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Utilities Helping Utilities:An Action Plan for Mutual Aid and
Assistance Networks for Water and Wastewater Utilities
Objectives
• What is a WARN
• Why consider WARN
• Linkage to national homeland security programs
• Supporting water sector initiatives
• Benefits of a WARN
• Status of WARN nationally
• Getting Involved Locally
What Is A WARN?
• Network of utilities helping utilities
– Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN)
• United by a common enemy
– Natural disasters
– Human-caused disaster
– Not a corporation or a governmental unit
• Utilities organized within a state
– By agreement
– To help each other with personnel and resources
Why WARN?
• Past disaster response and lessons learned tell
us:
– Utility operations are specialized
– Utilities must be self-sufficient
– Utilities must fill the gap between disaster onset and
arrival of other government aid
• FEMA is muscular, but not very agile
– Water restoration provides hope
Why it Works – Bridges the Gap
1/8/2007 - 2/13/2007
Initial Emergency
2/15/2007 - 3/27/2007
Emergency ResponseAgreement
4/8/2007 - 5/16/2007
StatewideMutual Aid/Ast
2/14/2007 - 5/18/2007
WARN Activation
5/20/2007 - 7/7/2007
Interstate Mutual Aid/Ast
1/8/2007
Emergency Occurs
4/8/2007
Declared Emergency
5/18/2007
Governor Declaration
7/7/2007
Recovery
WARN does not require state or federal declaration and includes private utility resources.
TIME
National Preparedness Goal
• Purpose is to help entities at all levels of
government develop and maintain the
capabilities to prevent, respond to, and recover
from major events or incidents of national
significance.
– Key Priority: Expand regional collaboration through
mutual aid agreements and assistance compacts
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
• Full compliance with NIMS is an eligibility
condition for all federal preparedness assistance
grants for state, territorial, tribal, & local entities in
FY 2008.
– These criteria include formalizing mutual aid
agreements with surrounding communities and states
for the purposes of sharing equipment, personnel, and
facilities during emergencies.
The National Response Framework (NRF)
• The purpose of the NRF is to organize the Federal
response and how it will engage state and local entities
• Emergency Support Function #3, Infrastructure
– USACE is lead with support from EPA
– Prescribed mission assignments under development to improve
response
• All incident response begins at the local level
Water Sector Initiative: WARN Policy
• Joint policy statement, Feb
2006– 8 major water organizations
– Encourages the creation of
intrastate mutual aid &
assistance networks
– Provides for greater water
sector resiliency against
natural or manmade incidents
Water Sector Initiatives: WARN Action Plan
• Utilities Helping Utilities,
March 2006
– Outlines 10 key steps in the
formation of a WARN
– Includes sample agreement
that satisfies NIMS and has
been recognized by DHS
NIMS Integration Center as
a model agreement
Who’s Involved?
• Utility owner/operators
• Professional association representation – (AWWA, NRWA, WEF, sanitation association, etc.)
• State water and wastewater primacy agencies – (State health, environmental protection, etc.)
• State emergency management and/or homeland security agency
– (State EMAC coordinator) (Emergency Management Assistance Compact)
• US EPA region representation
Benefits of Having a WARN Agreement
• Increases planning & coordination
• Provides an emergency contact list
• Enhances access to specialized resources
• Expedites arrival of aid – Again: FEMA is muscular and provides support, but is not agile
• Reduces administrative conflict – Signed agreement in place
– Workman’s comp, indemnification, etc. identified
• Increases community and customer hope – The right resources with the right skills are available
WARN Response
• California– Northridge Earthquake,
1994– El Nino Storms, 1998– Sonora Fires, 2001– Hurricane Katrina, 2005– So California Fires, 2007
• Florida– Hurricane Katrina, 2006– Tornadoes, 2007
• Texas– Rain Bomb and Hurricane
Humberto, 2007
• Oregon– Detroit Blizzard, 2008
• Colorado– Alamosa, 2008
Next Steps on National Scale
• Learn from success/challenges of existing programs
• Increase number of intrastate aid networks– Initially targeted states on the Gulf and Atlantic seaboard
• Develop a national aid network– Incorporation of WARNs into a national preparedness system
– Facilitate development of resource typing for the Water Sector (both drinking water and wastewater)
– AWWA is working with Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Advisory Council to facilitate interstate aid and assistance
January 11, 2011
Progress Review
October 2008 (31)
January 2011 (47)
“The WARN Ultimatum”
Population Served by IdWARN Member UtilitiesAs of January 31, 2011
Utility Water Wastewater Both Population
Utility 1 x 3,226
Utility 2 x 35,180
Utility 3 x 1,100
Utility 4 x 185,787
Utility 5 x 800
Utility 6 x 1,300
Utility 7 x 259
Utility 8 x 205,314Utility 9 x 3,643
Utility 10 x 27,300
Utility 11 x 75,290
Utility 12 x 5,630
Total Utility Members (signed WARN Agreement) 12
Total Population Served 359,042
% of State Population 36%
State Population 2008 Census 1,523,816
(see Population Finder at http://www.census.gov/)
Reported Capability &
Reach
WARN Program # of Signatory Utilities
% State Pop. (2000 Census)
AZWARN 17 72
CalWARN 255 90
FlaWARN 225 75
IDWARN 12 36
ILWARN 36 60
INWARN 58 35
LaWARN 35 33
MAWARN 49 25
MDWARN 6 25
MIWARN 11 6
MNWARN 85 46
NCRWARN 5 72
NCWater WARN 8 28
NDWARN 11 15
NHWARN 58 49
NYWARN 65 17
Sooner WARN (OK) 41 24
PAWARN 44 59
TNWARN 13 18
TXWARN 777 75
UTWARN 25 32
WisWARN 21 28
WyoWARN 8 40
• Makes case with partners
• How to share?
•Ops Plan
•Resource Typing
Resource Typing Manual
• Purpose is to provide common
set of terms for requesting and
providing certain resources
that only water sector utilities
are likely capable of providing
• Follows FEMA guidance for
typing resources which is
focused on teams that could
be deployed in response to an
incident
www.NationalWARN.org
www.NationalWARN.org
• Upgrading to report each WARN info in
more user friendly format
– WARN POC (email/phone)
– Link to Website (if available)
– Link State Emergency Management
– Copy of WARN Agreement (if no website)
– Other Information
• # of Signatories
• % population
National WARN Kevin M. Morley
Security & Preparedness Program ManagerAWWA – Government Affairs1300 Eye Street, NW Suite 701W
Washington, DC 2005202-326-6124 or [email protected]
The Bottom Line - Resiliency
• All emergencies are local and require a local
response capability.
• A signed mutual aid agreement will enhances
local utility’s preparedness and overall
resiliency against any disaster.
• In its most basic form, a mutual aid and
assistance agreement is a low or no-cost
action that helps ensure the continuity of
operations of the water infrastructure vital to
the well-being of every community.
IDWARN PARTICIPATION
If your emergency response organization, or your local
water/wastewater utility are interested in participating in
IDWARN, please forward your e-mail and contact
information to:
Bill Carr, UWID (208) 362-7369
Don Lee Idaho DEQ (208) 373-0502
Or go to: www.idwarn.org
This organization meets by phone conference monthly.