FEMA - Creating a Unified Exercise Strategy

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For Official Use Only

State of WashingtonTraining and Exercise Planning Workshop

(TEPW)

Phillip Serrin

National Exercise Division

FEMA Region X Liaison Officer

For Official Use Only - FOUO


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Creating a Unified Exercise Strategy

Meets requirements laid out in Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8,

Homeland Security Act of 2002 and The Federal Response to Hurricane

Katrina: Lessons Learned

Provides the USG a national, interagency-wide program and a multi-year

planning system to focus, coordinate, plan, conduct, execute, evaluate, andprioritize national security and homeland security preparedness-related

exercises activities

Works as the primary mechanism to improve delivery of Federal

preparedness assistances to State and local governments

Strengthening preparedness capabilities of Federal, State, and local entities

Incorporates Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program

(HSEEP) methodology

In response to presidential and congressional requirements, the Homeland Security Councilin

coordination with DHS and FEMAcreated and put into place the National Exercise Program (NEP) to unify

homeland security preparedness exercise strategies


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NEP Purpose NEP I-Plan establishes the NEP under the leadership of the Secretary of

Homeland Security

NEP shall serve as the principal mechanism for:

Examining the preparation of the USG and its officers and other officials

Adopting policy changes that might improve such preparation

NLEs and PLEs will reflect U.S. Government-wide priorities, not single

Department or Agency programs

Focus of NEP exercises:

Designed for participation of heads of Federal departments and agencies

and other key officials

Examine and evaluate emerging national-level policy issues

NEP directs Agencys to adequately resource for and participate in exercises at

directed levels


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NEP Overview

The National Exercise Program (NEP) components include: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)

Five-Year National Exercise Schedule

Corrective Action Program (CAP)

Lessons Learned Information Sharing System

Homeland Security Councils (HSC) Deputies Committee unanimouslyconcurred with the NEP Charter and approved a Five-Year NationalExercise Schedule on January 26, 2007

President approved the NEP Implementation Plan on April 11, 2007

It is currently under revision

Department and Agency designees coordinate their roles andresponsibilities through the NEP Executive Steering Committee, chairedby the Director of the FEMA National Exercise Division


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NEP Exercise Tiers

Tier I: White House directed,

U.S. Government-wide Strategy

and Policy Focus

Tier II: Federal Strategy and

Policy Focus

Tier III: Other Federal Exercises

Operational, Tactical or

Organizational Focus

Tier IV: State, Territorial,Local, Tribal or

Private Sector Focus

1 NLE

4 PLE

3 Tier II

Exercises

Regional or Other

Federal Exercises

Non-Federal Exercises

Tier I

Tier II

Tier III

Tier IV


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NEP Guidance National Level Exercises (NLE), Principal Level Exercises (PLE), and NEP Tier

II exercises will reflect USG-wide priorities, not single department or agency

programs

Full Homeland Security Council (HSC) Disaster Readiness Groups Exercise &

Evaluation Sub-Policy Coordination Committee (E&E sub-PCC) recommends

exercise priorities/goals/objectives, schedule, and corrective action issues to the

Deputies Committee for approval DHS/FEMA chaired NEP Executive Steering Committee supports day-to-day

coordination

Develops proposed exercise priorities/goals/objectives, schedule, and

corrective action issues for the E&E Sub-PCC

Charged with ensuring that all NEP exercises are successfully coordinated

and conducted

Comprised of representatives across the U.S. Government

Defining and drafting a NEP Five-Year Exercise Schedule


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Five-Year Exercise Schedule Coordination DHS/FEMA NED solicited input from all Federal Departments/Agencies

Exercise mandates and requirements

Existing Department/Agency exercise schedules

Prioritized Department/Agency capabilities to exercise and evaluate

Prioritized Department/Agency exercise objectives

NEP Executive Steering Committee developed a proposed Five-Year NEP

exercise plan and schedule based on

National Priorities

Current Threat Analysis

NEP Implementation Plan guidance

Lessons Learned from actual incidents, TOPOFF 4 and other NEP exercises

Department/Agency prioritized input


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Coordinating NEP Five-Year Schedule withFederal, Regional and State Priorities

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Tier I - NLE Recommended ExercisesFY 2009: Terrorism - International Venue with Prevention & Border Protection focus

Proposed Regions: IV & VI

FY 2010: Terrorism Domestic Venue

Scenario focus: Improvised Nuclear Device

Proposed Regions: VIII & IX

FY 2011: Domestic Non-Terrorism

Scenario focus: Major Earthquake Proposed Regions: IV, V, VI & VII

FY 2012: International Defense / Crisis

Scenario focus: Cyber Attack

Proposed Regions: TBD

FY 2013: Domestic Non-Terrorism

Scenario focus: Major Hurricane

Proposed Regions: IV & VI


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Tier I - PLE Recommended Exercises

FY 2009: PLE 1-09: January (Improvised Explosive Device - IED)

PLE 2-09: April (Major Hurricane)

PLE 3-09: June (Preparatory for NLE 09 International Terrorism)

PLE 4-09: September (Homeland Security Council Assigned)

FY 2010: PLE 1-10: November (Attack on Mass Transit System)

PLE 2-10: January (Olympic Games Preparation)

PLE 3-10: April (Preparatory for NLE 10 Major Earthquake)

PLE 4-10: July (Homeland Security Council Assigned)

FY 2011:

PLE 1-11: October (WMD or Man-Portable Air Defense System) PLE 2-11: January (Food Security)

PLE 3-11: April (Preparatory for NLE 11 Improvised Nuclear Device)



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Tier I - PLE Recommended Exercises(continued)

FY 2012:

PLE 1-12: October (Chemical)

PLE 2-12: January (Biological)

PLE 3-12: April (Preparatory for NLE 12 Cyber Attack)


FY 2013:

PLE 1-13: January (Improvised Explosive Device)

PLE 2-13: April (TBD)

PLE 3-13: June (Preparatory for NLE 13 Major Hurricane) PLE 4-13: September (Homeland Security Council Assigned)


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Tier II - Recommended ExercisesFY 2009:

EMPIRE 09 (FEMA Region II Albany, NY) (DOE sponsored FRMACexercise)

United Support (Proposed FEMA Region IV FL) (DHS sponsored)FY 2010:

SONS 10 (TBD: Proposed FEMA Region X Arctic Slope) (DHS/EPAsponsored)

Cyber Storm III (DHS sponsored)FY 2011:

Pandemic Influenza (TBD: HHS/DHS sponsored)

DoD exercise (undetermined)FY 2012:

FRMAC 12 (DOE sponsored)

DoD exercise (undetermined)

FY 2013:

Diablo Bravo 13 (DOE sponsored) SONS 13 (DHS/EPA sponsored)


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FY 09 Election Cycle

Transition Exercise/Training Series An 18-month series of briefings, seminars, and exercises for senior officials of

the incoming Administration to address:

USG policies, plans, capabilities

Incident management and crisis coordination procedures and challenges

Events designed to motivate intense, early interaction between heads ofdepartments and agencies and the emergency program staff who will support

them within their organizations.

Series Goals

Reduce vulnerabilities during the transition period

Transition knowledge of NRF and NIMS, and roles and responsibilities in

prevention, protection, response, and recovery to newly elected officials

Provide state and local governments with exercise and training support

through the Election Cycle and Transition Exercise and Training Series


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Tier I - NLE 09 Overview Focus - Terrorism Prevention

Scope

An exercise series consisting of one PLE and one full-scale NLE

NLE 09 will have a broader geographic scope than T4

Regional play will require more State participants, but each with smaller

commitment than T4 partners, with focus on prevention and protectionmission areas rather than incident response and recovery

Objectives

Intelligence and Information Sharing and Dissemination

Counter-Terror Investigation and Law Enforcement

Border and Maritime Security

Homeland Security Advisory System

Critical Infrastructure Protection


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Tier I - NLE 09 Scenario Adversary teams attempt to enter the United States, via the

Southwest border and/or maritime means

Play will focus on:

Preventing their entry through border security, maritime security, andthe sharing of information and intelligence between Federal, State,and local participants

Critical infrastructure protection and associated decisions andactivities, including the Homeland Security Advisory System

Limited response or recovery activities

Exercise will allow for terrorism prevention efforts to proceed to alogical end (successful or not), with limited requirement for large-

scale response or recovery activities


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Tier I - PLE 3-09 Scenario

An international terrorism incident will occur, on the scale of an

embassy bombing or attack on mass transit (e.g. London or Madrid)

There are indications that the adversary may attempt a follow-on

attack on domestic U.S. critical infrastructure

Focus

U.S. senior-level reaction, including potential response, protective

measures in CONUS, and intelligence issues

Assessing indicators of upcoming attempts by adversary teams to

infiltrate U.S. borders, as well as reports of suspicious activity within

CONUS


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Tier I - NLE 09

Proposed Cycle of Events

NLE 09

FSE FPC

May

AAR

DecNLE 093-5 days

in July

NLE 09 AAC

Oct

NLE 09

FSE IPC

Sep

NLE 09

FSE MPC

Feb

PLE 3-09

Jun

NLE 09

FSE C&O

Jul

20092008

National

Sem 1

Nov

National

Sem 3

Apr

National

Sem 2

Jan


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IED

National Exercise Program Five-Year Exercise Schedule (NLE / Tier I)

Elections InaugurationTransition Confirmation

FY 10Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep





National Level Exercise National Special Security EventsPrincipal Level Exercise Version: 04-16-08

NLE 09International

Terrorism

Prevention

Focus

Regions IV & VI

NSSE:Presidential

Inauguration

Principal Level

Exercise 3-09Principal LevelExercise 4-09

Principal LevelExercise 1-09


Administration Transition Training Program

Prep for

NLE 09


NLE 10Domestic

Terrorism

Improvised

Nuclear Device

Region VIII & IX

Olympics in Vancouver



Principal Level


Prep for

NLE 10

Governor / House of Reps.

Transition Training Program

Congressional Elections & Transition

Prep for

NLE 11

Principal Level


NSSE:Political

National

Convention

NSSE:Political

National

Convention



Prep for

NLE 12

NLE 13Domestic

Non-Terrorism

Major Hurricane

Region IV & VI

NSSE:Presidential

Inauguration




Administration Transition Training Program

Prep for

NLE 13






Major

HurricaneHSC

Assigned

Olympics

Prep

WMD or

MANPADS

HSC

Assigned

Attack on

Transit

HSC

Assigned

HSC

Assigned

Food

Security

Chemical Biological

HSC

Assigned

IED

NLE 11

Domestic

Non-Terrorism

Major Earthquake

Region IV, V, VI, VII

NLE 12International

Defense / Crisis

Cyber Attack

Region (TBD)

TBD TBD


TBD


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Regional Exercise Support Program

(RESP)


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Regional Exercise Support Program

(RESP) Background One of the overarching National Priorities is Expanded Regional

Collaboration, as any major incident will require regional

collaboration

The goal of this priority is to expand regional collaborationthrough mutual-aid agreements and assistance compacts to meet

the target levels of capability in the most effective and expedient

manner

The NEP Regional Exercise Support Program (RESP)

encourages Expanded Regional Collaboration


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RESP (continued) The goal of the RESP is to utilize the ten FEMA Regions to meet

program needs and facilitate interaction with regional

counterparts

The exercises conducted will be designed and developed to

validate Federal, State, and Urban Area strategies, plans,

policies, procedures, and synchronized capabilities


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Phillip

Serrin

202-786-9853

Nathan

Rodgers

202-786-9685

Nathan

Rodgers

202-786-9685

Phillip

Serrin

202-786-9853

Dan

Edmundson

202-786-9592

John

Aucott

202-786-9689

John

Aucott

202-786-9689

Paul

Bertovich

202-786-9682

Phillip

Serrin

202-786-9853

Paul

Bertovich

202-786-9682

NED

RegionalExercise

Manager

Bill

Webb

425-487-4605

FredWehrenberg

510-627-7020

Steve

Cochrane

303-235-4975

Al

Garrison

816-283-7021

Sherry

Wainwright

940-898-5152

John Roberts

940-898-5220

Mike

Dombroski

312-408-5516

Wayne

Hancock

229-225-4911

Karin

Crawford

215-931-5550

Dave

Fenton

212-680-3686

Chris

Lynch

617-832-4795

FEMA

Regional

ExerciseOfficer

XIXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIIIFEMA

Region

RESP Contact Information


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Proposed Regional TEPW Timeline

Five-Year Exercise Schedule Presented January

Regional TEPW February through April

Federal TEPW April and May

NEP Executive Steering Committee (ESC) June

Updated Five-Year Exercise Schedule Presented July

State TEPWs August through January


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Regional TEPW Following the Regional TEPW, the exercise schedule will be

loaded into the National Exercise Schedule (NEXS), an

application that serves as the Nations tool for scheduling and

synchronizing all national, Federal, State, local, tribal, and

territorial exercises

This centralized training and exercise schedule is critical to

implementing any training and exercise plan and enhances

collaboration among all levels of government

The NEXS will help the U.S. Government review progress toward

achieving expanded regional collaboration


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Tools and Resources


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HSEEP Homeland Security Presidential Directive-8 (HSPD-8): establish a

national program and multi-year planning system to conduct

homeland security preparedness-related exercises that reinforces

identified training standards, provides for evaluation of readiness,

and supports the National Preparedness Goal

Help homeland security professionals assess capabilities built

through planning, training, and equipment procurement, by

providing them with the tools to plan, conduct, and evaluate

exercises to improve overall preparedness

HSEEP AAR/IPs document and summarize performance as partof the comprehensive preparedness assessment described in the

National Preparedness Guidelines


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National Exercise Schedule (NEXS)

System Facilitates cooperation and collaboration among Federal, State,

territory, tribal, and local agencies conducting exercises

Tool used to track the scheduling of all exercises, regardless of

the supporting Federal response agency Comprehensive calendar for all Federal, State, regional,

territorial, tribal, and local exercises


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Design and Development System

(DDS) The DDS is equal parts project management tool andcomprehensive tutorial for the design, development, conduct,and evaluation of exercises.

Provides users with:

Customizable timelines

Exercise task lists

Templates and reference documents

Exercise planning tips

Interactive HSEEP guidanceAbility to e-mail planning team tasks, updates, guidance,

and alerts


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Corrective Action Program (CAP)

The Corrective Action Program (CAP) provides the basis forsystematically identifying, analyzing, and monitoring the

implementation of initiatives aimed at resolving deficiencies

uncovered in exercises, training events, real-world events,

and policy discussions.

The CAP provides a systematic means for overcoming the

perennial problem of observing the same issues repeatedly

characterized as lessons learned in reports compiled

following NEP exercises and major events.


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LLIS.GOV

LLIS.gov is the national, online network of lessons learned

and best practices for the emergency response and

homeland security communities

Online since April 19, 2004

Currently consisting of over 50,000 members from theemergency response and homeland security community

Over 12,000 documents currently available, including:

After-Action Reports

State and local plans

LLISoriginal content documents


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National Exercise Master Scenario

Events List (NxMSEL) The NxMSEL is an element of the Homeland Security

Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Program

Used to support National-Level Exercises

The tool was developed to assist exercise planners with:

MSEL development: Web-based technology to support

the creation of new events

MSEL management: During the exercise design and

planning phase as well as enhance the MSELmanagement

Provides a common operating picture during exercise

conduct


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Secure Portal

In order to meet the guidance laid forth in the HSGP, statesmust upload exercise documents--including AARs--to the

Secure Portal

Once the document is uploaded, States and UASIs are to

notify their FEMA Region Exercise POC as well as the NED

Regional Exercise Manager via e-mail. We also encourage

states to cc: their Investment Officer on this notification


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HSEEP Access

Visit http://hseep.dhs.gov

For access, contact:

HSEEP Toolkit Help Desk

(877) 612-HELP (4357)

[email protected]


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Links and Contact Information

HSEEP: https://hseep.dhs.gov HSEEP Questions: [email protected]

NEP Questions: [email protected]

NEXS Questions: [email protected]

Exercise Evaluation or CAP Questions: [email protected]

Bill Webb, DHS/FEMA Region X Exercise Officer

[email protected]

Office: (425) 487-4605

Phillip Serrin, DHS/FEMA National Exercise Division Regional

Exercise Program Manager [email protected]

Office: (202) 786-9853 Cell: (202) 360-2114


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FEMA - Creating a Unified Exercise Strategy