Speakers:  William Lokey, Program Director, Witt Associates  Diane Newman, Regional Planner, Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program  Lise Northey, Acting Program Manager, Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program This session will center on an interactive workshop to stimulate participants‟ thinking about how they can prepare for a catastrophic incident. Most public and private sector emergency management plans in our state address “routine” emergencies, not what FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate calls the “Maximum of Maximums” that require new ways of doing business. The exercise will also introduce participants to the Puget Sound Catastrophic Disaster Coordination Plan and its Annexes. We will challenge participants to identify and commit to a series of “next steps” they can take to become better prepared for a catastrophic incident.

1. Regional Catastrophic
Preparedness Grant Program
Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Team
Chair: Barb Graff, Seattle Office of Emergency
Management
Vice-Chair: Jody Woodcock, Pierce County
Department of Emergency Management
Staff
Lise Northey, Acting Program Manager
Diane Newman, Regional Planner
Project Leads (multiple agencies)

2. Program Goals
Support local response/fill gaps
Improve cross-jurisdictional situation
awareness and resource sharing
Effectively manage influx of State and
Federal resources

3. RCPGP Sites
Tier 1 Sites Tier 2 Sites
Chicago Boston
Los Angeles Honolulu
Houston Norfolk
New York Puget Sound/Seattle
San Francisco
Washington, D.C.

4. Puget Sound RCPGP
Planning Region

5. Puget Sound RCPGP
Tribal Nations

6. RCPGP Grant Cycles
Phase 1: FY 2008 (Sept ‘08 thru Aug ’11)
Regional priorities
Phase 2: FY 2009 (Aug ‘09 thru July 12)
FEMA mandates
Phase 3: FY 2010 (Sept ‘10 thru July ’13)
Training and exercise
Sustainment

7. Coordination Plan & Annexes
Coordination Plan
Resource Management
Evacuation and Sheltering
and Logistics
Transportation Recovery Nursing Home Evacuation
Pre-Hospital Emergency
Structural Collapse Rescue
Triage and Treatment
Volunteer and Donations Victim Identification and
Management Family Assistance
Medical Surge Public Preparedness
Resource Management Campaign

8. Program Tools
Coordination Tools
RCPGP SharePoint site (at KC SharePoint)
Incident snapshot (I-Snap)
Multi-agency conference call protocols
Recommended work groups

9. Coordination Sequence
Regional Coordination Process
1st Operational Period 2nd Operational Period ...Day 7+
Event Timeline
Long Term
INCIDENT Initial Response to Mid-Term Recovery
Recovery
Multi-County Communications
State/Regional
State EOC State Logistics
Conference Call Conference Call
Recovery Task
Force(s)
Incident Initial Regional Organizational Deconflicting
Snapshots Conference Call Conference Call Conference Call
Protocol
Incident for Regional Work Work Work Work Work
Snapshot Conference Group Group Group Group Group
Tools
Call
Work
Group

10. Program Tools
Resource Management/Logistics Tools
Position checklists
Guidelines for local staging areas
Recommended resource lists
Emergency contracting guidance
Evaluation and self-assessment Tool
Maps of staging and distribution sites
(fed/state/local)

11. Program Tools
Evacuation and Sheltering Tools
Evacuation Planning Templates
Incident Management Team Checklist
National Mass Evacuation Tracking System
FEMA National Shelter System
Inventory of Puget Sound Mass Notification
Systems
Inventory of Regional Transportation Resources

12. Program Tools
Volunteer and Donations Management
Spontaneous Volunteer Management Plan
template
Volunteer Reception Center template
Structural Collapse Rescue
Resource request checklist
Response checklists

13. Program Tools
Transportation Recovery
State detour routes
Recovery prioritization tool
Roadway, Waterways, Aviation toolboxes
Victim Information and Family Assistance
Patient tracking protocols
Family Assistance Center site and operational
plans

14. Opportunities/Next Steps
Define county/city roles
Build countywide coordination into your
local/regional planning “P”
Leverage the Regional Plan and Annexes
Build and sustain planning communities

15. Regional Catastrophic
Preparedness Grant Program
Questions?
Find contact information at:
http://www.seattle.gov/emergency/
programs/regional/