EPA Region III
Inland Area Committee
Meeting
South Central Task
Force
Gregory G. Noll, CSP
SCTF Program Manager
PA Regional Task Forces
ERIE
Northwestern PA
WARREN
McKEAN
TIOGA
TIOGA
POTTER
SUSQUEHANNA
BRADFORD
WAYNE
North Central
Region 2 ERG
CRAWFORD
FOREST
WYOMING
ELK
VENANGO
CAMERON
Task Force
MERCER
Northwest Central
ERG
CLINTON
CLARION
MONTOUR
CLEARFIELD
BUTLER
UNION
ARMSTRONG
SNYDER
INDIANA
Pennsylvania
ALLEGHENY
South Central
Mountain RTF
MIFFLIN
East Central
CTTF
CARBON
SCHUYLKILL
CAMBRIA
BLAIR
Region 13
HUNTINGDON
WESTMORELAND
WASHINGTON
FULTON
4/8/2015
SOMERSET
LEHIGH
DAUPHIN
BERKS
LEBANON
South Central
Task Force
CUMBERLAND
BEDFORD
GREENE
NORTHAMPTON
JUNIATA
PERRY
FAYETTE
MONROE
COLUMBIA
CENTRE
BEAVER
PIKE
LUZERNE
JEFFERSON
LAWRENCE
Northeast
PA ERG
LACKAWANNA
SULLIVAN
LYCOMING
FRANKLIN
ADAMS
LANCASTER
YORK
BUCKS
Southeast PA
RTF
MONTGOMERY
PHILADELPHIA
CHESTER
DELAWARE
South Central Task Force
Facts
 Population - 2 million
 Area - Approximately 5,200 square miles
 Municipalities - 312
 Emergency response organizations
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Fire / Rescue = 326
Police Departments = 143
EMS / Basic Life Support = 101
EMS / Advanced Life Support= 34
Hospitals = 16
Special Operations Units = 25
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SCTF Leadership Team
 Executive Committee
• John Eline- Chair, Adams County DES
• Eight County EMA Directors
• Gregory Noll - Program Manager
 Subcommittees
• Total of 10 subcommittees and 20+ related working groups
aligned with emergency response disciplines
 State & Federal Liaison Members
• PEMA, PA DOH, PSP, FBI, DHS, EPA, etc.
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SCTF
Executive Committee
Dauphin County
Fiduciary Agent
Program Manager
Agriculture
Subcommittee
• Planning Specialist
• Animal Decon WG
Equipment &
Logistics
• Planning Specialist
Business, Industry
Subcommittee
• Planning Specialist
• Public Works WG
Fire / Rescue / HM
Subcommittee
• Planning Specialist
• HMRT WG
• Decon Strike Team WG
• Tech Rescue WG
South Central Regional Task Force
Organizational Chart
Comms & Technology
Subcommittee
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Planning Specialist
Amateur Radio WG
GIS WG
MCU WG
Criminal Justice
Subcommittee
EMS
Subcommittee
• Planning Specialist
• Planning Specialist
• Tactical Team WG
• MFF WG
• School Safety WG
• School Resource Officer WG
Hospital & Healthcare
Subcommittee
Public Info Officer
Subcommittee
• Planning Specialist
• Public Health Issues
• Planning Specialist
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Hospital Evac WG
Medical Support WG
Radiological Response WG
Patient Tracking WG
SNS Implementation WG
Mass Evacuation Project
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Training
Subcommittee
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• Planning Specialist
• Exercise WG
Behavioral Health WG
County Coroners WG
Intelligence / Info WG
Type-4 Incident Mgmnt Team
SCTF Mission Statement
SCTF will assume a leadership role in delivering
a comprehensive and sustainable regional
“all-hazards” emergency preparedness
program that addresses planning, prevention,
response and recovery for events in South
Central PA that exceed local capabilities.
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HSPD 8 National Priorities
1. Implement NIMS and National Response
Framework (NRF)
2. Enhanced Regional Collaboration
3. Implement the National Infrastructure Protection
Plan (NIPP)
4. Strengthen information sharing and collaboration
capabilities
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HSPD 8 National Priorities
5. Strengthen interoperable communication
capabilities
6. Strengthen CBRNE detection, response and
decon capabilities
7. Strengthen medical surge and mass prophylaxis
capabilities
8. Strengthen planning & citizen preparedness
capabilities
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SCTF Strategic Planning
Assumptions
 Any regional response must build upon the
elements of mutual aid used on a daily basis
 Where possible, all equipment purchased through
SCTF will have a “dual use” capability
 Local response agencies will be “on their own” for
the initial 24 hours before state resources and up
to 96 hours before federal resources will arrive
 SCTF decisions are based upon “regional” needs
and perspectives vs. “local” perspective
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SCTF Concept of Operations
Incident
Occurs
Local
24
Hours
48
Hours
72
Hours
96
Hours
South Central Task Force
Commonwealth of PA
Federal Govt.
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SCTF Concept of Operations
 Under Act 227, RTFs are
required to establish specialized
regional response teams that
can be deployed in the event of
a major incident.
 Deployment of these teams
builds upon mutual aid
concepts.
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SCTF Specialized Response Teams
 Incident Management Team (IMT)
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Type 4 (3) capability
Decontamination Strike Teams
EMS Task Forces
Hospital Response Teams
Mobile Field Forces (MFF)
Special Operations Units
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Hazardous Materials Teams (5)
Tactical Teams (6)
County Technical Rescue Teams (4)
PA US&R Company 1
County Foam Task Forces (3)
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Strategic Accomplishments
 A look backwards
 Ten strategic benefits /
accomplishments since
our inception
 Viewed from a 50,000 ft.
perspective
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Supplemented by tactical
examples at 10,000 ft.
level
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Strategic Benefit #1
 RTF concept has changed the traditional paradigm
of local-county-state emergency preparedness
 Developed a more capable and effective
organizational structure by which all South Central
PA counties and jurisdictions have an improved
response capability with access to more resources
and operational capabilities than they could acquire
by themselves.
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Strategic Benefit #2
 Developed a regionbased mutual aid system
that builds upon
automatic and county
mutual aid systems for
initial 72-96 hours of an
incident that exceeds
local and county
response capabilities
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Strategic Benefit #3
 Supported the delivery of over
1,000 “all hazard” training and
200+ exercise opportunities.
 Given breadth of SCTF & our
affiliated agencies, students
become “change agents” and
have a multiplier effect
beyond life of the HSGP.
 Approximately 100 ICS300/400 deliveries
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Strategic Benefit #4
 Acquired technology-based tools for regional EM/EP
communities at reduced overall cost to the taxpayer
and increased coordination.
• WEbEOC
• South Central Alert
• Everbridge Aware
• GIS Initiatives
System
• Regional MACC
• WiseTrack
• SCTF Website Upgrade
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Strategic Benefit #5
 SCTF has facilitated the development of public and
private sector initiatives and partnerships that
have improved protection of CI/KR, as well as
ability of the private sector to plan for, respond to,
and recover from various all-hazards response
scenarios.
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Strategic Benefit #6
 SCTF has facilitated networking & collaboration
within the pre-hospital and hospital communities,
resulting in a higher level of regional medical
preparedness.
 Substantial improvements in ability of the medical
community to share resources and integrate
emergency preparedness operations for incidents
that significantly stress one or more healthcare
facilities.
Unclassified
Strategic Benefit #7
 Using a combination of various grant streams,
SCTF has funded improvements to regional
public safety communications infrastructure that
have enhanced local, regional and state
interoperability and networking.
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Strategic Benefit #8
 Through the HSGP process, SCTF has
implemented operational efficiencies and
programs that have significantly increased
regional law enforcement capabilities to respond
to large, complex events and incidents in a
unified command scenario.
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Strategic Benefit #9
 SCTF has developed a region-based, integrated
special operations program for the HM/CBRN and
technical rescue disciplines. This effort has led to
development of:
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Standardized operational procedures
Uniform training requirements
Common equipment procurement & utilization
 Region-based HM/CBRN and TRT capabilities far
exceed what each county could have
accomplished individually.
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Strategic Benefit #10
 SCTF is not an organization per se.
 SCTF is a vehicle / process that:
 Brings together a diverse group of agencies &
individuals who…
 Mutually collaborate on identifying and analyzing local,
county & regional “Bad Day” problems, and…
 Develop solutions to those problems.
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We Live Our Values.
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Regional Capability
Customer Focused
Collaboration
Sustainability
Safety
Fiscal Responsibility
Information Sharing
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“Big Rock” Challenges…
 Meeting day-to-day business while trying to (fill in
the blank)….
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Marketing the regional concept
Organizational dynamics, conflicts and priorities.
 Enabling legislation that reflects a 2011
environment
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Title 35 – Emergency Management
 Program sustainment within the HSGP grant process
 Recruitment, retention & competence
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“Big Rock” Challenges…
 Making the community at-large a stakeholder in
emergency preparedness
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Public education – “self-survival” planning & skills
Increased citizen involvement - Citizens Corps / CERTs /
VOAD
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The
South Central Task Force
Is YOU!!!!