EVERGREEN EARTHQUAKE EXERCISE

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1 EVERGREEN EARTHQUAKE EXERCISE Rob Frazier, PE USACE Seattle District & SAME Readiness Committee 12 April 2012

2 This Could Be Us - Again JBLM after the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake 6.8 on the MMS and lasted approximately 45 seconds Images courtesy of John Haddick

3 Or This Could Be Us Next Time on the MMS for 3.5 minutes Images courtesy of Bing News: various sources 3

4 Evergreen Quake Exercise Series (EQES) 2012 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. Goal: Improve joint-operational readiness and test unified action.

5 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 shallowcrustal 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.

6 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) 6

7 EQES 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 midphase 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. 7

8 EQES 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. 8

9 EQES 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 longterm 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 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 TBD) 9

10 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 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. 10

11 EQES 2012 Web Site 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 11

12 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 12

13 EQES 2012 Training EQES Training Guide 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 13

14 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) , Toney.Raines@fema.dhs.gov Andrew J. Kinney, Thurston County Emergency Services, (360) , Kin-neya@co.thurston.wa.us 14

15 Other Emergency Response Training IS-100.b - Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS 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

16 EQES Points of Contact Jurisdiction Point of Contact Address King County Kathryn Howard Kitsap County Mike Gordon Mason County Sandi Kvarnstrom Pierce County Sheri Badger Skagit County Mark Watkinson Snohomish County Stephen Hagberg Thurston County Sandy Johnson Tribes Richard Krikava Private Sector Wendy Freitag State Agencies James Yates Federal Agencies Steve Simerly 16

17 The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP) Formed by eleven professional and technical organizations and federal agencies following the tragic events of September 11, Serves as a national leader in public and private sector collaboration for regional and infrastructure disaster resilience. 17

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