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, Toney.Raines@fema.dhs.gov

► Andrew J. Kinney, Thurston County Emergency Services, (360) 754-4458, Kin-neya@co.thurston.wa.us

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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 kathryn.howard@kingcounty.gov Kitsap County Mike Gordon mgordon@co.kitsap.wa.us Mason County Sandi Kvarnstrom sandik@co.mason.wa.us Pierce County Sheri Badger sbadger@co.pierce.wa.us Skagit County Mark Watkinson markw@co.skagit.wa.us Snohomish County Stephen Hagberg stephen.hagberg@snoco.org Thurston County Sandy Johnson johnsons@co.thurston.wa.us Tribes Richard Krikava richard.krikava@dhs.gov Private Sector Wendy Freitag w.freitag@emd.wa.gov State Agencies James Yates j.yates@emd.wa.gov Federal Agencies Steve Simerly stephen.simerly@fema.dhs.gov

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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