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Date Here. Hurricane Pam Exercise July 16-23, 2004. Overview. Concept Scenario Accomplishments Exercise Participants Final Products from Exercise The Future. Concept. Unique Process First Ever Post-Storm Exercise in Louisiana
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Date Here Hurricane Pam Exercise July 16-23, 2004
Overview • Concept • Scenario • Accomplishments • Exercise Participants • Final Products from Exercise • The Future
Concept • Unique Process • First Ever Post-Storm Exercise in Louisiana • Used a Scenario-Based Exercise to Drive Development of an Integrated Joint Plan for Responding to a Catastrophic Hurricane • Used Breakout Rooms and Action Rooms for Planning for Specific Topics • Defining Reality in July 2004
Scenario • Pam was a strong, slow-moving (≈ 5 MPH) Category 3 Hurricane with sustained winds of 120 MPH at landfall • Spawned tornados and generated a storm surge which left the majority of New Orleans under 10-20 feet of water • Pam would’ve been costliest and deadliest hurricane in U.S. history
Scenario • 97% lost landline communications and commercial power • 77% of structures destroyed • Over 1.1 million people could not return to their homes • Over 30 million cubic yards of debris generated • 237,000 cubic yards of household hazardous waste was uncontained
Accomplishments • Produced Outlined Base Plan and Functional Plans through Action Rooms • HAZMAT • Un-watering of Levee-Enclosed Areas (New Orleans) • Billeting of Federal Response Personnel • Donations Management/Volunteer Resources • Distribution Plan for Water/Ice/Power • Public Information • Transition from Rescue to Temporary Housing • Reentry and Access Control
Accomplishments • Produced Functional Plans through Breakout Rooms • Schools • Search & Rescue • Sheltering • Temporary Housing • Temporary Medical Care • Debris
Exercise Participants • 15 Federal Agencies • 20 State Agencies • 13 Parishes • 5 Volunteer Agencies • LOHSEP • FEMA Region VI • FEMA HQ • IEM
Final Products from Exercise • Bridging document between Local/State plans and federal plans (Base Plan) • Functional plans and annex’s • Action Plans with checklists and trigger points • Emphasis on integration with existing plans and developing sufficient detail to facilitate response planning
The Future • Phase 1A • Three Working Groups Return for Additional Planning • Medical • Shelters • Temp Housing • Phase 2 • Full Functional Annexes to the Base Plan • Second Exercise to Work on Additional Topics: • Transportation External – Public Affairs • Communications Financial/Insurance/Cash Flow • Mass Feeding Security