FLOOD07876

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Comprehensive Cooperative Agreement Colorado FFY 1990
• Date: 1/1/1990
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Division of Disaster Emergency Services
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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STATEWIDE OVERVIEW

A. The Division of Disaster Emergency Services (DODES) is
responsible under Colorado law for four basic functions:

1. To prepare and maintain plans for State government to
meet tJle threats to life and property from natural
hazards, technological hazards, or from hostile military
or paramilitary actions

2. To assist poli.tical subdivisi.cns of the Stat.e ~!n thE:
development and maintenance of credible plans, c()nsiste~":t
with those of the State, to meet the threats to life and
pr.oper..ty posed by the natural and man rr:ade hazards
identified specifically In each jurisdictiol1.

3. To coor'dinate the State response to a disaster or
emergency.

4. To managr2 tl~le State recovery act~\lities fc.ll:':\'/lng a
declared disaster or emergency.

B.

Tf,e concepts and procedures of the Integrated Emergency
~1anagement Sy~;tern (IEMS) best e>~j)ress the full ,(-ange of
activ-:ties involved in achieving a co:nprehe:"lsi\i'2 e~:erg.snc/
f:'~-e~:'aredness st&.tus and ha\'e been ad:::pted by DiJDES as th8
ba21s 0-: it2. ~,pet--atin'~ phi:cSOD>:Y. The inte'~-ra:,icn c~ ths
sepal"i~":.e~y authcrized Fecet'a1 resources with these ,:)f t~le
Stat~ to ac~ieve adequate functiollal ca~ability to Gget t~e
thi-eats of a'" ha:ards at 6ach level of governme~t is the trlle
e~erger'CY mal1agement challenge.

f.. tea~r: apcH'oach utiliZit-:g the varied t-alents of the e:'\tire
D0CES s~aff 3/1d members of other State agencies is emplcyed
to deliver services to the population based on 11a=ard~
';)eog;~a;.-~ic and resource similarities in six re9ions of -::-le-
State (see m3C attacI1ed). Emohasis is placed on the creaticr1,
training and exercisino;] of planning and respo~lse tea~s c,f
local officlals. The val~e of this approach has been
demonstrated repeatedly in the development of local emergenCj
operations plans; conduct of tabletop, functional and fie-td
exercises; and management of multiple declared dlsaster
emargenCleS and scores of lesser emergencies.

D.

Colorado proposes to continue program activity of FY-1989 at
the same level of effort in FY-1990. The State will integrate
and coordinate its emergency management activities with those
of the Federal Government to ensure that the full range of
capabilities are utilized as appropriate under both routine
and emergency conditions. DODES will maintain its readiness
to provide leadership and Emergency Operations Center support
to the State Response Team when major emergenci es occu r.
Based on past experi ence. six or more such events can be
expected to occur.