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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR TED MONETTE 10 a.m., Thursday, October 9, 2003 GSA, Room 5125 Conference Room

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1. Provide a detailed account of what you did on Sept. 11, 2001, and in the days immediately following..

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Your personal story and observations Identify any outstanding strengths and weaknesses in the response effort With regards to the response effort, what was supposed to happen? What actually happened? Was there a difference?^ ^ ,,|

jv. n —2i FEMA's top 3 priorities at the WTC site included: rescue operations, by providing " US&R teams; assessment of infrastructure damage; and debris management, how did these priorities change over the first 1 0 days? a. Were there other priorities? I

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3. Comment on your situational awareness when you arrived at the WTC site. a. How did it change over the next 10 days?

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4. What was the status of communications and how did this impacted FEMA's response operations? a. To what extent did the Mobile Emergency Response Sytems (MERS) overcome these problems? b. How great is the need for more communications redundancy?

C/ 5. Provide your observations and thoughts on FEMA's coordinationjwith NYC, NY State and other federal agencies in the first 72 hours. Oyj&Vw'** *r /1/jC 6W a. What were the strongest and weakest links? /- 6. Provide your observations and thoughts on NYC interagency coordination and NY State interagency coordination. a. What were the strongest and weakest links? 7. How did the loss of FDNY' s leadership affect FEMA? ' \L)

8. How did the loss of one of FEMA's emergency management centers at the WTC affect the response operations?

'( . 9. When did the US&R teams, emergency supplies, and Incident Support Team arrive in NYC? a. b. c. d.

Was there a delay due to the grounding of commercial air transport? How did these FEMA assets reach NYC? If there was a delay, what impact did it have on response operations? How might this be troubleshooted or prevented in the future?

[According to RAND Report, Vol. 1 , 2002, "Everybody sat in airports, so there was no 1ST for two, three days," said one firefighter-special-operations panelist. "It had a big effect. The first time I talked to anybody on a FEMA radio off-site was on the third day because they just didn't get there."] lO. The last US&R team left the WTC site on Oct. 7, prior to this, was there an exact date when FEMA shifted from rescue, to recovery? - /H-, ,j^> Oic/i r^C We^ 7 1 l/)In your professional judgment, is there a need to enhance FEMA's US&R capabilities in cases where buildings or other large structures collapse and trap individuals? [According to CFR Report, June 2003, "The FEMA teams' needs were estimated to be around $56 million a year for effective training and mobilization exercise development and for equipment maintenance."] V /TZ)In your professional judgment, should FEMA-maintained caches contain a larger ^—-^ amount of personal protective equipment, so that local responders and supplemental units could be fully equipped and replenished with new gear as needed? a. Or is the current amount of equipment appropriate?

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[According to RAND Report, Vol. 1, 2002, "Firefighter panelists recommended that caches contain ample supplies of boots, gloves, P APRs (Powered AirPurifying Respirators), and lighter-weight clothing, such as coveralls.] 13) In your professional judgment, should incoming FEMA US&R teams be prepared to bring in a supply of equipment for local responders who are already on the scene, especially in smaller jurisdictions that might not have sufficient supplies on hand? 14. What flights were conducted over the disaster area with sensors? a. What types of data did these flights gather? i \(j>

15. How did FEMA coordinate with EPA for environmental and sampling support? a. How were air quality reports provided to you? b. Was there any concern about air quality?

16. Describe FEMA's Individual Assistance programs. a. Was FEMA able to avoid duplication of assistance? 17. Describe FEMA's role in donations management.

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a. Was FEMA involved in leasing warehouse space? b. Was FEMA involved in establishing a transportation routing network? 18. Describe FEMA's role in volunteer coordination. a. Who had the lead for this support? 19. How was FEMA involved with debris removal? -

22. Were there security clearance issues that needed to be resolved,pither within FEMA or between FEMA and state and local agencies?
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23. Title VI of the Stafford Act (P.L. 106-390) authorizes the Director of FEMA to coordinate federal and state emergency preparedness plans, has this authority been applied sufficiently to ensure adequate levels of coordination and planning between and among federal, state, and local jurisdictions? 24. Do state and local emergency management agencies lack the resources to develop and maintain critical emergency management capabilities? a. What more needs to be done to encourage and facilitate mutual aid and other cross-jurisdictional agreements that pool resources, minimize costs, and 1 1/ -. enhance national preparedness? 1 <*, [ b>

25. If the events of Sept. 1 1 have changed the way America responds to disasters, what changes would you recommend that are not already being implemented?

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