Drills in 2014

Elin StoreySpills Program Drill Coordinator

Drills in 2014• 114 drills were conducted for Ecology

credit– 57 Deployment drills (DPX)– 22 GRP deployment drills – 12 Functional tabletop drills (TTX)– 9 Combined tabletop and deployment drills– 11 Worst case scenario functional tabletop

drills (WCD)– 3 Government Initiated Unannounced

Exercises (GIUE)- USCG and EPA led

Evaluation and Self- Certification

• 84 drills evaluated by Ecology– 44 DPX– 20 GRP DPX– 2 GIUE– 5 Combined TTX-DPX– 4 TTX– 9 WCD

• 30 drills self- certified– 13 DPX– 2 GRP DPX– 1GIUE– 4 Combined TTX-

DPX– 2 out of state WCD– 8 TTX

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The Washington State Response Community

IS:• Well prepared for drills and spills• Trained on equipment and ICS• Committed to the Ecology drill

program• Capable of managing spills and

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Lessons Learned from TTX and WCD

Why track and report lessons learned?

• To share knowledge to improve, performance, efficiency and organizational learning throughout the entire response community

• Even the most successful drills have lessons from which we can learn

• Whether you're in Unified Command creating the objectives that drive the response or staff in a unit filling orders, there will be lessons you can learn

• An effective spill management team will analyze the lessons learned from drills and spills and apply them to future training, plans, drills and spills

Lessons Learned Focus Areas

• Drill planning and design • Staffing and Training• Command Posts• ICS Process, Forms and Displays

Drill Planning and Design

• Last minute drill planning• Not enough injects/ or injects on out of play

issues• No truth or simulation-cell• Unrealistic trajectories• Staffing list not provided as promised• Objectives modified without Ecology or

USCG input• ICS Form 201 not provided to Ecology for

comment

Staffing and Training

• Understaffed units and sections• Limited EU staff when ISB and

Dispersants were in-play• Staff without training on ICS, NWACP or

company plan• Agency staff filling leadership roles• Un-trained on the software used• Agency staff need training where

company forms and processes are used

Command Posts

• Set ups– JIC and Liaison not co-located– Logistics away from Operations and Resources– No space for displays

• Size– Too small

• Meeting rooms– No meeting rooms provided– All meetings held in the main play space

• Phones– No phones– Cell phones only

• Internet– Limited connectivity

ICS Process, Forms and Displays

• Meetings – Agendas not followed– Displays not present in meeting rooms– Required staff not present– PIO did not prepare UC for press conferences– Displays for press conferences not professional

• Situation display– Map taken from command post to meeting rooms– Displays not updated

• Resource Tracking – More staff needed to get ahead in the early hours– Training on process– Verification that Operations/Logistics and Resources all have

the same information

ICS Process, Forms and Displays

• Divisions– Too large– On water– Across rivers– No logistical information looked at in

determining boundaries

• Air operations– No assets directing skimmers– No overflight schedule posted– No planning asset

ICS Process, Forms and Displays

• ICS Form 201- agenda not followed, incoming UC not introduced

• ICS Form 202 – delay in getting to the command and general staff

• ICS Form 207 – not updated with actual drill participants• ICS Form 213RR- not consistently filled out or processed• ICS Form 215 – lack of understanding of purpose of the

process, identifying only those assets that are available not what is needed to do the job

• ICS Form 233 – not started early, not used by PSC • ICS Form 234- not used and if used not clear

understanding of the purpose