Transcript AWWA WARN Workshp Cal WARN

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Objectives
• Background on California WARN
• Development of a National WARN
• Updates to agreement in 2007
• Lesson from Southern Cal Fires
– Have protocols in place for WARN mutual aid
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Background of Water MA
• 1950 CA Master Mutual Aid Agreement
• 1952 Utility Policy Committee (UPC)
– Sole purpose of UPC was to create mutual aid and assistance agreements
and plans between utilities
– UPC managed by utilities for utilities
– Led by four largest public utilities and included private utilities
• 1972 Mutual Aid Response System (MARS) created
– Created by Metropolitan Water District
– Focus on response agreement and
• Communications system
• 1973 San Francisco Bay Area Water Utilities
– Seven largest water utilities formed
– Response agreement to share resources
– Shared lists of resources in hard copy
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CalWARN Emerges In 90’s
• Three Preceding Bay Area Events
– 1989 Loma Prieta EQ
– 1990 Freeze
– 1991 East Bay Hills Firestorm
• 1991 East Bay Firestorm Blue Ribbon Report
– State Office of Emergency Services Review
– Evaluated cause of fire, response and improvements
– Recommended Water Mutual Aid Program
• State Legislation – Petris Bill
– Hydrant fittings and pressure
– Emergency planning requirements
– Standardized Emg Mgt System
• Mutual aid consistency
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What was done?
• Initial Leadership Team
– Met December 1992
– Identified a plan on how to proceed
• Agreed
– To create a dynamic active mutual aid and assistance program with
purpose and goals
– Utilities needed more than just an agreement
• Action
– Polled utilities to determine needs
– Polled largest 150 water utilities; received 55 Responses
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Conducted a VA: 20 yes; 31 no; 4 no response
Create a written emergency plan: 23 yes; 32 no
Conduct training: 31 yes; 20 no; 4 no response
Have established MA agreement: 12 yes; 43 no
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Became Educated on MA
• Engaged State Office of Emergency Services (OES)
– Manage statewide mutual aid system
– Regulator of new legislation on emergency response
• Standardized Emergency Management System
• Consistency with all mutual aid systems
• OES Recommendations
– Craft a program around existing systems and protocols
– Create activation and usage protocols
– Review Federal Emergency Management Agency requirements
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Initial Response
• Following emergency, utility activates agreement
with neighbors or others in a local agreement
• Can respond to small emergency OR large… prior to
a declaration
Initial Emergency
Emergency
Occurs
Local
Mutual Aid
Agreement
Declared
Emergency
Governor
Declaration
Recovery
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Local Emergency
• Need to streamline the statewide process
that takes time
• Creates a gap before Statewide mutual
aid/assistance “rolls”
Initial Emergency
Emergency
Occurs
Local
Mutual Aid
Agreement
Statewide
Mutual Aid/Asst.
Declared
Emergency
Governor
Declaration
Recovery
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Forged a New Agreement
• Survey of utilities identified an agreement was first focus
• Existing agreements missed the mark
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Only public agencies participated
Did not meet the special needs of water utility
Required complicated methods to use
OES encouraged the development
• Common Sense
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Reviewed what existed
Modified to meet the utility needs
Educated lawyers on the need
Liability, immunity and workmen compensation covered
• Incorporated
– Master Mutual Aid Agreement Concepts and SEMS
– State OES support
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WARN Agreement “Bridge”
• Includes public AND private utilities
• Operates utility to utility for small, local or large
events
• Reduces the response “gap” for large emergencies
Intrastate WARN Activation
Initial Emergency
Emergency
Occurs
Local
Mutual Aid
Agreement
Statewide
Mutual Aid/Asst.
Declared
Emergency
Governor
Declaration
Recovery
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What’s Included
• Qualified Personnel and Equipment (Portable)
– Operations
– Maintenance
– Treatment
– Management
– Customer Service
– Laboratory
• Only ONE Limitation
– Commodity
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Statewide System Born
• Coastal Region WARN to CalWARN
• Northridge EQ (2/94)
– Modified agreement 6/96
– Established more regions
• Southern, Northern, Inland and Valley
• Remained consistent with state system
– Expanded Steering Committee
• Included Wastewater (6/01)
– Expanded Steering Committee
– Currently have 215 members
• 93% population of the state’s water customers
• 15% population of the state’s wastewater customers
• The Agreement Changed 3 Times in 15 years
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Steering Committee
• Identified in Omnibus Agreement
• Six Regions
– Members of region elect chair
– Communicate with members
– Encourage updates
• One State Steering Committee
– Chairs of six regions
– Representatives of each association
– State Cmte Chair elected by members of state committee
– Meet at least annually
– Primarily manage agreement and data base issues
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Functional Tools
• WARN II, 1993 – 1997
– Asked members to submit an inventory of resources
– Used public use software to compile a database
– Cumbersome and intensely time consuming
• WARN, Statewide 1997 – 2001
– Metropolitan Water District of So Cal developed the initial website
and on line database
• www.calwarn.org, 2001
– East Bay Municipal Utility District updated website
– Public side for marketing and education
– Private side with log on access to data base & contact info
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Use in Emergency
• During Response
– Utilities log onto website www.calwarn.org
– Directly call utility with resources
– Contact Ca Utilities Emergency Association in large
events
• Website
– East Coast Server
– Utilities encouraged to
print out data
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How to Join
• Locate Website at www.calwarn.org
• Instructions Available on-line
• Sign Agreement
• Send Signed Agreement to Region Chair
• Utility Receives Website Database Password
and Info Binder
• Utility Adds Equipment to Database
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National WARN Status 3/06
WARN State
Agreement Pending
Steering Committee
Leadership Team
Workshop
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Water Sector Initiatives Supported
the Development of WARN
• 8 major water
organizations participated
in Workshop Nov 2005
• Joint Policy Statement
Issued
– Encourage the creation of
intrastate mutual aid &
assistance networks
– Provide for greater water
sector resiliency against
natural disasters and
human-caused events
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WARN Support Documents
• Utilities helping Utilities
– Outlined 10 key steps in the
formation of a WARN
– Included sample agreement
that satisfies NIMS and
comparative assessment of
existing WARN programs
• Next steps
– Facilitated organizational
workshops
– Developed standardized
response protocols
– Conducted exercises
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10 Steps to Success Have Been
Proven
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Identify interest in starting a program
Form an initial leadership team
Prepare a kick-off session
Establish a steering committee
Identify a mission for the program and
steering committee goals
6. Review use of state regions
7. Identify mutual aid and assistance activation
criteria
8. Draft an agreement
9. Create facilitation tools
10. Maintain the program
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Workshops Helped Implement the
10 Steps
• 2006
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May 11 - WA, OR, UT, NV, ID, AZ (Oakland)
July 6 - KY, TN, GA (Chattanooga)
Aug 6 - SC, NC (Charlotte)
Nov 1 – VA, MD, DE, PA, DC (Baltimore)
Dec 5 – AR, MO, IL, IN (St. Louis)
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Note: CA, FL,
TX had a
WARN in place
when the
workshops
started. LA was
right behind.
Feb 23 – AL, MS (Meridian)
Mar 15 – OH, MI, WV, NY, CT (Cleveland)
Apr 26 – MN, WI, IA (Minneapolis)
May 16 – ME, VT, RI, NH, MA (Boston)
July 11 - OK, SD, ND, KS, NE (Denver)
July 12 - CO, NM, MT, ID, WY (Denver)
• 2008
– Apr 29, HI (Honolulu)
– May 8, AK (Anchorage)
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Benefits – Avoid the
Bureaucracy
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Promoting Mutual Aid and
Assistance
• Partners
– EPA Water Security Division and Regions
– AWWA – Hosting workshops via EPA grant
– NRWA, AMWA, NACWA, WEF, RCAP, ASDWA,
ASIWPCA etc…
– Dept of Homeland Security/FEMA
– National Emergency Management Association/
Emergency Management Assistance Compact
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WARN Status: March 2006
WARN State
Agreement Pending
Steering Committee
Leadership Team
Workshop
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WARN Status – April 2008
WARN State
Agreement Pending
Steering Committee
Leadership Team
Workshop
* AL, AZ, MA, NH, NV - Signed or draft agreement
does not directly include private utilities.
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Interstate Assistance
• Emergency Management Assistance
Compact
– First choice at this time
– AWWA sits on the Advisory Council
• Evaluating other options to manage
immediate response
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CalWARN Agreement
• Development of AWWA “how to guide”
– Adopted by the National Incident Management Integration Center
– Set standard for agreements
• Minor changes to the Agreement
– Clarification on reimbursement
– Clarification on Workers Comp
– Accepting NIMS
• Interstate Response
– Under review by legal
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Luke Schroder,14, looks at the smoke-filled sky after surfing. Evacuations and road closures kept
many from the beach.
(Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
October 21, 2007
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Firefighter Jason Falarski battles to save a house in Poway on Monday. For many in San Diego County,
the scene was reminiscent of the deadly 2003 Cedar fire. Several hundred thousand people evacuated
their homes as wildfires flared across the county, but the size of the exodus made escape impossible for
some.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
October 22, 2007
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Water System Impacts
• Boil Water
– 27 water systems in San Diego County
– 2,522 connections
• Do Not Use
– Ramona Water District
– Evacuation order included “turn on sprinklers” request
– No pump power – negative pressure - ground Water
intrusion concerns
– Conflict between State and County Health directions
• Alternate Uses
– Helo pickup at prime water sources
– Potable water distribution sites
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David Ottesen, 16, tries to douse embers before firefighters reach his and his parents' property on Bent
Tree Court in Poway on Monday. “They just went to town on every single flame that was in our
backyard,” said David, a high school junior. “We probably wouldn’t have a house if they hadn’t come.”
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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October 22, 2007
Mutual Aid Decisions
Utility responds
Water
Emergency
Occurs
Activates
Water Utility:
- Assesses impact of emergency
- Determines if resources are sufficient
- Deploys available resources
- Identifies need for mutual aid/assistance
Mutual Response
Agreements with
local / neighbor
utilities
(per agreement)
Water/Wastewater
Agency Response
Network (WARN)
Statewide Mutual Aid
Agreement for all
resources
(access to public and private
signator utilities)
Organized and facilitated at
county, state region and
statewide level.
(law, fire, medical, public
works, etc.)
Organized and managed at
county, state region and
statewide.
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Response to the Fires
• San Diego County Water Authority
(SDCWA)
– Wholesale distributor to 24 utilities
– Represents member utilities at specific programs
– Sits at the County Emergency Operations Center
during emergencies
• San Diego Local Mutual Aid
– Own mutual aid agreement among distributors
– Several members are also CalWARN members
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Mutual Aid Response
• Requests from local utilities managed by
SDCWA
– Ramona and others requested aid from SDCWA
– SDCWA contacted other utilities within the county
• Response from the San Diego utilities
– E-mail request sent out to county members
– 20 minutes later 105 resources gathered from 16
unaffected utilities
– Sufficient resources among the SDCWA member utilities
to manage the event
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CalWARN Operational Plan
• Governance
• Trainings, Exercises
and Updates
• Concept of Operations
– Players
– CalWARN integration
• Activation
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• CalWARN Coordination
• After Action Report and
Improvement Plan
• Attachments
Conditions
Authorized Representatives
What is activated
Notification
Communication tools
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California
The Birthplace of WARN
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CalWARN Acknowledgments
• CalWARN Today
• WARN II, 1992
– Raymond Riordan, Chair
– Martin Falarski, Chair
– Don Bolland, CUEA
– Ray Riordan, EBMUD
– Sonny Fong, CA DWR
– Ron Grasser, CA Utilities Emergency
– Clif Bowen, CA Dept Public Health
Assoc.
– Michael Cameron, CSRMA
– Jim Coe, CA Dept Water Res
– Catherine Smith, CRWA
– Catherine Ma, CA Dept Health
– Katy Gibson, MWD, Chair Reg 1
– Norm Lougee, San Fran Pub Utility – Don Groundwater, BVWD, Chair Reg 3
– Hal Woods, Russian River Water
– John Spitler, GSWC, Chair Reg 4
– Bob Cortelyou, Sonoma Co Water – Don Boggs, Tulare Water, Chair Reg 5
– Gary Sturdivan, EVWD, Chair Reg 6
– Dennis Ma, Santa Clara Water
– Jean Thompson, RCAC
– Jody Lyons, Castroville Water
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The Camp Pendleton Fire raged on Tuesday evening.
(Submitted to YourScene by mitchellson)
Can’t put this out with bottled water or without dedication of water utility and
mutual aid.
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Questions?
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Contact
Raymond Riordan
[email protected]
2662 Marsh Drive
San Ramon, CA 94583
925.830.9180
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