Arkansas Environmental

Federation’s 50th Annual Convention

Incident Preparedness &

Response

October 26th, 2017

Presented by: Greg J. GrilloPrincipal – Incident Preparedness & Response Solutions, LLC

Presentation Overview

• Arkansas Environmental Federation

• Incident Preparedness & Response

• ICS

• Key Take Away’s

AEF Website

AEF’s Mission

• To serve as the voice for industry on environmental affairs.

• To inform the general public of what is being done to maintain and improve the quality of our environment.

• To educate industry about proposed and final legislature and regulations concerning environmental matters.

• To exchange information and promote cooperation among industries, conservation associations, municipalities

and state and federal agencies.

Air Regulated Waste Health & Safety Water

AEF’s Mission

Communication & Coordination!

What are the common themes?

Incident Preparedness &

Response

What is an Incident?An occurrence or event—natural, technological, or human-caused—that requires a

response to protect life, property, or the environment.

What is Preparedness?Actions taken to plan, organize, equip, train, and exercise to build and sustain the capabilities necessary

to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from those threats that pose the

greatest risk.

What is a Response?A reaction to a question, experience, or some other type of stimulus/incident.

Types of Incidents?Major disasters, emergencies, terrorist attacks, terrorist threats, civil unrest, wildland and

urban fires, floods, hazardous materials spills, nuclear accidents, aircraft accidents,

earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms, tsunamis, war-related disasters, public

health and medical emergencies, other occurrences requiring an emergency response.

How Do You Respond?• Execute your Plan

• Adjust to the Situation

Incident Preparedness &

Response

How Do You Prepare?

Plan

Equip / Organize

Train

Exercise

Evaluate / Improve

Preparedness

Cycle

Incident Preparedness &

Response

1. Develop a Plan

2. Organize the Players

3. Educate/Train the Players

4. Exercise – Test the Plan

5. Evaluate & Improve

The Key!

ICS

What is ICS?

• Is a standardized management tool for meeting the demands of small or large

emergency or non-emergency situation.

• Represents "best practices" and has become the standard for emergency management

across the country.

• May be used for planned events, natural disasters, and acts of terrorism.

• Is a key feature of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The ICS is a

management system designed to enable effective and efficient incident response and

recovery.

Incident Command System

ICS Structure

Incident Commander

Operations Section

Planning Section Logistics SectionFinance/Admin

Section

Public Information

Officer

Safety Officer

Liaison OfficerCommand Staff

Assigned to carry out staff functions needed to

support the Incident Commander.

General StaffThe General Staff represents and is

responsible for the functional aspects of

the incident command structure.

ICS Structure

(Entergy)

Incident Commander

Operations Section

Planning Section Logistics SectionFinance/Admin

Section

Public Information

Officer

Safety Officer

Liaison Officer

Customer Operations

Officer

Resource Section

Resource SectionResponsible for the acquisition and assignment of

internal and external resources needed for the

incident.

Customer Operations OfficerResponsible for working with the Public

Information Officer and Operations to

communicate with customers on specific

restoration information via proactive texting,

calling and/or information via website.

ICS Structure

Incident Commander

Operations Section

Planning Section Logistics SectionFinance/Admin

Section

Public Information

Officer

Safety Officer

Liaison Officer

Benefits

■ Scalable from Small to Large Incidents

■ Flexible – Activate only the areas of need

■ Communication – Common Terminology

■ Consistent – Common Structure

■ Provides logistical & admin support to Ops

■ Cost Effective – Minimizes duplication

■ Focus – Single Incident Action Plan

■ Accountability

Designed to be interdisciplinary and

organizationally flexible!

Could be “Incident Type” specific sections, with the other areas the same for all Incidents!

ICS Structure

AEF Members

Incident Commander

Operations Section

Planning Section Logistics SectionFinance/Admin

Section

Public Information

Officer

Safety Officer

Liaison Officer

Technical SpecialistsCertain incidents or events may require the use of

Technical Specialists who have specialized

knowledge and expertise. Technical Specialists

may function within the Planning Section, or be

assigned wherever their services are required.

■ Meteorologists.

■ Environmental Impact Specialists.

■ Flood Control Specialists.

■ Water Use Specialists.

■ Fuels and Flammable Specialists.

■ Hazardous Substance Specialists.

■ Fire Behavior Specialists.

■ Structural Engineers.

■ Training Specialists.

■ Legal.

■ Human Resources.

■ Medical Advisors.

■ Claims Personnel.

“Free” Key Take Away’s

1. Develop a plan (or plans) for incident(s) that can impact your business or your clients

2. Define roles and responsibilities of individuals in the plan

3. Educate/Train individuals on their role and responsibility

4. Exercise/Test the plan with a critical eye at least annually

5. Evaluate the exercise and improve the plan

6. Consider implementing the Incident Command System Structure/Processes

Key Success Factors:

Communicate/Communicate/Communicate

Coordinate/Coordinate/Coordinate

Thank You!