Wide Area Recovery and Resiliency Program (WARRP)

1. Wide Area Recovery and Resiliency Program (WARRP) Marie L. Socha, MS, MSPH, DrPH Contract Support to DHS Science & Tech Directorate SHRR Consulting, Inc.

2. Goal: Working with interagency partners, including federal /state / local / tribal governments, military, private industry and non-profit organizations, develop solutions to reduce the time and resources required to recover wide urban areas, military installations, and other critical infrastructures following a catastrophic chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) incident. DHS (S&T) sponsored program Coordination & Partnership with the Denver, CO region 2

3. Wide Area Recovery and Resiliency Program (WARRP) • Collaborative program between DHS and Denver Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) • Stakeholders: Interagency partners, including federal /state / local / tribal governments, military, private industry and non-profit organizations • Building on Interagency Biological Restoration Demonstration (IBRD) • Test and evaluate transportability of IBRD consequence management guidance, tools and solution sets against multiple threat agents within an all-hazards framework • Further explore interdependencies between Public Health, DoD and the socio-economic areas • Emphasis on Transition to Use • Operationally relevant solutions (tools, technologies, frameworks and reports), developed and demonstrated to meet end-user and owner requirements 3

4. WARRP Focuses Primarily on the Recovery Phase of a Wide Area Event

5. Example: Rad Scenario Plume • Red Zone • 2 square miles • 500 mrem contamination zone • 8,000 buildings (100% require decon) • 4 remediation units • Yellow Zone • 19 square miles • 25 mrem contamination zone • 24,000 buildings(1/3 of which will require decon) • Indoor area: 87,000,000 ft2 • 11 remediation units

6. Initial Scenario Timeline1 9:00 am: Bomb explodes 9:15 am: Local fire and police determine that it was a dirty bomb 9:30 am: Local government decides whether to shelter or evacuate the city 10:00 am-1:00 pm: State and local set up a Unified Command; request support form feds First few weeks: Monitoring, sampling, initial mitigation, begin cleanup of critical infrastructure Minutes Weeks // Years **RECOVERY PHASE BEGINS 60-90 DAYS AFTER RDD EXPLODES Next few weeks: Emergency Support Function (ESF) 10 command structure developed. Begin detailed assessment and cleanup; begin transition of FRMAC from DOE to EPA- resource prioritization Iterative process Several years: continuing monitoring, sampling and site 1 Aquino, Marcos. EPA Region 3, PEMA Radiological Officers Session September 27, 2009. Responding to a Dirty Bomb, an EPA perspective to Response. 6

7. Baseline Radiological Scenario: Results 14-year Timeline • Results from PATH/AWARE Analyses • Downtown RDD contamination scenario • Assume 100% red zone contamination • Assumes 30% yellow zone contamination • Resource (sampling, lab, decon, etc.) estimates from EPA Subject Matter Experts • Rad decon methods, rates and costs taken from published EPA and UK compendiums Remediation cost: over $13B Total Cost to Business and Community: ???

8. WARRP at a glance… People…Products…Outcomes

9. WARRP Program Elements 9

10. Key Stakeholders / Players Activities & Products Outcomes

11. WARRP – Products, Performers, Timelines Disclaimer: Names for various WARRP related deliverables may be subject to change at a later date.

12. Status Update on Activities & Products

13. Task 1: Systems Analysis outcomes (Gaps Analysis): Task 1 (2QFY11through3QFY11):Development and execution of a front‐end systems engineering study and gap analysis (commonly referred to as a Systems Analysis) to establish a body of knowledge for National, State and local recovery capabilities. This effort includes the full breadth of study necessary to identify gaps and compare and align them with other national efforts as well as provide program leadership the increased knowledgebase and situational awareness to support decision making for long‐term program tasks and investments.

14. Strategic Planning Gaps: • Lack of implementation plan for establishing regional recovery organizational structure • Lack of knowledge regarding impacts and tradeoffs across various remediation strategies • Lack of policy to determine clearance goals for outdoor environments in urban areas • Lack of process to integrate federal, state and local resources into a remediation strategy WARRP Systems Analysis Workshop on June 15, 2011 Disaster Management Institute, Community College of Aurora, Denver, CO

15. Tactical Operations Gaps: • Lack of consensus on guidelines and standards to govern the development of sampling plans for wide area environments • Lack of validated sampling and analysis methods for indoor and outdoor materials • Lack of scalable options for wide-area decontamination • Lack of knowledge of process-based verification of decontamination • Lack of knowledge of decomposition products created during decontamination • Lack of waste minimization policies, processes, and technologies WARRP Tactical Operations Workshop on July 11, 2011 Environmental Protection Agency SMEs Washington, DC

16. Draft Public Health Gaps: • Lack of evacuation/relocation management plan • Need for consistent public health messaging • Guidance needed to address long-term responder resiliency and community mental health • Policy and guidance needed on environmental health/clearance goal selection • Surveillance programs needed to monitor emergency responder long-term health • Reconstitution of critical infrastructure and key lifelines (health care maintenance and medical logistics) • Fatality management WARRP Chem/Rad SME Workshop on August 9th and 10th, 2011 Washington, DC Plus feedback from Public Health Medical Working Group

17. Task 2: Framework Development Process and Outcomes: Task 2 (4QFY11 through 1QFY13):Development of wide‐area consequence management guidance to address integrated recovery and resiliency actions. The goal of this task is to develop/refine guidance and decision frameworks to include an all hazards consequence management framework containing specific CBR annexes. Specifically, a comprehensive multi‐level (Federal, State, local) regional framework will be developed for the Denver urban area. This framework can be leveraged and transitioned to other parts of the United States and internationally, as applicable.

20. Task 3: Science and Technology Development Outcomes: Task 3(2QFY11 through 1QFY13):Identify, develop/refine, demonstrate and transition technologies/standards supporting recovery planning and operations. An evaluation and down‐selection process may be employed during this task toidentify technically feasible, sustainable and deployable material and non‐material solutions.

21. Science & Technology – Funded Projects 1Generalized capability gap category 2Additional gap categories may also be relevant 21

22. Task 4: Workshops, Exercises and Demonstrations Outcomes: Task 4 (2QFY11 through 1QFY13): Provide an exercise, workshop and demonstration function that will tie together all of the Program efforts. The goal of this task is to plan and conduct a series of workshops, exercises and demonstrations coordinating military and civilian community interoperability and practical application of technology and concepts of operation. These events will follow HSEEP Processes and documentation and will drive interaction, with very specific objectives to accomplish the construction of frameworks and socialization of technical approaches.

24. Task 5: Transition to Use Outcomes/Transition Scorecard Task 5 (2QFY12 through 1QFY13): Supporting all of the above tasks will be an integration function that will manage the transition of guidance, frameworks and processes, and technology solutions to end users at all levels of government (to include regional UASIs). The goal is to develop Transition Agreements between the transitioning and sustaining organizations for all transitioning products. These efforts will also aid in building transition guidelines and frameworks for future transition efforts.

25. TTA: Technology Transition Agreement; DTA: Data Transition Agreement; FTA: Framework Transition Agreement; TM: TacBrd Transition Memorandum; TacBrd: Trans-Atlantic Collaborative Biological Resiliency Demonstration

26. Miscellaneous WARRP Activities/Workgroup Updates: • Environmental Remediation and Operational Working Group (EROWG) – Led by Erica Canzler of EPA and Kelli Thompson of Cubic. • Public Health and Medical Working Group (PHMWG) – Led by John Gibbons of HHS/Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and Marie Socha of SHRR Consulting, Inc.

27. Environmental Remediation and Operational Working Group:

28. Public Health Medical Working GroupSpecified Gaps & Proposed Subgroups: Medical Care, Supply, and Logistics:• Medical Surge: Bed Capacity, Medical Personnel, Changes in Standard of Care• Medical Care: EMS/FIRE = Pre-hospital, Primary and Emergent Care, Long term care, treatment modalities• Critical Infrastructure: Hospitals in hot zone..., Electric, water, facilities. Roads and Bridges• Pharmaceuticals: Delivery, supply, Acute and Chronic RX• Medical Logistics: systems supplies and equipment• Patient Movement and Evacuation Mental Health: • Responder Resilience • Community Resilience/Victim Mental Health Surveillance and Disease Control: • Public Health and Surveillance / Disease Control Sampling for Public Health and Associated Clearance Goals: • Public Health clearance goals for building reoccupation Victim and Responder Support: • Long-term sheltering and housing Fatality Management: • Mass Fatality Management: processing and storage of deceased, family assistance Risk Communication/Public Affairs: • Unified Public Health Messaging

29. Public Health and Medical Working Group:

30. In Closing: • WARRP Will Focus on Broader Challenges: • All Hazards Framework • Chemical, Biological and Radiological Catastrophic Planning • Focusing on the Public Health emergency factors from beginning to end • Science and Technology efforts: • Identify, develop/refine, and demonstrate technologies/standards supporting recovery planning and operations. • Transition of Products: • All products created under DHS S&T during the WARRP program will have a “sustaining organization” which will provide care and maintenance for the product’s lifetime. • Five-Year Research and Development Roadmap for Wide Area Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Restoration • Recommendations coming out of the WARRP project will be summarized in a report and submitted to the National Security Council as a research and developmental strategy. 30

31. Questions??

32. Alternative Organization of Gaps based on Solution Development Timeframe Short-term solutions • Solution is likely to be well defined with little technical development needed • Implementation is on the order of months to years • 1 to 2 years for solution development and implementation Medium-term solutions • Solution is moderately defined, but some technical development is likely to be required • Implementation times may vary depending on the solution type • 3 to 4 years for solution development and implementation Long-term solutions • Solution is poorly defined and significant technical development is needed • Implementation is likely on the order of years • 5 + years for solution development and implementation 1-2 years 3-4 years 5+ years Gaps organized by short, medium and long-term solutions will be used to focus the meeting discussion. During the meeting there will be an opportunity for discussion and contribution of new solutions

33. Gaps with Short-Term Solutions, 1-2 years * Identified as a gap from one or more of the following activities: Literature search Denver workshop EPA workshop Fed SME vetting workshop Fed PH vetting workshop Quantitative analysis FEMA Rad Workshop

34. Gaps with Mid-Term Solutions, 3-4 years * Identified as a gap from one or more of the following activities: Literature search Denver workshop EPA workshop Fed SME vetting workshop Fed PH vetting workshop Quantitative analysis FEMA Rad Workshop

35. Gaps with Long-Term Solutions, 5+ years * Identified as a gap from one or more of the following activities: Literature search Denver workshop EPA workshop Fed SME vetting workshop Fed PH vetting workshop Quantitative analysis FEMA Rad Workshop