NORTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

ASSOCIATION

Presenters Scot Brooks, Emergency Manager – Moore

County

Steve Powers, Central Branch Office Manager - NCEM

Janie Pinkston Sutton, Assistant Director of Field Operations – NCSBI

Freddie Johnson Jr., Captain of Field Operations - NCSHP

Planning Process

Planned, organized, and implemented by senior leadership from multiple agencies operating under Unified Command.

Complete buy-in from the top to the bottom that this was a major event for North Carolina and that it was going to be successful.

Moore County Responsibilities Public Safety Coordination Plan

• Incident Communications Center

• Incident Command System

• Medical Plan

• Fire Plan

• Disaster Plans• Severe Weather Plan

• Mass Casualty Plan

• Decontamination Plan

• Public Health Plan

• Evacuation Plan

• Geographical Information Mapping System

Incident Communications Center

Medical Plan

Bicycle Paramedics Medical Cart Paramedics

Medical Report

2121 patients seen in the medical tents 313 patients treated by the Bike Team and

Med Carts (24 patients transported)

Fire Plan

Inspections Fire Watch Fire Carts Apparatus Staging

• Parking Areas

• Ingress / Egress

• Corporate Village

Our thoughts on Success

Our Management Team Our Management Philosophy

NC Emergency Management The NC Department of

Public Safety, Emergency Management Division was involved in the planning process early. • They attended every meeting

and were engaged at all levels in the overall planning process.

• NCEM staff participated in the planning, development and delivery of a multi-agency, multi-hazard, pre-event Tabletop Exercise.

NC Emergency Management A “standby” All Hazards

Incident Management Team was developed by the Central Branch Manager for the duration of the event.

The Accountability of emergency Responders was managed by NCEM Logistics staff and Area Coordinators utilizing the state owned Salamander System.

NC Emergency Management NCEM and MCPS staff

managed all Briefings, Debriefings, WEBEOC updates, Situation Reports, daily Weather Bulletins, etc..

NCEM was instrumental in the overall management of the incident via the Incident Command System.• An Incident Action Plan was

completed for each operational period.

• Direct video / data / voice link with the state EOC in Raleigh.

NC Office of EMS

Surge Capacity at Moore Regional Hospital in conjunction with the RACS (M8)

Ambulance Strike Team Plan

NC Public Health

Managed by the Moore County Health Department in conjunction with the NC Department of Public Health.

Food Protection Disease Epidemiology Surveillance

NC Public Health - Surveillance

NC Public Health – Environmental Health

Extensive training for event volunteers related to food handling/preparation with catering companies

Over 350 concession site inspections• over 250 instances of non-compliance

Delegation of Authority agreements with Moore County and neighboring counties

NC Law Enforcement

NCSBI NCALE NCSHP

Law Enforcement portions of this presentation have been removed.

Our first major event after full VIPER implementation.

Complete interoperability between agencies.

Plenty of talk groups and handheld radios

Redundant infrastructure

NC Department of Transportation

Road Signage

Responsiveness to traffic and road conditions.

Participation in the planning and management process

Federal Agencies

Federal Bureau of Investigations

United States Postal Inspection Service

Federal Aviation Administration / Federal Air Marshal

United States Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

42nd Civil Support Team

United States Department of Homeland Security

Geographical Information System Plan

Managed by the Moore County GIS Department.

Strengths

Working Relationships

Large scale incident experience

Live fire testing of staff, plans, processes, equipment.

Questions

Thank You