presentation to the new jersey emergency preparedness association
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Emergency Management Planning & PreparednessIn
Colombia
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About Summit Six Risk Group (S6RG):• Established 2012• Veteran owned and operated• Robust network of global experts and partners covering all aspects of security, crisis and emergency
management globally.• Emergency Management leadership experience includes:
• Hurricanes: Emily, Floyd, Paloma, Irene & Sandy• 9/11 Terrorist attacks New York• Colombia: Floods, Labor, Community Unrest, fire, terrorist attacks, criminal (organized and gang)
• About Patrick Hurley:• Graduate of U.S. Naval Academy – Intelligence and National Security Policy• Designated Naval Aviator • Counter Narcotics Operations – Caribbean, Central/South America, Pacific• Gulf War – Operation Desert Storm (Liberation of Kuwait)• Goldman Sachs – Office of Global Security• Chairman of Public Safety – Summit, NJ 2012, 2013, 2104• ASIS International – Certified Protection Professional (CPP)
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Emergency Management & Preparedness – A Colombian Perspective
Discussion will center around Colombia Coal mining operation based in the Cesar Department in north eastern Colombia.
Include industrial sites, Class A equivalent offices spaces in Barranquilla and Bogota, road and rail operations connecting mining sites to port facilities along the northern Colombian coast.
Every emergency is also a security situation Two real scenario case studies
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Geography
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60mi
115mi
130mi
350mi
Footprint
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Planning – Risk Assessment
Category Type
Natural Disasters • Floods• Fire • Drought
• Earthquakes• Volcanoes
Crime • Theft• Hijacking• Armed robbery
• Gangs• Kidnappings• Drugs
Terrorism • Sabotage (mine, road, rail)• Kidnapping• Drugs
• Narco• Murder
Labor/Community • Shut down sites• Rioting
• Work stoppage
Environmental • Dust• Fuel
• Coal (transport/ports)
• Workplace
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Planning – Risk/Vulnerability Assessment Matrix
• Security Consultants who know the area
• Part of your response plan & team
• Keep it simple (R/Y/G, 1,2,3)
• Update frequently
• Validate via after action
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United States National/Regional Local
• Embassy (RSO)• FBI• DEA• OSAC• Non-profits & Associations
• Army Intelligence• Army battalion• Navy• Coast Guard• National Police
• Local elected officials (lots of power)
• Community• Employees
Planning – For a Public - Private Response
• Intelligence – Critical to situational awareness
• Sources of Intelligence – planning, predictive and response
• Military Support Agreements
• The more they know about you, the more they can help you
Intelligence comes from cooperation and cooperation comes from relationships!
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Community – Social Mitigation
• Hiring practices – Local vs. regional
• Intelligence
• Response – Having the community on your side is good!• Can be a deterrent especially when your vulnerable after event or incident• Or …… can be your biggest problem
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Case study 1: Flooding - 2010
Scenario: Heavy rains cause flooding that collapse bridge along key supply route
• Unable to move coal and people viasafest and most effect route
• Disruption of food supplies and workfor local communities
• Limited safe and cost effective optionsvia rail (vulnerability)
• Long term solution can be political(quid pro quo) and lengthy
• Short term solution quick but limited
Situation:
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Solution• Long circuitous re-route for coal
• Position vehicles on other side - armored and support – gap in security
• Some rail – expensive
• Temporary bridge built – 2 months
• Permanent bridge – 24 months (political)
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Case Study 2: Labor – Community Unrest 2012
Scenario: Community unrest and rioting in support of on-going strike a nearby, competing mine.
Situation
• Prolonged strike at nearby mine entering seventh month
• Mine operations compound penetrated by mob
• Police officer shot and killed
• Required coordinated police, military and local political response
• Lack of Situational Awareness
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Solution• Work with police and military to respond to
immediate threat.
• Integrated CMC/GSOC to fill gap in SA
• Enhanced security measures (access control and CCTV) at all locations
• In-depth after action with all parties including the communities
• De-armed guards to so they could focus more on SA and reduce hostility.
• Source guards and other Emergency personnel locally
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Lessons Learned
• Planning is critical
• Relationships are key
• Standardization• Public• Private• FEMA ICS model is great template• Competition are partners
• Situational awareness
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Summit Six Risk Group, LLC - Summit, New Jersey
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Phone: (908) 277-1849