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Puget Sound Region Puget Sound Region July 2014 Regional Catastrophic Disaster Coordination Plan Part 1: User Guide Part 2: Plan The above links will take you directly to the User Guide or the Plan. Puget Sound Regional Catastrophic Disaster Coordination Plan User Guide USER GUIDE OVERVIEW & CONTEXT User Guide Purpose Concept of Coordination This User Guide is designed to 1) provide an overview of the Puget The Coordination Plan guides Whatcom Sound Regional Catastrophic Disaster Coordination Plan and to 2) be a regional coordination in a San Juan Skagit practical, hands-on mechanism for navigating regional coordination catastrophic event within the 8- Island Clallam generally and as relates to specific topics explored in depth in each of county Puget Sound Region. Snohomish Kitsap the supporting plans and toolkits. The Guide includes an overview of the “Regional coordination” means Jefferson RGPGP Plans and Coordination Groups that have been developed for multiple counties or Tribal Nations King Grays Harbor Mason specific topics (UG-10). are involved. The Plan does not focus Pierce on the internal plans and responses The User Guide is not a replacement for the full text of the Coordination Thurston of individual counties. Plan. Pacific Lewis Northwest Washington How to Use this Guide Regional Coordination Processes & Tools This document provides an overview and practical guide to using the The Coordination Plan provides guidance in four areas: Coordination Plan. 1. Use of Incident Snapshots (UG-4) to share information among Clicking on a blue box with page number (p. #) will bring you to counties. relevant information within this User Guide and the full 2. Use of Regional Conference Calls (UG-8) to facilitate multi- Coordination Plan. county coordination After clicking on a blue link, hold the Alt key 3. Potential formation of Coordination Groups (UG-10) to support down and press the left arrow key to return multi-county coordination in specific areas. to the page you were viewing. 4. Common priorities to guide Resource Prioritization ( UG-12). Clicking on blue links – will bring you to relevant external These topics are shown graphically on the following page and are resources. described in more detail on the pages that follow. Puget Sound Regional Catastrophic Disaster Coordination Plan // User Guide // July 2014 UG-1 USER GUIDE OVERVIEW & CONTEXT Relationship with Local, State, and Federal Coordination Efforts Regional coordination efforts support and do not supplant local, state, or federal coordination Tribal Nations structures as shown below: As sovereign entities, when an incident is beyond the capability of the tribe to Federal respond, Tribal leaders may seek assistance from the county, State or Federal Government. Tribal Nations can request federal disaster assistance via the Stafford Act a) through their own State declarations; b) through a State request or declaration; or c) by requesting assistance independently and also as Regional Coordination Regional Conference part of the State’s declaration. If a tribe Groups Call chooses to be considered part of a State declaration request, the State Governor must request a Presidential declaration Local: County & City on behalf of a Tribal government Tribal Governments and Nations are encouraged to report their status to Tribal Nations are sovereign For information on federal, state, and local roles and responsibilities,nations and may eng aseege d ir(ep.ctl yIII -1). counties and may use the Incident at either the federal or state level. They are also invited to participate Snapshot. Contact information for County and Tribal Emergency iManagementn regional coordinati oAgenciesn. and the State Emergency Management Division. Cities . FEMA Region X: www.fema.gov/region-x-ak-id-or-wa-0 This Plan recommends that city . State EMD: www.emd.wa.gov/about/contact.shtml emergency management agencies . Tribal: nwtemc.org/Contact_NWTEMC.aspx channel their resource requests through their counties; cities with State- . Local: www.emd.wa.gov/myn/myn_contact_info.shtml recognized emergency management programs have statutory authority to request resources directly from the State. Puget Sound Regional Catastrophic Disaster Coordination Plan // User Guide // July 2014 UG-2 USER GUIDE NAVIGATION 0-12 hours 12- 24 hours Ongoing… EVENT A INFORMATION SHARING Incident Snapshots State Situation Reports (ISNAPs) (p. UG-5) (SITREPs) (p.UG-6) TIP: Clicking on the highlighted blue page B CONFERENCE CALLS number (p. #) will take you to State Conference Subsequent State Calls, that page Call (p.UG-7) e.g., logistics (p.UG-7) within the User Guide. Initial Regional Subsequent Regional Conference Call (p.UG-8) Calls (p. UG-9) After clicking on a blue link, hold the Alt key down and IDENTIFY ISSUES & ACTIVATE press the left C COORDINATION GROUPS arrow key to Summary of topics and groups (p.UG -10) return to the page you were RESOURCE PRIORITIZATION viewing. D Request additional resources from neighbors or State (p.UG-12) PUBLIC INFORMATION E Communicate coordinated information to public (p. UG-13) Puget Sound Regional Catastrophic Disaster Coordination Plan // User Guide // July 2014 UG-3 USER GUIDE A INFORMATION SHARING Regional Information Sharing: Incident Snapshots (ISNAPs) Within four (4) hours of a catastrophic incident, or as soon as possible, each County will complete an What information do I need to fill out Incident Snapshot (ISNAP) (UG-5). an ISNAP? The State Emergency Operations Center will post submitted Incident Snapshots on WebEOC, the Brief overview of situation State’s web-based emergency management information system. Status of: A blank ISNAP is shown on the following page. o Government o Transportation o Utilities o Medical o Communications o Public Safety o Environment State Situation Reports (SITREPs) When EOCs are activated and response or recovery operations are being conducted, affected jurisdictions provide situation reports (SITREPs) to the State EOC. The report: Summarizes the magnitude and impact of the disaster Analyzes disaster-related needs compared to local response Identifies problem areas Alerts additional response agencies of potential missions Warns of further hazards A blank Situation Report is shown on page (UG-6). Puget Sound Regional Catastrophic Disaster Coordination Plan // User Guide // July 2014 Return to Navigation UG-4 USER GUIDE A INFORMATION SHARING (CONT’D) Regional Incident Snapshot (ISNAP) Below is filled out sample of a RGPGP region Incident Snapshot (ISNAP). Incident Snapshot for Counties and Tribal Nations Checklist for ISNAP Send To: Washington State Emergency Operations Center via internet, fax, amateur radio or post on WA State WebEOC. Directions: This form is to be submitted to the State EOC via email or FAX by participating counties and tribes within 4 hours, or as soon as possible, of 1. Date/Time 2. Initial ___ 3. Incident Type 4. State Mission an EOC activation for a major event that could be considered catastrophic. Counties may choose to use this form to collect information from their local Number partners. Complete the "Impacts Checklist," then select the appropriate status code from the "Status" drop down menu based on the minimum Update ___ thresholds provided. Use the "Comments" column to briefly explain the rating, as needed. If a county fails to report to the State EOC, the assumption will be that they are unable to report. The "Status" and "Comments" entries will automatically populate the ISNAP tab. 5. Affected Jurisdiction(s) 6. County Minimum Status Minimum Minimum threshold (select Estimated Impacts Checklist: Check all threshold for threshold for for from 7. Point of Contact (Name and Number) 8. EOC Status (open/closed) Category Impact(s) that apply and/or are impacted "Red" "yellow" "Green" menu) Comments Open Casualties Injuries/Fatalities TRUE Extensive Extensive Moderate Minimal FALSE ••Moderate Red At least 1,000 injured 9. Briefly describe the situation: FALSE • Minimal by collapsed high rise Communications System(s) FALSE • Cellular Any two boxes Any one box No boxes damaged TRUE • Landlines checked checked checked FALSE • Internet No information yet Yellow FALSE • Commercial Radio on other • Television communications FALSE • Ham systems 10. Impacts 11. Status* 12. Comments Energy System(s) TRUE • Electricity Any one box Any one box No boxes (See checklist tab) populates from populates from checklist tab FALSE • Fuel Lines checked checked (at least checked Yellow outages appear to be checklist tab FALSE • Natural Gas (extensive minimal localized 13. Casualties 14. 15. Environment System(s) TRUE • Dam Failure Any one box Any one box No boxes damaged FALSE • Flooding checked checked checked Green River over At least 1,000 injured by collapsed high rise Red • Haz Mat (imminent life (potential life 16. Communications 17. 18. banks in downtown safety issues) safety issues) Seattle No information yet on other communications systems Government Line of Succession FALSE • Intact CEO and line of Line of Intact 19. Energy 20. 21. • Elected officials succession succession Green outages appear to be localized unavailable unavailable partially intact All accounted for 22. Environment 23. 24. Medical Systems TRUE • EMS Any one box Any one box No boxes overwhelmed/ FALSE • Hospital(s) checked checked (at checked Green River over banks in downtown Seattle Yellow 23. Government 24. 25. damaged FALSE • Fatality Management (overwhelmed or capacity) Systems currently at extensive capacity All accounted for Public Safety Systems • Public Safety
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