DISASTER PLAN BODEGA BAY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Sean Grinnell Fire Chief Board Members Liz Martin, President Charlie Bone Dave Kruppa David Love Shay Pickton November 11, 2018 BBFPD DISASTER PLAN PREFACE This plan is intended to be used by the first responder staff at BBFPD and any members of the community, such as CERT, who will be working with the staff during a disaster. The BBFPD Disaster Plan contains Policy, Procedures and Threat Assessment. Policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decision making, explain and reference what is to be done (procedures) when those decisions are made and achieve positive outcomes. Each policy topic is a statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol in the form of Standard Operating Guidelines referenced in this document. The policy and procedures presented here are based partially on the Threat Assessment in Appendix A. The reader is referred there for details on the potential disasters that underlie disaster policy and procedures. The threat assessment is intended to cover relevant understanding of the disaster threat(s) including earthquakes and related natural events such as tsunamis and liquefaction as well as landslides, wildfires, civil unrest, terrorism, multi casualty incidents, hazardous materials, and other incidents that potentially will overwhelm the district resources. The Bodega Bay Fire Protection District (BBFPD) community has recognized that the BBFPD staff, even with other available first responders, may not be able to address all of the community needs during a disaster. It will be the combination of BBFPD career and volunteer staff working with CERT members that provide direct support during a disaster. Other community groups have shown remarkable capabilities for resilience in the face of disaster as well. As learned during the Tubbs fire, we have a vibrant consortium of community organizations that can quickly organize and operate to support disaster victims. Our successful recovery will depend on all of these efforts both during and after the disaster. The Disaster Plan is subject to change as we understand the threats better and devise new or better policies and procedures. Dewey Kribs, Editor i SUMMARY OF THE BBFPD DISASTER PLAN This summary is meant for the reader who does not need or want all of the details provided in the plan. It is also provided for BBFPD staff and CERT as a way to preview the details they will need to study later. We define a disaster as an overwhelming event to the community resources. A disaster is a serious disruption of the community, occurring over a relatively short time, involving human loss of life and well-being, property and normal functioning. It can exceed the ability of the community to respond using only its own resources. To plan for reaction to a disaster we began by identifying the threats, in sufficient detail, to know what could occur in Bodega Bay. Our district geography, climate, geology, road system, harbor structure, tourism life, and other factors were taken into account. We researched Federal, State, and County offices as well as University libraries to compile directly meaningful information on our disaster threats. Residents of Bodega Bay should be able to determine with some accuracy how a threat may impact their home and business. If the reader wishes to delve further they can find out how the professional and volunteer staff of the District, along with trained CERT members, will react by reading the Policy and Procedures body of the report along with Standard Operating Guidelines developed with the Plan. Threat scenarios, described below, provide a good way to understand the gravity and response for two major threats; earthquakes and wildfires. Threats. We are subject to disaster threats. The BBFPD Disaster Plan is intended to guide response to such natural and man-made disasters as earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, hazardous material intrusions, multiple casualty incidents, terrorism and active shooters. These and other disasters are included in the Plan as threats to the community for which we may have to react to and mitigate (Appendix A). For example, a major earthquake is considered to be a high probability event that can be accompanied by violent shaking, tsunami wave action, liquefaction of land, landslides, fires and extreme damage to infrastructure including road destruction and building collapse. Bodega Bay has a very high earthquake risk, with a total of 412 earthquakes since 1931. The USGS database shows that there is an 83.62% chance of a major earthquake within about 30 miles of Bodega Bay, CA within the next 50 years. A major earthquake is defined as 7.0 or greater on the Richter scale. The Plan also presents the projections for wildfire severity in Sonoma County as seen by CALFIRE. Wildfire for Bodega Bay is designated as a moderate zone. A moderate zone is seen as much less of a risk and hazard than the High and Very High assigned hazards of the County interior or further north. There are, however, two additional conditions that change these CALFIRE projections of Wildfire Hazard classification. These are: 1) Earthquakes and 2) Climate and topography changes at times of the year. First, we must anticipate the need to fight wildfires ii when an earthquake occurs. Historically, most modern earthquakes have had more destruction from fire than other earthquake factors. Second, the Sonoma County Operational Area Emergency Operations Plan points out that the western portion of the county is influenced by the Pacific Ocean that it borders. Fire hazards are mitigated by summer fog and lower temperatures and are only of moderate risk in this area. However, that same ocean influence results in several weeks of off shore winds in the fall and although the coast is considered of only moderate risk most of the time it is in this period that the fire risk becomes extreme. Scenarios. There are scenarios for the threats of earthquakes and wildfires. The words below are excerpted to demonstrate the content. The full text is worth reading and thinking about. These scenarios are meant to accompany the Disaster Threat Assessment. They are intended to show how many of the elements of the Disaster Plan, including the threat assessment, policies and procedures will operate in a real disaster. All disasters, including earthquakes and wildfires will be different but these scenarios illustrate the basics of BBFPD plans. An Earthquake Disaster Scenario: Day One. In this scenario it is the July fourth weekend. The Bodega Bay Firefighters Association had their annual Pancake breakfast the day before. It has been a busy weekend so far with calls for several auto accidents requiring BBFPD help including a head on collision, a cliff/ocean rescue and kayakers in distress outside the harbor. A camper at Doran Beach started a fire inside an RV. It is estimated that 10,000 to 20,000 people will pass through Bodega Bay each day, many stopping to eat and shop and view the beauty of the place. There will be 3,000- 5,000 visitors staying at the campgrounds, vacation home rentals, and hotel lodging. Restaurants will be filled throughout the day. The harbor and coastline are filled with both commercial and sportsman boaters. A crew of four is on duty since it is a holiday weekend. They are just about ready to sit down for dinner at about 7:00 PM. Minus One Minute to First Shockwave. The USGS (United States Geological Survey) issues an early warning of an earthquake from the San Andreas Fault to the Sonoma County REDCOM dispatcher. REDCOM notifies BBFPD and other Sonoma County agencies. The shift at the station house braces for the shockwave to come in just seconds. A 7.4 earthquake begins with shaking lasting a full minute. (This scenario continues for 24 hours.) Policy and Procedures. District staff and many CERT members will need to read the Main Body of the Plan; Policy and Procedures and study the SOGs for action needed. Policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decision making, explain and reference what is to be done (procedures) when those decisions are made and achieve positive outcomes. Each policy topic is a statement of intent, and iii is implemented as a procedure or protocol in the form of Standard Operating Guidelines (SOGs) referenced in this document. The Disaster Plan is subject to change as we understand the threats better and devise new or better policies and procedures. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS BBFPD DISASTER PLAN PREFACE i SUMMARY OF THE BBFPD DISASTER PLAN ii TABLE OF CONTENTS v DISASTER PLAN POLICY AND PROCEDURES 1 INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM (ICS) IMPLEMENTATION AT BBFPD 2 Initiation of Disaster Operations. 2 Agency Coordination and Mobilization. 2 First CERT Coordination. 2 FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SECURITY DURING A DISASTER 2 Equipment, Apparatus and Infrastructure. 2 Security. 2 EOC Setup. 3 EVACUATIONS 3 Tsunami Evacuations. 3 After Shock Evacuations. 3 Wildfire Evacuations. 4 TRIAGE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT 4 CERT Triage Staging 4 CERT Self Help. 4 BBFPD Level Triage. 4 Triage Supplies. 4 Triage Methodology. 4 Patient Transportation from Triage. 5 Morgues 5 COMMUNICATIONS 5 BBFPD Communications Operations. 5 Public Service Frequencies. 6 CERT Community Outreach Through Hams. 6 CERT Ham Communication Protocols and Support. 6 v APPENDIX A: DISASTER THREAT ASSESSMENT 1 EARTHQUAKE DISASTER 1 Slope Stability and Earthquake Impact. 4 Shaking from an earthquake. 7 Liquefaction Impact. 8 Tsunami Impact. 9 Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). 10 WILDFIRE DISASTER 14 CIVIL UNREST 16 TERRORIST ATTACK 16 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL EMERGENCY 17 MULTIPLE CASUALTY INCIDENTS (MCI) 17 GRAPHICS AND DATA REFERENCES USED 18 OTHER RELATED REFERENCES REVIEWED IN MAKING THIS DOCUMENT 18 FIGURES IN THIS DISASTER PLAN 20 SCENARIO OF AN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER: DAY ONE 21 WILDFIRE SCENARIO #1: THE TUBBS FIRE IN 2017 27 WILDFIRE SCENARIO #2: SONOMA COUNTY COASTAL FIRE 20XX 31 vi DISASTER PLAN POLICY AND PROCEDURES The BBFPD Disaster Plan Policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decision making, explain and reference what is to be done (Procedures), when those decisions are made, and achieve positive outcomes.