The Community Planning section is comprised of the following sections:
State Emergency Response Commssion (SERC)
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) LEPC Newsletter
Alaska Partnership for Infanstructure Protection (APIP) THIRA/SPR
and managing the paperwork side of the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG), the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP), and the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP).
The Community Planning Program Manager also manages the Critical Infanstructre Protection (CIP), the Continutity of Operations Planning (COOP), Evacuation Planning, and Alaska School Information.
SERC & LEPC
Federal legislation requires each state to have a State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) and outlines it's duties. In 1986, Congress passed the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) with deals emergency response planning, and community right-to-know regarding hazardous materials (HAZMAT). SARA is also known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). It was enacted to prevent hazardous materials tragedies, such as the chemical plant accident in Bhopol (India) and the nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl (USSR), from occurring in the United States. SARA establishes requirements for federal, state and local governments, Indian tribes, and industry regarding emergency planning and "Community Right-to-Know" (CRTK) regarding hazardous materials.
To comply with this Federal legislation, the Alaska Legislature passed Alaska Statutes 26.23.071 and 26.23.073. These statutes establish a SERC, Local Emergency Planning Districts (LEPD), and Local Emergency Planning Committee's (LEPC).
APIP
The Alaska Partnership for Infrastructure Protection (APIP) works to integrate the private and public sector critical infrastructure owners into the municipal, state, and federal emergency framework, participating in all stages of the disaster cycle, from preparedness and mitigation through to response and recovery. APIP’s purpose is to improve Alaska’s emergency management capabilities through the following:
- Resource identification
- Information sharing and management
- Infrastructure sector characterization to understand and address vulnerabilities, dependencies, and potential single points of failure
- Provide awareness of physical security, cyber security, law enforcement, and anti-terrorism threats
- Strengthen individual business’s response capacity
- Team building and partnering for exercises
- Make recommendations for priorities of protection, support, and recovery of critical infrastructure
- Provide a safe partnership environment for Critical Infrastructure owners/operators to increase resiliency statewide
