Texas Division of Emergency Management Preparedness Update Helping to prepare Texas emergency management community May 2016 The Preparedness Update alerts Texas emergency management community to planning, training and exercise opportunities while providing updates on Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) preparedness initiatives and activities. For more information, email sarah.kreisner@dps.texas.gov. Exercising Standard Terminology With the state s full-scale Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Evacuation Exercise set for next month, we have engaged dozens of exercise players, evaluators and other stakeholders. Working with so many participants, from such a wide range of emergency management backgrounds, means we must use a standard set of terms and approach. Fortunately, adopting Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) protocols allows us to do so. HSEEP identifies six types of exercises that fall into two categories: discussionbased and operations-based. Discussion-based exercises help participants understand and become familiar with new, developing or existing plans. Operations-based exercises validate existing plans, clarify roles and responsibilities, and identify resource gaps through actual exercise play. The following table outlines other differences. Discussion-Based Exercises Examples Seminars Workshops Tabletop exercises (TTX) Outcome Products Executive Summary Workshop Summary After Action Report/Improvement Plan Planning Time and Resources One to three months One or more facilitators Meeting room or EOC Operations-Based Exercises Examples Drills Functional exercises (FE) Full-scale exercises (FSE) Outcome Products After Action Report/Improvement Plan Planning Time and Resources From one to 12 months or more Trained personnel, organizers, role players, and evaluators Equipment, props, and special effects Exercise site location(s) Having a consistent approach helps clarify roles and set expectations. Not having such standards can lead to full-scale confusion. For more information, contact Sabine Gumm. Volume I, Issue 5 Page 1 of 13
State of Texas Preparedness Exercise Program Updates State-Level Exercises for 2016 Planning for and delivery of the Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Evacuation Exercise Series is in full swing. The Exercise Unit delivered tabletop exercises in Dallas/Fort Worth, Harlingen, San Antonio, and at the State Operations Center (SOC) in Austin. These tabletop exercises lead up to the full-scale exercise June 2-9. This exercise is designed to test the air evacuation component of the state s evacuation capabilities. For more information, contact Lee Schnell. The 2016 Hurr-Blizzard Exercise Series was cancelled due to the real-world blizzard that affected West Texas and the Panhandle this winter. An after-action meeting was held during the Texas Emergency Management Conference in San Antonio in April. The after-action report and improvement plan (AAR/IP) for Regions 4 and 5 are under development and will focus on areas for improvement and best practices. For more information, contact David Brown. Local and Regional Planning Spotlight Due to a high volume of expiring local and regional plans, the Local and Regional Plans Unit is reviewing a much higher than average number of revisions and updates. This increase is causing a delay well beyond the 72 hours it usually takes us to review a jurisdiction s plan. At the same time, unit planners will continue to assist local and regional emergency management coordinators throughout the state. Local and Regional Plans Review In March, the most recent month for which we have we a complete monthly total, we reviewed 429 plan documents. State of Texas Emergency Management Plan and Annex Updates Volunteer and Donations Management Annex (T) The Volunteer and Donations Management Annex (T) is currently undergoing internal review. For more information, contact Christa López. Logistics Management and Resource Support (M) Feedback has been incorporated into the final draft of the State Logistics Management and Resource Support Annex (M). The document is currently under final review. For more information, contact Daniel Alvarado. Search and Rescue (R) The Search and Rescue Annex (R) conducted a kick-off meeting on March 28. Notes from the meeting have been distributed to the stakeholders. Additionally, the first draft has been Volume I, Issue 5 Page 2 of 13
distributed to the stakeholder group, and feedback was due on April 22. For more information, contact Christa López. Transportation Annex (S) The final draft of the State Transportation Annex (S) was completed by the planning team and is being reviewed by executive leadership. The annex will be available on the TDEM website. For more information, contact Daniel Alvarado. Biological Hazards Annex Feedback from the planning team is being incorporated into the latest draft of the Biological Hazards Annex. The planning team will perform a final review of the annex and then publish it on the TDEM website. For more information, contact Chris Moore. Repatriation Attachment The Office of Refugee Resettlement within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families provided feedback for the Repatriation Attachment; that feedback is being incorporated into the final version of the attachment. For more information, contact Christa López. Preparedness Quiz Test your emergency preparedness knowledge regarding animals in disasters by answering true or false. 1) Permanent ID or ID tags and collars should remain on animals at all times. 2) The safety and well-being of animals must be considered before personal safety. 3) A disaster kit for animals should be maintained and kept in a handy location. 4) Pets lost after a disaster can find their way home using visual cues or their sense of smell. 1.T 2. F 3. T 4. F May Calendar of Preparedness Meetings and Events For more information, refer to the Preparedness Team roster below for a point of contact. Tuesday, May 3 Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Full-Scale Exercise (FSE) Controller/Evaluator Training, Austin Monday, May 9 Rio Grande Valley Hurricane FSE Controller/Evaluator Training, Austin Volume I, Issue 5 Page 3 of 13
May 10-12 Rio Grande Valley FSE Final Planning Meeting, the Valley Tuesday, May 17 COOP Roundtable, Austin Search and Rescue Annex (R) Planning Team Meeting, Austin Monday, May 30 Memorial Day: State offices closed Other News and Events Sharpening the Tools in The Planner s Toolkit Many thanks to those of you who attended our 2016 Texas Emergency Management Conference presentation on The Planner s Toolkit. As mentioned during the presentation, we are asking for your input, advice and suggestions for improving the next edition. We will focus our efforts on streamlining the Emergency Management Planner s Guide, making it easier to use as we look ahead to the new local and regional plan document templates. For more information, contact Bill Wahlgren. A Warm Welcome We would like to welcome Ernesto Vazquez, the new Region 4 planner for the Local Regional Plans Unit. Prior to joining TDEM, Ernie was a member of the U.S. Army, from which he retired after 29 years of service. There, he was an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician, performing duties as a first responder and supervisor. He has responded to local communities facing explosive hazards ranging from military/commercial explosives to IEDs. We would also like to welcome back Clarence Barrientes to the Training Unit as a training assistant. He previously worked for the City of Austin where he served as an Airport Operations Supervisor at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA). There, Barrientes supervised a team of 14 and participated in numerous projects, including emergency training exercises for airport employees. Upcoming Preparedness Training Opportunities Please be aware that the dates of the classes listed below are subject to change. Check our website, www.preparingtexas.org, for current dates and locations as well as new course offerings. Click here for a map of DPS regions. Click the course code for course descriptions. Region 1 Code Course Name Location Dates PER-222 Public Safety WMD Response - Sampling Techniques and Guidelines Grand Prairie 05/02-05/04 H-504 NFPA 1006 2008 Edition Trench Rescue Levels I and II Pro-Board Certification Longview 05/02-05/06 Volume I, Issue 5 Page 4 of 13
HZMTIQ HZMTIQ MGT-318 HZMTIQ-Above the Line/Below the Line Training Plano 05/03 HZMTIQ-Above the Line/Below the Line Training Plano 05/04 Public Information in an All-Hazards Incident Garland 05/04-05/05 H-302 HazMat Refresher Training Tyler 05/05 HZMTIQ HZMTIQ-Above the Line/Below the Line Training Plano 05/05 G-288 Donations Management Course Fort Worth 05/10-05/11 G-191 ICS - EOC Interface Dallas 05/12 T-600.d Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 4) Richardson 05/12 Medical Preparedness and Response to MGT-348 Bombing Incidents Arlington 05/12-05/13 T-600.e Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 5) Richardson 05/13 H-511 NFPA 472 HazMat Awareness Pro-Board Certification Tyler 05/14 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents Dallas 05/16-05/18 O-305 All-Hazards Incident Management Team Plano 05/16-05/20 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents Denton 05/17-05/19 G-386 Mass Fatalities Incident Response Weatherford 05/18-05/20 Command and General Staff Denton 05/19-05/20 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents Argyle 05/23-05/25 PER-229 Introduction to the Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO) Suite Mineral Wells 05/23-05/25 H-301 HazMat Emergency Response Technician Palestine 05/23-05/27 T-600.b Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 2) Burleson 05/24 Command and General Staff Argyle 05/25-05/26 AWR-122-1 Law Enforcement Prevention and Deterrence of Terrorist Acts (Train the Trainer) Tyler 05/26-05/27 E/L-212 Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance: Developing Quality Application Elements Arlington 05/31-06/03 AWR-136 Essentials of Community Cybersecurity Plano 06/15 MGT-385 Community Cyber Security Exercise Planning Plano 06/15-06/16 PER-211 Medical Management of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Events Arlington 06/16-06/17 Volume I, Issue 5 Page 5 of 13
H-500 G-489 HazMat Technician - Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) Certification Longview 06/20-07/01 Management of Spontaneous Volunteers in Disasters Richardson 06/21 G-202 Debris Management Richardson 06/27-06/30 E/L-213 Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance: Application Review and Evaluation Arlington 06/28-06/29 H-502 NFPA 472 Incident Command, Pro-Board Certification Lancaster 07/07-07/08 E/L-214 Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance: Project Implementation and Closeout Arlington 07/12-07/13 MGT-315 Critical Asset Risk Management Dallas 07/12-07/13 G-288 Donations Management Course Richardson 07/19-07/20 MGT-439 Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness Arlington 07/21-07/22 MGT-324 Campus Emergencies Prevention, Response, and Recovery Mesquite 07/26-07/27 AWR-122-1 Law Enforcement Prevention and Deterrence of Terrorist Acts (Train the Trainer) Mesquite 07/28-07/29 Region 2 Code Course Name Location Dates AWR-122-1 H-503 PER-229-1 AWR-219 H-503 MGT-418 PER-222 Law Enforcement Prevention and Deterrence of Terrorist Acts (Train the Trainer) Houston 05/02-05/04 NFPA 1006 2013 Edition Confined Space Rescue Levels I and II Training (Pro-Board Certificates) Channelview 05/02-05/06 Introduction to the Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO) Suite [ICAMEO] (Train-the-Trainer) Webster 05/03-05/06 Site Protection through Observational Techniques (SPOT) Houston 05/05 Lake Expanding Incidents Jackson 05/09-05/11 Expanding Incidents Dickinson 05/09-05/11 Expanding Incidents Houston 05/09-05/11 NFPA 1006 2013 Edition Confined Space Rescue Levels I and II Training (Pro-Board Certificates) Cypress 05/09-05/13 Expanding Incidents Pasadena 05/10-05/11 Readiness: Training Identification Preparedness Planning Pasadena 05/10-05/11 Public Safety WMD Response - Sampling Techniques and Guidelines Baytown 05/10-05/12 Command and General Staff Dickinson 05/11-05/12 Volume I, Issue 5 Page 6 of 13
Command and General Staff Houston 05/11-05/13 Expanding Incidents Pearland 05/16-05/17 T-600.b Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 2) Sugar Land 05/17 G-608 Disaster Recovery Workshop Sugar Land 05/18 T-600.a Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 1) La Porte 05/18 Command and General Staff Pearland 05/18-05/19 H-502 NFPA 472 Incident Command, Pro-Board Certification Rosenberg 05/18-05/19 T-600.a Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 1) Bay City 05/19 T-600.b Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 2) La Porte 05/19 O-305 All-Hazards Incident Management Team Pasadena 05/23-05/27 H-502 Command and General Staff Lake Jackson 05/24-05/25 Expanding Incidents Webster 05/27-05/29 NFPA 472 Incident Command, Pro-Board Certification Seabrook 06/01-06/01 Command and General Staff Humble 06/01-06/02 T-600.d Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 4) La Porte 06/02 H-100 HazMat Awareness Needville 06/04 AWR-167 Sport Event Risk Management Houston 06/07-06/08 H-502 Command and General Staff Houston 06/11-06/12 NFPA 472 Incident Command, Pro-Board Certification Angleton 06/11-06/12 Expanding Incidents Nacogdoches 06/13-06/15 G-202 Debris Management Conroe 06/13-06/17 AWR-136 Essentials of Community Cybersecurity Houston 06/14 MGT-348 The EOC s Role in Community Cyber Security Houston 06/14-06/15 Volume I, Issue 5 Page 7 of 13
Command and General Staff Nacogdoches 06/15-06/16 PER-221 WMD Tactical Operations Humble 06/20-06/24 H-306 NFPA 1006 Trench Rescue (Non- Certification) Nacogdoches 06/27-06/30 T-600.e Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 5) La Porte 06/30 H-402 NFA Chemistry for Emergency Response Pasadena 07/11-07/22 Expanding Incidents Houston 07/18-07/20 Command and General Staff Houston 07/20-07/21 Region 3 Code Course Name Location Dates MGT- 317 Disaster Management for Public Services McAllen 05/03-05/04 H-302 HazMat Refresher Training Weslaco 05/04 T-600.d Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 4) Edinburg 05/04 T-600.e Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 5) Edinburg 05/05 H-401 HazMat Incident Command System Weslaco 05/05-05/06 G-317 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Course Hebbronville 05/07-05/14 H-503 NFPA 1006 2013 Edition Confined Space Rescue Levels I and II Training (Pro-Board Certificates) South Padre Island 05/23-05/27 Expanding Incidents Laredo 05/26-05/27 AWR- 213 Critical Infrastructure Key Resources Awareness Course Laredo 06/04 H-306 NFPA 1006 Trench Rescue (Non-Certification) Laredo 06/06-06/09 H-306 NFPA 1006 Trench Rescue (Non-Certification) Cotulla 06/06-06/09 HazMat Technician - Texas Commission on H-500 Fire Protection (TCFP) Certification Weslaco 06/06-06/17 H-302 HazMat Refresher Training Brownsville 06/07 T-600.d Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 4) Roma 06/09 T-600.e Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 5) Roma 06/10 Expanding Incidents La Joya 06/20-06/22 Command and General Staff La Joya 06/22-06/23 Expanding Incidents Los Fresnos 06/27-06/29 Volume I, Issue 5 Page 8 of 13
Command and General Staff Los Fresnos 06/29-06/30 AWR- 213 Critical Infrastructure Key Resources Awareness Course Weslaco 07/07 MGT- 414 Advanced Critical Infrastructure Protection Weslaco 07/08 T-517 CERT Master Instructor Course Laredo 07/09-07/24 Expanding Incidents Corpus Christi 07/13-07/15 Command and General Staff Corpus Christi 07/21-07/22 Region 4 Code Course Name Location Dates T-600.b Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 2) El Paso 05/02 Expanding Incidents Fort Stockton 05/03-05/05 Command and General Staff Fort Stockton 05/05-05/06 H-501 NFPA 472 HazMat Technician - Pro-Board Certification Midland 05/09-05/13 Expanding Incidents El Paso 05/16-05/18 Command and General Staff El Paso 05/18-05/19 Expanding Incidents San Angelo 06/22-06/24 PER-232 Initial Law Enforcement Response to Suicide Bombing Attacks (ILERSBA) San Angelo 07/06 Command and General Staff San Angelo 07/07-07/08 PER-320 Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events Odessa 07/12 PER-320 Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events Odessa 07/13 G-288 Donations Management Course San Angelo 07/13-07/14 PER-320 Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events Odessa 07/14 G-489 Management of Spontaneous Volunteers in Disasters San Angelo 07/15 G-235A Advanced Emergency Planning El Paso 07/18-07/19 Region 5 Code Course Name Location Dates Senior Officials Workshop for All-Hazards MGT-312 Preparedness Wichita Falls 05/04 Volume I, Issue 5 Page 9 of 13
G-235A Advanced Emergency Planning Amarillo 05/10-05/11 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents Abilene 05/10-05/12 T-600.b Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 2) Quanah 05/16 T-600.c Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 3) Quanah 05/17 T-600.d Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 4) Abilene 05/25 T-600.e Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 5) Abilene 05/26 T-600.d Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 4) Quanah 06/01 T-600.e Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 5) Quanah 06/02 Command and General Staff Abilene 06/13-06/14 Region 6 E/L-958 G-141 O-305 PER-275 Code Course Name Location Dates NIMS ICS All-Hazards Operations Section Chief (OSC) Course Austin 05/02-05/05 Instructional Presentation and Evaluation Skills Austin 05/02-05/05 All-Hazards Incident Management Team Victoria 05/02-05/06 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents Bastrop 05/03-05/05 Law Enforcement Active Shooter Emergency Response (LASER) San Antonio 05/05-05/06 T-600.b Disaster Accounting 101 (Module 2) Austin 05/06 G-318 Local Mitigation Planning Workshop Killeen 05/09-05/10 E/L-958 H-500 NIMS ICS All-Hazards Operations Section Chief (OSC) Course San Antonio 05/09-05/12 HazMat Technician - Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) Certification Jonestown 05/09-05/20 G-191 ICS - EOC Interface Waco 05/10 G-317 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Course New Braunfels 05/13-05/15 H-503 NFPA 1006 2013 Edition Confined Space Rescue Levels I and II Training (Pro-Board Certificates) Boerne 05/16-05/20 G-610 Basic Emergency Management Workshop Austin 05/17-05/18 AWR-315 Criminal Intelligence Analysis Essentials Waco 05/18-05/20 G-235A Advanced Emergency Planning Austin 05/19-05/20 Advanced Incident Command System, Command and General Staff Austin 05/21-05/22 G-608 Disaster Recovery Workshop Austin 05/25 Volume I, Issue 5 Page 10 of 13
Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents San Antonio 05/25-05/27 G-200 Texas Public Officials Workshop Austin 05/26-05/26 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents Austin 05/26-05/27 E/L-970 NIMS ICS All Hazards Supply Unit Leaders (SPUL) Course San Antonio 05/31-06/03 H-302 HazMat Refresher Training Cibolo 06/01 Advanced Incident Command System, Command and General Staff San Antonio 06/01-06/02 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents Austin 06/02-06/03 H-302 HazMat Refresher Training San Marcos 06/06-06/06 G-449 Incident Command System (ICS) Curricula (Train-the-Trainer) Austin 06/06-06/10 H-503 NFPA 1006 2013 Edition Confined Space Rescue Levels I and II Training (Pro-Board Certificates) Leander 06/06-06/10 H-302 HazMat Refresher Training San Marcos 06/07-06/07 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents Boerne 06/07-06/09 PER-222 Public Safety WMD Response - Sampling Techniques and Guidelines Lorena 06/09-06/10 PER-222 Public Safety WMD Response - Sampling Techniques and Guidelines Lorena 06/11-06/12 H-504 NFPA 1006 2008 Edition Trench Rescue Levels I and II Pro-Board Certification Schertz 06/13-06/17 O-305 All-Hazards Incident Management Team Georgetown 06/13-06/17 G-318 Local Mitigation Planning Workshop Victoria 06/15-06/16 G-775 EOC Management and Operations San Antonio 06/15-06/16 Advanced Incident Command System, Command and General Staff Boerne 06/21-06/22 E/L-557 Mission Essential Functions Workshop (Continuity Guidance) Round Rock 06/29-06/30 E/L-969 NIMS ICS All-Hazards Type III Communications Unit Leader (COML) San Antonio 07/12-07/14 G-318 Local Mitigation Planning Workshop Lockhart 07/20-07/21 PER-221 WMD Tactical Operations Waco 07/25-07/29 PER-211 Medical Management of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Events Waco 07/27-07/28 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents San Antonio 07/27-07/29 Volume I, Issue 5 Page 11 of 13
Texas Division of Emergency Management Preparedness Team Leadership Chuck Phinney State Coordinator 512-424-5353 Ben Patterson Section Administrator 512-424-2445 Lee Schnell Section Administrator 512-424-7264 Lana Johnson Administrative Assistant 512-424-2196 COOP Alan Sowell 512-424-5008 Michelle Huckabee COOP Planner 512-424-2005 Alex Malamut COOP Planner 512-424-7757 Paul Morado COOP Planner Stephanie Foster COOP Specialist 512-424-5452 Exercise Sabine Gumm 512-424-2447 David Brown Exercise Coordinator 512-424-2208 Esther Corwin State Exercise Officer 512-424-2198 James Kelley State Exercise Officer 512-424-5347 Local and Regional Plans Dan Price 512-424-0041 Adam Aniol Region 2 Planner 512-424-0027 Dan Borgeson Region 6 Planner 512-424-0002 Mario Chapa Region 3 Planner 512-424-5382 Rosemary McKnight Region 1 Planner 512-462-6106 Ernesto Vazquez Region 4 Planner 512-424-2452 Sarah Green Administrative Assistant 512-424-5059 Publications Management Bill Wahlgren 512-424-7648 Sarah Kreisner, Planner 512-424-2027 Peter Hull Multimedia Technician 512-424-2785 Ruth Wedergren Program Specialist 512-377-0009 State and Federal Plans Chris Moore 512-424-2597 Daniel Alvarado, Planner 512-424-6465 Christa Lopez, Planner 512-424-7023 Will Patton, Planner 512-424-7604 Michael Shoe, Planner 512-424-0048 Technological Hazards Joshua Bryant 512-424-5989 Jason Johnson WIPP Planner 512-424-2598 Hazardous Materials Theron Proctor 512-462-6128 Sharrel Banks Program Administrator 512-424-2844 Training Vera Hughes 512-424-2197 Clarence Barrientes Training Assistant 512-424-7844 Paul Hahn Texas Training POC 512-424-2039 David Kenneweg State Training Officer 512-424-7039 Christopher Lickteig State Training Officer 512-424-2195 Don Loucks State Training Officer 512-424-5985 Rejena Williams TPOC Registrar 512-424-2093 Disclaimer: The information in this document is intended for informational purposes only and is not prescriptive, nor does it carry the weight of state rule or policy. Volume I, Issue 5 Page 12 of 13
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