Virtual Tabletop Exercise VTTX Earthquake Scenario April 23

Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) Earthquake Scenario April 23, 24 & 25, 2019

Welcome and Introductions • Opening Remarks: – Emergency Management Institute (EMI) • Introductions: – EMI Douglas Kahn – VTC Locations Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 2

Scope Focus on the role of your organization(s) in response to potential consequences of an earthquake, as well as the interdisciplinary and interagency coordination at the Federal, State reginal and local level. Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 3

Exercise Overview • Four hour, continuous, interactive exercise that will require schedule discipline. • The VTTX consists of: • Introductions • Three Modules • Participant engagement encouraged both locally and crosscommunity. • Time awareness during questions, brief outs, etc. Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 4

Exercise Schedule Activity Time Introduction (Field sites and EMI) 15 minutes Module 1: Initial Response 60 minutes Module 2: Extended Response 60 minutes Module 3: Recovery 60 minutes Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 5

Assumption and Artificialities • The scenario is plausible and events occur as they are presented. • There is no hidden agenda and there are no trick questions. • All players receive information at the same time. Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 6

Ground Rules 1. Do NOT critique the scenario – Trying to find holes or inconsistencies in the scenario is counterproductive and disruptive; the scenario should stimulate discussion. 2. Draw from your previous experience – As you participate, please utilize your knowledge of how the Whole Community works together in response and recovery situations. 3. Do NOT assume information – If questions arise that are not answered by the provided material, please ask the facilitator to address the issue with the virtual group. 4. Participation is encouraged – Speak freely, respect others when they are speaking – Participate in your disaster role as if the event were occurring – Processes and decision making are more important than the details 5. The facilitator's job is to help you come up with solutions Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 7

Module 1: Initial Response

Module 1 Scenario Please take a few minutes to read through the Module 1 Scenario. We will re-cap the key events after you have completed the reading. Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 9

Module 1 Situation Timeline • Tuesday, Aug. 28 @ 1630 – Earthquake hits • 1645 – State of Emergency proclaimed – Presidential Disaster Declaration • 1730 – 3 -5 aftershocks shake the area • 1930 – EOC and MACS established Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 10

Key Issues • A 6. 4 magnitude earthquake has hit your community • A downtown festival has stranded additional people on the streets • One six-story office building has partially collapsed • Severe infrastructure damage has occurred • Schools have already been released for the day • Hospitals are quickly filling up • Outside support not expected for 36 -48 hours • State of Emergency has been declared • EOC/RRCC has been activated Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 11

Discussion Questions – Initial Response 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What are your response priorities and incident objectives at this point? Do you have the staff and resources available to respond 24 hours per day for the next 120 hours? If not, where will you look to in obtaining these resources? What agencies, organizations, and other community partners will you engage in the planning process immediately following the earthquake? How are communicating with them? Given the immediate shortages of resources and personnel, how will the use of resources be prioritized and managed to maximize response effectiveness? How will these decisions be made? What data points will you monitor for Situational Awareness (SA), and how will you share your SA to develop a Common Operating Picture (COP)? Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 12

Discussion Questions – Initial Response 6. 7. What is your public information strategy at this point? What methods or means are you using to provide credible and accurate information? What are you doing to ensure vulnerable populations are reached? Do you have plans in place to use and monitor social media networks? Is the Healthcare Coalition encompassing the impacted area connected directly or through the ESF-8 lead during initial response operations? Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 13

Module 1 Outbrief • EMI will facilitate the outbrief discussion from each VTC site. • Please keep each outbrief concise, and to the point. Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 14

Module 2: Extended Response

Module 2 Scenario Please take a few minutes to read through the Module 2 Scenario. We will re-cap the key events after you have completed the reading. Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 16

Module 2 Situation Timeline • Tuesday, Aug. 28 @ 2100 (Day of Earthquake) – Pockets of looting begin – Volunteers begin mobilizing • Wednesday, Aug. 29 @ 0230 hrs (Day 2) – Responder fatigue setting in – 20+ fatalities in collapsed office building Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 17

Key Issues • • A shelter has opened downtown to care for those stranded Numerous volunteers are available but are not well controlled First responders are becoming fatigued after long shifts The safety and working conditions of responders is being questioned • Heavy traffic and congested highways throughout the region and debris blocking roadways • Wide-spread utility outages remain • Small pockets of looting are being reported Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 18

Discussion Questions – Extended Response 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Should your response priorities or incident objectives be revised at this point? If so, what are they now? What does your operating structure look like? What positions are critical to be filled and where are you filling them? How are you gaining SA and identifying unmet needs of the citizens within the community? How are you sharing your SA to achieve a COP? How have the resource requirements of the community changed? What mutual aid systems will you employ and who will manage them? What infrastructure systems will be the most critical to restore? How is this decision made? Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 19

Discussion Questions – Extended Response 6. 7. 8. 9. What will you do to address the health and safety of responders and the public in general? How can volunteer efforts and donations be integrated into the response efforts? Should volunteers be given an official role? How will communications and information management principles be utilized to develop a strategy across jurisdictions to handle volunteers? How has the Healthcare Coalition in the impacted area absorbed the incoming patient surge and do shortfalls exist? How are medical care needs in the mass care shelters being addressed and is the Healthcare Coalition connected? Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 20

Module 2 Outbrief • EMI will facilitate the outbrief discussion from each VTC site. • Please keep each outbrief concise, and to the point. Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 21

Module 3: Recovery

Module 3 Scenario Please take a few minutes to read through the Module 3 Scenario. We will re-cap the key events after you have completed the reading. Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 23

Module 3 Situation Timeline • Thursday, Aug. 30 @ 1200 (Earthquake +2 days) – Temporary Shelter Established Downtown – People present at hospitals with psychological stress • Sunday, Sep 2 @ 1200 (Earthquake +5 days) – Some major roadways being cleared – Low water pressure in the area • Saturday, Sep 7 @ 1200 (Earthquake +10 days) – Public concerns over financial assistance are rising Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 24

Key Issues • Most utilities have been restored but some are still in need of permanent repair • Life safety and rescue operations have ceased • A large number of people remain in community shelters • JFO established • Local businesses, government, and schools to recommence operations soon • Public and media concerns regarding individual and public assistance Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 25

Discussion Questions - Recovery 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What is your plan to address and support the long-term debris management needs of your location, to include private property? What programs are in place to support long-term housing for survivors who have lost their homes? How will your organizational structure change during the recovery phase? What are the financial and economic assistance programs in place to support local business and survivors? What is your plan to help businesses quickly become economically viable again? Does your emergency operation plan provide for feedback procedures in order to record experiences from this disaster and integrate lesson learned? Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 26

Discussion Questions - Recovery 6. 7. What behavioral health programs should be implemented for survivors and your employees? What long-term recovery and mitigation projects could be undertaken by the community? How would these projects be funded? Has the Healthcare Coalition been connected with the immediate recovery effort to engage in providing patient behavioral health services to include local public health efforts? Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 27

Module 3 Outbrief • EMI will facilitate the outbrief discussion from each VTC site. • Please keep each outbrief concise, and to the point. Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 28

Close out • Send FEMA Form 119 -25 -2, General Admission Application, and class rosters to NETCAdmissions@fema. dhs. gov and douglas. kahn@fema. dhs. gov • Return Participant Feedback Forms - e-mail: douglas. kahn@fema. dhs. gov - regular mail: Doug Kahn, 16825 S. Seton Ave, Emmitsburg, MD 21727 § Additional questions/concerns, my number is (301) 447 -7645 § fema-emi-iemb@fema. dhs. gov or call 301 -447 -1381 Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) 29