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Mason County Division ofEmergency Management

(DEM) Shelton, Washington

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Cascadia RisingEarthquake Exercise 2016 Situation

Manual (SITMAN)

February 2015

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ……………………………………………………………………………3

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………5

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General Information…………………………………………………………………5

Purpose………………………………………………………………………………5

Scope…………………………………………………………………………………5

Exercise Objectives………………………………………………………………………….7

Exercise Structure …………………………………………………………………………..8

Anticipated Exercise Players ………………………………………………………………9

Roles and Responsibilities …………………………………………………………………9

Exercise Assumptions ……………………………………………………………………..10

Exercise Rules ……………………………………………………………………………..11

Exercise Schedule………………………………………………………………………….11

Exercise Scenario Setting …………………………………………………………………12

Day 2 – Mass Casualty Exercise ………………………………………………...13

Day 2 – Mass Fatality Exercise …………………………………………………..13

Day 3 – Mass Care Exercise ……………………………………………………..14

Day 3 – Donations/Volunteer Management Exercise ………………………….14

Disaster Simulation Exercise ……………………………………………………..15

Appendix A – Glossary …………………………………………………………………….16

Appendix B – Public Information Officer (PIO) ………………………………………….17

Appendix C – Law Enforcement ………………………………………………………….18

Appendix D – Debris Management ………………………………………………………19

Appendix E – Infrastructure Systems ……………………………………………………20

Appendix F – Defense Support for Civil Authorities (DSCA) ………………………….21

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Appendix G – Initial Damage Assessment ……………………………………………...22

Appendix H – Emergency Communications Plan……………………………………….25

Appendix I – Sanderson Field Operations ………………………………………………27

Mason County will participate in the Washington State Cascadia Rising Earthquake Exercise 2016 in early June 2016.

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INTRODUCTION

General Information

The Mason County Division of Emergency Management (DEM) is the coordinating agency for the exercise.

Cascadia Rising is a Functional Exercise (FE) intended to test local, state, tribal, and federal government as well as select private sector and non-governmental organizations’ ability to jointly respond to a Cascadia Subduction Zone 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami with associated aftershocks along the West Coast of the United States.

Player feedback will be used to improve coordination and response functions between and within the primary and supporting agencies in the County.

The players will participate in the Cascadia Rising Earthquake Exercise. The exercise will test the 14 core capabilities for the Response mission area as listed in the National Preparedness Goal.

Planning Public Information and Warning

Operational Coordination

Critical Transportation

Environmental Response/Health and Safety

Fatality Management Services

Infrastructure Systems

Mass Care Services

Mass Search and Rescue Operations

On-scene Security and Protection

Operational Communications

Public and Private Services and Resources

Public Health and Medical Services

Situational Assessment

NOTE: Planning, Public Information and Warning, and Operational Coordination—cross cut all of the five mission areas (Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery).

While EOCs at all levels will be exercising tasks under each of the 14 core capabilities, Mason County will support the 6 core capabilities the state has chosen as Overarching Objectives.

1. Operational Communications. Demonstrate the ability of Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) to establish and sustain voice and data communications with other EOCs and with the general public to include basic restoration of communications infrastructure within the impacted area to support response operations and coordinated public messaging.

2. Public Health and Medical Services. Demonstrate the ability to organize, coordinate, and deliver targeted public health and medical services to disaster survivors to include temporary

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Purpose

Scope

medical facilities, medical surge operations, and patient evacuation and transport to save lives and reduce the suffering of disaster survivors.

3. Mass-Care Services. Demonstrate the ability to coordinate and deliver life-sustaining services to disaster survivors with a focus on hydration, feeding, emergency sheltering, evacuations, and donations and volunteer management.

4. Situational Assessment. Demonstrate the ability of EOCs at all levels to provide decision-makers and EOC officials with relevant information regarding the extent of disaster damages to critical infrastructures and other facilities, cascading effects, and the status of ongoing response operations and share this information with other EOCs and critical stakeholders.

5. Critical Transportation. Demonstrate the ability of EOCs to coordinate the establishment of access into impacted areas via appropriate ground, air, and maritime transportation corridors to deliver response teams, equipment, and disaster relief supplies to meet the basic needs of disaster survivors and stabilize the incident.

6. Operational Coordination. Demonstrate the ability to establish operational control and coordination structures within the impacted region to include the mobilization, employment, and sustainment of critical internal and external response resources to meet basic survivor needs and stabilize the incident.

Mason County agencies and organizations will also exercise the following core capabilities during the exercise:

1. On-scene Security and Protection. Demonstrate the ability to ensure a safe and secure environment through law enforcement and related security and protection operations for people and communities located within affected areas and also for all traditional and atypical response personnel engaged in lifesaving and life-sustaining operations.

2. Fatality Management Services. Demonstrate the ability to provide fatality management services, including body recovery and victim identification, working with state and local authorities to provide temporary mortuary solutions, sharing information with mass care services for the purpose of reunifying family members and caregivers with missing persons/remains, and providing counseling to the bereaved.

3. Public and Private Services and Resources. Demonstrate the ability to provide essential public and private services and resources to the affected population and surrounding communities, to include emergency power to critical facilities, fuel support for emergency responders, and access to community staples (e.g., grocery stores, pharmacies, and banks) and fire and other first response services.

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Exercise Objectives

The following objectives have been established for this exercise:

Demonstrate the ability of EOCs at all levels to operate in a degraded communications environment by utilizing tactical voice and data communications to include HF, VHF, and UHF radio systems/networks, amateur radio, WPS, GETS and satellite equipment to communicate with other EOCs, field responders, private sector, and media outlets to ensure interoperability and manage the incident.

Demonstrate the ability to coordinate post-disaster assessments of communications infrastructure in order to develop a common operational picture of communication system damages and coordinate with infrastructure owners to prioritize basic repairs to the communications infrastructure to support life-saving/sustaining response operations.

Demonstrate the ability to relay critical messages to the public in a degraded communication environment utilizing means other than television and the internet.

Demonstrate the ability to communicate disaster related information with the public utilizing social media platforms to include monitoring social media for trends and developing communication strategies and operational remedies to address those trends.

Demonstrate the ability of the public affairs community across all EOCs to collaborate on the development of accurate, timely, and consistent joint public messaging with an emphasis on access and functional needs populations to aid disaster survivors.

Demonstrate ability to assess public health and environmental impacts (water, air, food) and damage to facilities such as water systems, wastewater/solid waste facilities, and food storage, processing, and serving facilities.

Prioritize situational awareness information to establish and share a common operating picture between internal and external partners at all levels and update or revise this using Essential Elements of Information (EEI) and/or Critical Information Requirements (CIR) or similar process.

Demonstrate the ability to coordinate the establishment of alternate transportation routes and inform responders and the public of these route detours.

Demonstrate the ability to coordinate the prioritization of route clearance, debris management equipment and resources, and temporary debris storage for all transportation modes.

Demonstrate the ability to develop a common operating picture on the status of damages to critical infrastructure systems (potable water systems, water treatment plants, electrical systems, etc.)

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Demonstrate the ability to identify, prioritize, request, stage, transport, and track resources to meet incident management objectives.

Demonstrate the ability to incorporate extra-jurisdictional EOC staff into the EOC organization.

Exercise play will take place Tuesday, June 7 through Friday, June 10, 2016. On Saturday, June 11 County Volunteer Teams will participate in a disaster simulation exercise.

DAY ACTIVITYDAY 1 (Tue, Jun 7) DEM Operate EOC – minimal staff

DAY 2 (Wed, Jun 8) Operate EOC – full staff

County agencies conduct emergency response proceduresDAY 3 (Thu, Jun 9) Operate EOC – full staff

County agencies conduct emergency response proceduresDAY 4 (Fri, Jun 10) DEM Operate EOC – minimal staff

Sat, Jun 11 County Volunteer Teams participate in disaster simulation exercise

County agencies and organizations are encouraged to participate in the Cascadia Rising exercise for at least 3 hours (9:00 am – 12:00 pm or 1:00 – 4:00 pm) either on Day 2 or Day 3.

DEM personnel will be available to provide a background briefing, facilitate your agency’s exercise, and lead the “hotwash” after your exercise.

The following county agencies and organizations are anticipated to participate in the exercise.

County Public Health County Public Works County Sheriff’s Office County Fire Districts MACECOM

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Exercise Structure

Anticipated Exercise Players

Medic One Mason General Hospital Harrison Medical Center Mason Transit Authority Assessor Auditor Board of County Commissioners Board of Equalization Clerk of Court Community Development Coroner District Court Facilities Probation Prosecutor Superior Court Support Services City of Shelton

Players respond to scenario events based on expert knowledge of their agency or organization’s response assets and current plans and procedures.

Facilitators provide situation updates and moderate discussions to the functional groups. They also provide additional information, resolve questions as required, and make sure exercise play is proceeding in the proper direction.

Observers only observe the exercise as they develop their responses during the caucus sessions. Observers do not participate in the moderated discussion period.

1. In order to achieve the joint objectives of the exercise, the following facts and assumptions should be used by exercise players in the conduct of the exercise:

Real-world weather will be in effect during each day of the exercise. The County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is structurally sound and capable of

facilitating operations. A sufficient number of staff will be able to reach the EOC to initiate and sustain

operations.

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Roles and Responsibilities

Exercise Assumptions

2. Within 24 hours:

Board of County Commissioners declares local emergency. The Governor proclaims a State of Emergency and requests that the President declare a

disaster. The President declares a Major Disaster, making Federal assistance available under the

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C., 5121 – 5206 (2008)) (The Stafford Act).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) implement the Catastrophic Incident Supplement to the National Response Framework (NRF) and begin mobilizing Federal resources.

3. A detailed and credible common operating picture cannot be achieved for 24 to 48 hours (or longer) after the disaster. As a result, response activities begin without the benefit or a detailed or complete situation and critical needs assessment.

4. First responders, providers of recovery services, and other critical response personnel are personally affected by the disaster and may be unable to report to their work sites for days due to damaged transportation infrastructure.

5. Once the President declares a disaster and commits Federal resources, the State and Federal governments establish joint operations to provide assistance to local jurisdictions.

6. Massive assistance in the form of response teams, equipment, materials, and volunteers begin to flow towards the region, providing urgently needed resources but creating coordination and logistical support challenges.

7. Due to damage to transportation infrastructure, out-of-region mutual aid, State, and Federal resources, as well as resources from other states cannot begin to arrive for up to 72 hours.

This exercise is being conducted in a no-fault environment. There is no single “right” response to scenario events and open discussion is encouraged. The exercise is an opportunity to discuss and present multiple options and possible solutions. Participants will adhere to the following rules of play:

Participants will act in a professional manner at all times. Players will respond as if exercise events are real, using existing plans, procedures,

equipment, and other response assets. Response groups may discuss response actions with other response groups.

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Exercise Rules

Decisions are not precedent setting and may not reflect an organization’s final position on a given issue.

Cascadia Rising Earthquake Exercise – June 7 – June 10, 2016

Day 1 – June 79:00–11:00 am Situational Assessment Briefing County Elected Officials/Directors

1:00–3:00 pm Review Emergency Action Plans All County Agencies/Organizations

Day 2 – June 89:00 am–12:00 pm Mass Casualty Exercise Lead County Agencies

1:00–4:00 pm Mass Fatality Exercise Lead County Agencies

Day 3 – June 99:00 am–12:00 pm Mass Care Exercise Lead County Agencies

1:00–4:00 pm Donations/Volunteer Management Lead County Agencies

Day 4 – June 109:00–11:00 am After-Action Review County Elected Officials/Directors

Saturday – June 118:00 am – 12:00 pm Disaster Simulation Exercise All County Volunteer Teams

The Pacific Northwest is prone to earthquakes. This has been demonstrated repeatedly by events as recent as the Nisqually earthquake in 2001. The Pacific Northwest has earthquakes because it lies within a tectonic collision zone.

The Cascadia subduction zone is one of the principal sources of concern. Lying mostly offshore, this plate interface is a giant fault – approximately 700 miles long. Here, the set of tectonic plates to our west is sliding (subducting) beneath the North American Plate. The movement of these plates is neither constant nor smooth: the plates are stuck, and the stress will build up

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Exercise Schedule

Exercise Scenario Setting

until the fault suddenly breaks. Stresses have now been building along the Cascadia subduction zone for more than 300 years, and the communities of Cascadia can be certain that another great quake will again shake the region.

Although it is possible that the Cascadia subduction zone will rupture section by section in a series of large earthquakes (each measuring magnitude 8.0 to 8.5) over a period of years, the earthquake that planners anticipate is modeled on the zone’s last major quake: the entire fault ruptures from end to end, causing one great earthquake measuring magnitude 9.0. The shaking that results from this abrupt shifting of the earth’s crust will be felt throughout the Pacific Northwest – and the ground is expected to go on shaking for four to six minutes. The initial quake will likely be followed by aftershocks, which may begin within hours of the main shock and will continue to occur for months afterwards.

It’s 8:16 on a chilly, wet morning in early summer. You’ve just arrived at work and are pouring a cup of coffee when you become aware of a low rumbling noise. Within seconds, the rumbling becomes a roar, the floor beneath you heaves, and the building begins to pitch and shake so violently that you’re thrown to the floor. The roaring is joined by a cacophony of crashing as windows shatter and every unsecured object in the room – from the desk chair to the coffee pot – is sent flying. Shaken loose by the shuddering and jolting of the building, dust and ceiling particles drift down like snow. Then the lights flicker and go out. Remembering to “drop, cover, and hold,” you crawl under the nearest table, hold on tight, and tell yourself that the shaking should last only a few seconds more … but it goes on and on.

This is it: the Big One. The Cascadia subduction zone has just unleashed a magnitude 9.0 earthquake.

Lead County Agencies: Mason General Hospital and Harrison Medical Center

Supporting County Agencies: County Public Health, County Fire Districts, Medic One

Mason County population: 60,000

During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake casualties will number in the hundreds.

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DAY 2 – Mass Casualty Exercise

Demonstrate the ability to assess damages to health care facilities, ascertain capacity to care for the injured, and develop a common operating picture on the status of the health care system.

Demonstrate the ability to coordinate the rapid expansion of the health-care system to include external medical professional staff, the establishment of field-triage and alternate care facilities, and the provision of medical equipment and supplies.

Demonstrate the ability to collaborate on the establishment and resourcing of patient points-of-embarkation and the multi-modal transportation of patients to non-impacted medical facilities for treatment.

Lead County Agency: Coroner

Supporting County Agencies: County Public Health, County Fire Districts, County Sheriff’s Office

During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake fatalities will number in the hundreds.

Demonstrate the ability to initiate planning for fatality management including family assistance centers.

Demonstrate the ability to conduct scene evaluation, document, and remove fatalities from scene.

Demonstrate the ability to store remains temporarily, and conduct multi-specialty forensic analysis of human remains to determine the cause and manner of death.

Lead County Agency: TBD

Supporting County Agencies: TBD

During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake residents requiring temporary shelter will number in the hundreds.

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DAY 2 – Mass Fatality Exercise

DAY 3 – Mass Care Exercise

Demonstrate the ability to coordinate with the whole community a multi-pronged mass care strategy with supporting staff, equipment and supplies, that incorporates congregate shelters to meet projected scenario demands for human survivors and household pets and service animals.

Demonstrate the ability to determine life-sustaining commodity requirements for both shelter and non-shelter disaster survivors.

Demonstrate the ability to collaborate on disaster survivor protective action decision-making policies and actions (i.e., sheltering or evacuation).

Demonstrate the ability to provide timely, accurate and effective public messaging on critical support, life supporting steps, shelter information and mass care expectations.



During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake hundreds of people from within the county and outside the county will donate goods and services to aid in response and recovery operations.

Demonstrate the ability to develop or implement plans to organize and manage incoming donations and existing and spontaneous volunteers.

Coordinate Volunteer Management Operations and the Establishment of Warehouses and Materials Handling Equipment.

Organize Volunteers and Assign them to Disaster Relief Efforts.

Collect and manage material donations.

Lead County Agency: Division of Emergency Management (DEM)

Supporting County Volunteer Teams: Search and Rescue (ESAR), Communications Support Team (CST), Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), Amateur Radio operators.

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DAY 3 – Donations/Volunteer Management Exercise

SATURDAY, June 11 – Disaster Simulation Exercise

During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake county volunteers will play a major role in the response and recovery operations.

Exercise Objectives:

Search and Rescue: Deliver traditional and a typical search and rescue capabilities, including personnel, services, animals, and assets to survivors in need, with the goal of saving the greatest number of endangered lives in the shortest time possible.

Operational Communications: Ensure the capacity for timely communications in support of security, situational awareness, and operations by any and all means available, among and between affected communities in the impact area and all response forces.

Public Information and Warning: Deliver coordinated, prompt, reliable, and actionable information to the whole community through the use of clear, consistent, accessible, and culturally and linguistically appropriate methods to effectively relay information regarding any threat or hazard and, as appropriate, the actions being taken and the assistance being made available.

Core Capabilities: Distinct critical elements necessary to achieve the National Preparedness Goal.

Critical Infrastructure: Systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating

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Appendix A - Glossary

impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.

Mission Areas: Groups of core capabilities, including Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery.

National Preparedness: The actions taken to plan, organize, equip, train, and exercise to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from those threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the Nation.

Performance Measure: The metrics used to ascertain actual performance against target levels identified for each core capability; by design, they are clear, objective, and quantifiable.

Whole Community: A focus on enabling the participation in national preparedness activities of a wider range of players from the private and nonprofit sectors, including nongovernmental organizations and the general public, in conjunction with the participation of Federal, state, and local governmental partners in order to foster better coordination and working relationships.



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Appendix B – Public Information Officer (PIO)

Exercise Objective: Deliver credible messages to inform ongoing emergency services and the public about protective measures and other life-sustaining actions and facilitate the transition to recovery.

Complete PIO Major ResponsibilitiesDetermine from the Incident Commander (IC) if there are any limits on information releaseDevelop material for use in media briefings

Obtain IC approval of media releases

Inform the media and conduct media briefings

Arrange for tours and other interviews or briefings, as required

Establish a Joint Information Center (JIC), as necessary, to coordinate and disseminate accurate and timely incident-related informationMaintain current information summaries and/or displays on the incident

Provide information on the status of the incident to assigned personnel

Maintain an Activity Log (ICS 214)

Manage media and public inquiries

Coordinate emergency public information and warnings

Monitor media reporting for accuracy

Confirm the process for the release of information concerning incident-related injuries or deathsCoordinate information releases with information staff from other impacted agencies and jurisdictionsEnsure that all required agency forms, reports, and documents are completed prior to demobilizationHave debriefing session with the IC prior to demobilization

Lead County Agency: County Sheriff’s Office


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Appendix C – Law Enforcement

Exercise Objective: Provide and maintain on-scene security and meet the protection needs of the affected population over a geographically dispersed area while eliminating or mitigating the risk of further damage to persons, property, and the environment.

(Detailed exercise activities to be published before the exercise)

Lead County Agency: County Public Works Department


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Appendix D – Debris Management

Exercise Objective: Identify and prioritize the response phase activities that will be necessary during and immediately after the event, such as pushing debris to the side of the road to allow access to critical facilities, or to allow first responders access to an impacted area.


Lead County Agency: County Public Works Department

Supporting County Agencies: PUD #1, PUD #3, county water districts

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Appendix E – Infrastructure Systems

Exercise Objective: Re-establish critical infrastructure within the affected areas to support ongoing emergency response operations, life sustainment, community functionality, and a transition to recovery.


Lead Agency: County Division of Emergency Management (DEM)


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Appendix F – Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)

Support Agencies: WA State Army/Air National Guard, US Army, US Air Force, US Navy, US Coast Guard.

Exercise Objective: Provide assistance to domestic civil authorities in the event of natural or manmade disasters, potentially in response to a very significant or catastrophic event.

DSCA Activities:

Assist Sheriff’s Office in providing security at shelters, points of distribution (PODs), critical infrastructure (power stations, etc.).

Assist Sheriff’s Office in traffic control operations on major county roads.

Provide power generators to critical facilities.

Distribute water

Assist emergency medical operations.

Assist in evacuation of impacted neighborhoods.

Assist Public Works in debris removal.

Assist Public Works in damage assessment

Assist in providing communications within the county.


The County EOC has received information from various sources that helped create an Initial Damage Assessment.

Disaster Area(Fire District - Population)

Mason County: City of Shelton (CMFE – 15,454) Belfair - Tahuya (NMRFA – 11,550)

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Appendix G – Initial Damage Assessment

Lake Cushman (FD 18 – 1586) Matlock (FD 12 – 1404) Kamilche (FD 4 – 7445) Union (FD 6 – 1590) Hoodsport (FD 1 – 880) Grapeview (FD 3 – 2267) Skokomish Valley (FD 9 – 1861) Island Lake (FD 11 – 2310) Elma (FD 13 – 1532) Dayton (FD 16 – 3437) Lilliwaup (FD 17 – 546)

Estimated Population Affected (first two hours)

300 fatalities1,000 casualties

Estimated population to be sheltered

200 families300 senior citizens150 special needs population300 single men and women

Number of homes/apartments affected

1847 homes535 apartments

School Districts Shelton School District: moderate damage, limited operations

North Mason School District: moderate damage, limited operations

Grapeview School District: moderate damage, limited operations

Hood Canal School District: moderate damage, limited operations

Mary M. Knight School District: moderate damage, limited operations

Pioneer School District: moderate damage, limited operations

Southside School District: moderate damage, limited operations

Shelton Valley Christian School: moderate damage, limited operations

Mason County Christian School: moderate damage, limited operations

Olympic College: moderate damage, limited operations

Government buildings affected(only essential mission personnel will report to job site)

County Courthouse – moderate damage, limited operations

County Bldg #1 – moderate damage, limited operations County Bldg #2 – moderate damage, limited operations County Bldg #3 – moderate damage, limited operations County Bldg #4 – moderate damage, limited operations County Bldg #5 – moderate damage, limited operations

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County Bldg #6 – moderate damage, limited operations County Bldg #7 – moderate damage, limited operations County Bldg #8 – moderate damage, limited operations County Bldg #9 – moderate damage, limited operations County Sheriff’s Office – moderate damage, limited

operations County Jail – moderate damage, limited operations Juvenile Detention Center – moderate damage, limited

operations County Public Works Facility – moderate damage, limited

operations MACECOM – moderate damage, limited operations City of Shelton Civic Center – moderate damage, limited

operations All County Fire District Stations – moderate damage,

limited operationsMedical facilities affected Mason General Hospital: moderate damage, limited operations

Harrison Medical Center: moderate damage, limited operationsSocial Services affected LMTAAA: limited operations/staff

United Way: limited operations/staffBusinesses/retailers affected

Grocery stores (6): moderate damage, limited operations/staffSupercenters/Club Stores (2): moderate damage, limited operations/staffConvenience Stores (no gas - 10; with gas – 22): moderate damage, limited operations/staffFull Service Restaurants (32): moderate damage, limited operations/staff

Electric Power Providers PUD #1: moderate damage, limited operations/staffPUD #3: moderate damage, limited operations/staff

Drinking Water Companies All county drinking water providers have moderate damage, limited operations/staff

Wastewater Treatment Facilities

All county wastewater treatment facilities have moderate damage, limited operations/staff

Natural Gas Providers All area natural gas provider facilities have moderate damage, limited operations/staff

Communications Systems Cellular service providers have moderate damage, limited operations/staffTV, radio, cable providers have moderate damage, limited operations/staff

Transportation Networks County Bridges damaged:North County:

Finch Creek 1 & 2 (#14, #15) Lower Dewato Creek (#25) Rendsland (#41) Tahuya 2 (#48) Tahuya Estuary (#49) Toonerville (#51)

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South County: Bingham Creek (#2) Cranberry Creek Pipe Arch (#7) Ever’s (#13) Goldsborough 2 (#17) Goswell Creek (#18) Harstine Island Bridge (#19) Malaney Creek (#29) Mill Creek (#32) Plug Mill (#37)

Highway 101 bridges damaged: On/Off Exit ramp at Hwy 108 On/Off Exit ramp at Railroad Ave On/Off Exit ramp at Wallace-Kneeland Blvd Bridge over Skokomish River

Highway 3 bridges damaged: Railroad overpass has collapsed onto highway

Transportation Facilities Mason Transit Authority: moderate damage, limited operations/staffPort of Shelton: moderate damage, limited operations/staff

Natural Hazards Landslides reported along Highway 101 and Highway 3City of Shelton downtown area damaged by liquefaction.

After the CSZ earthquake normal means of communications will be severely disrupted. Alternate means of communications will need to be implemented. The County EOC will require the support of the County Communications Support Team (CST) volunteers and local amateur radio operators. The following roles and responsibilities will be tested during the Cascadia Rising exercise:

CST Responsibilities 1. As soon as possible CST members will report to the EOC.

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Appendix H – Emergency Communications Plan

2. The first arriving team member will establish radio contact with the State EOC.

3. A radio message log will be opened to maintain a record of incoming/outgoing radio messages.

4. Team members will monitor county agency radio frequencies (Sheriff’s Office, Public Works, Fire District’s, MACECOM) to help develop a picture of what is happening in the county. This critical information (Essential Elements of Information [EEI]) will help the EOC to develop and meet the situational assessment and operational coordination goals of the exercise.

5. Team members will establish radio contact with and monitor other State and Federal agency radio frequencies as necessary in order to forward requests for resources and provide information to these agencies on damage and casualties.

6. Team members will establish contact with local amateur radio operators to gather information from these operators on the situation in their local neighborhoods and to pass emergency information to them on response operations, shelter locations, etc. that they can provide to their neighbors.

7. Team members will develop and maintain a list of the amateur radio operators, their call-signs, home address, telephone number, e-mail address (if provided) who have been providing information to the EOC so they can be quickly contacted in the event messages need to be relayed to other operators.

8. Team members will be prepared to operate out of the mobile command vehicle if required to provide radio support to other county agencies.

9. Team members will be prepared to work 12 hour shifts during the disaster if needed.

Amateur Radio Operators 1. As soon as possible after the disaster amateur radio operators will establish radio contact with the County EOC.

2. Operators are encouraged to provide the County EOC with a picture of what the situation is in their neighborhood:

Number of houses damaged Roads or streets blocked or damaged Trees/power lines down Power and water systems disrupted

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Appendix H – Emergency Communications Plan

Casualties

3. Operators are encouraged to establish radio contact with out of area amateur radio operators and be prepared to pass emergency response information to these operators when requested to by the EOC.

4. Operators are encouraged to maintain radio contact with the County EOC and provide updated situation reports when a significant event happens in their neighborhood (i.e. road is cleared, power is restored, etc.)

5. Operators will be asked to pass along emergency response information to their neighbors such as evacuation advisories, location of emergency shelters, water and food distribution points, etc.

6. Operators will not disclose information regarding the incident to the news media. Refer news media questions to the Public Information Officer for the incident.

Essential Elements of Information (EEI): To be reported by amateur radio operators and gathered by EOC staff members

ITEM DESCRIPTION ITEM DESCRIPTIONBuildings (House, school, business, church)

Damaged (roof gone, walls caved in, door or windows blown out)

Roads/Streets Debris in road, power lines down, cracked, flooded

Utilities (water, electricity, sewer, septic systems, natural gas)

No power, no water, sewers overflowing, no natural gas

Communications No telephone, cellular, or internet service

Casualties Number people injured; trapped, dead

HazardousMaterials

Visible vapor clouds, liquids, materials (propane tanks, etc.)

Hazards Building fires, grass or tree fires, landslides

Other Property or life threatening emergencies

The Port of Shelton’s Sanderson Field has been identified by WA State emergency planners as a major aerial distribution point during a disaster. WA National Guard units will be deployed to the airport after a disaster to operate and maintain a regional supply staging base. Fixed wing aircraft and helicopters will conduct missions under the direction of the WA National Guard area commander.

Sanderson Field will have the following responsibilities after a Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake:

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Appendix I – Sanderson Field Operations

Inspect Port of Shelton owned, operated, or maintained facilities for damage and operability.

Restrict aircraft operations on the airport until the runway(s), taxiways, and ramps have been inspected by Sanderson Field personnel.

Issue appropriate Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) upon receipt of information from authorized airport personnel, if requested.

Check for petroleum leaks and other potential hazardous materials problems. Assess status of gas, electricity, water, and sanitation systems. Test all radios, telephones and notification systems. Assist in support operations, to include search, inspections, personnel accountability,

and protective action implementation. Review personnel requirements and adjust accordingly. To the degree communications systems will permit, coordinate activities with local fire

departments, if necessary. Provide for overall airport security as soon as possible. Interface with, coordinate, and utilize as needed, the resources made available by other

airport tenants, including air carriers.

Command and Control. It is essential for airport personnel to take immediate action to gather damage assessment information. Provisions should be made, as necessary, to address the following considerations:

Search and Rescue/Fire Suppression: Remove trapped and injured persons from collapsed structures. Administer first aid, fire suppression, and assist in transporting the seriously injured to medical facilities.

Damage Assessment: Conduct ground and aerial surveys to determine the scope of damage, casualties, and status of key facilities.

Debris Clearance: The identification, removal, and disposal of rubble, wreckage, and other material which block or hamper the performance of emergency response activities should be given a high priority.

Access Control: Immediate actions to be taken, as soon as conditions permit, to:

Control access to an area until it has been inspected and determined to be safe. Only personnel directly involved in emergency response operations should be allowed to enter. This involves the entire airport, not just the Air Operations Area (AOA).

Establish guidelines for determining when the public and employees will be allowed to re-enter the area.

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Appendix I – Sanderson Field Operations

Utilities Repair: Restoration and repair of electrical power, natural gas, water, sewer, and all communications systems to minimize the impact on critical services.

Inspections, Condemnation, and Demolition: Inspections of buildings and other structures to determine to inhabit or use them after an earthquake has occurred.

Protective Actions: Consideration must be given to relocating people from damaged structures, particularly those facilities which may receive more damage when hit by subsequent aftershocks.

Recovery. As the initial response shifts to recovery, the airport operator, through its Incident Action Plan, will provide guidance to returning airport employees and tenants regarding safety precautions.

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