October 27, 2005

Contra Costa Operational AreaHomeland SecurityStrategic and Tactical Planning and Hazardous Materials Response Assessment

Project Overview

Tetra Tech EM Inc.135 Main Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, California 94105

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Agenda

1. Introductions

2. Project Background

3. Plan of Attack

4. Action Item

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Introductions

• The Tetra Tech project team

– Ross Berman (PM) • Strategic planning for natural disaster, terrorism and

man-made threats related to local and statewide hazard mitigation plan development

– Jerry Monier• Former Sheriff’s Lieutenant and State Public Health

Emergency Preparedness Manager with experience in the emergency planning field; recent experience with Hurricane Katrina

– Other project support staff and a pool of over 1,000 experienced Tetra Tech professionals

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Tetra Tech’s Emergency Response and Homeland Security Related Experience

• Planning and Mitigation– 2004 Summer Olympics Security

Support and Super Bowl

– Extensive local and multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation planning

– CBRNE assessment, protection, response, and recovery

– HLS grant administration and support

– Exercise and training solutions

– Critical infrastructure assessment, design, and system integration

– First responder planning and assessment

– Port of San Diego vulnerability assessment

– Development of multi-jurisdiction mutual aid agreements

• Response and Recovery– World Trade Center (1993 and

2001) and Pentagon attack response

– 2001 U.S. Capital Building anthrax response

– Since 1995 first emergency responder for U.S. EPA in 8 of 10 Regions for man-made and natural disasters

– Space Shuttle Challenger disaster recovery

– Mobilizing dozens of people to Mississippi/Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina response

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Federal Emergency Preparedness Guidance

“To engage Federal, State, local, and tribal entities, their private and nongovernmental partners, and the general public to achieve and sustain risk-based target levels of capability to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from major events in order to minimize the impact on lives, property, and the economy.

-- Interim National Preparedness Goal

March 31, 2005

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Project Background

• Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Response Assessment

• Strategic and Tactical Plan for Homeland Security

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Project Vision

• “What is the current level of preparedness?”

• “How prepared does the Operational Area need to be?”

• “How should the Operational Area prioritize efforts to close the gap between where they are and where they need to be?”

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Scope of Study Area

• Contra Costa Operational Area

– Cooperative interagency and interdisciplinary effort led by public safety agencies to improve preparedness throughout the area.

– Includes County agencies, 19 municipalities, and all special jurisdictions entitled to receive HLS grant funding

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Interagency Effort

• Gang of 5 – HLS grant approval authority

– Administered by a five-person County Approval Authority consisting of the Sheriff, Health Services Director, the Contra Costa County Fire Chief, a municipal fire chief, and a municipal police chief

• Gang of 10 – working group representatives appointed by G-5 members

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Project Goals

• Target and prioritize grant funding opportunities in a methodical and planned way– Avoid last minute scrambling for requests when grants

are announced

– Evaluate current HazMat response capabilities and emergency response assets to improve complementary structure, and response configurations

• Ensure all departments, regions (west, central, and east) and jurisdictions have input as stakeholders and are vested in the outcome

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Plan of Attack

Hazardous Materials Response Assessment

Phase 1

Assess Current

Environment

Phase 1

Assess Current

Environment

Phase 2

Data Collection

Phase 2

Data Collection

Phase 3

Identify / Create Vision for Issues, Direction, Goals,

and Opportunities

Phase 3

Identify / Create Vision for Issues, Direction, Goals,

and Opportunities

Phase 4

Create Plans

Phase 4

Create Plans

Phase 5

Formal Acceptance of Plans

Phase 5

Formal Acceptance of Plans

Strategic and Tactical Planning

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Tracking Progress

• Assess Current Environment (Phase 1) COMPLETED– Establish working groups by discipline

– Review existing documents

• Data Collection (Phase 2)– Develop survey questions and on-line, web-based

survey tool – 70% COMPLETE

– Identify survey participants – Week of October 24

– Complete survey – November

– Compile results – December

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Establish Response Discipline Committees and Work Groups

911

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Web-based Data Collection Tool

• Sample – Personnel and Training

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Create HazMat Response Assessment and/or Strategic and Tactical Plans

Establish and define credible scenarios

Determine personnel, training, and equipment

Evaluate existing response capabilities

Recommend and prioritize funding

allocation

All-Hazards Planning Approach

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Survey Tool

• End Result = Capabilities Assessment on a Contra Costa Operational Area Level

• Focus Areas

– manpower assessment

– communication capability

– response preparedness capability

– system wide approach to emergency response

– equipment capabilities

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Operational Area Results

• Snapshot of Response Personnel

• Snapshot of Dispatch Personnel

• Snapshot of Available Equipment

• Snapshot of Equipment Needs

• Identification and Resource Typing of Specialized Units

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Action Item

• Identify survey respondent for your agency