Regional Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Parish Directors Subcommittee public meetings in 2020
3 substantive meetings from 2020, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Regional Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Parish Directors Subcommittee
The subcommittee will discuss GOHSEP updates including COVID-19 vaccine planning, PPE distribution, and community testing. They will also review recovery efforts for hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta, and Cristobal, covering declarations, funding, and sheltering. Additional items include hazard mitigation updates and a drone detection system presentation.
- COVID-19 vaccine planning update
- PPE distribution and community testing update
- Hurricane Laura/Delta/Zeta/Cristobal recovery: declarations, IA, funding, direct housing, non-congregate sheltering, PDA, PA, cost share waiver, PW development
- Hazard mitigation: BRIC update, Laura HM announcement, LWI Round 1 funding, planning update
- Drone Detection System presentation by Joe Ganote
Regional Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Parish Directors Subcommittee
The subcommittee is meeting to receive updates on COVID-19 from LDH and DOE representatives. The agenda also includes discussions regarding statewide exercises and FY 2020 award allocations.
- COVID-19 update by LDH and DOE representatives
- State Wide Exercise discussion
- FY 2020 EMPG Award Allocations
- FY 2020 SHSP/UASI information
The subcommittee approved a specific formula for distributing FY 2020 EMPG allocations to parishes. The meeting also included updates on COVID-19, federal funding, and upcoming legislative bills.
- Approved January 2020 minutes (unanimous)
- Approved Option 2 for FY 2020 EMPG allocations: $25,000 per parish with the remainder based on population (unanimous)
Regional Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Parish Directors Subcommittee
This is a routine monthly meeting of parish emergency preparedness directors. They will approve prior meeting minutes, receive updates from GOHSEP on cybersecurity, resiliency training, and the 2020 budget and grants, and share regional updates.
- Approval of November 2019 meeting minutes
- GOHSEP updates from Director James B. Waskom
- Cybersecurity and Road Show update from Jason Lachney
- Resiliency training and volunteer capacity building from Rubby Douglas
- 2020 budget, grants, and LEMC updates from Christina Dayries