The Hampton Roads Incident Management Team is a Type 3 IMT located in the southeastern region of Vir
HRIMT deployed to Walmart shooting.
The team was asked to provide logistical support to law enforcement agencies at the Walmart mass shooting incident. The team was asked to set up shelters for use by the investigators. The team maintained a presence on site for the maintenance of the equipment. The team was on site 11/23 to 11/26.
What is this?
The pie chart shows the break down of the missions the team has been on since 2012.
Go to the HRIMT website for a list of the missions and a brief description of the missions. (hrimt.org)
The team assisted Sentara at the NAS Oceana Airshow 2022 by setting up a shelter to be used as a medical tent. Logistics unloaded one the the trucks that are preloaded with equipment for deployment during hurricane season. Team members stayed on site during the show to maintain the tents. Sentara personnel manned manned the tents for the medical mission.
Members of the HRIMT, CVAIMT and NCIMT attended the R-325 pilot class as the VA blended IMT. The class is designed to assist teams that can deploy on a national level.
The Hampton Roads All – Hazards Incident Management Team (HRIMT) is seeking new members from multiple disciplines within the region. As an “All – Hazards” team we are called to support the management of major, complex emergencies, planned events, and disasters within the Region, Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Nation.
The HRIMT is looking for members that have backgrounds in:
EMS
Emergency Management
Finance
Fire
Health Department
Law Enforcement
Public Information
Public Utilities
Public Works
Membership in the HRIMT is open to all employees affiliated with local, state, and federal governmental agencies within in the Hampton Roads region.
To find out more information about the team or to how to become a member scan the QR code.
What has been happening with the team lately?
After coming back from Kentucky the team has been assisting Hampton Roads agencies with several events.
City of Hampton with logistical support for missing child event
City of Virginia Beach with logistical support for college beach weekend
City of Portsmouth with planning assistance for the 420ish festival
Port of Virginia/MIRT with logistical support and IAP development for the Search and Rescue forum and Marine Firefighting School
Assisted DMAT with some logistical support
Attended the FEMA and VDEM workshop on sheltering held at CNU
Below are pictures of the trucks being preloaded for the upcoming hurricane season, The equipment will support a short team deployment and saves time getting on the road.
And... planning for our all - hands general team meeting next week. The meeting will cover topics for the members to provide feedback on and develop training projects.
HRIMT is assisting the Port of Virginia Maritime Incident Respose Team in their 30th annual Marine Firefighting School. The logistical support includes trucks, computers and printers.
The students includes firefighters from around the world.
HRIMT members working at 2022SAR
Members of the team are working at the 2022 Search and
Rescue Forum in Hampton. They were able to produce the needed wall charts for the attendees and develop the QR code so the IAP and other documents didn't need to be printed. There are 30 public safety vessels and 125 students.
The HRIMT logs section is assisting the Marine Incident Response Team at the 2022 SAR forum. Providing IT equipment.
City of Hampton deployment
City of Hampton requested mutual aid from the HRIMT to provide logistical support for an incident working in their city. The team provided 2 shelters that will be used for rehab of the workers of this incident. The equipment also included power and climate control for the shelters. Team members that responded were LSCs George Woodruff, Paul Gorski, Jacob Newton, and Comms. Unit Leader, John Gibson lll.
Update on the Kentucky deployment;
Most of the team came back today. Two members are staying a couple more days to finish last minute items. Here are some more pictures from the deployment.
Update on the deployment to Kentucky.
Two more members of the team are heading for Kentucky. They will fill the positions of OPS and PSC on the team.
The first group has arrived in Mayfield and met with the Type 2 team from NY. They will shadow the NY team today and then resume control on Sunday operational period. The NY team will head back home today at 1700hrs.
They are currently watching the weather for possible severe storms. They could bring flooding and tornados. Once the weather front moves through there is expected to be a drop in the temperatures with the possible for freezing rain and snow
Team deploying to Kentucky
The Hampton Roads Incident Management Team (HRIMT) based in Chesapeake VA is mobilizing to deploy to assist the Commonwealth of Kentucky with the aftermath of the deadly tornadoes which struck earlier this month. The HRIMT is deploying the following members and equipment.
1 – Firefighter from the Newport News Fire Department as a Planning Section Specialist/Trainee
1 – Disaster Assistance Specialist from the Chesapeake Fire Department as a Logistics Section Chief
Members will be departing from the Chesapeake Public Safety Operations Center (PSOC) at 0800 on Thursday December 30, 2021.
The deployment of the HRIMT will be part of a blended Incident Management Team (IMT) from Virginia. The eight members of the deployed Virginia Blended IMT will be from the following organizations.
Hampton Roads Incident Management Team based out of Chesapeake VA
National Capital Incident Management Team based out of Fairfax County VA
Central Virginia Incident Management Team based out of Chesterfield County VA
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
The Virginia IMT is initially being set to the Kentucky Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort. From there the blended team may be sent to either Graves County, Hopkins County, Marshall County, or be held at the State Emergency Operations Center. The final team assignment will depend upon the need for Incident Management assistance as identified by Kentucky when the Virginia team arrives.
In addition to personnel, the HRIMT will be providing logistical, communications, and IT equipment. This will provide the blended VA team with cellular and satellite communications, computers, printers, large plotter/printers, office facilities, etc. The Blended team will have the technical ability to set up a fully functioning emergency operations center or forward operations base as needed without any outside communications or IT support.
The deployment team is expected to return to Chesapeake on Friday, January 14, 2022.
Three days of the 2021 Full Functional Exercise in t he books! A simulated tornado touchdown with a the trimmings the SimCell could think of. Lots of learning, position task books signed off and great team work. We will have lots to review from this Exercise.
Photos from Hampton Roads Incident Management Team's post
Photos from Hampton Roads Incident Management Team's post
Photos from ECSU Emergency Management's post
A logistics group from the HRIMT was stood up in the Chesapeake Public Safety Operations Center to assist the city in ordering and acquiring needed supplies for the different city departments.
Other team members are at their home agencies as we work through this pandemic.
HRIMT has been working with the Peninsula COVID Ops Center. Work included develping a unified command structure with the 6 jurisdictions within the Peninsula Health District. Developing information sharing strategy, and incorporating non-typical agencies such as hospital systems, health departments in an ICS format for a non-typical event.
HRIMT hosted a demo of the DeployedLogix shelter system at the CFD warehouse on February 5th.
Thanks to DeployedLogix and Jean-Louis for coming to us and showing the shelter systems
Photos found of the trip to TX for hurricane Harvey. A long distance response that resulted in several lessons learned for the team. Including the importance of vehicle maintenance during the down time.
HRIMT hosting state Logistic Section Chiefs meeting. Members attending from Hampton Roads, Central Virginia, National Captial, and Southwest teams.
Lee Williams with VDEM discussing the Type 3 tiered system.
Meeting of the HRIMT Section Chiefs was held at the Virginia International Gateway of the Port of Virginia.
Meeting covered upcoming training, new positions of Disaster Assistance Specialists, and SWOT discussion.
The team is working with the USCG on the Prep2019 exercise on the Eastern Shore.
Stay tuned! We’ve got some videos coming, like this one with Bill Skelaney, Dep Ops Section Chief from Hampton Roads Incident Management Team as filmed by Daniel Murray, Asst PIO and GIS Specialist from Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team.
National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police
Wow! Look who stopped by—It’s Tom Moore, Deputy Director of Emergency Management for Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency! He even took the time to review our Incident Action Plan (IAP) with our Incident Commander. Thank you!
National Capital Region Incident Management Team Central Virginia All Hazards Incident Management Team Hampton Roads Incident Management Team Southwest Virginia Incident Management Team Virginia Department of Emergency Management All Hazards Incident Management Teams Association IAFC - International Association of Fire Chiefs International Association of Chiefs of Police
Photos from Virginia Blended Incident Management Team's post
Pender County, NC Emergency Managers presenting on Hurricane Florence. Response, recovery and the benefits of using an IMT to support the local EOC. Pender County is where the HRIMT was deployed for nine days following Hurricane Florence.
Members of the HRIMT are attending the All Hazards Incident Management Team Association conference in Hilton Head, SC.
Headed home!
The team reunited in Kinston and is is on the road back to Hampton Roads.
Photos from Hampton Roads Incident Management Team's post
The team is on the road! Heading to the Regional Coordination Center in Kinston NC. After picking up the rest of our team and gear we are headed home.
With major search and rescue operations complete the team operating in Pender County will demobilize tomorrow morning after the transition briefing. Although many areas of the county remain under water and isolated, the citizens and infrastructure are no longer in peril. The Emergency Management staff will transition into the long recovery process. Based on the resiliency, pride and determination of the citizens and employees of the county, we have no doubt that Pender County will rebuild and fully recover from this devastating event.
The team would like to thank the members of Pender County Emergency Management, Pender Fire and EMS and the countless community members for the hospitality. We look forward to returning for the NC Blueberry Festival in June.
Air boats are being heavily used for rescues in the flooded areas while transportation to some areas is limited to helicopter.
The team is assisting the Pender County EOC. Members are filling positions in the Logistics, Planning and Operations sections. Hurricane Florence dealt a devastating blow to this community.
Flood waters are still rising in New Hanover County! With the need for IMT's still high, our 6 member team will be moving to Pender County to assist HRIMT members already in place.
Team members working in New Hanover County NC.
The team members in Pender County.
Convoy of Hope along with other faith based and volunteer organizations have provided over 100,000 pounds of relief supplies in Wilmington alone. This is a massive operation by a dedicated group of responders.
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