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Preparing Texas Today... Preparing Texas Today...
...for Tomorrow’s Challenges...for Tomorrow’s Challenges
Governor’s Division of Emergency Management
Texas Department of Public Safety
PurposePurpose::
Hurricane Exercise Hurricane Exercise Orientation & PlanningOrientation & Planning
Texas Statewide 2007 Hurricane ExerciseTexas Statewide 2007 Hurricane Exercise
Agencies Involved
SPONSOR:Governor’s Division of Emergency
Management (GDEM)
DELIVERY: Texas Engineering Extension Service
(TEEX) National Emergency Response &
Rescue Training Center (NERRTC)
Logos
NERRTC GDEM
Exercise Intent
To improve the ability of the State of Texas to respond to hurricanes along the Gulf Coast.
Focus on special needs evacuation
Include all five Hurricane Evacuation Areas
Focus on evacuation / sheltering and the problem areas identified during Katrina/Rita
Incorporate lessons learned from past hurricanes.
Hurricane Exercise Program Objectives
Enhance capability to respond to a catastrophic hurricane.
Coordinate with the local jurisdictions and State Operations Center through the shelter hubs to manage shelters in accordance with priorities established in State and local plans
and procedures.
Manage evacuation in accordance with State and local traffic management plans to ensure desired outcomes.
Objective 1: Gain Situational Awareness Event assessment Establish ICS structure Immediate protective measures Other immediate threats and vulnerabilities
Objective 2: Coordinate Response Communications interoperability Effective command and control Mutual aid agreements Response asset visibility and time frames Inform the public and media
Hurricane Exercise Objectives
Objective 3: Request Assistance Regional Response Plans Mutual Aid Agreements State resources via the DDC Federal support via DDC and State Private and charitable organizations Industry
Objective 4: Evacuation Special Needs Evacuation hubs Traffic Management / Contraflow Fuel / comfort stations Alternative transportation means Medical support
Hurricane Exercise Objectives
Objective 5: Sheltering Special Needs Reception Center (s) Companion animals Hub concept Spontaneous shelters Non-Hub sheltering locations
Objective 6: Continuity of Government Restoration of Services Security Re-entry
Hurricane Exercise Objectives
Exercise Concept
Functional/Full Scale Exercise (June 4-8)
Each region will have some full-scale piece Evacuation – Evac. hub operations Sheltering – Reception Center operations
Each jurisdiction will participate for one day
Exercise Schedule
Local Exercise starts at H-72 Or whenever decision would normally be made to evacuate
Monday - SOC begins operations at H-120
Tuesday - Valley, Coastal Bend, Matagorda & San Antonio exercise
Wednesday Houston-Galveston, Lake Sabine, Austin, Dallas, Texarkana and Tyler
exercise Valley, Coastal Bend, Matagorda & San Antonio node AAR
Thursday - Houston-Galveston, Lake Sabine, Austin, Dallas, Texarkana, Tyler and SOC node AAR
Friday – Consolidated AAR at SOC
H-72 – 72 hours before gale force winds (39 mps) hit the coast
Exercise Concept (Cont’d)
Evacuation Areas (all five)
Valley Coastal Bend Matagorda (combined w/ Coastal Bend) Houston-Galveston Lake Sabine
Shelter Hubs San Antonio Dallas Austin Tyler Texarkana
Exercise Concept (Cont’d)
Evacuation
Identify evacuation hub location for each region Identify where evacuation vehicles will come from Identify who goes in ambulance and who goes in buses Convert school buses to litters for Special Needs Cat. IV
Identify where medical personnel and equipment will come from for SN Category IV buses
Verify database of special needs within jurisdiction Use a tracking system to tag all evacuees Identify who will provide food & water to the evacuation hub
Exercise Concept (Cont’d)
Sheltering: Identify Reception Center(s) for each Hub Identify where to deliver state provided food/water/ice/
cots for shelter operations Identify staff for each shelter Identify Special Needs (SN) shelters Include Texas Hospital Association to assist with
sheltering operations Include Texas Health Care Association to assist with
sheltering operations
Exercise Concept (Cont’d)
State Operations Center (SOC) participates Some Full-Scale pieces Media Plan: Cover the exercise and PARTICIPATE
Private Sector: As appropriate to the jurisdiction. Coca Cola,
Walmart, petrochemical industry, etc.
AAROne in each jurisdiction – the day after their exercise
Consolidated AAR in Austin @ SOC on Friday (June 8th)
Limited seating for participants
VTC & conference call participation for jurisdictions
Exercise Concept (Cont’d)
Preparatory Training
One workshop/tabletop exercise
Each evacuation area
Selected sheltering/hub cities
Use workshop/tabletop for plan assessment & refinement
Exercise Concept (cont’d)
• A learning exercise- Observer /Controllers (O/Cs) teach, train, coach, facilitate, assess …
• 8-hour exercise day (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
2007 Statewide Hurricane 2007 Statewide Hurricane Exercise Exercise
June 4-8, 2007June 4-8, 2007
2007 Statewide Hurricane 2007 Statewide Hurricane Exercise Exercise
June 4-8, 2007June 4-8, 2007
Dallam Lipscomb
Moore
Hemphill
Potter
Gray
Parmer
Cochran
Yoakum
Hall
Hale Motley
Lubbock Dickens
Andrews
King
Terry
ShermanHansfordOchiltree
Hutchinson
Wheeler
RandallArmstrong
Donley
Castro Briscoe Childress
Cottle
Hardeman
Foard
Hartley
Roberts
Oldham Carson
Deaf Smith
Collingsworth
Bailey
Swisher
Lamb Floyd
Hockley
Crosby
Gaines
Knox
Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall
El Paso
Hudspeth
Culberson
Jeff Davis
Reeves
Loving Winkler
Ward
Ector
Dawson
Martin Mitchell
Zavala
Uvalde
Kinney
EdwardsVal Verde
Presidio
Brewster
McMullenLa SalleDimmit
Jim Well
s
Webb
BrooksKenedy
Starr
HidalgoWillacy
Cameron
Bowie
CassCamp
Titus
Fran
klin
Morris
RainsMario
nKaufman Harrison
Panola
Gregg
Rusk
Bell
Williamson
Milam
Sabine
Trinity
Upshur
WoodVan
Zandt
NavarroHill Cheroke
eFreeston
eMcLennan
Falls
ShelbyNacogdoche
s San Augustine
Jasper
Jefferson
TylerWalke
r
Polk
RobertsonMadison
Brazos
Hardin
San JacintoGrimes
Liberty
Chambers
MontgomeryBurleson
Lee
Ellis
Goliad
BeeLive
Oak
Maverick
Refugio
Nueces
San Patrici
o
Kleberg
Duval
Zapata Jim Hogg
SmithHenderso
n
Anderson
Leon
Limestone
Travis
Hays
Comal
HoustonAngelina
Newton
Orange
Cooke
Grayson
Fannin
CollinDenton
Hunt
Lamar
Delta
Hopkins
Dallas
Red Rive
r
Rockwall
Nolan
Baylor
JonesShackelfordStephens
Archer
Young
Taylor
Fisher
Haskell Throckmorton
CallahanEastland
Scurry
Howard
Borden Parker
Erath
Palo Pinto
Montague
Clay
Wichita
Wilbarger
WiseJack
Upton
Brown
Coleman
RunnelsCoke
Sterlin
g
GlasscockMidland
Crane
Menard
McCullochConcho
Sutton
Schleicher
Tom Green
CrockettPecos
Irion Reagan
Comanche
Hood
Bosque
Somervell
Hamilton
Kimble
Mason
Mills
San Saba
Blanco
Burnet
Lampasas
Johnson
Gillespie
Terrell
Llano
Coryell
Tarrant
Washington
Fayette
Lavaca
Jackson
Wharton
Colorado
Austin
Fort Bend
Brazoria
Harris
Bastrop
Matagorda
Kerr
Real
Bexar Wilson
Karnes
Caldwell
Guadalupe Gonzales
DeWitt
Waller
Calhoun
Victoria
Kendall
AtascosaFrio
Medina
Bandera
Galveston
Aransas
Jurisdictions Identified to Participate
Participants
City/County EOCs (1 location if possible)City/County EOCs (1 location if possible) Evacuation Hub/Reception Center PersonnelEvacuation Hub/Reception Center Personnel Potential Players:Potential Players:
Public HealthPublic Health SchoolsSchools HospitalsHospitals MediaMedia Private Industry Private Industry RailroadsRailroads Nursing HomesNursing Homes Ambulance ServicesAmbulance Services PrisonsPrisons Law EnforcementLaw Enforcement
Potential Players (Cont’d)
FireFire Emergency Management PersonnelEmergency Management Personnel Federal AgenciesFederal Agencies Border PatrolBorder Patrol TxDOTTxDOT AirportsAirports PortsPorts Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Local MilitaryLocal Military Multi-agency Coordination CenterMulti-agency Coordination Center Disaster District CommitteesDisaster District Committees Others?Others?
Evacuation Areas
Valley
Risk CountiesRisk Counties CameronCameron WillacyWillacy
Valley Evac Area
Response Nodes
State Operations Center
DDC DDC DDC
EOC EOC EOC
Tropical Force Winds
Hurricane
MACC
Evac Hub or Reception Ctr
Milestones
Orientation (Orientation (todaytoday))
Planning Meeting (Planning Meeting (todaytoday))
Workshop/Tabletop Exercise (Workshop/Tabletop Exercise (see calendarsee calendar))
Full Scale/Functional Exercise (Full Scale/Functional Exercise (June 4 – 8June 4 – 8))
Local After Action Review (Local After Action Review (day after exerciseday after exercise))
Consolidated AAR (Consolidated AAR (Austin, Jun 8Austin, Jun 8))
Responsibilities
Risk Jurisdictions (Evacuation)Risk Jurisdictions (Evacuation) Single POCSingle POC Location of evacuation hubLocation of evacuation hub Coordinate participation Coordinate participation
Agencies, jurisdictionsAgencies, jurisdictions FacilityFacility
EOC, Workshop / TTX & AAREOC, Workshop / TTX & AAR CommunicationsCommunications DocumentsDocuments
EOP EOP (Annex E)(Annex E) SOPsSOPs
Planning InformationPlanning Information Maps Maps (as required)(as required) Mutual aid agreementsMutual aid agreements
Responsibilities
Host Jurisdictions (Sheltering)Host Jurisdictions (Sheltering) Single POCSingle POC Location of reception centerLocation of reception center Coordinate participation Coordinate participation
Agencies, jurisdictionsAgencies, jurisdictions Facility Facility
EOC, Workshop / TTX & AAR EOC, Workshop / TTX & AAR CommunicationsCommunications DocumentsDocuments
EOPEOP SOPsSOPs
Planning InformationPlanning Information Maps Maps (as required)(as required) Mutual aid agreementsMutual aid agreements
Responsibilities
Multi-Agency Coordination Center (MACC)Multi-Agency Coordination Center (MACC)
At discretion of jurisdictionAt discretion of jurisdiction
Responsibilities
Disaster District CommitteeDisaster District Committee
Coordinate State Agency participationCoordinate State Agency participation Provide facilityProvide facility Communication - SOC & EOCCommunication - SOC & EOC Documents Documents
SOPsSOPs Message & report formsMessage & report forms
Mutual aid agreementsMutual aid agreements
Responsibilities
State Operations CenterState Operations Center
Fully operationalFully operational
Coordination of State effortCoordination of State effort
Assistance as neededAssistance as needed
Responsibilities
NERRTCNERRTC Observer/ControllersObserver/Controllers
EquipmentEquipment
Self-sustainingSelf-sustaining
DocumentsDocuments
Scenario packageScenario package
After Action ReportAfter Action Report
Evacuation Areas:Lake Sabine/Beaumont Air, rail, animal evacuation ID & tracking
Houston-Galveston Traffic management, fuel plans, ID & tracking
Coastal Bend ID & tracking, evacuation
Matagorda (with Coastal Bend) ID & tracking, evacuation
Valley Evacuation Task Force,fuel plans(Cameron & Willacy
only)
Focus by Region
Focus Areas
EvacuationEvacuation
Special Needs Special Needs Evacuation Hubs Evacuation Hubs Traffic Management PlanTraffic Management Plan Contra-flowContra-flow Fuel Sources/ resupplyFuel Sources/ resupply Comfort StationsComfort Stations Patient accountability (HIPAA, EMTALA)Patient accountability (HIPAA, EMTALA) SN accountability/manifestsSN accountability/manifests Multiple tasking of resourcesMultiple tasking of resources Use of private industryUse of private industry Use of school resources Use of school resources Identification of resource shortfallsIdentification of resource shortfalls Use of media to keep public informedUse of media to keep public informed
Focus Areas
ShelteringSheltering
Special Needs Special Needs Reception Centers Reception Centers Evacuee accountabilityEvacuee accountability Shelter staffingShelter staffing Companion animal shelteringCompanion animal sheltering Use of school resources Use of school resources Identification of resource shortfallsIdentification of resource shortfalls Multiple tasking of resourcesMultiple tasking of resources Use of media to keep public informedUse of media to keep public informed
Topics Covered
IntentIntent Exercise ObjectivesExercise Objectives Preparedness ContinuumPreparedness Continuum Exercise ConceptExercise Concept Participants Participants Response NodesResponse Nodes MilestonesMilestones ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities Focus AreasFocus Areas PlanningPlanning Points of ContactPoints of Contact
Planning
Region Exercise Objectives
Planning (Cont’d)
Single POC for region Location for Workshop/tabletop
exercise Jurisdictions participating & level of
participation Location of evacuation hub (s) or
reception center (s) MACC participation
Points of Contact
DPS/Governor’s Division of Emergency Management (GDEM)
Jack Colley Gary Weeks(Chief) (Supervisor Terrorism Preparedness)
(512) 424-2443 (512) [email protected] [email protected]
National Emergency Response & Rescue Training Center (Texas A&M)
Jim Sachtleben (979) 458-6853 [email protected]
Keith Stephens (979) 458-7775 [email protected]
Hurricane Exercise Orientation