Region IV Regional Response Team (RRT) Meeting

1. Region IV Regional Response Team (RRT) Meeting NLE 2011 Jesse F. Munoz, CEM Director Recovery Division

2. Tier I National Level Exercise per the NEP Natural Hazard focused Guided by National Planning Scenario #9: Major Earthquake Specific focus on the New Madrid Seismic Zone and the FEMA Catastrophic Planning Initiative Select states in FEMA Regions IV, V, VI, and VII, and the headquarters elements of federal departments and agencies (National Capital Region), and select international participants (maybe) Building block activities in States, FEMA Regions and the National Capital Region Multi-day exercise scheduled for May 16 – 20, 2011 NLE 2011 Overview

3. First natural hazard NLE Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) Catastrophic nature of NMSZ Earthquake Large exercise scale: Regions IV, V, VI, and VII plus 8 “CUSEC” states Potential for multiple Emergency Management Assistance Compact or “EMAC” states, making this a “nationwide” National Level Exercise FEMA Catastrophic Planning Initiative Major DOD-USNORTHCOM “Linked Exercises” (Ardent Sentry, Ultimate Caduceus) NLE 2011 Unique Aspects

4. FOUO Public Alert and Warning- Local, State, and Private Sector response should be rapid and effective in order to save lives. This exercise should evaluate whether the right tools are available and how well they are being used. Resilience for the Government, Critical Infrastructure (CI), and Key Resources (KR)- This exercise should validate which CI/KR sectors are the most vulnerable and which are the most important. Defense Support for Civil Authorities (DSCA)- The White House is interested in seeing how quickly DSCA can be provided in a no-notice event, and how competing priorities will impact support. White House Perspective

5. Historic Event

6. Timelines • C&O Conferences Spring-Summer 09 • Initial Planning Conferences (Sept 09-Jan 10) • Mid-Term Planning Conferences (Apr-Nov 10) • R4 NMSZ TTX (Aug 10) • Regional & National OPLANS (Aug 10) • National TTX (April 5) • Final Planning Conference (April 6-7) • MSEL Sync Conference (TBD April) • NLE-11 Functional Exercise (May 16-20)

7. Timelines (cont) • State Recovery Exercises (June-Aug ) • National Recovery TTX (20-22 Sept ) • National AAR Conference (Sept 13-15) • National AAR Published (Nov ) • Note: Essentially a 2.5-year evolution

8. Participants • White House and Cabinet-level • NRCC and Federal Interagency • Four FEMA Regions & ESFs (IV, V, VI, VII) • Eight NMSZ-affected States (AL, KY, MS, TN, AR, MO, IL, IN) • Almost 200 counties

10. Planning Organization NLE 2011 Coordination Group Region IV Steering Committee Scenario Control & Evaluation External Affairs Recovery Training Private Sector Citizen & Community Preparedness

11. To meet state and federal exercise objectives, FEMA NED adopted Southwest M7.7 + Wabash triggered event for NLE 2011 USGS/HAZUS analysis estimates*: Aggregate Economic Impact: $90B, Fatalities: 1500

12. Region IV Target Capabilities • Communications • Critical Resource Logistics & Distribution • Mass Care • Citizen Evacuation & Shelter-in-Place • Emergency Public Information & Warning • EOC Management • Medical Surge • National-Level Focus Areas • Defense Support to Civil Authorities • Community Resiliency and Continuity of Government • Long Term Recovery

13. Scenario Development Capabilities Using identified priority capabilities relevant to their jurisdiction, exercise managers select capabilities to practice, assess, and improve through exercises. Tasks Based on selected capabilities, exercise managers identify critical UTL tasks to exercise and evaluate. Objectives Based on capabilities and tasks being tested, a jurisdiction defines specific exercise objectives that reflect its specific needs circumstances, and goals. Scenario Managers should select a jurisdiction-specific scenario what provides an opportunity to test critical task performance and meet exercise objectives.

14. Scenario Development • Documented by a Scenario Objective Matrix (SOM) • Agency/Office/Jurisdiction, etc • Capabilities • Activities • Tasks • Smart Objectives • “Triggers” (Scenario Injects)

15. Control & Evaluation • Extensive Undertaking • Three -day Exercise • Event to event+72 hours • Multiple levels of local, state, and Federal play • Overlapping and/or staggered schedules • Complex organization/architecture

16. National Level Exercise (NLE) 2011 Control Cell Locations & Information Flow Master Control Cell (MCC) DHS NOC LCC FEMA UACG LCC Exercise Director Deputy Exercise Director FEMA NRCC LCC USGS NEIC LCC National Capital Region Coordination Center Control/ MSEL Cell Evaluation Cell Simulation Cell (inc. Private Sector) Other Key Federal D/A LCCs USCG HQ LCC International Coord. Federal D/A Controllers NCRCC LNO VNN LNO Private Sector Coord. Linked Exercise Control Cell(s) Linked Ex. LNO Exercise IT External Affairs Scenario SME Principal Play Coord. International Controllers Private Sector Controllers Other Federal D/A Cell R IV RECC R V RECC R VI RECC R VII RECC NCR-based Federal D/A Controllers Principal Liaisons R V LCC R VI LCC R VII LCC R IV LCC MO VCC AR VCC AL VCC IL VCC MCC (physical location TBD) Location of D/A play At state nexus of play RRCC Location of D/A play or Physical location TBD KY VCC IN VCC 1) Regional Exercise Coordination Cells (RECC) will be staffed by FEMA Regional Coordinators and co-located at the MCC. MS VCC 2) Multiple entity or jurisdiction specific LCCs may be reporting to each State VCC. FEMA Regional LCCs will report to their appropriate RECC. TN VCC 3) While no decision has yet been made, this version of the Control Cell Locations & Information Flow presumes the MCC is located outside of the National Capital Region.

17. National Level Exercise (NLE) 2011 Evaluation Locations & Information Flow Master Control Center DHS NOC Lead evaluator FEMA UACG Lead evaluator FEMA NRCC Lead evaluator USGS NEIC Lead evaluator Evaluation cell International Evaluators Private Sector Evaluators Other Key Federal D/A Lead evaluators USCG HQ Lead evaluator NCR-based Federal D/A Evaluators Principal Liaisons Regional Exercise Coordination Cell (RECC) Linked Exercise(s) Evaluators(s) Alabama Evaluators Kentucky Evaluators R IV RRCC Evaluator Tennessee Evaluators Mississippi Evaluators MCC (physical location TBD) Location of D/A play At state nexus of play RRCC/NRCC Location of D/A play or Physical location TBD R V RRCC Evaluator R VI RRCC Evaluator Illinois Evaluators Indiana Evaluators R VII RRCC Evaluator Missouri Evaluators Arkansas Evaluators

21. Resource Allocation Workshop • NMSZ Planning Initiative • BG John Heltzel, Kentucky EM Director • Federal-State Workshop to identify and allocate critical response resources • Akin to building a TPFDL • Nashville the week of 30 Nov-3 Dec

22. New National Exercise Program • Program Revamp in accordance with Secretary Napolitano memo of August 17, 2010 • NLE events only every two years, vice annually • Revised program deliverable 90 days from date of memo (mid-November) • NLE-2011 and NLE-2012 (Cyber Security) to proceed as planned • NLE-2013 cancelled • Begins with NLE-14

23. New NEP • “Two-year progressive exercise program that increases the total number of exercises and culminates in a full-scale, biennial intergovernmental National Level Exercise.”

24. New NEP • Overarching program to consist of the following elements: • No-notice or limited notice drills (“Thunderbolts”) • Table Top Exercises • Functional Exercises • Capstone full-scale event NLE

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