The document discusses plans for a proposed Silicon Valley Disaster Resiliency Center (DRC) that would serve as a centralized disaster response and recovery facility for the greater Bay Area region. It would include a disaster response and recovery complex, advanced emergency responder training institute, applied research laboratory, and large warehousing facility. The DRC would help coordinate regional disaster response efforts and resources more effectively. It would also function as a training and research center to develop and test new technologies and practices. Given the risk of a major earthquake on the Hayward Fault, the document argues that a DRC is needed in the Bay Area to help manage the catastrophic impacts and large-scale response and recovery operations that would be required.

1. DISASTER RESILIENCY CENTER
and Advanced Practices Training
and Research Institute For The
Greater Silicon Valley
Robert J Dolci
Chief, Protective Services
Director, Emergency Services
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field

2. Moffett Field
Disaster Response and
Recovery Complex
Silicon Valley Disaster Resiliency Center

3. Collapsed Structure Training Facility
Proposed Location

6. Silicon Valley Disaster Resiliency Center
Disaster Response and Advanced Emergency Responder
Recovery Complex Training Institute
Regional Logistics Facility Advanced Practices and Training
Responder Base Camp Disaster Simulation Village
Mobilization Center Collapsed Structure Complex (NS)
Emergency Operations
Applied Research and
Technology Laboratory
Remote and In Situ Sensing and Imaging
Autonomous Vehicles and Platforms
Data Integration, Analysis and Communication
Modeling and Simulation

7. Disaster Resiliency Center

8. All Hazard, All Risk, All
Function Advanced Practices
Training Program

9. Warehousing - 76,000 s.f.
Minimum
Receive, Store, and Distribute
Commodities
House Responder Assets
Includes Cold Storage for Medical and
Other Supplies
Provides Storage Capacity for
Participating Partners: Government,
Non-profit and Profit Orgs
One Block Away from the FEMA
Territorial Supply Facility

10. Do We Need
Such A
Facility?

11. • What is a Disaster Resiliency Center
(DRC) and how does it differ from a
Disaster Response and Recovery
Center (DR&RC)?
• What is an Advanced Practices and
Research Institute?
• Katrina from a DRC Perspective
• Why a DRC is Needed in the Bay

12. What Is A DRC?
In Short- A DRC is a centralized facility
and capability established in advance of a
disaster to effectively manage the
resources from all responding agencies
during response and recovery operations.
The difference between a DRC and a
DR&RC is that a DRC has pre disaster
functions.

13. More Specifically a DRC is
a local and/or state pre-established regional response
and recovery facility that is not federally managed but
has a formalized working relationship with
DHS/FEMA.
– During a declared disaster a DRC is:
• A state and/or federal Logistics and/or Operations Staging Area
• A point of arrival and departure for state and federal assets
• An Disaster Command and Control Center
• A Base of Operations for Response and/or Recovery Teams
• A Joint Operations Center
• A Regional Mobilization Center
• An Emergency Communications Center

14. If there is a catastrophic event in the Bay Area,
Federal and State emergency response assets
will need one or more strategically located places
to manage regional disaster response and
recovery operations.
– There are two key functional elements of disaster response:
• Search and Rescue
• Commodity Distribution and Emergency Sheltering
– There are three key elements of disaster recovery:
• Reconstruction
• Long Term Care of the Displaced
• Business Continuity

15. Pre Disaster a DRC is an
Advanced Practices and
Research Institute
An APRI is a training/education institution that
provides advanced concepts training for all types of
emergency responders; a laboratory to test new
innovative techniques, training, procedures and
technologies; as well as a component that advances
technologies which can be utilized in emergency
response and recovery operations.

16. In Addition
Pre Disaster a DRC/APRI is
• A location for conducting advanced
regional/national exercises
• A test-bed for advanced technology and
methodology development
• A facility to store commodities for disaster
relief
• A place to meet and preplan
• A place to manage a regional common
operating program

17. What Have we Learned
From Prior Disasters?
A Look at Katrina

18. Katrina’s Ad Hoc DR&RC in
Mississippi
• FEMA and MEMA (Mississippi Emergency
Management Agency) were able to established
a Disaster Response and Recovery Center
(DR&RC) nearly real time because:
– NASA Stennis was available and it had many of the
necessary “ingredients”
• Stennis facilities and personnel enabled FEMA, MEMA and
Local Government
• Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that there will be an
adequate Federal facility available when a disaster strikes
– New Orleans, Louisiana did not have a facility
available to establish a DR&RC

19. FEMA/MEMA Operations
• NASA Stennis became the prime Logistics
Staging Area and Operational Staging Area
for 6 Counties (400,000 People) providing
support for:
• 33 commodity distribution centers (70 PODs)
• 6 emergency fuel stations
• 6 Disaster Medical Assistance Teams
• 1 Disaster Mortuary
• 10 emergency shelters
• 40 fire stations
• Multiple emergency search and rescue teams
~130 Places requiring support

20. FEMA/MEMA Operations at
NASA Stennis
• ~ 500 18-Wheelers delivered millions of tons of
MREs, Ice and Water
• In the first week- 19,700,000 Pounds of Ice, 2,600,000
Gallons of water, and 1,800,000 MREs
• One month Later 40,000,000 tons of ice, 5,500,000 gallons
of water, 2,750,000 MREs (ran out after third week)
• FEMA/MEMA managed 4 Base Camps, 1 Airfield,
and supported 5 Military Camps at Stennis
• Based camps cared for thousands of emergency and
military responders and support personnel

21. FEMA/MEMA Ops FEMA/MEMA Team
On any given day, at any given time,
there were over 100 individuals
working at the Command Center
representing over 50 different
agencies/organizations.

22. Stennis Airfield
Boeing 747 Delivering Commodities
Airlift operations in the first week accounted for
45% of the water and food delivered in the six
Gulf Counties.
ANG C-130 Delivered Commodities
ANG Chinook Helicopter transported
water, ice and MREs to inaccessible
rural areas

23. 3 0f 70 PODS

24. Supply Trucks
Transfer
Operation

25. Care and Feeding Responders

26. Urban Search and Rescue
Response (New Orleans)
• Depending on the Magnitude of the event, as
many as 28 FEMA US&R teams may show up.
– More or less self sufficient for three days
– Fly in or drive in
– Greater need than commodity distribution teams
• Hazardous environments
• More tools and equipment
• Greater medical needs
• Far greater physical demands
• Canines

27. US&R Response to N.O.
BOO

29. Do We Need A DRC/APRI In
The Bay Area?
What if we had had a 7.0
magnitude earthquake on
the Hayward Fault?

30. According to the USGS,
there is a 62%
probability that the Bay
Area will experience a
6.7 magnitude, or
greater, earthquake
within the next 30
years.
Santa Clara County has 1.75 million residents ~ 25% of
the Bay Area’s population
San Mateo County has 700 thousand residents ~10% of
the Bay Area’s population
Compare that to the ~400,000 in the 6 Mississippi
Counties

31. Comparing Just Santa Clara County
with the 6 Mississippi Counties
Mississippi Had: Santa Clara County Would Require:
• 33 commodity distribution • ~500 commodity distribution centers
centers (70 PODs) (including PODS)
• 6 emergency fuel stations • ~80 Red Cross and other Shelters
• 6 Disaster Medical • All available Disaster Medical
Assistance Teams Assistance Teams
• 1 Disaster Mortuary • Numerous Disaster Morgues
• 10 emergency shelters • ~75 Fire Stations
• 40 fire stations • Numerous Emergency Fuel Stations
• Multiple emergency search • All available emergency search and
and rescue teams rescue teams
~130 Places ~1000 Places
requiring support requiring support

32. New study by Hayward
Earthquake Alliance and
Risk Management
Solutions believe that
next major Hayward fault
quake will be
catastrophic

33. Anticipate an Earthquake of M6.8 or
greater on the Hayward Fault
• A major earthquake on the Hayward Fault, in
a highly populated section of the San
Francisco Bay Area, is due.
– The last major earthquake on the Hayward Fault
was in 1868, 140 years ago
• Research by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
indicate the past five such earthquakes have been 140
years apart on average.
– A Hayward Fault EQ will adversely impact up to 5
Million people
• Damage will likely exceed $1.5 Trillion
• Up to 70% of the loss will be sustained in Alameda and
Santa Clara Counties - The majority of that being in
Alameda County

34. Serious Damage to Bay Area
Infrastructure
• Oakland and San Francisco international airports and
nearly all the region's port facilities are built on
materials prone to earthquake damage.
– The capacity to deliver the goods needed to support
recovery would be significantly diminished
• Earthquake caused damage to the bay area’s water
storage and distribution systems could cut off water
to 2.4 million Bay Area residents.
• Could close up to 1,100 roads, including 900 in
Alameda County alone.