Logistics
Logistics is responsible for ensuring the state is ready with logistical support to respond to any natural or man-made disasters via contract negations, vendor management, and warehousing operations. Logistics operates the three Logistics warehouses in Lakeland, Orlando, and Tallahassee while maintaining the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) and the Statewide Mutual Aid Assistance Agreements (SMAA).
The Section works to develop and maintain contracts and relationships with vendors and other partners to ensure plans and agreements are in place to ensure the proper commodities, transportation, and equipment resources are in place to disaster response.
Kenneth DeCastro
Deputy Bureau Chief of Response
Logistics Section Chief
The Mutual Aid Branch facilitates emergency response across jurisdictional lines and oversees the reimbursement of costs resulting from emergency response deployments. The branch works directly with local, state, and federal Mutual Aid stakeholders to ensure an integrated and unified effort before, during, and after emergencies, planned events, and disasters. To accomplish this, the Mutual Aid Branch manages the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement (SMAA), the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), and requests for Direct Federal Assistance (RRFs) for the State of Florida.
Chasity Brown
Mutual Aid Branch Director and EMAC Coordinator
Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement (SMAA)
The Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement has been updated and is available for review by logging into the FDEM Grants Portal. (The 2023 SMAA is a full revision; FDEM is requesting that all entities wishing to remain SMAA signatories or those who wish to become SMAA signatories review and sign.)
All Mutual Aid reimbursement processes are now completed through the DEMES Mutual Aid Portal. To access please login to the FDEM Grants Portal and select Mutual Aid. New users cane request access to the Mutual Aid portal via email to Mutualaid@em.myflorida.com.
Additional information regarding the DEMES Mutual Aid process is available at www.floridadisater.org/DEMES.
Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
EMAC R-1
EMAC R-2
R-2 Claim Checklist
EMAC Mission Ready Package (MRP) Template
Contract and Vendor Management
Contract and Vendor Management work with the state’s logistical vendors to ensure the readiness of commodities and resources are readily available to support the state’s response to a disaster event. This includes the contract management, coordination of equipment, and consistent readiness of the logistical vendors.
Alex Furlong
Contract & Vendor Manager
Vacant
Response Financial Officer
Vacant
Response Financial Officer
Contract and Vendor Management work with the state’s logistical vendors to ensure the readiness of commodities and resources are readily available to support the state’s response to a disaster event. This includes the contract management, coordination of equipment, and consistent readiness of the logistical vendors.
Vacant
Contract & Vendor Manager
Keith Hernandez
Response Financial Officer
Fletcher Herrald
Response Financial Officer
Warehouse and Asset Management are responsible for the management of the Division’s warehouse operations, including the readiness of the three Logistics warehouses. This would include the management of the Division’s Fleet Operations, Logistic Staging Area Coordination, and the Division’s resources such as water, meals, and generators.
Brendan Blais
State Warehousing Manager
Jeff Swain
Fleet and Facility Operations
Erin Oelze
Accountable Property Officer
