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Disaster Scenario Exercise for Organizational Planning
Chemical Accident
FEMA 2010
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Purpose
• Why are we investing this time?
• Where are we in emergency planning?
• Who oversees emergency planning in
our organization?
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Agenda
• Introductions
• Modules
• Hotwash
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Introductions
 Facilitator(s)
 Players
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Objectives
 Create a quality learning environment.
 Provide a tool for emergency planning.
 Empower our team.
 Provide a forum for discussing emergency planning.
 Encourage coordination with local emergency
managers.
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Rules for Players
 Relax – this is a no-fault, low stress exercise.
 Respond based on your current capability.
 Allow for artificialities of the scenario – it’s a tool.
 Feel free to improvise – think outside the box.
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Scenario: Chemical Accident
 Chlorine rail accident and release of chlorine gas
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Emergency Management
 Prepare and Protect
 Respond
 Recover
 Mitigate
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Prepare & Protect
• Have a plan and prepare to activate it
• Gather the planning team
• Assess hazards, prepare facilities and employees
• Establish evacuation and shelter-in-place plans
• Stock and check supplies and first aid
• Train Emergency Response Teams
• Coordinate with local and state emergency managers
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VNN
 Click To Play News
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Prepare & Protect - Discussion
 What are the hazards? How do we protect our people?
 Who is our team, internally and externally?
 How will we communicate? What if systems fail?
 What are our needs, for supplies, etc.?
 What are needs of employees, customers, members?
 What are needs for protecting our organization?
 Who do we contact and inform, internally and externally?
 What can we do now to recover more quickly later?
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 Break
Respond
 Mobilize and position emergency equipment
 Evacuate or shelter-in-place
 Provide food, water, shelter, medical
 Initiate organization continuity plan
 Assess and restore damaged services and systems
 Coordinate with local responders, government agencies,
and other private organizations
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Respond
 Click To Play News
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Respond - Discussion
 Who’s in charge?
 What’s our plan?
 Evacuate or shelter-in-place?
 How do we identify who is still in the office or at work?
 How do we communicate? What is systems are down?
 Who is the Point of Contact at local responders,
government agencies, and other organizations?
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Recover
 Our organization could be heavily impacted, directly, or
 Indirectly if our supply chain is disrupted or our
customers or employees are displaced from their homes
 Water may not be available
 Employees could have damaged homes, or remain
home tending to family and to children out of school
 Physical and mental health of employees could be a
concern.
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Recover
 Click To Play News
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Recover - Discussion
 What are long-term environmental effects?
 How could this affect our operations?
 How do we ensure continuity of operations (COOP)?
 Can we operate without municipal services or utilities?
 Do we have generators and other back-up utilities?
 What are our priorities?
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Mitigate - Discussion
 What hazards have been identified in the community that
pose a risk to our organization?
 What steps can we take to mitigate risks?
 What steps is the community taking to mitigate communitywide risks?
 How can our organization work with local officials?
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Hot Wash
 What have you learned during this exercise?
 Name five organizational strengths.
 Name five organizational weaknesses/gaps.
 What should be next steps in planning and preparing?
 List and prioritize five short-term and five long-term
actions for follow-up.
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Federal Planning Resources
 www.ready.gov
 www.fema.gov
 www.preparemybusiness.org
 Local Resources
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Contact
For more information on this exercise, contact:
FEMA
Office of External Affairs, Private Sector Division
500 C St. SW
Washington, DC
Email [email protected]
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