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Operation Deep Freeze

Exercise Director Jim Edmonds Je3977@aol.com 315-427-2100 cell. Operation Deep Freeze. Purpose.

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Operation Deep Freeze

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  1. Exercise Director Jim Edmonds Je3977@aol.com 315-427-2100 cell Operation Deep Freeze

  2. Purpose • (MARS) To practice operating in an austere communications environment, gathering information, reporting Essential Elements of Information (EEIs) to NORTHCOM and FEMA, and assisting with the arrival of responding military units and federal agencies using long range HF communications frequencies RC (primary), RB (alternate), PE (phone patch) • (Other Agencies) To encourage other agencies to combine their training objectives with the broad communications capabilities provided by MARS resources in Deep Freeze 07 Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  3. Participating Organizations • MARS (Air Force, Army, and Navy USMC), Air National Guard, Air Force Research Labs, NOAA/National Weather Service, US Department of Agriculture, NY State Police, Civil Air Patrol, Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), Center for Disease Control, Upstate Medical Center, New York Guard, Pittsburgh (PA) Medical Center • Other agencies and organizations TBD Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  4. Concept of Operations For CONOPS and other MARS documentation see web pages at http://www.marsregionone.org

  5. Disaster Flow Model • Alert notification of pending emergency (severe winter storm) • Take preparatory actions per local disaster plan • Disaster storm condition hits • “Hunker down”, activate emergency networks from home and base locations • Monitor resource status, report • Post Storm • Implement disaster response plans • Assess resource status • Reestablish communications locally (contingency plans) • Determine needs • Request assistance • Restoration/Reconstitution • Return to normal operations Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  6. Geographic Model of Disaster Response Communications • Small local (typical VHF) • Nominal 5 mile or less radius, typical line of sight hand held “walkie-talkie” • Large local (typical VHF) • Nominal 25-30 miles radius, still line of sight but more powerful (vehicle) transmitters and some repeater capabilities • Close in long haul (typical HF) – long distance radios used in the small and large local environment • Strategic long haul (typical HF) – long distance radios used to communicate far outside the disaster area possibly hundreds of miles away Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  7. Syracuse Metro Region ~ 25 miles Example United States Air Force MARS Region One* • MARS Liaison to ARES and RACES • MARS Network Support Stations • MARS Regional Operations Center ~ 5 miles • MARS Field Teams • MARS FacilitySupport Stations • MARS Facility Support Stations • MARS Facility Support Stations * 14 Northeast, Middle Atlantic, and Mid-west States Syracuse Hancock Field Airport Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  8. MARS – 4 Types of Stations • Radio Field Teams • Mobile/Man Pack • Generates “spot reports” • Responds to specific requests for information • Radio Facility Support Station • Typically located at military or FEMA sites • Transmits / receives requests to Operations Center • Network Support Station • Takes spot reports fromfield teams, re-formats to EEI, retransmits to Regional Operations Center • Operations Center • One only for network Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  9. Information Flow • Requests, Collections, Analysis, and Dissemination of information within local areas: • MARS generated spot reports • Responses to inquires • Management and coordination of federal emergency response • Requests, Collections, Analysis, and Dissemination of information outside local areas: • Network control • Reporting of Essential Elements of Information (EEIs) to Operations Center, 9th ASC, and exercise white cell • Requests for federal support beyond local/immediate capabilities • Coordination of regional status reporting and response Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  10. One Example – Evacuation of 32 Critical Dialysis Patients from Syracuse region, NY to Pittsburgh, PA • Local hospital loses normal electrical and communications service. • Building deemed unsafe • Roadways blocked with debris, ice and snow. • Determination is made to evacuate critical patients outside disaster area • Following assessment of local capabilities to evacuate patients, decision is made to contact the National Guard and request helicopter and C-130 aviation assets. Strategy: H-60 helicopter from affected hospital to Syracuse airhead, then C-130 aircraft to Pittsburgh and ambulance to Pittsburgh area hospitals • MARS supports coordination flow throughout its networks to relay number of patients, types of aircraft, location and schedule for evacuation, coordination with recovering air drome, in-flight patient status: seamless process from start to completion. Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  11. Helicopter C-130 Affected Hospital Syracuse Hancock Air Head Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh PA Air Head Critical Patient Evacuation Ambulance • MARS communications supports all levels of the request, planning, and execution phases of the patient evacuation. Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  12. Timeline – Days • February 1st – February 10th (Insert build-up events, dry runs, final planning) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  13. Timeline – Hours • February 10th (Insert final schedule for execution of training events) 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  14. What Can You Do to Participate? • Help with exercise planning • Bring technology into the exercise • Become an exercise participant • Command post augmentee • “White Cell” member • Field participant • Bring something new into the exercise • Observer Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  15. Critical Info • Web Site http://www.marsregionone.org • MARS Communications exercise director: James “Jim” Edmonds je3977@aol.com or james.edmonds@lmco.com 315-427-2100 cell Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  16. POC List Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

  17. Exercise Deep Freeze • February 10, 2007

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