanner
– ACU-1000
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PSC-5
Secure voice or
data via landline
Secure radio
communication
via satellite
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BGAN
Blackberry
Voice or data via
commercial satellite
or ISDN line
Voice and data
(as needed)
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DCO Disaster Capability
Augmenting the DCE
 Increase the size and capability of the DCE when activated for an event
Day to Day Operations
Disaster Operations
XX - Personnel
10 - Personnel
DCO
Colonel (06)
(Event Driven)
DCO
Legal
Deputy
3/5/7
MAJ(04)
YA 03 (x2)
MAJ (04)
LOG
COMMS
SSG (E6)
SFC (E7)
PBO
Signal
NCO
Admin/Log
Aviation
SGT (E5)
LNO JFH-NCR
REPLO
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Public Affairs
Operations
Engineer
Medical
Signal
Resource Mgt
Primary augmentation sources:
IT SPC
SFC (E7)
OPCON
DCE
LTC (05)
 ARNORTH
 NORTHCOM
 JRMPO
 PI Planner
SEPLO
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Regional Response Protocol
State OEM
Requests Federal
Support
FEMA Region
Watch Desk/DOD
Alerts RA
JFO Established
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RA • Publishes Order
to DIV Directors
• Activates RRCC
• Notifies NRCC
• Requests DoD Supt
• Deploys SLO
• ERT-A/IMAT Closes
on IOF (State EOC)
 RA Lead at RRCC
DCO • WARNO to DCE Team
(SEPLO/REPLO)
• Blue 6 to 5A Watch/
Cmd Grp
• ADVON Prep for Mvt
• DCO - Chief REPLO
BHO of RRCC
• DCO/E(-) Moves
to IOC w/ERT-A/IMAT
• DCE(-) Assembles;
Prep for Mvt
• RA - FCO Battle Hand-off
• RRCC Transition
• Chief REPLO - DCO
Battle Hand-off
• DCE Request for
Augmentation (METT-T)
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Request for Assistance (RFA)
Process
If DCO Deployed to JFO, Stafford Act Declaration Likely
Joint Field Office (JFO)
INCIDENT
ESFs
UNABLE TO
SUPPORT
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DOD SPT
TO
ALL ESF
DCO
SECDEF
ASD (HD&ASA)
DCE
ESFs
DCO VALIDATES ARF
BECOMES MA IF FCO
APPROVES COST AND
DCO & FC0 “SIGN”
FEMA FORM 90-129
LOCAL
JDOMS
FCO
STATE
Orders
MISSION
ASSIGNMENT
FEMA FORM
90-129
SCO
DCO receives Action Request Form (ARF) &
*forwards
through command channels similar to a
Warning Order - planning only, no action.
Mission Assignment (MA) comes through command
channels similar to an EXORD
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NORTHCOM
MA
Order
Info
Coord/Aprv
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Mission Assignment Process
(Bottom Up – Tactical Level)
DCO/DCE
NORTHCOM
Mission
Assignment
(MA) and
Mission
Tasking Order
DoD Point of Entry
NORTHCOM reviews
request and submits
to JDOMS for staffing
and approval
JFCOM
Engineer
Battalion
Joint Staff
Joint Staff
Joint Staff
Approval
- Dep Dir AntiTerrorism / HD
- DJ-3
- Dir of the Joint
Staff
Joint Director of
Military Support
(JDOMS) receives &
staffs with:
- COCOMS
- Services
- Defense Agencies
- JCS Legal Counsel
JFCOM
Order
FORSCOM
Asset (s) deploys and
become OPCON to
the DCO, DCE serves
as higher HQ C2 staff
(OPCON to JTF if
deployed)
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Supporting Combatant
Command tasked to
provide the asset(s)
needed (Order Issued)
Asst Sec Def
(HD & ASA)
- Office of General
Counsel
Sec Def Approval
- Execute Order
- Deployment Order
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DSCA Command & Control
Considerations
Event Magnitude (Scope, and Duration)
Note - DCO Remains Single POC for Coordinating Military Response
Tier I
Tier II
Joint Force
Commander (JFC)
Joint Task Force
Defense Coordinating
Officer
(JTF)
Commanders
Army North
Civil Support
(OCP/JTF)
Alaska
Air Force North National Capitol
Marine Forces North
State(Guard)
North
Other
Tier III
Functional
Component
Commanders
Land
Air
Marine
Augmentation As Required
Incident(s) Limited in Size
and Area
(e.g. Hurricane Wilma)
Incident(s) Broader in
Scope and Devastation
Incident(s) cover large
area(s) (e.g. JTFKatrina; Required
Expanded Command
Capability)
Level of DoD Support
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Accomplishments
 Collaboration with Federal, State, and District partners
 EPLO Team fully trained and staffed (WV Intro pending)
 Support to SEAR/NSSE:
SOTUAs, Inauguration, visiting heads of
state/dignitaries, summits, state funerals, others.
 Activations ISO CONOPS: flooding, hurricanes, and
Pre-Declared Events (Burnt Frost)
 Annual installation site visits and agency briefings
 H1N1 Regional Planning
 Participation in exercises: Local, State/District, Federal and
National level.
 DCE EXEVAL/Recertification 31 Jul - 9 Aug 2009
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DCO Near Term Priorities
 Hurricane/ Pandemic Influenza Preparation
Planning (All Hazard)
SOTUA
H1N1
 National Scout Jamboree
 Enhance Preparation and Readiness Through Training
DCO/DCE ARNORTH EXEVAL (Annual Certification
Exercise) and FTXs
Participation in National, Regional and State
Exercises
 Establish, promote, and maintain relationships with key
partners in FEMA Region III:
Military Base Installations
FEMA Staff
NCR JFHQ
ESFs
TAGs, and NG JFHQs JTF CS
NGO
EM/HLS Directors
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Points of Contact
Name
Position
Email
Office Phone
COL James (Jim) Mathis DCO
James.Mathis@us.army.mil
(215) 931-5770
LTC George Hadrick
Dep DCO
George.Hadrick@us.army.mil
(215) 931-5769
MAJ Barbara M. Jones
Operations
Barbara.m.jones@us.army.mil
(215) 931-5766
CPT (P) Angel Figueroa
NCR LNO
Angel.s.Figuero@us.army.mil
(210) 860-7737
SFC Anthony Gray
OPS NCO
Anthony.a.Gray@us.army.mil
(215) 931-5766
Alberto.Hernandez4@us.army.mil
(215) 931-5766
SFC Alberto Hernandez Signal NCO
Mr. Paul Jensen
OPS & Plan Off Paul.Jensen@us.army.mil
(215) 931-5767
Mr. Jeff Keefe
OPS & Plan Off Jeffrey.Keefe@us.army.mil
(215) 931-5768
Mailing Address:
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FEMA Region III DCE
One Independence Mall
615 Chestnut Street, Sixth Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106-4404
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Subject to Questions . . .
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