hurricane exercise overview texas 2008 hurricane exercise (hurex 08)
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Hurricane Exercise Hurricane Exercise OverviewOverview
Texas 2008 Hurricane Exercise (HUREX 08)Texas 2008 Hurricane Exercise (HUREX 08)
Agencies Involved
SPONSOR:Governor’s Division of Emergency
Management (GDEM)
DELIVERY: Texas Engineering Extension Service
(TEEX) National Emergency Response &
Rescue Training Center (NERRTC)
Topics Covered
PurposePurpose Participating JurisdictionsParticipating Jurisdictions Exercise Intent & ObjectivesExercise Intent & Objectives Exercise Concept & TimelineExercise Concept & Timeline Focus areasFocus areas Exercise Components Exercise Components Response NodesResponse Nodes Milestones & CalendarMilestones & Calendar ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities Possible ParticipantsPossible Participants Planning Meeting preparationPlanning Meeting preparation Points of ContactPoints of Contact
Purpose
To inform participants of the concept and intent for HUREX
To ensure that participants clearly understand the elements of HUREX in which they will participate
To obtain initial jurisdictional input regarding their participation in HUREX
Participating Jurisdictions
Evacuation AreasEvacuation Areas
ValleyValley
Coastal Bend/MatagordaCoastal Bend/Matagorda
Houston-GalvestonHouston-Galveston
Lake SabineLake Sabine
San Antonio (ARCC) Austin Dallas Fort Worth Tyler * Longview * Texarkana
* Combine as one hub
Huntsville Waco Laredo Lufkin
Nacogdoches
Shelby County
Participating Jurisdictions
Sheltering Jurisdictions
Participating Jurisdictions
Other jurisdictions as Other jurisdictions as desired and coordinated with desired and coordinated with GDEMGDEM
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
UpshurVan
Zandt
NavarroHill Cheroke
eFreeston
eMcLennan
Falls
ShelbyNacogdoche
s San Augustine
Jasper
Jefferson
TylerWalke
r
Polk
RobertsonMadison
Brazos
Hardin
San JacintoGrimes
Liberty
Chambers
Burleson
Lee
Ellis
Goliad
BeeLive
Oak
Maverick
Refugio
Nueces
San Patrici
o
Kleberg
Duval
Zapata Jim Hogg
SmithHenderso
n
Anderson
Leon
Limestone
Travis
Hays
Comal
Houston
Angelina
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
Valley
Coastal Bend
Matagorda
Hou-Gal
Lake Sabine
San Antonio
Austin
Dallas& Ft Worth
Tyler-Longview
Texarkana
ShelteringSheltering
Jurisdictions
Chambers
Montgomery
Waco
Laredo
Lufkin-Nacogdoches
Huntsville
Conroe
Exercise Intent
To improve the ability of the State of Texas to respond to catastrophic hurricanes along the Gulf Coast.
Focus on special needs evacuation Facilitate coordination between evacuating
and sheltering jurisdictions Validate the State’s 120-Hour Hurricane
Response Matrix Incorporate lessons learned from past
hurricanes, recent experience with Dean, Felix & Humberto
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
HUREX Objectives
Objective 3: Request Assistance Regional Response Plans Mutual Aid Agreements State & Federal resources via the MACS & DDC Validate the role of ARCC in hurricane response Private and charitable organizations Private Sector- fuel, food, water
Objective 4: Evacuation Special Needs Evacuation hubs Traffic Management / Contraflow Fuel / comfort stations Alternative transportation means Medical support Search & Rescue
HUREX 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
HUREX Objectives
Exercise Concept
Focus on “Decision Window” H-120 to H-48 Decisions made here set the stage for success in “execution window”
“Execution Window” H-72 to H-36 Actions here determine success
90 % of exercise will be in H-72 to H-36 10 % in H-36 to H-Hour
Focus on Special Needs ID Care during Evac Evac Shelter H-Hour = Arrival of 39 mph winds on the coast
Timeline
H-Hour = Arrival of 39 mph winds on the coast
H–120 H–72 H–48 H–36 H Hour
Decision Window
Execution Window
ContraflowBegins
(+/-)
and Keys to Success in Special Needs Evacuation
Focus Periods
H-Hour = Arrival of 39 mph winds on the coast
H–72 H–48 H–36 H Hour
90 % Pre-Contraflow
10 % Post Contra-flow
ContraflowBegins
(+/-)
90 % pre-Contraflow; 10 % post-Contraflow
Focus Areas
An issue, capability or required action that you may choose to emphasize or demonstrate during HUREX 2008.
May be exercised either as a full scale element or in the functional portion of the exercise.
The following slides list several Focus Areas identified by GDEM during past HUREXs from which you may choose as you shape your own exercise.
Evacuation Focus Areas
Identify evacuation hub location for each region
Identify sources of evacuation vehicles
Verify database of special needs within jurisdiction
Identify who needs an ambulance and who can go by bus
Convert school buses to litters for Special Needs Cat. IV
Identify sources of medical personnel and equipment for SN Category IV buses
Evacuation Focus Areas
Use a tracking system to tag all evacuees
Identify sources of food & water for the evacuation hub
Obtain volunteers to act as special needs evacuees
Refine traffic management plan & contra-flow procedures
Identify fuel sources and sources of resupply
Use of media to inform the public
Evacuation Focus Areas
Identify comfort stationsIdentify comfort stations
Patient accountability (HIPAA, EMTALA)Patient accountability (HIPAA, EMTALA)
Consider multiple taskings of resources (ambulances)Consider multiple taskings of resources (ambulances)
Identify resource shortfallsIdentify resource shortfalls
Use of private sectorUse of private sector
Use of school resourcesUse of school resources
Sheltering Focus Areas
Identify & establish Reception Centers
Identify and open shelter(s)
Identify and open special needs shelter(s)
Identify staff for each shelter
Identify points of delivery for state provided resources
Consider multiple tasking of resources
Sheltering Focus Areas
Include Texas Hospital Association to assist in shelter
operations
Identify volunteers to act as incoming evacuees
Establish & maintain evacuee accountability
Identify & establish companion animal sheltering
Consider use of school resources
Identify resource shortfalls
Sheltering Focus Areas
Use of media to inform the public and arriving evacuees
Other focus areas of your choosing
Exercise Components
Regional Orientation Planning Meeting (s) Workshop with integrated TTX Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill Hurricane Exercise (HUREX)
Exercise Components
The following slides describe the concept for the various exercise components in more detail.
Your questions and comments are welcome.
Described in reverse sequence… most complex to least complex
Description of Exercise Components
Functional/Full Scale Exercise
Four separate exercises; one in each evac area 2 day exercise; half day AAR Full scale elements encouraged
Shelter areas participate with associated evac area From home location
No “state-wide” exercise SOC play in regional exercises by “response cell”
Description of Exercise Components
Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill
Two sessions at EOTC (Texas A&M Fire School) South: Valley & Coastal Bend/Matagorda North: Houston-Galveston & Lake Sabine
Focus on elected & senior appointed officials State funded 45 participants, 3:1 ratio; evac to sheltering Three days (start noon Day 1, end noon Day 3) Instructional periods and… walk through approaching
storm, discuss actions along the timeline
Description of Exercise Components
Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill
State-level Drill State/Federal/Private Sector Include Alamo Regional Command Center (ARCC)
Held in Austin
Description of Exercise Components
Workshop with Tabletop Exercise Held in each evac area Include shelter area participants
State funded Key planners/decision makers only
State agency presentations Opportunity for coordination between evacuation &
shelter jurisdictions
Description of Exercise Components
Planning Meeting Held in each evac area Include shelter area participants
State funded Key planners/decision makers only
Separate planning meetings in shelter areas as needed Opportunity for jurisdictions to “shape” their exercise
“Customized” to the region Include challenges identified previously
Only a select audience is needed Planners Decision makers
Description of Exercise Components
Orientation Meeting Held in each evac and shelter area Familiarize regional participants with HUREX
Exercise Component Review
Regional Orientation Planning Meeting Workshop/TTX ROC Drill Functional/Full Scale Exercise (X 4)
In conjunction with associated shelter hubInclude full scale events as desired
Reasons for this Approach
Provides more focus on local issues More opportunity to “work the details” More opportunity for planning &
coordination between evacuation and shelter areas
More opportunity for plan refinement and improvement
Planning begins earlier and allows for more input from jurisdictions
Possible Response Nodes
State Operations Center
DDC DDC DDC
EOC EOC EOC
Evac Hub or Reception Ctr
MACC *
Milestones
Orientation Orientation TodayToday
Planning Meeting Planning Meeting (15 Jan 08) (15 Jan 08)
Workshop/TTXWorkshop/TTX (26 Feb 08) (26 Feb 08)
ROC Drill ROC Drill (15-17 April 08) (15-17 April 08)
Full Scale/Functional Exercise (29 Apr-1 May 08)Full Scale/Functional Exercise (29 Apr-1 May 08)
Orientation
LRG Valley, Laredo &
San Antonio
Orientation
Waco
Orientation
Tyler/Smith Co, Longview/Gregg
Co
Orientation
Texarkana
Orientation
Hou/Gal
Austin & Huntsville
Orientation
DFW, Lake Sabine
Nacogdoches, Lufkin & Shelby
Orientation
Coastal Bend
Matagorda
HLS CONFERENCE
Planning
Hou/Gal Planning
LRG Valley
Planning
Lake Sabine
Planning
Coastal Bend
Matagorda
WS/TTX
LRG Valley
WS/TTX
Lake Sabine
WS/TTX
Coastal Bend
Matagorda
WS/TTX
Houston/
Galveston
ROC Drill: State/Federal/Private Sector
ROC Drill: Houston/Galveston
& Lake Sabine
HUREX 08: Houston/Galveston
ROC Drill: Coastal Bend/Matagorda
& LRG Valley
HUREX 08: Coastal Bend/Matagorda
HUREX 08: LRG Valley
TEXAS HURRICANE CONFERENCE-Galveston
HUREX 08: Lake Sabine
Responsibilities
Evacuation AreasEvacuation Areas Single POCSingle POC Location of full scale event (evac hub)Location of full scale event (evac hub) Coordinate participation Coordinate participation
Agencies, jurisdictionsAgencies, jurisdictions FacilityFacility
Planning meeting, WS/TTX, ECC & AARPlanning meeting, WS/TTX, ECC & AAR CommunicationsCommunications DocumentsDocuments
EOPEOP SOPsSOPs
Planning InformationPlanning Information Maps Maps (as required)(as required) Mutual aid agreementsMutual aid agreements Identify ROC Drill ParticipantsIdentify ROC Drill Participants
Responsibilities
Sheltering JurisdictionsSheltering Jurisdictions Single POCSingle POC Location of full scale event (reception center)Location of full scale event (reception center) Coordinate participation Coordinate participation
Agencies, jurisdictionsAgencies, jurisdictions Facility Facility
Planning meeting, ECC, AAR Planning meeting, ECC, AAR CommunicationsCommunications DocumentsDocuments
EOPEOP SOPsSOPs
Planning InformationPlanning Information Maps Maps (as required)(as required) Mutual aid agreementsMutual aid agreements Identify ROC Drill ParticipantsIdentify ROC Drill Participants
Responsibilities
Multi-Agency Coordination Center (MACC)Multi-Agency Coordination Center (MACC)
At discretion of the region At discretion of the region Confirm during Planning MeetingConfirm during Planning Meeting
Responsibilities
Disaster District CommitteeDisaster District Committee
Coordinate State Agency participationCoordinate State Agency participation Provide facilityProvide facility CommunicationCommunication Documents Documents
SOPsSOPs Message & report formsMessage & report forms
Mutual aid agreementsMutual aid agreements
Responsibilities
State Operations CenterState Operations Center
SOC play during regional exercises will SOC play during regional exercises will be replicated by a response cell.be replicated by a response cell.
Responsibilities
NERRTCNERRTC
Self-sustaining Self-sustaining
Observer/ControllersObserver/Controllers
EquipmentEquipment
DocumentsDocuments
Scenario packageScenario package
After Action ReportAfter Action Report
Public Health Schools Hospitals Media Private sector Railroads Nursing Homes Ambulance service Jails, prisons Law enforcement
Fire service Emergency management Amateur radio Federal agencies ICE Border Patrol TxDOT Ports Airports Local military
Possible Participants
Preparation for Planning Meeting
Identify single POC for region Identify regional exercise team Identify regional exercise objectives Location of Planning Meeting Jurisdictions participating & level of
participation Selection of specific Focus Areas Location of WS/TTX Concept for full scale element MACC & DDC 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)
Roger Sheridan (979) 458-7775 [email protected] (979) 220-7652
&
Jim Sachtleben (979)458-6853 [email protected](979) 324-2281 (cell)
Hurricane Exercise Orientation