NCR Regional Exercise & Training Oversight Panel - Enhancing Preparedness

1. Exercise, Training Oversight Panel (ETOP)October 31, 2006 By Christopher Voss ETOP Chair

2. ETOP – Who We Are • Voss, Chris (DC) – Chair • Bass, C. Douglas (EM Chair representative) • Christina Crue (MD State) • Clemens, Michael (MD Local) • Elliott Grollman (RESF 13 liaison) • Jerry Barnhill (VA State) • Mark Penn (VA Local) • James Talbert (DC) • Local and State Exercise and Training Support

3. ETOP Objectives • Create an NCR five year exercise schedule and coordinate exercises that engage the entire region, including Federal Departments, Agencies and capabilities. • Elect a jurisdiction or capable entity to manage an exercise project contract with management input from ETOP. This exercise project will follow this Program Plan, as written or updated by ETOP, and will be funded using the available exercise line item in ETOP’s annual budget • Integrate training standards and approaches across the NCR to reflect National and NCR strategy requirements • Create a consistent methodology to document lessons learned from actual emergency events and exercises in order to incorporate these lessons into training standards and operations protocols.

4. Exercises • Contract Vehicle in Place • Accepting Exercise Requests on a rolling Basis – Overlapping with the 5 year plan • Spring Function Exercise • The exercise seminar will be held on November 2, 2006 from 1000-1:00 at the COG Board Room (Third Floor). • Interoperable Communications • Community Preparedness and Participation • Critical Resource Logistics and Distribution • Citizen Protection • Mass Care

5. Long Term Exercise Plan

6. Training • Webeoc Training – contract approved, class schedule will be released shortly throughout the region • NIMS Training • Managing Metro Emergencies • COOP Training • Incident Management Team Training • NCR Radio Cache Team Training • RESF 8 Training - HICS and NIMS : Core Curriculum

7. The Approval Process • Proposals are submitted to the ETOP liaison supporting the respective R-ESF submitter. A proposal shall consist of: • Applicant profile • Budget • RESF chair endorsement letter or e-mail • Project description • Example training: training course name, course description, course duration, estimated number of attendees, target audience for training, training location if known and estimated timeframe or period of performance for the training: • Example exercises: Type of exercise, exercise objectives, type of scenario if known, exercise description, exercise duration, estimated number of attendees, target audience for exercise, exercise location if known and estimated timeframe or period of performance for the exercise. The project description should not be a full proposal. One or two pages are adequate. If additional information is needed, ETOP will contact the submitter.

8. Next Step • Complete ETOP Website • Promote 5-year Exercise Plan • Support NIMS Training across the Region • Provide Webeoc training • Promote Regional Training initiatives • Develop a corrective action program, which identifies “Regional Issues

9. Next Step – Funding Approval Process • Vigilant Shield Exercise (RESF - 4) • ACAMS Training (CIWG) • NIMS Training (NIMS Compliance Officers) • RESF 16 Exercise • Hospital Disaster Life Support (RESF 8)