Region IV Regional Response Team
(RRT) Meeting
NLE 2011
Jesse F. Munoz, CEM
Director
Recovery Division
NLE 2011 Overview
 Tier I National Level Exercise per the NEP
 Natural Hazard focused
 Guided by National Planning Scenario #9: Major Earthquake
 Specific focus on the New Madrid Seismic Zone and the FEMA
Catastrophic Planning Initiative
 Select states in FEMA Regions IV, V, VI, and VII, and the
headquarters elements of federal departments and agencies (National
Capital Region), and select international participants (maybe)
 Building block activities in States, FEMA Regions and the National
Capital Region
 Multi-day exercise scheduled for May 16 – 20, 2011
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NLE 2011 Unique Aspects
 First natural hazard NLE
 Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC)
 Catastrophic nature of NMSZ Earthquake
 Large exercise scale: Regions IV, V, VI, and VII plus 8 “CUSEC”
states
 Potential for multiple Emergency Management Assistance Compact
or “EMAC” states, making this a “nationwide” National Level
Exercise
 FEMA Catastrophic Planning Initiative
 Major DOD-USNORTHCOM “Linked Exercises” (Ardent Sentry,
Ultimate Caduceus)
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White House Perspective
 Public Alert and Warning- Local, State, and Private Sector
response should be rapid and effective in order to save lives. This
exercise should evaluate whether the right tools are available and
how well they are being used.
 Resilience for the Government, Critical Infrastructure (CI), and
Key Resources (KR)- This exercise should validate which CI/KR
sectors are the most vulnerable and which are the most important.
 Defense Support for Civil Authorities (DSCA)- The White House is
interested in seeing how quickly DSCA can be provided in a nonotice event, and how competing priorities will impact support.
FOUO
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Historic Event
Timelines
 C&O Conferences Spring-Summer 09
 Initial Planning Conferences (Sept 09-Jan 10)
 Mid-Term Planning Conferences (Apr-Nov 10)
 R4 NMSZ TTX (Aug 10)
 Regional & National OPLANS (Aug 10)
 National TTX (April 5)
 Final Planning Conference (April 6-7)
 MSEL Sync Conference (TBD April)
 NLE-11 Functional Exercise (May 16-20)
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Timelines (cont)
 State Recovery Exercises (June-Aug )
 National Recovery TTX (20-22 Sept )
 National AAR Conference (Sept 13-15)
 National AAR Published (Nov )
 Note: Essentially a 2.5-year evolution
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Participants
 White House and Cabinet-level
 NRCC and Federal Interagency
 Four FEMA Regions & ESFs (IV, V, VI, VII)
 Eight NMSZ-affected States (AL, KY, MS, TN,
AR, MO, IL, IN)
 Almost 200 counties
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June 17, 2003
Planning Organization
NLE 2011
Coordination Group
Region IV Steering
Committee
Scenario
Control &
Evaluation
Training
External
Affairs
Private
Sector
Recovery
Citizen &
Community
Preparedness
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To meet state and federal exercise objectives, FEMA NED adopted
Southwest M7.7 + Wabash triggered event for NLE 2011
USGS/HAZUS analysis estimates*: Aggregate Economic
Impact: $90B, Fatalities: 1500
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Region IV Target Capabilities
 Communications
 Critical Resource Logistics & Distribution
 Mass Care
 Citizen Evacuation & Shelter-in-Place
 Emergency Public Information & Warning
 EOC Management
 Medical Surge
 National-Level Focus Areas
 Defense Support to Civil Authorities
 Community Resiliency and Continuity of Government
 Long Term Recovery
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June 17, 2003
Scenario Development
Capabilities
Tasks
Using identified priority capabilities
relevant to their jurisdiction,
exercise managers select
capabilities to practice, assess, and
improve through exercises.
Based on selected capabilities,
exercise managers identify critical
UTL tasks to exercise and evaluate.
Objectives
Scenario
Based on capabilities and tasks
being tested, a jurisdiction defines
specific exercise objectives that
reflect its specific needs
circumstances, and goals.
Managers should select a
jurisdiction-specific scenario what
provides an opportunity to test
critical task performance and meet
exercise objectives.
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June 17, 2003
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Scenario Development
 Documented by a Scenario Objective Matrix
(SOM)
 Agency/Office/Jurisdiction, etc
 Capabilities
 Activities
 Tasks
 Smart Objectives
 “Triggers” (Scenario Injects)
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June 17, 2003
Control & Evaluation
 Extensive Undertaking
 Three -day Exercise
 Event to event+72 hours
 Multiple levels of local, state, and Federal play
 Overlapping and/or staggered schedules
 Complex organization/architecture
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June 17, 2003
National Level Exercise (NLE) 2011
Control Cell Locations & Information Flow
National Capital Region
Coordination Center
Master Control Cell (MCC)
Exercise Director
Deputy Exercise Director
International Coord.
Private Sector Coord.
Principal Play Coord.
Other Federal D/A Cell
International
Controllers
NCR-based
Federal D/A
Controllers
Private Sector
Controllers
Principal
Liaisons
MCC (physical location TBD)
Location of D/A play
At state nexus of play
RRCC
Location of D/A play or
Physical location TBD
Control/
MSEL Cell
Evaluation
Cell
Simulation Cell
(inc. Private Sector)
NCRCC
LNO
VNN
LNO
Federal D/A
Controllers
External
Affairs
Scenario
SME
Exercise
IT
Linked
Ex. LNO
R IV
RECC
RV
RECC
R VI
RECC
R VII
RECC
R IV
LCC
RV
LCC
R VI
LCC
R VII
LCC
AL
VC
C
KY
VC
C
MS
VC
C
TN
VC
C
IL
VC
C
IN
VC
C
AR
VC
C
MO
VC
C
DHS NOC
LCC
FEMA UACG
LCC
FEMA NRCC
LCC
USGS NEIC
LCC
USCG HQ
LCC
Other Key
Federal D/A
LCCs
Linked Exercise
Control Cell(s)
1) Regional Exercise Coordination Cells (RECC) will be
staffed by FEMA Regional Coordinators and co-located at the
MCC.
2) Multiple entity or jurisdiction specific LCCs may be reporting
to each State VCC. FEMA Regional LCCs will report to their
appropriate RECC.
3) While no decision has yet been made, this version of the
Control Cell Locations & Information Flow presumes the MCC
is located outside of the National Capital Region.
National Level Exercise (NLE) 2011
Evaluation Locations & Information Flow
Master Control Center
International
Evaluators
Private
Sector
Evaluators
NCR-based
Federal D/A
Evaluators
Principal
Liaisons
Evaluation cell
DHS NOC
Lead evaluator
FEMA UACG
Lead evaluator
FEMA NRCC
Lead evaluator
USGS NEIC
Lead evaluator
USCG HQ
Lead evaluator
Other Key
Federal D/A
Lead evaluators
Regional Exercise Coordination
Cell
(RECC)
Linked Exercise(s)
Evaluators(s)
Alabama
Evaluators
Kentucky
Evaluators
Tennessee
Evaluators
Mississippi
Evaluators
Illinois
Evaluators
Indiana
Evaluators
Arkansas
Evaluators
Missouri
Evaluators
R IV RRCC
Evaluator
MCC (physical location TBD)
Location of D/A play
R V RRCC
Evaluator
At state nexus of play
R VI RRCC
Evaluator
RRCC/NRCC
R VII RRCC
Evaluator
Location of D/A play or
Physical location TBD
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Resource Allocation Workshop
 NMSZ Planning Initiative
 BG John Heltzel, Kentucky EM Director
 Federal-State Workshop to identify and allocate
critical response resources
 Akin to building a TPFDL
 Nashville the week of 30 Nov-3 Dec
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June 17, 2003
New National Exercise Program
 Program Revamp in accordance with Secretary Napolitano
memo of August 17, 2010
 NLE events only every two years, vice annually
 Revised program deliverable 90 days from date of memo (midNovember)
 NLE-2011 and NLE-2012 (Cyber Security) to proceed as
planned
 NLE-2013 cancelled
 Begins with NLE-14
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June 17, 2003
New NEP
 “Two-year progressive exercise program
that increases the total number of
exercises and culminates in a full-scale,
biennial intergovernmental National Level
Exercise.”
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June 17, 2003
New NEP
 Overarching program to consist of the following
elements:
 No-notice or limited notice drills
(“Thunderbolts”)
 Table Top Exercises
 Functional Exercises
 Capstone full-scale event NLE
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Questions/Comments
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