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WHY BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL TRIBAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL....HERE ARE THREE OF THE BEST REASONS!
Welcome to the National Tribal Emergency Management Council (NTEMC). The NTEMC is a
long standing sub-committee of the Northwest Tribal Emergency Management Council bringing
Tribes and Tribal emergency management
organizations from around the Nation
together to share information and best practices and to discuss public safety,
public health and homeland security
issues affecting those in Indian Country.
There are three main
areas that separate the National Tribal Emergency Management Council from all other
EM/HLS groups out there:
The NTEMC
remains committed to Sovereign Immunity, assisting our Tribal partners
with building infrastructure and internal capacity. There are many
groups out there that want to come into the Tribe and be the Incident
Commanders, the Incident Management Team, and the First Responders. We
want to continue to help our Tribal Nations remain in the driver’s seat
of the their own incidents, and the best way that we can assure this is
to continue our work in the areas of sharing information, training,
skill sets, resources and best practices.
We believe that
Public Safety and Public Health are Trust Responsibilities of the
Federal Government, and therefore, do not charge dues or membership fees
to be a part of our organization. Although this makes sustainability
difficult at times, we do not believe that our Tribal Nations should
have to pay for what the Federal, State and Local Partners are receiving
in the way of grants and technical assistance. Therefore, we continue to
work hard on bringing grant dollars into the individual Tribal Nations,
training opportunities to our Tribal Lands, and Technical Assistance to
Indian Country that continues to help build our emergency management and
homeland security programs, free of charge.
We are not a
response organization. We believe very strongly in our mission:
To provide guidance
and tools for member tribes to develop sustainable and all-hazard
approaches to Emergency Management and Homeland Security, through an
approach that emphasizes both inter and intra jurisdictional cooperation
to maximize resources in mutual aid, training, exercises, planning, and
equipping by sharing information and best practices.
Because we are a
very small non-profit, we have relied heavily on consortium grants,
specific contract work that is provided at severely discounted rates for
our member Tribes and the private sector. In 2013, the NTEMC
partnered with the
National Joint Powers Alliance®, a national municipal
contracting agency committed to serving our Members purchasing needs. We
are both driven to provide efficient public service through contract
purchasing solutions and other related programs. We are only able to do
this as we work together, creating a unified purchasing alliance that is
valued by both NJPA and the NTEMC. We will now have access to
more than
220 companies that have been vetted through this partnership.
Stayed tuned for so
much more ahead as we bring in 2017 together!
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To better facilitate the mission of the National Tribal Emergency Management Council, the NTEMC is organized into 10 Regions, based on the FEMA system of 10 Regions. Unfortunately Tribal lands do not fit neatly into the FEMA regions map. Some tribal lands are located in 3 FEMA regions! But for now, as we began this process, we hope this structure will work best. Click on our Regions Tab at the top of the page to learn more.
contact us: info@ntemc.org
This site and Sub-committee is being developed by the NW Tribal Emergency Management Council, a consortium of more than 150 Tribes and Tribal Villages in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska that has been working dilligently on Emergency Management for the past twleve years.
Interested in joining the monthly calls of the NTEMC? The NTEMC believes strongly that public safety is a trust responsibility and therefore there is no cost to join. For the purposes of sharing information and having a point of contact, please submit a Resolution from your Tribal Governing Body asserting the desire to join the NTEMC in Emergency Management information sharing and best practices. Please see sample Resolution:
Sample Resolution to join NTEMC
Please visit NWTEMC at http://nwtemc.org
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The National Tribal Emergency Management Council is very proud to announce
Richard Flores as our Director of Tribal Relations and Legislative Affairs.
To learn more, click here: http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/national-tribal-emergency-councial-names-richard-flores-director-tribal-relations-legislative-affairs/
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To Contact Lynda Zambrano
Executive Director
Phone: 425-508-3967
P.O. Box 1162
Snohomish, Washington 98291
For more information about our Board of Directors and Lynda Zambrano click here:
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Welcome to our new Blog. You can find us at:
Your Full Resource for What is Trending in Tribal Emergency Management
Join the conversation Today!
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NWTEMC was proud to host the
1st and 2nd Annual National Joint Tribal
Emergency Management Conferences
Northern Quest Casino and Resort
2014 and 2015
The Northwest Tribal Emergency Management Council was proud to host the 1st and 2nd
Annual National Joint Tribal Emergency Management Conferences, a
partnership of Tribal Nations, Tribal Organizations, Federal, State
and Local agencies from all across the U.S. With five full days of
offerings, these conferences were a showcase of some of the
best Tribal Emergency Management work and Best Practices in Indian
Country.
Our honored guests, distinguished speakers and featured vendors
joined us for five full days of fun presentations, educational
opportunities, and networking events that guaranteed to keep
everyone talking about these conferences all
year long. Lynda Zambrano, our Executive Director and Richard
Flores, our Director of Tribal Relations and Legislative Affairs
joined the Board of Directors in providing updates, current news and
future goals of the NTEMC. Guest speakers presented information on
planning, preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery. FEMA, the
US Department of Homeland Security, EPA, US Health and Human
Services and the Department of Justice were just a few of the
partners that continue to support our work.
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