EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Office of Emergency Management
Mission Statement
It is the mission of the DFW Airport Department of Public Safety to
provide the highest level of PROFESSIONAL services to the
Airport community through efficient planning, mitigation,
response and recovery from natural and manmade events that
threaten lives, critical assets or business continuity.
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DFW Overview
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DFW’s 18,000+ acres of land will ultimately support eight runways, six
terminals and a variety of land development opportunities.
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7 runways
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4 are 13,400 feet
4 aircraft can land simultaneously
under VFR/IFR Cat I conditions
3 aircraft can land simultaneously
under IFR CAT III conditions
Any aircraft at maximum payload can
land at DFW
24-hour operations
No slot constraints or curfews
3 control towers (2 active)
5 terminals
152 active gates
3rd Busiest Airport in the world
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Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Overview
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Approximately 78 miles of taxiways and runways
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7 Runways - 13,850,500 sq. ft. of concrete - 80,403 linear feet
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110 Taxiways - 52,612,980 sq. ft. of concrete – 330,452 linear feet
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652,782 Operations in 2010
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18,953 total runway and taxiway lights
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6,885 acres in the Air Operations Area (AOA)
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1,000 acres of safety areas
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934 total number of signs
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56 Navigation facilities; 19 windsocks; 135 obstruction lights
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38 miles of AOA fence line with 71 AOA gates
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EOC Activations
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Level 3
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Level 2
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Escalation to non-routine
emergency, multi-departmental
response
Level 1
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Local emergency exists – ICS and
responders at scene
Assistance from other jurisdictions
or mutual aid may be needed
Local area disaster or multi-site
incident S.E.A.D.O.G.
Classified
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Any readiness level may be deemed
classified
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Major Activations
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Hurricane Ike
DFW Airport Provides Support During Hurricane Ike
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National Disaster Medical System
 Handled twenty-five patients
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Texas Task Force 2
 Deployed one firefighter
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State Incident Management Team
 Deployed one police officer
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Texas Intrastate Mutual Aid System
 Deployed four firefighters
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S.E.A.D.O.G.
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Participated in conference calls with TSA,
State and Regional Emergency
Management groups.
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Hurricane Gustav
DFW Airport Preparations and Response
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On August 28, 2008 DFW was notified to
prepare for two major operations related to
Gustav
 National Disaster Medical System
 FEMA Camp for evacuated DHS
Employees
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Training and Exercises
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Emergency Management
Institute
Emmittsburg, MD
Center for Domestic
Preparedness Anniston, AL
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Emergency Operations Center
Function is to Collect, Gather and Analyze Data
Terminal
B
Station
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Station
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Alert
Site
Station
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Station
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Emergencies That Potentially
Require An EOC Activation
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“Go Teams”
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“Go Teams”
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The Mitigators
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“…to train a core group of
Airport staff in the art of EOC
Management”
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“…anticipate a high level of
training and opportunities”
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Training Methods
 DFW Board Policy SS.006.00
 FEMA Independent Study
 FEMA Resident Courses
 TDEM Courses
 National Domestic
Preparedness Consortium
Courses
 NIMS ICS All-Hazards
Position Specific Courses
 Movies
 Games
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DFW Board Policy SS.006.00
 To establish policy and procedure concerning compliance with state
and federal requirements related to managing domestic incidents.
 Primary/Supporting Roles
 Required Training
 Timelines
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FEMA Independent Study Program
 The primary audience for the Independent Study Program is
national emergency response and recovery personnel of the United
States, as well as emergency management personnel of FEMA, and
US citizens.
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FEMA Independent Study Program
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IS 700a
IS 800b
IS 100a
IS 200a
* Specialized Assignments
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IS 703a
IS 704a
IS 701a*
IS 702a*
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FEMA Residence Course
 Integrated Emergency Management Course (E900 series)
 EOC/IMT Interface (E947)
 Situation Awareness and Common Operating Picture (L948)
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Texas Division of Emergency Management Courses
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G 230 Principles of Emergency Management
G 235a Emergency Planning
G 386 Mass Fatality Incident Response
G703 Resource Management
G720 Mitigation Grants
G191/975 EOC Operations and ICS Interface (FW)
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National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Courses
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Center for Domestic Preparedness
Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center
National Center for Biomedical Research and Training
National Emergency Response and Rescue Training
Nevada Test Site’s Counter Terrorism Operations Support Program
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Center For Domestic Preparedness Courses
 Pandemic Planning and Preparedness
 Pandemic Planning and Preparedness is a three-day training course
providing an overview of pandemic planning, its challenges, and the
facets of community preparedness that will assist a community to
prepare and effectively respond to a pandemic.
 DFW Airport Group (40 participants - 2009)
 DFW Airport Group (8 participants 2012)
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Texas Engineering Extension Service
 Enhanced Incident Management/Unified Command Course
“…enhance the participants' incident management and decision-making
skills necessary to effectively and safely respond to a CBRNE terrorism
incident”
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NIMS ICS All-Hazards Position Specific
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NIMS ICS All-Hazards Position Specific
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Incident Commander
Operations Section Chief
Planning Section Chief
Logistics Section Chief
Finance/Admin Section Chief
Liaison Officer
Public Information Officer
Safety Officer
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Resource Unit Leader
Situation Unit Leader
Communications Leader
Supply Unit Leader
Finance/Admin Unit Leader
Division/Group Supervisor
Facility Unit Leader
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Movies
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Games
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
EOC Jeopardy
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EOC Jeopardy
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Position Specific Training
Quarterly Exercises
ICS Training 100, 200, 300, 400
Regional Training – HSEEP, Pandemic Planning
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Name That Airport
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DFW Regional Diversion Airport Map
TUL
LAW
MEM
OKC
LIT
TXK
SPS
LBB
DFW
ELP
GGG
DAL
ABI
GRK
ACT
TYR
CLL
AUS
SAT
SHV
IAH
EFD
HOU
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Planning “P” Board Game
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Planning “P” Board Game
•Planning Chief
•Logistics Chief
•Finance/Admin Chief
•Operations Chief
•EOC Manager
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Historical Event
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Historical Events
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Historical Events
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Historical Events
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Historical Events
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Historical Events
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Historical Events
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Historical Events
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Historical Events
EOC Training: DFW Airport Style
Historical Events
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Wheel of Misfortune
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Wheel of Misfortune
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Spin for the Disaster
Spin for the Severity
More Preparatory Time
No One Knows
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Family Feud
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Family Feud
 Positions vs. Positions
 Finance/Admin
 Logistics
 Operations
 Planning
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Survivor
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Survivor
 Positions vs. Positions
 Finance/Admin
 Logistics
 Operations
 Planning
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Who Wants to Be
the EOC Manager?
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Who Wants to Be the EOC Manager?
 EOC Manager
 Section Chiefs
 Life Lines
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Are You Smarter
Than the Disaster?
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Are You Smarter Than the Disaster?
 Varied Levels of Difficulty
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Top 10 Disasters
EVENT
Hurricane Katrina (Region 6 States Only)
YEAR
2005
FEMA FUNDING
$26.8 billion
Attack on America-WTC (projected)(NY)
2001
$9 billion
Northridge Earthquake (CA)
1994
$7 billion
Florida Hurricanes [Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne]
Hurricane Ike (TX,LA)
2004
2009
$6.3 billion
$4.1 billion
Hurricane Rita (TX,LA)
2005
$3.8 billion
Hurricane Georges (AL,FL,LA,MS,PR,VI)
1998
$2.3 billion
Hurricane Andrew (FL,LA)
1992
$1.8 billion
Hurricane Gustav (TX,LA)
Tropical Storm Allison (FL,LA,MS,PR,TX)
2009
2001
$1.5 billion
$1.4 billion
Data as of 8/2010
Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Scavenger Hunt
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Word Find/Crossword Puzzles
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Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Other Games
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David McCurdy, CEM
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Department of Public Safety
Office of Emergency Management
dmccurdy@dfwairport.com
972-973-3590
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