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FEMA UPDATE
Regional Response Team Meeting June
John Woytak
National Preparedness Region IX
•Exercises
•Planning
•Training
•FEMA HQ
RIX REGIONAL EXERCISE UPDATE
• Wa´ma´ gayam (Lightning Strikes)
• Typhoon Pakyo
• REP Exercises
PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE:
Examine broader national continuity capabilities,
specifically communications with State, territorial,
Tribal, local, and Private Sector partners and support
to the National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP)
and National Response Framework (NRF)
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EXERCISE CONDUCT
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Deployment/Setup
Test the Emergency Communications Box
Transmit situational awareness to:
 County
 State
 RRCC
Replace and Package
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PARTICIPANTS
Duck Valley Sho-Pai Tribe
Duckwater Shoshone Tribe
Ely Shoshone Council
Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribes
Fort McDermitt Pai-Sho Tribe of Nevada
& Oregon
Confederated Tribes of the Goshute
Reservation
Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
Moapa Band of Paiutes
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
Battle Mountain Band Council
South Fork Band Council
Elko Band Council
Wells Band Council
Dresslerville Community Council
Woodfords Community Council
Yomba Shoshone Tribe
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What is a Mobile Emergency Operations Box
A means to rapidly create an EOC anywhere or
anytime without having to scavenge for
equipment.
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WHAT’S IN THE KIT?
 Stanley Wheeled Case
 1 ICS Vest Kit
 1 Cradlepoint Router
 1 HP Officejet Printer
 8 Toshiba Thrive Mobile Touchscreen Tablets
 1 Acer Laptop
 Software Backups of all Documentation
 Cradle Point WiFi Multiport LAN Router
 WiFi Antennas
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WHAT’S IN THE KIT?
 BGAN Satellite Terminal
 Network Cables
 ICS Vests
 ICS Book 1
 ICS Book 2
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OUTCOMES
 First successful all tribal entire state coordination through:
 Voice
 Satellite
 Radio
 Data
 WebEOC interface
 Execute and transmit ICS forms
 Maintain Simulated Crisis response situational awareness
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DATE
 June 13-14, 2012
SCOPE
 The scope of play for TP12 requires emergency management
responders to perform actions associated with an initial
response to a catastrophic typhoon incident in an EOC setting,
both pre- and post-landfall. These actions include command
and control, communications, evacuation and mass care,
hazard identification, and resource logistics
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OBJECTIVES
1. Evaluate Federal and Territorial integration with the Guam
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) focusing on the
establishment of a Unified Coordination Group (UCG)
2. Assess the coordination among Federal, Local, NonGovernmental Organizations (NGOs), and private sector entities
focus on mass care and evacuation
3. Validate the procedures, outlined in the Guam Catastrophic
Typhoon Operations Plan
4.Assess the capability upon activation/establishment of the
EOC/IOF
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OUTCOMES:
1. Successful integration with State resources
2. Determination of updates for the Catastrophic Operations
Plan
3. Engagement of state resources with Emergency
Management Assistance Compact EMAC.
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EXERCISE:
•Mar 12 Simple Truth Anthrax - Full Scale
•FEB/APR/Aug 12 Golden Guardian Southern California Catastrophic
Earthquake Task Force Workshops and
Functional Exercise
•Jun 12 - Typhoon Pakyo Guam Full
Scale
•Aug 12 Medical Counter Measure
Exercise - Los Angeles, CA
•May 13 Golden Guardian - San
Francisco Earthquake Functional
Exercise San Francisco Bay
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EXERCISE:
DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT NOV 7, 2012
INGESTION PATHWAY EXERCISE
PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING
STATION MARCH, 2013 PLUME EXERCISE
SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR GENERATING
STATION MAY 22, 2013 INGESTION PATHWAY
EXERCISE
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Scenario involves a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, ground shaking for 5 minutes with
subsequent tsunami. Wave heights could reach 80 feet. The Cascadia fault line
runs for 800 miles from just off Mendocino to British Columbia. Ground shaking
expected to impact as far south as the Bay Area and also Sacramento.
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Began planning effort in April 2011, partnering with Cal EMA.
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FEMA RX is conducted their Cascadia Plan on the same time line. Plans are being
coordinated, but are not joint.
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Conducted Information Analysis meetings in Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino
Counties
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Course of Action brief to Senior Leadership Steering Committee in August 2012
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Draft Plan expected in September 2012
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Final Plan expected in December 2012
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California will exercise this plan as Golden Guardian 2014.
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 The authority is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA). of 1980, as amended. The Plans are required to be reviewed
by the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) on an annual basis and are
approved at the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC)
 Provide technical expertise from Region IX
 All encompassing review of the HazMat ERPs
 Work with Karen Pabon the NV SERC
 Comprehensive Preparedness Guide
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 Region IX will host seats for applicants in collaboration with
Cal EMA, the Master Exercise Practitioner Program (MEPP) in
southern California starting in January of 2013.
 Starting this October, FEMA Position Specific (OPS, Plan, etc.)
courses will begin to be taught throughout California
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 FEMA Qualification System
 FEMA Reservist Program
 FEMA Corps
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 Purpose – FQS establishes the system for qualification and
certification of the FEMA workforce through experience, training,
and demonstrated performance
 The system was developed in order to:
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Ensure a qualified workforce based on performance standards
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Establish minimum, consistent, and fair qualification requirements for all
workforce positions regardless of employment status
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Strengthen the training and qualification standards for all workforce positions
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Professionalize the workforce similar to other emergency response professions
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Create a pathway to leadership positions
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Improve federal assistance to disaster impacted families and communities
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 Purpose – To build and sustain a robust, well-trained,
deployable, and fully-capable corps of intermittent “Reservists”
who can effectively and efficiently perform mission functions in
accordance with our statutory authorities
Progress to Date
• Potential courses of action for the Reservist program were presented to Deputy
Serino on March 14 in the following areas:
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Equipment
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Benefits
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Pay Grade Distribution
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Reservist Workforce Management Structure
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Training
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Deployment
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Medical Assessment
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• Purpose – To train and build a FEMA-devoted unit of 1600
service corps members operating in support of Federal
emergency and disaster response and recovery efforts to be
established within the AmeriCorps National Civilian
Community Corps (“NCCC”) program
• FEMACorps will advance the President’s management and
national security priorities, including job creation, service, and
working across government
• FEMACorps will promote better mission outcomes by
supporting FEMA’s ability to meet its all hazards mission
through a scalable and reliable force structure
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