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Hostile Action Based Drills
A Soup to Nuts View for Local
Emergency Responders and Managers
Lori Hucek
Kewaunee County
Emergency Management Director
Steve Wood
Kewaunee Power Station
Emergency Preparedness Manager
Chris Gulbrand
Kewaunee County Sheriff’s Department
Operations Lieutenant
Comprehensive Review Topics
Use of the Hostile Action Based (HAB)
Drill as an Effectiveness Review
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Utility Preparations
Utility Changes to a County/State Response with
Recovery
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Communications
Critique - County with the Utility
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Working with Volunteers
• Kick Off Meeting
• Getting Buy-In
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Scenario Development
•Input from volunteers
•Training with ICS and
NIMS
•Mass Casualty Plan
tested
•Force on Force Exercises
•Reviewing plans after the
table top
•Testing Equipment
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Full Scale Exercise
• Working
Together
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• Partnerships
Formed
Keys to Law Enforcement Success
*Breaking Common Barriers
*Address Identified shortcomings
*Integrating the Private Sector within ICS
*Doing What You Do Well
Working Together = Success
Joint training
w/other SWAT
responders
SWAT & Security
Response Teams must
work together safely,
smoothly and cohesively
High confidence and comfort level
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Breaking Common Barriers
• Issue: Local Law Enforcement vs. Private
Security
• Solution:
Partnering at the operational
level started 5+ years ago – to build the
trust, confidence and the camaraderie that
was required to function in a high risk
environment
• Result: Embedded security personnel
within the SWAT Unit
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Address Identified Shortcomings
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Historical: Communications
Newly Learned: Table Top
Need for assignment of plant personnel to
specific ICS support functions
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Communications
Use available nuclear plant frequencies for
tactical operations involving Law
Enforcement and Fire/EMS
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Table Top Solutions
• Assignment of a Security Response Team
(SRT) member to the Incident Command
Post (ICP) as a Liaison
• Initiate a direct line of communication
between the ICP and the Site Protection
Director
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Assignment of Event Operations Director to
the ICP – following incident stabilization
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Integrating the
Private Sector into the ICS
EOC
Utility Liaison
Unified Command
Law Enforcement
Incident Commander
Fire
EMS
Incident Commander
Incident Commander
Site Protection
Director
Public
Information
Officer
SRT Technical
Specialist
Safety Officer
Event Operations
Director
Liaison Officer
Operations
Section
Planning
Section
SWAT
Fire Suppression
KPS Security
Response Team
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KPS Fire Brigade
KPS Technical
Specialists
Doing What You Do Well
• Stick to your core training and principles
• Mentally prepare for the worst case
scenario – plant take back
• Remember: Tasks that responders execute
have been accomplished before – just not
on such a large scale
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Buy-In
Working with the Private Sector
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Plan in Advance & Engage
Table Top to Validate and Learn
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Summary & Questions