international conference on disaster reduction (icdr) 28-29 november 2007 mumbai , india

Nov. 2007 IsraTeam Ltd. (C) 1

International Conference on Disaster Reduction (ICDR) 28-29 November 2007 Mumbai, India

The methodology to build a response plan for

Disaster Reduction and CBRNE-Terrorism By

B. General. (res.) , Abraham (Avi) Bachar

President & CEO, IsraTeam 98 Ltd.


Presentation Objectives:

Understanding the nature of mass casualty terror event,

To propose a method for building a proper response plan, that will enable us to mitigate a Mass Casualty Terror event when occurs.


Presentation topics:

Nature of the threat. “The Golden Hour”. Method for building a proper response plan. New Concept of Operation C4 System Training and Implementation.


Nature of CBRNE Events Surprise. Lack of control – Chaos. Multiple event. Mass casualties. Collapse of infrastructures. Collapse of command and control systems. Behavior of the civilian population?


Time – Saves Lives“The Golden hour”

Do we have the time, the understanding and the capability to: To understand the situation ? To provide information and instructions to the

public? To wait for the first responders to arrive and the capabilities to treat the injured ?


Methodological Process for Building the Response

Threat

Policy

Concept of Operation

Planning Guidelines for Organizations Public Participation

Command & communication

Training & Exercising

Equipping & Infrastructure


The threatsThe threats

•Explosives – Suicide Bombers, Trucks, Airplanes.•Chemical – Chemical agents, Hazardous Materials. •Biological – Contagious, Non Contagious.•Radiological – Dirty bombs.•Nuclear device

Main target of terrorism is- to terrorize the Democratic - Western way of life

Terror against Transportation. Infrastructure, Petrochemical industry and crowded places


CBRNE Threat Spectrum

Least

Greatest

• Most Likely: High Yield Explosive• Most Dangerous: Nuclear Weapons -----------------------------------------

ProbabilityOf Occurrence

HYE

BiologicalToxins

Industrial Chemicals

Biological Pathogens

Radio-Isotopes Chemical

Weapons

NuclearWeapons


Suicide Bombings (or rather explosive assassins…)

Public Transport – Haifa , Dec 2 , 2001

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1. Defining the Scenario Definition, Balancing between the threats, results and costs.

2. Defining the possibilities of response and the leading organization.

3. Reaction time of the first responders.4. The involvement of the population5. Law and rules6. The Budget.

The PolicyThe Policy


New Concept of Operation

Public Participation: Preparing the civilians so they can respond immediately.

Preparing the “first liners” to be able to respond and to save lives without any further instructions.

The “first responder” preparing through: knowledge, deployment, procedures, training, availability and quality of the equipment .


Concept of Operation continue…

Preparing government agencies and essential infrastructures to mitigate crisis .

Operate daily an Integrated command and control systems (vs. transition from routine to emergency).

Train each emergency organization - separately and ensemble – multiple organizations exercise.


The Combined DoctrineThe Combined Doctrine

Establishment of the combined doctrine – by the leading organization Defining the basic principles Population involvement Defining responders tasks and schedule.

First Responders: Police, Fire Fighters, EMS, Hospitals

Command, Control & Communication rules Determining required standards


Public ParticipationThe main key to handling a Mass Casualty Event is to keep the civilian population aware of possible threats, well prepared and acutely part of the response.

The family members are the Real First Responder

Planning for the

Population

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Prepare the civilian population to be able to respond immediately through: Knowledge and instructions. “Sheltering in place”. How to cope without any orders. Develop community leadership and strength the

capability to handle such an event (volunteers). “Helping the people to help themselves”.

Public Participation


Civilian’s Civilian’s masksmasks


Protected spaces

Sheltering in place


The “First Liners” Prepare the “first liners” of the municipality

and infrastructure for mass causality event to be able to respond immediately through: Knowledge and understanding the threats Basic Procedures to follow when there is no communication/orders Proper Equipment Training.


Escape MasksEscape Masks

Preparing EquipmentPreparing Equipment


Search & Rescue Search & Rescue EquipmentEquipment


Protective gearProtective gearLevel ALevel A

Fully encapsulated suite - SCBA


Protective gearProtective gear Level B

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus -SCBA


Protective gearProtective gearlevel - Clevel - C


Decontamination of “hit point”


Collective decontaminationCollective decontamination

Personal Decontamination shower

Decontamination vehicle


Quarantine for infection diseases (SARS)


Combined Command, Control & Combined Command, Control & Communication systemsCommunication systems

- Emergency Management Command & Control System – Information Flow


Combined Command CenterCombined Command Center


Implementation and Training Provide knowledge, instructions and keep the

civilian population well informed. Instruct and train the “first liners”. Provide the best equipment needed for each task (protective gear, decontamination facilities etc.). Train the organizations and professional units

according to the combined doctrine. Conduct table-top exercises, field training and

exercises with all operational elements.

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Conclusions:

The goal of this presentation is to support the emergency management planning – to underscore the fact that responders are dealing with individuals = human beings, not with an "incident".

And that the public and all services must work together for the benefit of the public– than we will have protection for our State, City and Infrastructure.


Thank you for your attention.

B. General. (res.) Avi BacharEmergency Special advisor HFC

President & CEOIsraTeam Ltd.


Brig. General (res.) Abraham Bachar, MA, President & CEO ISRATEAM Ltd

Specializes in comprehensive organizational design. responsible for overall integration and coordination of the teams' activities. Experienced mostly in organizational relations between emergency response agencies. Last military position - Chief of Staff, Home Front Command,

IDF. MA degree in communal policy and public administration. Recognized internationally and Israeli authority in the field of

crisis management.

international conference on disaster reduction (icdr) 28-29 november 2007 mumbai , india

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proper response plan

multiple event

possibilities of response

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cthe policydefining

lack of control chaos

collapse of infrastructures