Public Briefing

Bay Area Catastrophic Earthquake Airlift Exercise

Exercise Date: Oct 26, 2019

1 About CalDART

The California DART Network:  501(c)3 subsidiary of CalPilots  Stands ready to support the citizens, communities, regions, and emergency management organizations of the State of California and neighboring states  in the event of catastrophic events which impair surface transportation  by coordinating a statewide network of Disaster Airlift Response Teams (DARTs) Operators and Supporters  Visit caldart.org, calpilots.org

2 Briefing Subjects  Objectives  Catastrophic Earthquake Disaster Scenario  Particpants  Transport Applications  Bay Area Airport Grid  Exercise Schedule  Supplemental Information

3 Exercise Objectives  Improve disaster air transport logistics skills  Demonstrate the range of transport applications  Interconnect all 29 Bay Area regional General Aviation (GA) Airports  Improve working relationships with the disaster response community  Increase public awareness of DART availability

4 Loma Prieta Earthquake Airlift  6.9 magnitude during 1989 World Series game in SF  Watsonville and Santa Cruz cut off  GA pilots delivered 500,000 lbs of food & supplies  Historic 6-minute YouTube video documentary:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSpT0p4XY_A

5 2019 Disaster Scenario  Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake  San Andreas Fault  Near Golden Gate Bridge  Roadways impaired  Feed 2M people each day  Evacuate 330,000 in 14 days

6 Responding DART Operators  SCAPA DART of San Martin Airport  WEACT (Watsonville Emergency Airlift Command Team)  Half Moon Bay Airport Pilot Association DART  North Bay DART (Santa Rosa, Gnoss Field, Angwin, Napa, other(s))  RHV DART of Reid Hillview Airport  Torrance DART (Mutual Aid from Southern California)

 Role: Support local responses - don’t impair Feds/State.

7 Partial List, Exercise Participants

 Alameda County Sheriff’s  Gilroy Office of Emergency  Peninsula Humane Society Air Squadron Management – Half Moon Bay Disaster  American Red Cross,  Gilroy CERT Response Team Silicon Valley Chapter  Half Moon Bay Amateur  Saint Louise Regional  American Red Cross, Half Radio Club Hospital Moon Bay  Joseph & Company  San Martin Lions Club  CalDART, The California  Livermore Valley Airmen’s  San Martin Neighborhood DART Network Association Alliance  CALFIRE Volunteers in  The Marine Mammal  San Mateo County Airport Prevention, Santa Clara Center Management Unit  Morgan Hill ARES –  San Mateo County Office  CALFIRE, Santa Clara Unit Amateur Radio Emergency of Emergency Services  Civil Air Patrol, California Services  Santa Clara County Office Wing  Morgan Hill CERT of Emergency Management  Coastside Hope  Morgan Hill Office of  Second Harvest Food Bank  Gilroy Compassion Center Emergency Services of Silicon Valley

8 Exercise Transport Applications  Assist Regional First Responders with work commute  Airlift External Disaster Workers into/out of region  Food and Supplies Airlift  Transporting citizens (capacity constrained)  Fragile people evacuation (dialysis patients, seniors…)  Reuniting families (earthquake during work or school)  Evacuating those without shelter  Airport shuttle service  Aerial surveillance 9 Featured Operation:

 Second Harvest trucks food from San Jose distribution center to Reid Hillview Airport  Reid Hillview DART assigns food to flights  Food airlifted to San Martin, Watsonville, Half Moon Bay Airports  Food surface-transported to customers in Gilroy, Santa Cruz, and Half Moon Bay

10 Airport Map  29 Bay Area airports  12 Bay Area Counties including Santa Cruz, Monterey  Many more airports to east

11 Exercise Grid  Interconnect 29 airports  Sample flight map to right  Low capacity substitute for regional freeways  406 distinct airport pairs  Additional flights from Torrance, Lincoln

12 Exercise Parameters (1)  Participation only through prior coordination with local DART Operator  Earthquake occurs 7:30AM  Local DART Operators activate, operate, hot wash, tear down by 3:00pm  Regional DART Operator meeting Reid Hillview Airport 5:00pm to 8:00pm includes regional hot wash at 7:00pm

13 Exercise Parameters (2)  Flight Operations per Federal Aviation Regulations Part 91  Volunteer services - no charge to passengers/freight  DART Operators pre-authorized through CalDART  DART Operator Mgmt & Pilots CalDART members

14 Exercise Parameters - Insurance  Pilot presents Aircraft Liability Insurance policy summary  General Liability and Non Owned Aircraft Liability insurance to exercise participants through CalDART  Select counties provide Disaster Service Worker coverage to DART volunteers (equivalent to Workers’ Comp)

15 Safety and Risk Management

 DART mgmt team: Knowledgeable, capable, experienced  Ramp safety: public access controlled, experienced ramp supervisor, ramp volunteers experienced or trained  Flight safety: Certificated pilots, airworthy planes, pilot certificate and medical check, pilot certifies to operate in accordance with Part 91, proposed flights reviewed by Flight Ops Manager and pilot, materiel/passengers logged and weighed, Pilot and Aircraft Information Form, Aircraft Load Sheet, Pilot loads plane (responsible weight and balance)  Liability Waivers: ground volunteers, pilots, public  Written plan, detailed procedures, yearly practice

16 Supplemental Information

17 Frequently Asked Questions

18 What Does CalDART Do?  Enables managed utilization of the GA Fleet in Disaster Response Operations  Organizes California DART Operators  Promotes formation of new California DART Operators  Reduces labor required to start a new DART Operator  Provides Disaster Airlift Response Plan  Deals with common DART issues  Purchases insurance for all CalDART DART Operators  Maintains relations with statewide emergency community

19 What is a DART Operator?  A team that exists to provide emergency air transportation service during a disaster that impairs surface transportation  Arranges an annual practice mobilization  Invites others in the disaster response community to participate  For CalDART DART Operators: minimum 3 to 5 organizers join CalDART plus pilots flying in exercise  Request/Provide mutual aid  3 to 5 members listed on The California DART Network Contact List

20 What is a DART Supporter?  A person who registers with CalDART who  Does not have a local DART Operator to join  Agrees to solicit pilots at their airport to assist a DART Operator’s mobilization if requested  Is listed on the private California DART Network Contact List  Can request assistance from DART Operators on the California DART Network Contact List

21 What is the California DART Network Contact List?

 A private list shared among all people on list  Provides contact information for DART Operators and DART Supporters  Facilitates mutual aid and scalability of operations  Available to emergency managers during a disaster

22 How Does DART Fit in to FEMA’s NIMS? (Federal Emergency Management Agency National Incident Management System)

CalDART and its DART Operators are Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (VOADs) which support the local community, coordinating with local EOCs (Emergency Operations Centers) as necessary. A VOAD is a type of NGO (Non Governmental Organization).

23 How does DART Align With FEMA National Preparedness Goals?  DART aligns with FEMA’s Response Mission Area  DART supports these Response Core Capabilities:  Critical Transportation  Logistics and Supply Chain Management  Situational Assessment

24 Selecting Airports Arranged for Various Disaster Applications

25 Simple Air Bridge for Road Closure  Pick the two closest airports on either side of a road closure  e.g, 2015 Highway 58 mudslides between Tehachapi and Mojave

26 Higher Capacity Air Bridge  Road closure  Use Multiple Airports  Allows more flights  e.g. If Hwy 101 fails in Coyote Valley, use 8 airports to bridge the closure

27 Many to One Airbridge  Loma Prieta ’89  Providing airports Hamilton, Reid Hillview, Concord, San Carlos, Half Moon Bay  Receiving airport Watsonville

28 Max Evac, Food  Pair each afflicted airport with an outside airport  Evacuate people on the way out  Bring food/ supplies on the way in  Run airports at max capacity  Requires many pilots, planes

29 Airport Shuttle  SFO, OAK, Moffett closed (Liquefaction)  SJC serves entire area  Use RHV as shuttle  Bus people between RHV and SJC  RHV flights in gray, SJC flights in pink

30 GA Airport Alternative to Airlines  See flight plans filed from Van Nuys in 2009  Van Nuys similar to Santa Rosa, Napa, Concord, Oakland North Field, Hayward, Livermore, Hollister, Salinas, Monterey, Watsonville, Half Moon Bay  Useful to know for disaster response

31 Aviation Infrastructure

32 Pilot and Aircraft Registrations CA Statewide Statistics Aircraft Pilots 28,600 54,227

Bay Area UASI Region: County Aircraft Pilots San Francisco 373 926 Alameda 1,006 1,774 San Mateo 592 1,277 Contra Costa 600 1,558 Santa Clara 1,392 2,641 Monterey 537 570 Santa Cruz 374 647 Marin 342 559 Solano 287 813 Napa 103 330 Sonoma 474 1,083 San Benito 66 103 Totals 6,146 12,281 33 Maximum Airplane Weight Airports County # Rwys (000 lb) Lngth' x Wdth' Novato Gnoss Marin 1 26 3300 x 75 Cloverdale Sonoma 1 12 2909 x 60 Healdsburg Sonoma 1 12 2652 x 60 Santa Rosa Sonoma 2 300 6000, 5202 Petaluma Municipal Sonoma 1 12 3600 x 75 Schellville-Sonoma Sonoma 1 12 2700 x 45 Sonoma Skypark Sonoma 1 8 2840 x 40 Angwin Napa 1 not stated 3217 X 50 Napa Napa 2 120 4146, 2510 Vacaville Solano 1 30 4700 x 75 Travis (Fairfield) Solano 2 837 military Rio Vista Solano 1 30 4199 x 75 Concord Contra Costa 4 140 4600, 2800 34 Weight Airport County # Rwys (000 lb) Lngth' x Wdth' Byron Contra Costa 2 29 4500, 3000 Oakland (north fld) Alameda 3 467 est 62, 54, 33 Oakland (south fld) Alameda 1 877 est airlines Hayward Alameda 2 75 5694, 3107 Livermore Alameda 2 90 5263, 2699 San Jose Int'l Santa Clara 2 875 airlines San Jose Reid Hilvw Santa Clara 2 17 3100, 3099 Palo Alto Santa Clara 1 12 2443 Moffett Field Santa Clara 2 877 est military San Martin Santa Clara 1 12 3099 Frazier Lake San Benito 2 6.7 3000, 2500 Hollister San Benito 2 45 6300, 3149 King City Monterey 1 12 4479 Marina Monterey 1 50 3483 Salinas Monterey 2 62 6004, 4825 Monterey Monterey 2 300 7175, 3503 Watsonville Santa Cruz 2 167 4501, 3991 Half Moon Bay San Mateo 1 360 5000 San Carlos San Mateo 1 12.5 2621 x 75 San Francisco San Francisco 4 877 airlines 35 Past Exercises

36 SCAPA DART Exercise 2015

37 Scrubbed (Icing)

709 nm IFR Non-stop

38 Santa Monica 2017 Exercise Photo Courtesy Roxanne Shorbach

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41 Half Moon Bay 2017

42 Watsonville WEACT 2018

43 Washington State 2019

Jefferson County Mason County Also, Bellingham Airport, Walla Walla Airport, Clallam County, pilots from the Washington Pilot Association 44 Help CalDART Today!

 Join: https://caldart.org/join-caldart/  Donate: https://caldart.org/support-caldart-2/189-2/  More info: https://caldart.org/

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