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Do Your Plans/Procedures Address the Hazards You Face? Emergency planning for major facilities – Do your plans/procedures address the hazards you face? 1 19 Museums and the National Zoological Park 9 Research Centers 12 Public Gardens 640 buildings Facilities in 7 states, DC, Belize, Republic of Panama 138 million objects and specimens 2 million library volumes 26 million visitors each year 6,000 full-time employees – 6,000 interns/volunteers 2 13 million square feet of building space 43,000 acres of land 5,560 cases of toilet paper annually or 66.7 million feet of toilet paper Over 6,500 restroom fixtures maintained 14 greenhouses (53,000 square feet) 48,250 plants provided by Greenhouse Facility for interior and exterior displays 3 • Terrorist Attacks of 09/11/2001 • Constitution Avenue flooding in 2006 • Presidential Inaugurations • Protests • Hurricanes Isabel, Irene, Sandy • Blizzards of February 2010 (20”-38”) • Blizzard of 2016 • Earthquake of 2011 • Derecho severe weather event of June, 2012 • Active shooters at Navy Yard/US Capital/White House 4 5 6 7 NASM 7th & Independence Women’s March Normal Day 8 9 NMAI Waterfall Women’s March Normal Day 10 11 12 See any differences? Inauguration (7:42 am) Women’s March (1:18 pm) 13 Emergency Plan purchased from contractor Limited Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Emergency communications challenges Organizational structure that works for museums is challenging for emergency operations Not a great understanding of hazards Competing priorities – personnel and finances Not a clear understanding of what emergency management actually is…. 14 Common template – Each facility creates plan Quality varies at each facility Not designed as actionable plan Hard to train personnel on expectations Hard to evaluate exercises The staff writing the plans are not generally the ones who respond Huge document….. 15 Don’t judge your plans based on what has happened judge your plans on what is yet to come….. Are your plans inclusive of the hazards you face? Who are your plans written for? Are they realistic? Do you follow them? Can you follow them? Be careful – Your response will be judged using your plan as the baseline. 16 General Facility Emergency Plan Employee Emergency Guide (phone guide) Policies for responders Scheduled drills Do you think anything is missing? 17 18 Hazard Category Natural Security Technological (OEM) (OPS) (OFMR & OSHEM) Blizzard Warning Active Shooter (Interior) HAZMAT Release – Interior Extreme Wind Warning Active Shooter (Exterior) (OSHEM) Flash Flood Warning Bomb Threat HAZMAT Release Exterior (OSHEM) High Wind Warning Explosion (Exterior) Fire (OSHEM) Hurricane Force Wind Warning Explosion (Interior) Level I Hurricane Warning Hostage Situation Ice Storm Warning (RED) Severe Thunderstorm Warning Tornado Warning Tropical Storm Warning Winter Storm Warning Earthquake Excessive Heat Warning Control Point Facility Leak/Flooding (Major) Excessive Heat Watch Breach/Unauthorized (OFMR) Flash Flood Watch Entry Fire Alarm (OSHEM) Flood Warning Riot/Civil Disturbance HAZMAT Release Exterior – Offsite Flood Watch Suspicious Package (Interior) (OSHEM) Freezing Rain Advisory Suspicious Package (Exterior) Power Outage (OFMR) High Wind Watch Explosion (Exterior – Offsite) Hurricane Watch Robbery Level II River Flood Warning Serious Intentional Damage to SI River Flood Watch Collections/Property (Vandalism) (YELLOW) Severe Thunderstorm Watch Vehicle Building Strike/Breach Tornado Watch (Major) Tropical Storm Watch Barricade Situation Wind Advisory Kidnapping/Abduction Wind Chill Warning Wind Chill Advisory Winter Storm Watch Winter Weather Advisory Heat Advisory Storm Warning Vehicle Building Strike/Breach Facility Leak/Flooding (Minor) Coastal Flood Warning (Minor) (OFMR) Coastal Flood Watch Assault Infectious Disease Outbreak Coastal Flood Advisory Protest (OSHEM) Level III Gale Warning Small Craft Advisory (GREEN) Red Flag Warning Special Marine Warning Dense Fog Advisory Fire Weather Watch Freeze Warning Freeze Watch Frost Advisory 19 Actionable Common template Written by the staff who respond Easy to train and evaluate during exercises Tailored to the event, location, and Office Grouped into types, (natural, security, and technological hazards) 44 natural – 18 Security – 10 Tech Why start with the weather events? 20 Who/what group acts as the “hub” of your wheel? Do outside agencies know who the hub is? Do members of your staff know the hub? What sources of information does the hub follow? Does the hub push emergency information our to the organization in a timely manner? What methods does the hub use to send information? Do the methods used cover your entire audience? Slow or ineffective flow of emergency information is how you turn an emergency into a disaster……. 21 Coordination Group (CG) Under Secretary for Finance & Administration(USFA) – Mr. Al Horvath Acting Provost – Mr. Richard Kurin Chief of Staff – Mr. Greg Bettwy Smithsonian Facilities (SF) –Ms. Nancy Bechtol Office of Protection Services (OPS) – Ms. Jeanne O’Toole Office of Facilities Management & Reliability (OFMR) – Ms. Kendra Gastright Office of Emergency Management (OEM) – Mr. Eric Gentry Smithsonian Coordinating Officer (SCO)//Incident Command Staff (CS) EOC – Operational Structure Commander Public Affairs (ESF 15) –NAME (TBD by CG for General Counsel (OGC) –NAME activation) Safety Officer (OSHEM) – NAME Operations Section Logistics Section (Log) Planning Section (Pln) Finance/Administration (Ops) NAME (OFMR) NAME (OPDC) (F&A) NAME (OEM) NAME (OPMB & OBATS) Service Branch (Comms, Situation Unit (SUL) Public Safety Branch Infrastructure ESF 12 – Museum/Unit Smithsonian Assets Medical, Food) NAME (OPS) Time Unit NAME (TBD) Management Branch Liaison Support Branch NAME (ORG TBD) NAME (ORG TBD) NAME (TBD) NAME (TBD) NAME (TBD) ESF 6 – Human Services Support Branch (Supply, Resources Unit (RUL) ESF 1 – Transportation ESF 4 – Collections Cost Unit NAME (OSHEM) Security, Equipment) NAME (OBATS) NAME (OFMR) Management NAME (ORG TBD) NAME (ORG TBD) NAME (NCP) ESF 8 – Public Health NAME (OSHEM) ESF 2 – IT Documentation Unit NAME (OCIO) ESF 9 – (DUL) Enterprises/Associates NAME (OPDC) ESF 10 – Hazardous NAME (SE) Materials (HAZMAT) ESF 3 – Public Works & NAME (OSHEM) Engineering ESF 14 – Archives & NAME (OFMR/OPDC) Libraries NAME (SI Archives) ESF 13 – Protection Services ESF 7 – Contracting NAME (OPS) NAME (OCON) ESF 11 – Agriculture & Natural Resources NAME (SG) 22 ESF FEDERAL TITLE SI TITLE SI ESF LEAD ROLE ESF TRANSPORTATION Transportation Office of Facilities Management & - Management of SI fleet. 1 Reliability (OFMR) ESF TELECOMMUNICATI Information Office of the Chief Information Officer - Restoration/repair and temporary provisioning of 2 ONS Technology (IT) (OCIO) communications infrastructure. - Protection, restoration, and sustainment of cyber and IT resources. ESF PUBLIC WORKS & Public Works & Office of Planning, Design, & - Infrastructure/facility management, protection and 3 ENGINEERING Engineering Construction (OPDC) – AND -- OFMR emergency repair. - Engineering services. ESF FIREFIGHTING Collections National Collections Program (NCP) - Protection of SI collections. 4 SERVICES Management ESF EMERGENCY Emergency Office of Emergency Management - Coordination and implementation of incident 5 MANAGEMENT Management (OEM) management efforts. - Incident action planning. ESF MASS CARE, Human Services Office of Safety, Health, & - Care and sheltering of SI personnel and patrons. 6 HOUSING, & Environmental Management (OSHEM) HUMAN SERVICES ESF RESOURCES Contracting Office of Contracting (OCON) - Acquisition of resources and services to support SI 7 SUPPORT emergency operations. ESF PUBLIC HEALTH & Public Health OSHEM - Development of public health strategies. 8 MEDICAL SERVICES - Provision of medical care to SI personnel and patrons. ESF URBAN SEARCH & Enterprises/Associates Smithsonian Enterprises (SE) - Management of commercial activities. 9 RESCUE ESF OIL & HAZARDOUS Hazardous Materials OSHEM - Hazardous Materials response. 10 MATERIALS (HAZMAT) RESPONSE ESF AGRICULTURAL & Agricultural & Natural Smithsonian Gardens (SG) - Animal/veterinary and plant support. 11 NATURAL Resources - Grounds management. RESOURCES ESF ENERGY Unit Liaison SI Museum/Research Center/Facility - Facilitate communication with affected SI unit(s). 12 ESF PUBLIC SAFETY & Protection Services Office of Protection Services (OPS) - Public safety and security. 13 SECURITY - Security planning and technical and resource assistance. ESF LONG-TERM Archives & Libraries SI Archives - Protection of SI archives and library resources. 14 COMMUNITY RECOVERY, MITIGATION, & ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ESF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Public Affairs Office of Public Affairs - Public information. 15 - Media and community relations. - Congressional and international affairs. 23 24 ESF 1 – Transportation (OFMR) ESF 2 – Information Technology (OCIO) ESF 6, 8, 10 – ESF 3 – Public Works & OSHEM Engineering (OPDC/OFMR) ESF 13 – OPS ESF 4 – Collections ESF 9 – Management (NCP) SE ESF 4 – NCP ESF 6 – Human Services ESF 14 – (OSHEM) Archives ESF 7 – Contracting (OCON) UCG - OEM ESF 8 – Public Health (OSHEM) ESF 9 – ESF 7 – Enterprises/Associates (SE) OCON ESF 10 – HAZMAT (OSHEM) F&A SC ESF 11 – Agricultural & LSC Natural Resources (SG) ESF 12 – ESF 12 – Museum/Unit Unit LNO Liaison ESF 15 – ESF 13 – Protection Services PAO (OPS) ESF 14 – Archives & Libraries General Counsel (SI Archives) ESF 15 – Public Affairs (Public Affairs) 25 Create EOPs for all Units and gain approval for new EOC Structure Document the legal authority to carryout your plan Ensure staff members support your emergency management efforts? Train on, exercise new EOPs Must update plans/procedures frequently 26 Thanks for your participation…. Eric Gentry (202) 633-5646 [email protected] 27.
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