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Jeff Morrison Program Director Statewide Exercise – Operations Georgia Emergency Management Agency

Jeff Morrison Program Director Statewide Exercise – Operations Georgia Emergency Management Agency. Why Do We Prepare? Because Disasters Happen!. Swissair 111 Wednesday September 2, 1998. Comair 5191 Sunday August 27, 2006. What Is An Exercise ?.

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Jeff Morrison Program Director Statewide Exercise – Operations Georgia Emergency Management Agency

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  1. Jeff Morrison Program Director Statewide Exercise – Operations Georgia Emergency Management Agency

  2. Why Do We Prepare?Because Disasters Happen! Swissair 111 Wednesday September 2, 1998 Comair 5191 Sunday August 27, 2006

  3. What Is An Exercise ? An exercise is a focused practice activity that places the participants in a simulated situation requiring them to function in the capacity that would be expected of them in a real event.

  4. Why Exercise? Exercises are conducted to evaluate an organization’s ability to execute one or more portions of its response or contingency plan. • Process • Equipment • Staffing

  5. Progressive Exercising Made up of a series of increasingly complex exercises. Each exercise carefully planned to achieve clearly identified goals. Each successive exercise builds upon the previous one until mastery is achieved.

  6. Georgia Emergency Management Agency HURREX 2008 May 28-29, 2008

  7. Georgia Emergency Management Agency Plan Review Workshop Series OPEARATIONAL READINESS HURREX 2008 May 28-29 Capabilities Based Exercise Development

  8. Workshop Series Evacuation Plan (Including Pets) Special Needs Evacuation Statewide Sheltering for Atlantic Hurricane Aviation Support Operations Center

  9. Workshop Series Logistics and Staging Volunteers and Donated Goods Debris Management and Short Term Recovery Search and Rescue SOC/EOC Training and Exercise

  10. Workshop Goals Review existing plans for operational readiness by state and local stakeholders. Identify potential gaps in operational readiness. Establish open lines of communication between emergency support function partners at the state and local level.

  11. Exercise Vignettes

  12. HURREX 2008 2 Day Functional Exercise: Wednesday May 28, 2008 Thursday, May 29, 2008 Exercise Scenario: Catastrophic landfall of a Category 4 Hurricane upon the Georgia Coast.

  13. HURREX 2008 Objectives • Evaluate SOC capability over multi-operational periods. • Demonstrate and evaluate the ability to develop and support a Common Operational Picture. • Provide the ability of State and local response agencies to exercise and evaluate specific plans and procedures while interacting with State level response groups.

  14. HURREX 2008 Facilities State Operations Center Atlanta, GA Evacuation and Re-Entry Branch Jesup, GA Aviation Support Operations Center Chatham County Mosquito Control Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport

  15. Exercise Activities • Storm Inception • Storm Development • Pre Landfall • Post Landfall

  16. Awareness Statements • Saturday May 24 - Sunday May 25 • Awareness Statements: • Pre-scripted. • Posted to GEMA Website and distributed by GEMA Duty Officer. (PDF & Mobile) • Distribution to: • ESF primary and alternate contacts. • All EMA Directors. • GEMA Staff.

  17. Storm InceptionAwareness Statements

  18. Situation Reports • Monday May 26 - Tuesday May 27 • Pre-scripted. • Posted to GEMA Website and distributed by GEMA Planning Section. (PDF & Mobile) • Distribution to: • ESF primary and alternate contacts. • All EMA Directors. • GEMA Staff.

  19. Storm DevelopmentSituation Reports

  20. Wednesday 28, 20080800 • SOC fully activated to include all ESF’s • Two (2) operational periods • 0800 -1300 • 1300 -1800 • Focus on • Pre-landfall activities • Conference calls • 1115 and 1630

  21. Landfall

  22. Thursday 29, 20080800 • SOC fully activated to include all ESF’s • Two (2) operational periods • 0800 -1300 • 1300 -1800 • Focus on • Post-landfall activities • Conference calls • 1115 and 1630

  23. HURREX 2008 Control and Evaluation State Operations Center 5 controllers provided by the Georgia State Defense Force 4 experienced exercise evaluators ASOC 2 controllers provided by the Georgia State Defense Force 1 experienced exercise evaluator

  24. SOC Evaluator Meeting June 3, 2008 Strengths: • Participants approached the exercise in a professional manner. • Allowed and encouraged interaction between ESF participants. • Provided for multi-operational period activities.

  25. SOC Evaluator Meeting June 3, 2008 Weaknesses: • Some ESF capability may be based on a single individuals participation. • Concerned about capability over multi-operational periods. • Consider development of checklists, written plans and procedures.

  26. Why Do We Prepare?

  27. Hurricane Jami Chatham County 2008

  28. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Highway 80 Near Bull River Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  29. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Base Of Lazaretto Creek Bridge Tybee Island Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  30. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Highway 80 Near Fort Pulaski Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  31. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Tybee Pier Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  32. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM South End of Tybee Island Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  33. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Tybee YMCA Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  34. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Highway 80 at Draw Bridge Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  35. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM May Howard Elementary School Wilmington Island Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  36. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Crab Shack Tybee Island Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  37. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Home on Isle of Hope Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  38. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Pennsylvania Avenue Home Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  39. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Neighborhood Near Savannah High Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  40. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Pennsylvania Ave. Homes Pushed Into The Streets By Wind And Water Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  41. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Skidaway Avenue Near SSU Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  42. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Drinnon Residence Talahi Island Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  43. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Tanks Compromised Area Flooded With Petroleum Products. Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  44. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Business on Bay St Gas Leak Caused a Large Fire In a Lumber Store Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  45. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Liberty City Homes Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  46. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Garden City Rail Yard Trains Have Been Knocked Over Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  47. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Lathrop Avenue Looking North toward the GA Port Authority Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  48. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM West Side Shopping Center Garden City Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

  49. Situation – Thursday 5/29/08 1:00 PM Louisville Road Pooler Critical Workforce Personnel Begin To Assess The Damage

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