Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division Progressive Drills and Exercise Program August 2016

Emergency Management Program Cyclical Preparedness Planning Model

1. 2. Vulnerability Emergency Assessment & Management Mitigation Plan Plan

Emergency Management 3. 5. Program Standard Drill & Exercise Operating Program Procedures

4. Training Program

Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program

Metropolitan Highway System

• I -90 East of Route 128 • Prudential Tunnel • I-90 Connector • Ted Williams Tunnel • I-93 N/S – Metro Boston Area • Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Tunnel • Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge • Sumner and Callahan Tunnels • Central Artery North Area • Tobin Memorial Bridge Metropolitan Highway System

• 7.5 tunnel miles • 161 lane miles • 87 utility rooms • 42 pump stations • 168 cross doorways • 36 tunnel egress doorways • 14 plus vent facilities • Dry Stand Pipe System • Air Quality System • Electrical Substations • 250k+ daily vehicles

History of Activity 2007- 2016

20 Progressive Exercises

• Tabletop Discussion

• Workshops & Seminars

• Functional & Full Scale Exercises

• Real World Events

• Planned Exercise Activity

Multiple Agency Representation

Project FAST

First Actions Simulations Test Workshops • 2008 • 2011 • 2014

Eight simulated emergency scenarios to verify MSP immediate response protocols in the Metropolitan Highway System and the I90 Turnpike

Emergency Response Plan State Police Troop E “Redbook”

Single Exercise Activities

2007 • Buffer Zone Protection

2007 • Hazardous Cargo Transport

2008 • Tunnel Fire Response Exercise

2008 • Expanded Interagency Exercise

Exercise Series

Operation Hermes

A series of progressive discussion and operations based drills and exercises simulating an escalating terrorist based incident in the underground transportation tunnels of the Metro Boston Area, expanding in scope to impact transit and airport operations, thereby involving a number of local, state and federal life safety agencies.

Operation Hermes

2010 • First Responder Workshop Tunnel Incident

• Senior Leadership Seminar

• Functional Exercise

• Communications Test

2011 • Full Scale Exercise

Project CITE and ICITE

Communications Incident Tunnel Exercise Sumner Tunnel Scenario

Challenged First Responders with a multiple vehicle crash compounded with a simulated loss of radio communications in the tunnel and a traffic backup that complicated access to the scene.

Project CITE and ICITE

2012

• Communications Incident Tunnel Exercise - Table Top

2013 • Communications Incident Tunnel Exercise - Functional

2014 • Integrated Communications Incident Tunnel Exercise - Full Scale

Operation TIDE

Tunnel Intrusion Detection Exercise • I90 High Occupancy Vehicle Tunnel Table Top - October 2015

• Protesters stop traffic, utilizing a box truck to temporarily block traffic while forming a human chain across the I90 tunnel. One protester is struck by a vehicle and motorists begin assaulting the protesters before Law Enforcement arrives on scene. Real World Events

On May 12, 2016, the I93 SB O’Neill Tunnel near Exit 23 experienced a major incident in which a garbage truck caught fire. This forced the shut-down of I-93 Southbound in Boston, Massachusetts. The incident extended for approximately 5 hours in duration. Real World Events

Good levels of communication and cooperation between MassDOT and response agencies. All ventilation systems performed well. MSP, HOC, and BFD all coordinated well to execute contraflow maneuvers. Provide a real world environment to enhance training between all first responders. Support ongoing Orientation Sessions with new First Responders. Ongoing Training and Exercises

Project TIME Tunnel Incident Mitigation Exercise Highway Operations Center Simulated Fire Response • October 2015 • May 2016

First Responder TIM Training

Evacuation Drills

First Responder Walkthroughs 2017 Planned Exercise Activity

Operation TIDE • Functional Exercise

Tunnel Egress/Confined Space • Table Top

Project FAST • Workshop

Active Shooter Exercise • Table Top

Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division- Highway Operations Center