CREPC Going Forward

April 15, 2010South Congregational Church

Hartford, CT

Conducted for CREPC Leadership by:Carmine Centrella, CRCOG Homeland Security PlannerDaniel Scace, CRCOG Regional Training Coordinator Hartford Area UASI Program Manager

Purpose

• Reexamine CREPC vision and commitment

Outcomes

• Verify or adjust vision

• Verify commitment to vision and CREPC

Today

• History of events– Review of CREPC mission/functions and

what got us here

• Stakeholder vision– Review of stated vision – real or perceived

• Course of Action– What you have to say

CREPC Mission - RESP 10/2009

• The mission of CREPC is to enhance the operational readiness of member governments to handle hazardous materials incidents and all types of emergencies

• Plan is based on shared values:– Willingness to share

– Concern for everyone

– Fiscal responsibility

– Patient sense of urgency

– Agenda free atmosphere

CREPC Mission is Accomplished Through

• These Functional Areas– Planning– Training– Coordination / aka Operations

Planning• Strategic – (getting from A to B)

– Regional Strategy, aka Urban Area Security Strategy

• Governance – (rules of the road)– CREPC/LEPC

– REPT

– UASI

• RESP – (operations planning-functioning)– Response Annexes

Training

• Developing 3 year Training and Exercise plan through– Training and Exercise Planning Workgroup

(TEPW)– Capabilities based – Prioritizing what we need to get from A to B

OperationsThis is the biggee

• When we say operations we mean;– Coordination (resources and information)– RCC operations (multi-agency

coordination center model)• Basic ICS structure

• Through RESF structure– Operations Support Section

• Manage resource requests from community, IC, or organization

What’s Been Going On

• Number of events in Region / State– Haz Mat calls– Barricaded suspect / hostage– Kleen Energy– Severe weather / storm events

• Led to numerous AARs, “conversations”, and meetings…..where was CREPC…..

What CREPC Did

• Facilitated – 3 discussions – conducted 1 AAR (IMT)– Worked with; UAWG, ESF-8, ESF-5,

ESF-2, IMT, ESF-5 Duty Officers

What CREPC Did – cont’d

• CREPC conducted 1st “Going Forward” meeting with ESF-Chairs / CREPC Duty Officers/ IMT / DEMHS – 3/12/10– Each participant had an opportunity to speak

about events in general and Kleen Energy incident specifically – “timed”

• If at event 1 minute

• If not involved 30 seconds

Results of Activity

• Led to some common threads– Roles – Responsibilities– Expectations

CREPC Roles(CREPC Leadership Meeting)

• Resource Management

• Communications / Info Sharing

• Support Towns

• Bring communities together

– best practices

• Coordination

• Provide requested support

• Grants management

• Provide RESF leadership

• Resource Management Group

• Toolbox for communities

• Training & exercises

• Support State and Nation (as appropriate / when requested

• Provide ESF specific resource management

CREPC Responsibilities

Provide leadership / guidance

Be self-disciplined

Prioritize investments

Responsive to requests

Responsive to regional needs

Follow NIMS / ICS

Funding oversight

Functional training

(drills /exercises)

ESF Role / who is in charge

LEPC

Planning

Maintain resource directory

Training

Funding – regional initiatives

Develop AAR/IPs – maintain

fidelity of process and follow up

Information – collection and

dissemination (meetings / other

media)

Expectations of CREPC

• Municipalities – solve problems for disasters, response and planning; serve as LEPC; fill the county government gap; conduct drills and exercises, equipment funding

• Provide a Regional planning “model”

• State – Regional resource support / collaboration / sharing

• Provide resources others don’t have (CREPC has “internal” expectation “we will be used” – doesn’t always happen

• RESP activation means “we” (locals) lose control

• Manage grants

• Knowledgeable / professional

• Collaborative

Following identifies what CREPC leadership saw as expectations of CREPC from “the outside”

Other Key Feedback(separate meeting / “end user” input)

• Timely info sharing

• Info leaders of any three levels of activation– Monitor

– Partial

– Full

– Share information from the scene / event

• Centralized info updates

• Regional resources – thru RICS & RESP

• “We want CREPC to follow the RESP”

• CREPC should do situational awareness

• Shared expectations – predictability

Shared Vision of CREPC from CREPC Participants / end users

• “CREPC needs to perform all of the following”..expectations

• Planning – capabilities management

• Training – competencies

• Resource coordination– Response

– Grants

– Technical assistance

• Standardization – SOPs - skills

• Facilitator– Regional initiatives

– Building capabilities / capacities

• Communicator– Providing / Receiving information

Course of Action

• You have either a chance to “vent” – Some CREPC “not so good” moment

• or make a wish– If you could make CREPC anything

• If you have something to say about “yesterday” – you have the floor for 30 seconds

• If you have something to say about “tomorrow” – you have the floor for 1 minute.

Next Steps

• Synthesize all inputs

• Work with core CREPC leadership

• Produce implementation plan to CREPC – September 2010– Meet the vision