PNWER Center for Regional Disaster Resilience Matt Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, PNWER

1. PNWER Center for Regional Disaster Resilience Matt Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, PNWER

2. PNWER Profile • PNWER – formed by statute in 1991 • PNWER is a Public/Private Partnership • Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Saskatchewan, Washington, Yukon

3. PNWER Center for Regional Disaster Resilience www.RegionalResilience.org

4. Private Sector Partners

5. PNWER Disaster Resilience Program PNWER is referenced in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan as the model for bringing the public and private sectors together to address critical infrastructure protection issues. – Feb. 2009 PNWER is listed as a best practice for working with other states and provinces to address critical infrastructure security issues in the NGA’s Governor’s Guide to Homeland Security - March 2007

6. The Resilience Tautology • Resilient assets and infrastructures require resilient regions • Resiliency requires understanding which assets are critical in any specific scenario • Understanding criticality depends upon understanding the interdependencies between and among critical infrastructures (criticality is dynamic) • Understanding interdependencies require cross sector information sharing • Cross sector and public/private information sharing requires the creation of an environment of trust where stakeholders feel ‘safe’ to share their vulnerabilities

7. Blue Cascades Regional Exercise Series • Blue Cascades I (June 2002)—Oregon – Terrorist attack on BPA’s grid system – examined interdependencies and cascading impacts • Blue Cascades II (Sept. 2004) focused on both cyber and physical disruptions • Blue Cascades III (March 2006) Recovery & Restoration from 9.0 Subduction Zone Earthquake • Blue Cascades IV (January 2007) Critical Infrastructures and Pandemic Preparedness • Bluc Cascades V – Supply Chain Relisence

8. Blue Cascades Regional Exercise Series 350 Experts at Blue Cascades III Tabletop Exercise in Bellevue, Washington Subduction Zone Earthquake Scenario • Blue Cascades I (June 2002)—focused on a physical disruptions • Blue Cascades II (Sept. 2004) focused on both cyber and physical disruptions • Blue Cascades III (March 2006) Recovery & Restoration from major earthquake • Blue Cascades IV (January 2007) Critical Infrastructures and Pandemic Preparedness

9. PNWER Center for Regional Disaster Resilience Projects • Development of Regional Cyber Security/Resilience Coordination mechanism (NWWARN & Northwest Alliance for Cyber Security) • Assisting Integrated Biological Restoration Demo (IBRD) • PNW Columbia River Basin Risk Assessment/Mitigation Study • WS DOT SR 520 Bridge Exercise • SCADA Security Workshops • Comprehensive Bio-Hazard Community Resilience Roadmap • Helping coordinate PNW Border Health Alliance • Regional Interdependencies Workshops

10. Fostering Cooperation and Collaboration • Internal and Regional Interdependencies Initiatives provide a “business case” for organizations, regions and states to overcome deep-rooted differences, turf issues, and stove-piped thinking • Enables us to focus on how we can partner with perceived competitors to increase our own readiness and the resilience of the region

11. 2009 Dam Sector Exercise Series – Columbia River BasinOverview Tri-Cities Bridge Tri-Cities, Washington

12. 2009 Dams Sector Exercise SeriesScope The goal of the exercise series is to develop a regional disaster resilience and preparedness strategy for the Tri-Cities area that can be utilized for the broader Columbia River Basin region.

13. Exercise Series Timeline

14. 2009 Dams Sector Exercise Series (DSES-09) Columbia River Basin Project Goal To produce a holistic, cost-effective strategy and implementation plan to assure the resilience of the Columbia River Basin with focus on dams, locks, and levees Project will assess, from a risk-based perspective, consequences for interdependent infrastructures and other essential service providers from all-hazards disasters and identify prevention and mitigation measures 2009 Dams Sector Exercise Series – Columbia Basin Project Goal

15. Current Project Status Currently the 2009 Dams Sector Exercise Series is nearly complete Dam owners, Emergency Managers along with Federal, State, and Local Stakeholders have been engaged in this holistic approach to dam and levee failure The first phase had wide involvement of stakeholders from throughout the Columbia River Basin

16. Pilot Project to Develop a Comprehensive Community Bio-Event Resilience Roadmap Bring together public health and other experts with key state and local agencies, infrastructures, industry, business, academic, and community organizations to focus on community bio-event resilience Enable government agencies at all levels with regional stakeholders to gain greater knowledge of bio-event impacts on communities and longer-term consequences

17. Comprehensive Community Bio-Event Resilience Plan (CCERP) Identify common goals, gaps and barriers between private sector organizations and public health, healthcare partners and local emergency management on improving information exchange, resource management and communications during health and medical emergencies Develop a holistic blueprint for community bio-event resilience that will encompass all aspects of preparedness and disaster management, including prevention, protection, response, recovery/longer term restoration, and risk-based mitigation to address communications, business and operational continuity, logistics, supply chain, and resource issues, public education/training, and exercises.

18. Contact Center for Regional Disaster Resilience www.regionalresilience.org Matt Morrison Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 460 Seattle, WA 98121 206-443-7723 www.pnwer.org Matt.morrison@pnwer.org