EVERGREEN EARTHQUAKE EXERCISE
Rob Frazier, PE
USACE Seattle District
& SAME Readiness Committee
12 April 2012
This Could Be Us - Again
JBLM after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake
Images courtesy of John Haddick
6.8 on the MMS and lasted approximately 45 seconds
Or This Could Be Us – Next Time
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Images courtesy of Bing News: various sources
8.9 - 9.0 on the MMS for 3.5 minutes
Evergreen Quake 2012 is a series of three exercises that is designed to test the ability of city, county, state, federal, and tribal governments, and select private sector companies located within the six-county Seattle-Puget Sound metro area in Washington state to collaboratively respond to and recover from a wide-area catastrophic earthquake.
Evergreen Quake Exercise Series (EQES) 2012
Goal: Improve joint-operational readiness and test unified action.
Evergreen Quake Exercise Series (EQES) 2012
The three exercises in the EQES series are: • Functional Exercise (June 5-6, 2012) • Logistics Exercise (June 12-14, 2012) • Recovery Tabletop Exercise (August 8 & 22, 2012)
EQES scope: the 6-county Seattle-metro (Puget Sound) region of over 4 million people! Over 75% of GDP of WA state. Numerous major shallow-crustal faults bisect the region. Modeling demonstrates CI lifelines (electricity, water supply, fuel/gas pipelines, etc.) will be out-of-service for an extended period post-quake.
http://www.emd.wa.gov/training/EvergreenQuake.shtml#Training
EQES 2012 Participants
ORGANIZERS: State of Washington & FEMA Region 10 PARTICIPANTS: § 7 Coun'es: King, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish and Thurston § 25 Ci'es, 4 Tribes, 1 Port, 20+ Private Sector En''es § Washington State Emergency Management Division (EMD)16 State
Emergency Support Func'ons (ESFs) represen'ng numerous State agencies (WSDA, Commerce, WDOE, DES, WDFW, DOH, DOP, WSDOT, DSHS, and WSP)
§ FEMA Region X and 15 Federal ESFs represen'ng numerous Federal agencies (including ATF, USCG, CBP, DOE, HHS, EPA, TSA and USACE)
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EQES 2012 - Functional Exercise June 5-6, 2012
§ This is a 2-day EOC to EOC mid-phase response exercise.
§ Purpose – examine local, state, tribal and federal mid-phase response plans and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) operations following a catastrophic earthquake in the Puget Sound region.
§ Participants include: 7 counties, 25 cities, 4 tribes, 1 port, 20+ businesses (incl. Microsoft, Boeing), WA EMD EOC and State ESFs, R10 RRCC and Federal ESFs, other EOCs and DOCs also playing.
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EQES 2012 - Logistics Exercise June 12-14, 2012
§ Transport, track, and deliver disaster relief commodities: 7 cities establishing PODs, 2 local staging areas, 1 State Staging Area, and 1 Federal ISB/FSA being established for the exercise.
§ EOCs also playing. § USACE Annual Log CERTEX; 150 USACE personnel playing at
ISB/FSA at JBLM. § First logistics exercise ever in Region 10. § Purpose – validate the combined local, state and federal capacity to
manage disaster relief supplies after a major disaster. § A multi-day participation model will be used to allow involvement by
various local communities, state and federal agencies.
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EQES 2012 - Recovery Tabletop August 8 and 22, 2012
§ This is a two day exercise that will focus on recovery activities. § First day – evaluate short-term recovery issues such as: temporary housing, debris
removal, individual / family assistance and returning to "business as normal". § Second day – local, tribal, state, federal, and senior public officials will address long-
term recovery policy issues such as: community restoration, regional and state economic revitalization, and reconstruction of critical infrastructure.
§ Goal: provide info to begin recovery planning efforts region-wide in 2013. ► TTX 1: Agency/Department heads focus on key RSF program issues; ► TTX 2: Elected officials focus on major recovery policy issues. ► Five Seminars as a ramp-up to the TTXs:
• Seminar 1: Principles of Short-Term Recovery Seminar (October 26, 2011) • Seminar 2: Transportation Systems & Utilities Seminar (February 8, 2012) • Seminar 3: Telecommunications Restoration Seminar (April 6, 2012) • Seminar 4: Regional Recovery (April 25 and 26, 2012) • Seminar 5: Capitalization of Recovery-Private & Governmental Seminar (July 2012 -
TBD)
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EQES 2012 – Exercise Scenario
§ M6.7 earthquake on multiple Seattle Area Faults with weaker aftershocks on adjacent fault lines within the Puget Sound
§ Exercise Scenario incorporates an ARTIFICIALITY of simultaneous strong quakes on all fault lines
§ Seven-county region with 4 million people
§ D+24HRS is STARTEX
Exercise Impacts (City of Seattle ONLY) Debris Generation § 4.170 million tons of debris § Brick/Wood comprises 32.00% of the total § Estimated truckloads is 166,920 truckloads (@25
tons/truck)
Shelter Requirement § 12,771 households to be displaced § Of these, 7,258 people (out of a total population of
3,968,477) will seek temporary shelter in public shelters.
Building Damage § 96,412 buildings will be at least moderately
damaged. This is over 7.00 % of the total number of buildings in the region.
§ Estimated 2,874 buildings that will be damaged beyond repair.
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EQES 2012 – Web Site
§ http://www.emd.wa.gov/training/EvergreenQuake.shtml#Training § Exercise Information § Training and Seminars (training guide and opportunities)
► National Disaster Recovery Framework ► WA State Long Term Community Recovery ► Elements of Recovery – Debris ► Short Term Recovery – Building Inspection and Permitting
§ News & Events § Resources (i.e., earthquake guide, etc.) § Preparedness (personal, home, neighborhood and business) § Participants § Planning Team Contact Info
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EQES 2012 – Get Involved § Assess your capabilities and how you can contribute § Coordinate with your local government (city, county,
state) § Develop your emergency response knowledge base § Obtain the requisite training for the functions you will
perform § Develop your plans (personal, home, neighborhood and
business) § Obtain and maintain your equipment and emergency kits § Conduct and participate in exercises (practice) § Adjust plans accordingly § Stay prepared and don’t get complacent
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EQES 2012 – Training
§ EQES Training Guide ► http://www.emd.wa.gov/training/documents/EQES_TrainingGuide_April2012Edition.pdf
► IS-660 Introduction to Public-Private Partnerships ► IS-702.a NIMS Public Information Systems ► IS-775 EOC Management & Operations ► IS-802 Emergency Sup-port Functions Communications ► IS-288 The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management
► IS-552 The Public Works Role in Emergency Management ► IS-632.a Introduction to Debris Operations ► IS-559 Local Damage Assessment ► IS-630 Introduction to the Public Assistance Process ► IS-814 Emergency Sup-port Function #14 - Long Term Community
Recovery
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EQES 2012 – Seminars
§ Community and Regional Recovery Seminar ► April 25, 2012 ► Lakewood, WA ► This seminar will examine short and long-term community
and regional recovery of the new Puget Sound Region after a catastrophic event.
► Toney Raines, FEMA Region X, (425) 487-4748, [email protected]
► Andrew J. Kinney, Thurston County Emergency Services, (360) 754-4458, [email protected]
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Other Emergency Response Training
§ IS-100.b - Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100 ► http://emilms.fema.gov/IS100b/index.htm ► Describes the history, features and principles, and organizational
structure of the Incident Command System. ► Explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident
Management System (NIMS)
§ ATC-20 Course – Pierce County Emergency Ops Ctr ► Four-hour course providing guidelines and procedures for
persons who may be called upon to make building inspections following an earthquake.
► It covers typical building construction and technical aspects of structural safety evaluations
► Offered on April 19th and another on October 11 15
EQES Points of Contact
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Jurisdiction Point of Contact E-Mail Address King County Kathryn Howard [email protected] Kitsap County Mike Gordon [email protected] Mason County Sandi Kvarnstrom [email protected] Pierce County Sheri Badger [email protected] Skagit County Mark Watkinson [email protected] Snohomish County Stephen Hagberg [email protected] Thurston County Sandy Johnson [email protected] Tribes Richard Krikava [email protected] Private Sector Wendy Freitag [email protected] State Agencies James Yates [email protected] Federal Agencies Steve Simerly [email protected]
The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP)
§ Formed by eleven professional and technical organizations and federal agencies following the tragic events of September 11, 2011.
§ Serves as a national leader in public and private sector collaboration for regional and infrastructure disaster resilience.
§ http://tisp.org/index.cfm
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