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October 27, 2005
Contra Costa Operational AreaHomeland SecurityStrategic and Tactical Planning and Hazardous Materials Response Assessment
Project Overview
Tetra Tech EM Inc.135 Main Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, California 94105
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Agenda
1. Introductions
2. Project Background
3. Plan of Attack
4. Action Item
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Introductions
• The Tetra Tech project team
– Ross Berman (PM) • Strategic planning for natural disaster, terrorism and
man-made threats related to local and statewide hazard mitigation plan development
– Jerry Monier• Former Sheriff’s Lieutenant and State Public Health
Emergency Preparedness Manager with experience in the emergency planning field; recent experience with Hurricane Katrina
– Other project support staff and a pool of over 1,000 experienced Tetra Tech professionals
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Tetra Tech’s Emergency Response and Homeland Security Related Experience
• Planning and Mitigation– 2004 Summer Olympics Security
Support and Super Bowl
– Extensive local and multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation planning
– CBRNE assessment, protection, response, and recovery
– HLS grant administration and support
– Exercise and training solutions
– Critical infrastructure assessment, design, and system integration
– First responder planning and assessment
– Port of San Diego vulnerability assessment
– Development of multi-jurisdiction mutual aid agreements
• Response and Recovery– World Trade Center (1993 and
2001) and Pentagon attack response
– 2001 U.S. Capital Building anthrax response
– Since 1995 first emergency responder for U.S. EPA in 8 of 10 Regions for man-made and natural disasters
– Space Shuttle Challenger disaster recovery
– Mobilizing dozens of people to Mississippi/Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina response
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Federal Emergency Preparedness Guidance
“To engage Federal, State, local, and tribal entities, their private and nongovernmental partners, and the general public to achieve and sustain risk-based target levels of capability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from major events in order to minimize the impact on lives, property, and the economy.
-- Interim National Preparedness Goal
March 31, 2005
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Project Background
• Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Response Assessment
• Strategic and Tactical Plan for Homeland Security
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Project Vision
• “What is the current level of preparedness?”
• “How prepared does the Operational Area need to be?”
• “How should the Operational Area prioritize efforts to close the gap between where they are and where they need to be?”
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Scope of Study Area
• Contra Costa Operational Area
– Cooperative interagency and interdisciplinary effort led by public safety agencies to improve preparedness throughout the area.
– Includes County agencies, 19 municipalities, and all special jurisdictions entitled to receive HLS grant funding
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Interagency Effort
• Gang of 5 – HLS grant approval authority
– Administered by a five-person County Approval Authority consisting of the Sheriff, Health Services Director, the Contra Costa County Fire Chief, a municipal fire chief, and a municipal police chief
• Gang of 10 – working group representatives appointed by G-5 members
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Project Goals
• Target and prioritize grant funding opportunities in a methodical and planned way– Avoid last minute scrambling for requests when grants
are announced
– Evaluate current HazMat response capabilities and emergency response assets to improve complementary structure, and response configurations
• Ensure all departments, regions (west, central, and east) and jurisdictions have input as stakeholders and are vested in the outcome
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Plan of Attack
Hazardous Materials Response Assessment
Phase 1
Assess Current
Environment
Phase 1
Assess Current
Environment
Phase 2
Data Collection
Phase 2
Data Collection
Phase 3
Identify / Create Vision for Issues, Direction, Goals,
and Opportunities
Phase 3
Identify / Create Vision for Issues, Direction, Goals,
and Opportunities
Phase 4
Create Plans
Phase 4
Create Plans
Phase 5
Formal Acceptance of Plans
Phase 5
Formal Acceptance of Plans
Strategic and Tactical Planning
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Tracking Progress
• Assess Current Environment (Phase 1) COMPLETED– Establish working groups by discipline
– Review existing documents
• Data Collection (Phase 2)– Develop survey questions and on-line, web-based
survey tool – 70% COMPLETE
– Identify survey participants – Week of October 24
– Complete survey – November
– Compile results – December
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Establish Response Discipline Committees and Work Groups
911
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Web-based Data Collection Tool
• Sample – Personnel and Training
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Create HazMat Response Assessment and/or Strategic and Tactical Plans
Establish and define credible scenarios
Determine personnel, training, and equipment
Evaluate existing response capabilities
Recommend and prioritize funding
allocation
All-Hazards Planning Approach
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Survey Tool
• End Result = Capabilities Assessment on a Contra Costa Operational Area Level
• Focus Areas
– manpower assessment
– communication capability
– response preparedness capability
– system wide approach to emergency response
– equipment capabilities
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Operational Area Results
• Snapshot of Response Personnel
• Snapshot of Dispatch Personnel
• Snapshot of Available Equipment
• Snapshot of Equipment Needs
• Identification and Resource Typing of Specialized Units
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Action Item
• Identify survey respondent for your agency