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Incident Response Training:A Practical Approach
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Southwest Gas - Regional Leader in Natural Gas Distribution
• Founded in 1931 in Barstow, CA
• Headquartered in Las Vegas, NV
• Largest distributor of natural gas in Arizona and Nevada
• Distributes and transports natural gas in parts of California
• 2 million customers
• 5 operating Divisions
• 99% of customers are residential and small commercial
Victorville
Carson City
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Tucson
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A Practical Approach
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• Variety provides a more effective learning environment• Keeping attendees engaged
• Offers diversity from various departments working together as a team• Strengthens relationships
• Relevant, real life, fit to the attendee’s background• Promotes further thought process
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Where we were
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• Initial EMRF• 200 employees
• Requalification EMRF – 5yr• 140+/- employees per year
• GOSS surprise drills• 5 locations per year
• Annual Block• Emergency response OQ requalification
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Where we are now
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• New employees initial training:• Initial EMRF • FEMA NIMS - IS-100.B eLearning
• Existing employees on-going training:• PREP-OQ – 3 yr – 1/3rd of employees annually
• Division PREP – annually – 2/3rd of existing employees
• LSIT – annually in each Division (5)• Surprise Drills – single responder to full EOC event
• 3 to 5 per year – more Division involvement
• Annual block• Emergency Response OQ requalification
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Emergency Response Training Model
Large Scale Incident
Training (LSIT)Annually per Division
IS 100.b
(e-Learning)
*Practical Response and
Emergency Preparedness
(PREP) Training3 year rotation
EMRF InitialInitial OQ Emergency Drills
3-5 per yearBlock Training
Annually
Initial Training On-Going Training
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Initial EMRF Training
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• 2 Facilities (Tempe, AZ & Henderson, NV)
• 1st class in 2000 & 2009 (LV)
• Averaging 200 employees trained per year
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Carson City
Victorville
Elko
Winnemucca
PREP-OQ Requalification Training
• Mobile to the Division/District
• Scenarios facilitated in the field
• Promotes teamwork and cross training
• Group discussions and interaction
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• Plan for 3-5 drills each year
• Drills take place in the field
• Technicians, Supervisors, and Managers are unaware
• Formal critique conducted
Surprise Emergency Drills
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• Taking scenario based training to a higher level
• Objective is to engage all responding departments to a large incident
• Table top scenarios simulating various locations involved in an incident
• Integrate importance of working together as a team, enhancing communication, and managing resources
• Allows the ability to practice or implement new ideas or thoughts
Large Scale Incident Training (LSIT)
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Large Scale Incident Training (LSIT)
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• Responding departments understand each other’s role
• Emphasizes the importance of clear and consistent communication
• Reinforces the importance of maintaining ICS during an incident
• Brings forth a more unified response (operating as a team vs. individuals/departments)
• Highlights best practices to share throughout all divisions
Key Take-Aways
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Summary
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• Variety provides diverse groups a more conducive learning environment
• Support, coordination, and cooperation are keys to success