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Weakley County Emergency Management AgencyDistrict 9 Tennessee Homeland Security Council

Sustaining Power And Response Continuity

Tabletop

28 May, 2015

PREFACEThe Weakley County Emergency Management Agency and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) continues its commitment to support for local government and exercise of the response to threats as they are defined in the State of Tennessee Mitigation Plan dated October 2013. This exercise reaffirms local government’s collective response to a Long Term Power Outage (LTPO). This Situation Manual provides the background, exercise material and module discussion within the exercise environment to further discuss and understand elements and objectives required for this exercise. This exercise (tabletop) was produced with input, advice, and assistance from the TEMA, the TN Homeland Security District 9 Council, the Weakley County Emergency Management Agency, TVA and situational awareness experts based on the defined and requested exercise threat.

This Workshop Situation Manual provides exercise participants with all the necessary tools for their roles in the exercise. It is tangible evidence of Weakley County Emergency Management’s commitment to ensure public safety through collaborative partnerships that will prepare it to respond to any emergency.

This exercise event is an unclassified exercise. However, control of exercise information is based on public sensitivity regarding the nature of the exercise rather than actual exercise content. Some exercise material is intended for the exclusive use of exercise planners, facilitators, and evaluators, but players may view other materials that are necessary to their performance. All exercise participants may view this Situation Manual.

Sustaining Power &Response Continuity For Exercise Use Only

HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS1. The title of this document is the Sustaining Power And Response Continuity (SPARC)

Tabletop - Situation Manual (SitMan).

2. Information gathered in this SitMan is designated as For Exercise Use Only (FEUO) and should be handled as sensitive information that is not to be disclosed. This document should be safeguarded, handled, transmitted, and stored in accordance with appropriate security directives. Reproduction of this document, in whole or in part, without prior approval from the Weakley County Emergency Management Agency is prohibited.

3. For more information about the exercise, please consult the following point of contact (POC):

WEAKLEY CO EMA POC:

Jamison Peevyhouse

Emergency Management Director

Weakley County, TN

(731) 571-7482

[email protected]


CONTENTS

Preface……………………………………………………………………… 1Handling Instructions…………………………………………………… 2Overview…….......………………………………………………………… 4Agenda …………………………………………………………………….. 5Introduction………………………………………………………………. 6

Background……………………………………………………………………… 6Purpose………………….…………………………………………………………7Scope…………………….…………………………………………………………7Core Capabilities...…….………………………………………………………....8Exercise Objectives…….............……………………………………………….9Participants……………………………………………………………………… 9Exercise Structure…………………………………………………………....... 10Exercise Guidelines……………………………………………………………. 11Assumptions and Artificialities……………………………………………….11

Information and Task Management…………..................………….. 12Scenario Overview …………...................................………………….......... 12Module A – Hour 2 - 10 …....…………....…………………………….......... 15Module B – Day 3 ………………………..…………………………....…........ 21Module C – Day 9 ………...……………………………................................. 27Module D – Hotwash …….……………...............…………………………... 33


OVERVIEW

Exercise Name Sustaining Power And Response Continuity (SPARC) 2015

Date May 28th, 2015

Situation

The purpose of this tabletop is to build and foster relationships throughout the public and private sectors to become better prepared for and respond to a Long Term Power Outage (LTPO) event.

This event will be focused on an unplanned power outage of a duration no less than 21 days affecting the Southeast United States. For the tabletop, all local infrastructure will remain intact with only power delivery being disrupted.

Core Capabilities

• Protect– Intelligence and Information Sharing, Supply Chain Integrity, Security.

• Response – Operational Coordination, On-Scene Security, Public/Private Sector Resources

• Recovery – Community Planning, Economic Recovery, Health and Social Services, Housing, Infrastructure Systems, Public Information, Operational Coordination

Threat or Hazard Many threats exist that could lead to a Long Term Power Outage (LTPO) event, including winter ice storms, cyber terrorism, and a large scale New Madrid Seismic Zone event.

Participating Organizations

Participating agencies include local government, local and state response organizations, and local and regional health organizations within the District 9 Homeland Security District of Tennessee.

Point of Contact

Weakley County Emergency Management AgencyJamison Peevyhouse, Director7951 Hwy 22, Dresden, TN 38225(731) 571-7482 (731) 364-5454

AGENDA

28 May

0800 (8:00 a.m.) Registration Open

0830 (8:30 a.m.) Welcome and Introductions

Review of the Scenario

0900 (9:00 a.m.) Module A – “Hour 2 - 10”

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1030 (10:30 a.m.) Module B – “Day 3”

1130 (11:30 a.m.) Lunch – Keynote Speaker

1300 (1:00 p.m.) Module C – “Day 9”

1430 (2:30 p.m.) Closing Comments & Hot Wash

1530 (3:30 p.m.) Dismiss

NOTES

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INTRODUCTION

Background

Threat Synopsis

A Long Term Power Outage (LTPO) event can be caused by a myriad of events and can result in catastrophic economic losses and deaths. In 1989, the Loma Prieta Earthquake resulted in 1.4 million utility customers without power for over a week. In 2003, the Northeast Blackout (see inset) affected 50 million persons, resulted in 11 deaths and caused $6 Billion in


damages. In the 2009 Ice Storm, 2 million people were without power for up to two weeks with 65 fatalities nationwide.

LTPOs affect far more than just residential structures. In September 2012, the San Diego power outage caused major gridlock due to traffic light outages. Gas stations could not dispense fuel which led to many abandoned vehicles. And in 2008, the Sayre Wild Land Fire caused the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center to lose power and resulted in failure of the emergency generators. Twenty-seven patients were evacuated from the facility, including 15 infants from the neonatal unit.

With the ever increasing cyber threats and home-grown terrorism, an attack on the national power grid could result in large sections of the U.S. being left in the dark. Without efficient and timely fuel delivery hospitals, nursing homes, and other public health facilities may be unable to care for their patients. Coupled with the lack of potable water and sewer services, infectious diseases could become a primary threat (Haiti, 2010).


Public Information Confidentially Warning

The venues and information details in this workshop are taken from real sites. The locations and dates are current for the 2015 calendar year. The exercise design team asks that participants keep these details as confidential. The scenario was developed to facilitate a large scale threat discussion impacting the region.

PurposeThe purpose of this workshop is to build and foster relationships throughout the public and private sectors to be better prepared for and respond to a Long Term Power Outage event.

FocusThe focus of this workshop is specifically the local level response and interaction / coordination of local and state agencies and private sector partnerships.

ScopeThis tabletop will include local-level participants from response, government, public works, health care, and private sector partners. It will also include state-level participants from emergency management, health, military and private sector partners. The event will yield a better understanding of how LTPO response is managed and its relationship within the multi-agency coordination concept. The discussion will assist in improving sustainment of power and response continuity. Private sector, state and local government entities will have the opportunity to participate in discussions addressing an LTPO.


Core CapabilitiesThe National Planning Scenarios and the establishment of the National Preparedness Priorities have steered the focus of emergency management exercises toward a capabilities-based planning approach. Capabilities-based planning focuses on planning under uncertainty because the next danger or disaster can never be forecast with complete accuracy. Therefore, capabilities-based planning takes an all-hazards approach to planning and preparation that builds capabilities that can be applied to a wide variety of incidents. States and urban areas use capabilities-based planning to identify a baseline assessment of their homeland security efforts by comparing their current capabilities against the Core Capabilities. This approach identifies gaps in current capabilities and focuses efforts on identifying and developing priority capabilities and tasks for the jurisdiction.

The National Preparedness Goal describes our nation's security and resilience posture through Core Capabilities, which represent an evolution or next generation of capabilities planning. The Core Capabilities address five mission areas (Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery). Each Core Capability includes preliminary capability targets; however, the evaluation measures for each capability remain under development. The Exercise Planning Team has used these measures and the TEMA Comprehensive Exercise Planning (CEP) guideline in the development of this exercise. The Exercise Planning Team (EPT) selected the capabilities listed below for this exercise. Please note that the capabilities are identified in terms of Core Capabilities to help decision makers best utilize this information. These capabilities provided the foundation for development of the exercise objectives and the scenario.

The exercise participants can discuss the process and procedural requirements as it pertains to planning based on the selected threats, objectives, and the scenario. The selected core capabilities are:

• Protect– Intelligence and Information Sharing– Supply Chain Integrity and Security

• Response– Operational Coordination– On-Scene Security– Public / Private Services and Resources

• Recovery– Health and Human services– Community Planning– Economic Recovery– Housing / Sheltering– Infrastructure Systems– Public Information and Warning– Operational Coordination


Exercise ObjectivesExercise objectives focus on understanding governmental emergency management procedures and the concepts required to respond and recover from the selected threats. This exercise will focus on the following specific objectives selected by the Exercise Planning Team:

• Discuss and define actions and needs at the community level for an LTPO.• Discuss and define resource requirements at the community level for an LTPO.• Discuss and define commodity distribution at the community level for an LTPO.• Discuss and define medical distribution at the community level for an LTPO.• Discuss and define the long term economic recovery process in the financial and

business markets following a LTPO.

Participants Players. Players respond to the situation presented, based on expert knowledge of

response procedures, current plans and procedures, and insights derived from training. Observers. Observers support the group in developing responses to the situation during

the discussion; they are not participants in the moderated discussion period, however. Facilitators. Facilitators provide situation updates and moderate discussions. They also

provide additional information or resolve questions as required. Key Exercise Planning Team members also may assist with facilitation as subject matter experts (SMEs) during the tabletop.


Exercise StructureAs part of the exercise material delivery, participants will discuss the issues and challenges presented in each of the exercise modules. The workshop is a discussion based event focused on the threats selected and the scenario as it unfolds. The discussion will be facilitated by the TEMA exercise delivery team.

The exercise agenda is below:

28 May

0800 (8:00 a.m.) Registration Open

0830 (8:30 a.m.) Welcome and Introductions

Review of the Scenario

0900 (9:00 a.m.) Module A – “Hour 2 - 10”

1030 (10:30 a.m.) Module B – Day 3”

1130 (11:30 a.m.) Lunch – Keynote Speaker

1300 (1:00 p.m.) Module C – “Day 9”

1430 (2:30 p.m.) Closing Comments & Hot Wash

1530 (3:30 p.m.) Dismiss

After the group discussions, participants will engage in a facilitated hot wash discussion designed to highlight the exercise concepts and lessons observed.


Exercise Guidelines Participate

This workshop will be held in an open, low-stress, no-fault environment. Varying viewpoints, even disagreements, are expected.

Expected Outcome – Define a gap analysis matrix between needs and resources.

Discussions are predicated on the basis of your knowledge of current plans and capabilities and insights derived from your training and experience.

This workshop is intended to be a learning and sharing environment for all participants. It is expected that TEMA staff and other experienced participants will provide the benefits of their knowledge and guide them appropriately in the discussions. Your organization’s positions or policies may limit you. Make your best decision based on the circumstances presented and identify issues that may require revisions to your current policies.

Discussion outcomes may serve to inform process/flow enhancements or changes as appropriate to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the emergency support functions.

We want to provide an environment where we are better prepared to protect the citizens of this state.

Issue identification is not as valuable as suggestions and recommended actions that could improve response and preparedness efforts. Understanding and problem-solving efforts should be the focus.

Assume cooperation and support from other responders and agencies.

Assumptions and ArtificialitiesIn any exercise, assumptions and artificialities may be necessary to complete play in the time allotted. During this exercise, the following apply:

The scenario is plausible, and event discussions occur as they are presented. There is no hidden agenda, and there are no trick questions. All players receive information at the same time.


Information and Task ManagementExercise Scenario:You are assigned to your agency staff position in response to the scenario presented.

On June 8 at 5:32 a.m., citizens began reporting wide spread power outages in the region. Local electric companies report that their supply has been disrupted and there is no indication of a timeframe for service restoration.

By 5:45 a.m., national news outlets are giving unconfirmed reports that multiple transmission towers in the southeast United States have been compromised or damaged. Initial assumptions point to a coordinated physical attack on the electrical grid.

Just after sunrise, local authorities within the southeast U.S. begin reporting multiple collapses of power distribution towers. The collapses seem to all be located where the electrical grid crosses a major river resulting in the waterway being compromised by High Voltage (HV) power lines. Local authorities state that the tower legs were deliberately sabotaged both on land and in the water. By 7:00 a.m., aerial reconnaissance has found dozens of compromised sites in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri. As crews report to transmission yards, it becomes apparent that large transformer sites were also targeted and have been damaged by rifle fire. Maritime travel advisories have been issued throughout the region and most river traffic has been halted.

A Presidential Press Conference is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. National news outlets are interviewing experts that state the recovery time to rebuild or reroute the grid will take at least two weeks. The Office of Homeland Security is encouraging citizens to remain alert in other areas of the United States, as this incident may be the first stage in a larger, multi-phased attack. Due to the power outages, most local residents are relying on local radio for information.

Local government, response and human services organizations throughout the affected region must begin planning for operational continuity. This LTPO could result in loss of water and sewage systems, food and fuel disruptions, limited emergency response, limited medical facilities, etc. There is a small window of time when generators are still functioning and supplies are still available, so organizations must mobilize quickly.


Notes:


Venue Information

Infrastructure Branch (Room 225 ABC)

• Public Works• Communications• Energy• Transportation

Emergency Services Branch (Room 206 ABC)

• Law Enforcement / Military• Fire Support and Suppression• Emergency Medical Services • Emergency Management

Human Services Branch (Legislative Chamber 111)

• Public Health: Infectious Disease Prevention and Response• Public Health: Fixed Facility Support• Sheltering

Logistical Support Branch (Room 230 ABC)

• Commodities• Finance and Administration• Private Sector Goods, Services and Assets• Information Management


MODULE A: HOUR 2 THROUGH HOUR 10 Electrical service has been disrupted for nearly 2 hours and the media is reporting that service restoration could take days or weeks. For this module, most cellular and land-based communications are still working but are congested due to high call volume. The focus of this module is to identify immediate needs and to establish information sharing with your local government counterparts. Runners may be assigned to relay information or requests to the other venues.

Activity:• Does your operation have emergency power, and if so, how long till the fuel is exhausted?

Typical building sized generators (50 – 100 KW) will consume an average of 6 gallons of diesel each hour.

• List out the immediate priorities for your department or organization.

• What systems or functions will fail first?

• What systems or functions should be suspended indefinitely?

• What do you want the public to know and how do you communicate with them? Be specific.

• How long can you sustain operations with your current supplies?

• What resources are you most in need of and in what quantity? Be specific.

• How do these requests get fulfilled?


Additional Information:• Initial assessments indicate power disruption of at least 5 days.• This event has been termed a terrorist incident.• Tier I = Population Avg. Over 10,000• Tier II = Population Avg. 8,000• Tier III = Population Avg. Less than 3,000

Work Tasks:Infrastructure: Public Works

• Determine On-hand Water Supply• Determine the Minimum Number of Wells to Support• Determine Viability of Sewer Plant Operations• List Power Generation Assets (50kw or more)• Estimate Daily Fuel Needs and Types and Fill Out A

“Resource Request Form”

Infrastructure: Communications• Identify Priority Communications Infrastructure• Identify Power Generation Assets (50kw or more)• Define Communications Infrastructure Consolidation Plan• Determine How to Support Local Media Communications • Estimate Daily Fuel Needs and Types and Fill Out A


Infrastructure: Energy• Establish a Public Information Plan• Determine Fuel Storage Locations• Identify Power Generation Assets (50kw or more)• Define If/How to Support Local Government Needs• Ascertain Overall Daily Fuel Needs and Types and Fill Out A


Infrastructure: Transportation• Determine Fuel Storage Locations• Determine Fuel Dispensing Locations• Collect Overall Daily Fuel Needs and Types• Discuss Commodities Distribution Planning


INFRASTRUCTURE


Work Tasks:Emergency Services: Emergency Medical Services

• Determine On-Hand Fuel Supply• Estimate Normal Daily Average Fuel Need and Fill Out A

“Resource Request Form”• Establish Criteria for No-Response Situations• Determine Need for Co-location with Other Departments• Determine Authorization Criteria for Out Of Town Transports

Emergency Services: Law Enforcement• Determine Minimum Patrol Vehicle Fleet • Estimate Normal Daily Average Fuel Need and Fill Out A

“Resource Request Form”• Define Staffing for Next 3 Days• Determine Critical Facilities Security Plan• Determine a Curfew Plan for All Jurisdictions

Emergency Services: Fire• Determine Criteria for No-Response Situations• Determine Authorization Person to Repurpose Pumpers and Tankers • Discuss Feasibility of Unified Command• Define If/How to Support Local Government Needs• Ascertain Overall Daily Fuel Needs and Types and Fill Out A


Emergency Services: 9-1-1 / Other• Determine Staffing Needs for Next 3 Days• Identify Public Information Assets for Incidents• Ascertain Run Time of PSAP Generator• Work with Departments to Define Dispatchable Calls


EMERGENCY SERVICES


Work Tasks:Human Services: Fixed Facilities

• Identify Adult Living Facilities without Generators• Identify Hospitals / Nursing Home Fuel Needs and Types and Fill Out A

“Resource Request Form”• Discuss a Patient Transportation and Relocation Plan• Identify At-Risk Populations (i.e. Dialysis Patients)

Human Services: Public Health• Determine POD Resource Need• Define the Public Health Message for the Next 3 Days• Define a Communications Plan to Reach Personnel • Determine a Personal Fuel Plan for Critical Staffing and Fill Out A

“Resource Request Form”• Estimate Daily Fuel Needs and Types and Fill Out A


Human Services: Sheltering• Establish a Public Information Plan• Determine Sheltering Locations with Emergency Power• Determine if Sheltering is Needed & Type of Shelters• Define If/How to Support Volunteer Needs• Ascertain Overall Daily Fuel Needs and Types


HUMAN SERVICES


Work Tasks:Logistics: Resource Support

• Define Expected Public Food and Water Needs for Next 5 Days and Fill Out A “Resource Request Form”

• Review and Prioritize Resource Requests as Presented• Determine Locally Sustainable Resource Requests• Discuss Developing Private Sector Partnerships to Use Local Gas

Stations as Fuel Depots for Response and Recovery

Logistics: Finance and Administration• Determine How to Process Requests, Invoices and Payments• Discuss How to Support Local Private Entities• Define a Communications Plan to Reach Personnel • Determine a Personal Fuel Plan for Critical Staffing and Fill Out A

“Resource Request Form”• Discuss How to Control Cost Overruns with Prioritization

Logistics: Information and Planning • Establish a Public Information Dissemination Plan that Encompasses All

Venues (Single Source – Single Message Formula)• Deploy Runners to Collect Information from Other Venues• Define County Receiving Points and Fuel Depot Locations• Define a Daily Information Dissemination Plan • Collect Overall Daily Fuel Needs and Types


LOGISTICS

Notes:


MODULE B: DAY THREEElectrical service has been non-existent for two full days. Local public fuel supplies are exhausted and perishable goods are becoming increasingly hard to find. Due to the scope of the incident, fuel supplies nationwide are critical and local fuel depots require 24 hour protection.

Activity• The majority of local gas stations

are unable to pump fuel due to either no electricity or empty fuel tanks. Does your organization have a plan to supply fuel to mission critical personnel (privately owned vehicles) under these conditions?

• Do you have local business partnerships in place to provide priority access to fuel for emergency services?

• What is the public information messaging at this point? How is the messaging being accomplished?

• Only 65% of your staff can physically report to work. Communication with off-site staff members can only be accomplished via public information messaging. Define a brief plan that allows your organization to continue emergency operations with 65% staffing, and define how this plan will be disseminated to employees. Could on-site or near-site sheltering be an option?

• Following a major disaster, residents may flock to locations that have power, food and water. How is the physical protection of your facility being accomplished?

• The majority of local businesses are closed. Are there assets that could be leveraged through local businesses to assist with recovery? Are there agreements in place currently to allow the distribution of goods and services from local businesses in a disaster situation?

• Traffic at local Points of Distribution has slowed to a trickle. Why? How does this affect our POD strategy for the coming days / weeks?


Additional Information: • Natural gas distribution has been disrupted due to lack of power at the pumping

stations.• Banks are working on a cash distribution plan via drive through only. They may

request additional security from local law enforcement or the National Guard.• Local Emergency Departments are reporting dozens of patients with dysentery

symptoms today.


• Determine Sustainability of Water Operations• Determine Alternate Plans for Water Sources and Distribution• Discuss Sewage Control Needs for Local Correctional Facilities (Runner

to Emergency Services: Law Enforcement)• Determine a Plan for Excess Sewage Runoff• Update Public Information Scripts

Infrastructure: Communications• Update the Communications Support Plan• Define a Communications Plan to Support Public Health that

Includes all Facilities, PODs and Shelters• Define an Amateur Radio Integration Plan• Discuss Supporting Telecommunications Infrastructure (Radio, TV,

Wireline and Wireless) with Local Assets and/or Fuel• Update Daily Fuel Needs and Types

Infrastructure: Energy• Determine If/How to Share Assets with Local Government • Evaluate the Viability of Micro-Grids Using Local Infrastructure• Develop a Plan to Support Incoming Army Corps of Engineers Assets

Infrastructure: Transportation• Determine How to Support Commodities Distribution• Develop a Plan for Long Term Fuel Delivery and Dispensing• Develop a Plan for Larger Fuel Depot that Incorporates Site Security • Determine if National Guard Assets Could Be Beneficial


INFRASTRUCTURE




symptoms today.


• Determine Alternate Patient Care Services In Lieu of E.R.• Update Normal Daily Average Fuel Need• Update Criteria for No-Response Situations• Discuss Emergency Standing Orders for No-Transport Patient Care• Define Public Information Script for Emergency Response Restrictions• Discuss How to Support Sheltering and Home Health Services

Emergency Services: Law Enforcement• Discuss How to Sustain an Ongoing Curfew • Determine Enhanced Patrol Locations (Fuel, Medical Facility, etc) • Update Staffing Requirements for next 7 Days• Determine Critical Facilities Security Plan• Determine Staffing Impact if National Guard is Activated

Emergency Services: Fire• Discuss How Apparatus May Be Used to Support Water Distribution

(Deploy Runner to Infrastructure: Public Works Group) • Define How to Support Local Sheltering • Discuss Roles to Provide Public Assistance (Food, Water, Medicine

Distribution)• Update Daily Fuel Needs and Types, Especially if Apparatus are

Deployed to Public Works

Emergency Services: 9-1-1 / Other• Determine Staffing Needs for Next 7 Days• Identify Public Information Assets to Assist with Intelligence Gathering• Solidify the Communications Infrastructure Support Plan• Work with Departments to Update Public Information Script for

Emergency Response Restrictions


EMERGENCY SERVICES




symptoms today.

Work Tasks:Human Services: Fixed Facilities

• Discuss Options for Shunting Non-Emergency Patients to Local Facilities or Clinics

• Define a Plan to Meet the Needs of Local Dialysis Clinics and Patients• Identify Communications Modes for Fixed Facilities and Shelters (Send

Runners to Infrastructure: Communications Group)• Discuss How to Deal with Walk-In Patients at Nursing Homes and

Clinics

Human Services: Public Health• Discuss the Need for a Distribution Plan for Mass Prophylactics and/or

Medical Stockpiles at the Community / Neighborhood Level • Define the Public Health Message for the Next 7 Days• Define Methods and Modes to Communicate with Public concerning

Health and Hygiene• Discuss Cadaver Storage for the Region for the Next 7 Days• Discuss How the Emergency Services Planning Impacts the Overall

Public Health (Send Runners to Emergency Services Venue)

Human Services: Sheltering• Define Methods and Modes to Communicate with Public • Identify Civic, Religious, or Academic Organizations to Support

Sheltering Services• Define a Medical Support Plan for Shelters within the Region


HUMAN SERVICES




symptoms today.


• Define Expected Public Needs for Next 7 Days• Identify Methods of Daily Fuel Delivery from Receiving Points to

Critical Facilities• Develop a Plan for Daily Transportation of Critical Facility Personnel • Define Small POD Locations to be Established at the

Community/Neighborhood Level

Logistics: Finance and Administration• Determine How to Process Payroll for Employees• Discuss the Delta Between Resource Requests and Cash-On-Hand• Discuss Ways to Support the Re-opening of Local Businesses with Cash-

Only Transactions • Determine if Local Government Resources Should Support USPS

Delivery Operations.

Logistics: Information and Planning • Determine a Plan for Complete Incident Documentation• Determine a Plan for Distribution of Food and Water at the

Community/Neighborhood Level, and How to Support the Fuel Needs of that Plan.

• Collect Completed Resource Requests and Public Information Scripts from all Venues.


LOGISTICS

Notes:


MODULE C: DAY 9 Many local businesses have closed with no expectation of re-opening. Typically, the SBA will make loans available to business owners following a disaster, but due to the lack of physical damage most local governments will not meet the threshold for disaster relief. Many towns are reporting profiteers visiting door-to-door selling beef, chicken and pork that has not been inspected.

For this module, most cellular and land based communications are back running on emergency power. Public messaging has become crucial to the recovery phase, especially concerning waste management and prevention of communicable diseases.

Activity• Arrival of large generators from FEMA and the Corp of Engineers has most critical

infrastructure running stable. Local businesses are requesting assistance in powering micro-grids in an effort to stay open. Assuming this is a possibility, discuss which goods or services should get priority.

• Discuss the long term impacts to the health community.

• Discuss the long term impacts to local businesses and identify ways to help mitigate economic losses.

• Discuss what restrictions or allowances should be implemented to help residents keep neighborhoods clear of trash, sewage or other debris that poses a risk to health and safety.

• It is now June 17 and heat indexes are forecast above 105 degrees for the next week. Discuss ways to keep the community safe from heat injuries without over-taxing the water system.

• What civic or faith-based organizations could be utilized at this juncture, and how could that be accomplished?

• Whose responsibility is it to coordinate the ongoing messaging? List the modes of communications that could be used during this event based upon the electrical restrictions.


Additional Information: • Natural gas distribution is intermittent due to lack of consistent power at the pumping

stations. Full restoration is projected within a 5 day window.• Local business owners are requesting that an emergency order be issued to cease

collection of sales tax so that all transactions can be a simple cash transaction.• Non-municipal residents have established ‘community well sites’ for the distribution of

water to rural areas.


• Identify Challenges to Reinitializing Sewage Treatment • Develop a Plan to Support Community Wells through Public Information

and Logistical Support • Discuss a Plan to Support Community-wide Insecticide Application

(Runner to Human Services: Public Health for input) • Define the Largest Challenge to Public Works for this Tabletop

Infrastructure: Communications• Define Generator Maintenance Schedules for Communications Sites• Define a Demobilization Strategy for Deployed Communications Assets• Define the Largest Challenge to Communications for this Tabletop

Infrastructure: Energy• Determine If/How to Support Local Micro-Grids • Determine the Criteria for which Facilities will receive Emergency

Building Generators. • Develop a Public Information Script for Residents in Preparation for

Power Restoration• Define the Largest Challenge to Energy for this Tabletop

Infrastructure: Transportation• Discuss how Continual Support of Commodities Distribution Has

Affected Local Infrastructure• List Areas of Improvement regarding Local Fuel Distribution during a

Long Term Power Outage • Define the Largest Challenge to Transportation for this Tabletop


INFRASTRUCTURE






• Re-evaluation Emergency Response Restrictions• Discuss how the Restoration of Telephony Services may lead to

Emergency Services Overload• List the Types of Infections or Diseases that may be Prevalent in

Emergency Medical Responses During a Long Term Power Outage (Runner to Human Services: Public Health Group)

• Define the Largest Challenge to Emergency Medical Services for this Tabletop

Infrastructure: Law Enforcement• Re-evaluate the Need for Curfew Enforcement• Discuss How to Support Ongoing Security Needs with Local Resources• Discuss How the Closure of Pain Management and Methadone Clinics

could cause Safety Issues within the Community • Define the Largest Challenge to Law Enforcement for this Tabletop

Infrastructure: Fire• Discuss Plans to Reinstitute Full Fire Suppression Services• Discuss How Rural Fire Stations may become the Community’s Central

Meeting Place During a Long Term Power Outage and the Associated Impacts to the Department

• Define the Largest Challenge to Fire Services during this Tabletop

Infrastructure: 9-1-1 / Other• Discuss How Reinitializing Local Telephony Service may lead to 9-1-1

Centers Becoming Overwhelmed with Requests for Services• Discuss how staffed Emergency Operations Centers could Assist with

Recovery Task Management• Define the Larges Challenge to 9-1-1 / Other during this Tabletop


EMERGENCY SERVICES





Work Tasks:Human Services: Fixed Facility

• Discuss a Plan for Patient / Family Communication• List the Types of Infections or Diseases that may be Prevalent in a Fixed

Facility During a Long Term Power Outage• Discuss how Infectious Disease Control will affect Supplies and Staffing• Define the Largest Challenge to Fixed Facilities during the Tabletop

Human Services: Public Health• Discuss how the Absence of Hygiene could lead to Sepsis and other

Infections• Discuss the Components of an Informational Document for Critical

Facilities and Emergency Response in regards to Infection and Disease Control

• Discuss how the Absence of Trash and Waste Disposal could Affect Public Health

• Define the Largest Challenge to Public Health during the Tabletop

Human Services: Sheltering• Discuss how the Closure of Pain Management and Methadone Clinics

could cause Sheltering Issues• Discuss the Average Timeframe for Communities to Become Self

Sustaining Following Major Disasters (Variable)• Discuss How Sheltering may be Impacted Due to Rising Heat Indexes• Define the Largest Challenge to Sheltering during the Tabletop


HUMAN SERVICES






• Discuss a Plan to Migrate Back to Local Resources for Sustainment and Recovery

• List Local Resources that could be Leveraged to Assist with Logistics and Provide Compensation to the Local Economy (i.e., Trucking Companies, Delivery Companies, Irrigation Sites, etc)

• Define the Larges Challenge to Resource Support during the Tabletop

Logistics: Finance and Administration• Discuss the Long Term Economic Impacts to Local Government and the

Community• Discuss Ways to Lessen Economic Losses for Local Businesses• List Possible Resources to Assist with Economic Recovery• If a Disaster Declaration is not Warranted (No Recovery Funds), Define

the Largest Challenge to Finance and Administration during the tabletop.

Logistics: Information and Planning• Collect “Largest Challenge” Lists from each Venue and Group.• Collect “Resource Request” Forms concerning Fuel, Generators, Water,

Food, etc.• Based solely on the “Resource Request” Forms, Estimate the Total Fuel

Request for “Section A: Hour 2 – 10” From All Venues and Groups


LOGISTICS

Notes:


Hotwash:Exercise Objectives:

Exercise objectives focus on understanding governmental emergency management procedures and the concepts required to respond and recover from the selected threats. This exercise will focus on the following specific objectives selected by the Exercise Planning Team:

• Discuss and define actions and needs at the community level for an LTPO.• Discuss and define resource requirements at the community level for an LTPO.• Discuss and define commodity distribution at the community level for an LTPO.• Discuss and define medical distribution at the community level for an LTPO.• Discuss and define the long term economic recovery process in the financial and

business markets following a LTPO.

Key Issues

Communications EOC Management Emergency Public Information Environmental Impact Agricultural Impact Economic Impact Public Health Impact Critical Resource Distribution and Logistics

Module A – “Hour 2 - 10”Module B – “Day 3”Module C – “Day 9”


Out Brief Objectives:

1. To review and collect participant discussion observations.2. Complete participant feedback forms.

1. What were the main issues or challenges we defined at the local level?

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2. What resource short falls are defined?

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3. How can we better support the local community in our response?

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4. What observations do you have that relate to health challenges in this scenario?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What observations do you have that relate to the challenges of information sharing in this scenario? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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