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Hampton Roads Geographic Response Plan Development & PREP Exercise. Regional Response Team III - 14 AUG 2011 LT Elisha Sivils. Geographic Response Plan Background.
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Hampton RoadsGeographic Response PlanDevelopment & PREP Exercise Regional Response Team III - 14 AUG 2011 LT Elisha Sivils
Geographic Response Plan Background Booming strategies in GRP are intended to be used during the initial response to an incident (i.e. first 24-hrs) and can then be used as a guide for further operations.
Geographic Response Plan Current Activities • Received three drafts for review/comment. • Final GRP to be received Monday, 12SEP11. • Contains 131 Cells that align with the NOAA ESI Maps. • Presented and tested plan via: • PREP Seminar • Table Top Exercise • Equipment Deployment (Skimming Vessels & Booming) • After Action Report & Lessons Learned
Geographic Response PlanESI Map 5-Mixed sand & gravel beaches 10A-Salt- & brackish-water marshes Invertebrates 8B-Sheltered, solid man-made structures 10A-Salt- & brackish-water marshes 8C-Sheltered riprap Nests Nests 10A-Salt- & brackish-water marshes 10A-Salt- & brackish-water marshes
Geographic Response PlanBooming Strategy Skimmer Staging Area Boom (3rd Priority) Boom (1st Priority) Boom (2nd Priority) Boom (2nd Priority) Boom (1st Priority) Boom (2nd Priority) Skimmer Boom (1st Priority) Boom (1st Priority)
Geographic Response PlanBooming Strategy ICS-204, Work Assignments
Geographic Response PlanICS-232 ICS-232, Resources at Risk Summary
Geographic Response PlanQRC Quick Response Card
Hampton Roads Geographic Response Plan Seminar, TTX, Notification Drill, & Equipment Deployment 2011
Equipment Deployment Schedule 0800: VOSS/CGC Kennebec & MSRC Relentless Deployment 0930: D5 VIP Transport to VOSS & MSRC Vessel Via Fireboat 0800: SCC-J Notification Drill
Participants • FEDERAL (2) • U.S. Coast Guard (Sector HR, Station Portsmouth, D5, Auxiliary) • Also NSF & CGC Kennebec for VOSS • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service • Local Fire Departments (8) • Portsmouth Fire Department • Norfolk Fire Department • James City County Fire Department • Virginia Beach Fire Department • Poquoson Fire Department • Hampton Fire Department • Newport News Fire Department • Chesapeake Fire Department. • STATE (5) • VPA/HR Maritime Incident Response Team • VA Dept of Conservation & Recreation • VA Dept of Historical Resources • VA Dept of Emergency Management • VA Dept of Environmental Quality • OSROs (5) • Accurate Marine Environmental, Inc. • HEPACO, Inc. / IMS Environmental Services, Inc. • Marine Spill Response Corporation • Moran Environmental Recovery • Coastal Services
Objectives Review and validate the Geographic Response Plan Annex of the Area Contingency Plan. Review and validate emergency response notifications for an oil spill incident. Test initial response actions and booming strategies outlined in the Geographic Response Plan. Review and test the ability to access and apply information in the Geographic Response Plan with regards to sensitive areas, booming strategies, priorities, and resources available.
GRPTTX Questions • Identify who would be in the Unified Command. • What roles (ICS) Section would the other agencies present fill? • What environmentally sensitive areas may be affected? • What historic or cultural areas may be affected? • What recreational or human use areas may be affected? • What are the priorities for the response? • What spill response actions should be taken? • Is there additional information that would be beneficial to include in the Geographic Response Plan?
VOSS Deployment Photos VOSS LESSONS LEARNED The VOSS Deployment with CGC Kennebec was successful and can now be included in the ACP as an additional VOSS platform along with CGC Frank Drew and (22) Navy Landing Crafts from the Navy Assault Craft Unit.
Equipment Deployment Booming Strategies First 3 Legs of Boom
Lessons Learned #1 Identification of additional information to be included in the Geographic Response Plan and adjustments to booming strategies based on equipment deployment. • Identify all marinas as well as a POC and if they have any resources to protect their marina (boom). • Addition of a medical section in the ICS-204/QRC and identify the nearest hospital for each area. • Update the plan for local knowledge when more information is discovered (i.e. submerged pilings, etc.). • Add historic resources POC’s (already included in the new ACP base plan). • Additionally during the boom deployment it was discovered that the current strategy identified in the ICS-204 regarding cascade boom across the Elizabeth River from Hospital Point to Lamberts Point needs to be adjusted – heavier anchors are needed (60lbs+) or fixed anchors (i.e. tree or piling) and vessels should be used with larger boom sections (400’- 600’) if the heavier anchors still drag bottom.
Lessons Learned #2 Successful process for presenting a new plan to port stakeholders. • Method of introduction for this new plan was successful allowing members to first learn the functionalities of the plan, then extract and utilize the information in decision making discussions, and finally testing the actual booming strategies outlined in the plan. • Recommend continued involvement of participants in future PREP exercises, inclusion of invitations to Area Committee Meetings, and sharing of lessons learned with other D5 Sectors currently working on developing their GRP.
Lessons Learned #3 Need for continued outreach to port community regarding New Geographic Response Plan. • Continue public outreach for Geographic Response Plan. • When plan is finished it will be posted to Homeport as an Annex to the ACP, when this is done an Alert Warning System (AWS) notification could be sent out to port stakeholders notifying them of the existence of this plan. Also members of the Facilities Section under the Port Safety and Security Branch at Sector Hampton Roads can share it during their facility inspections.
Lessons Learned #4 Continued need for ICS Training and outreach to port stakeholders. • Confusion still exists with regards to which localities (city/county) and how many should be represented in the Unified Command during an incident. • Port partners need additional ICS training. • OGAs should continue to pursue additional ICS training, when Sector Hampton Roads is hosting ICS training efforts will be made to offer seats for port partners.
Lessons Learned #5 Interagency equipment compatibility and communications protocol. • When working with multiple agencies in an oil spill response, need to ensure equipment compatibility and communications protocol. • A suggestion was made for future events to have those vessels fly a numbered or colored flag so they could be identified by the company name and number/color (i.e. HEPACO Green or HEPACO 2). Additionally it was found the connectors for the CG boom and Accurate Marine Environmental boom were not compatible – however a common work around for this is to overlap the end sections of each and tie them together which worked well. • In future events determine equipment compatibility and communications protocol prior to a response to develop strategies before responding, particularly when there are multiple agencies/companies involved.
