Bay Area Catastrophic Earthquake Airlift Exercise
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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,