Mason County Division of
Emergency Management (DEM)
Shelton, Washington
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Cascadia Rising
Earthquake Exercise 2016
Situation Manual (SITMAN)
February 2015
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ……………………………………………………………………………3
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………5
General Information…………………………………………………………………5
Purpose………………………………………………………………………………5
Scope…………………………………………………………………………………5
Exercise Objectives………………………………………………………………………….7
Exercise Structure …………………………………………………………………………..8
Anticipated Exercise Players ………………………………………………………………9
Roles and Responsibilities …………………………………………………………………9
Exercise Assumptions ……………………………………………………………………..10
Exercise Rules ……………………………………………………………………………..11
Exercise Schedule………………………………………………………………………….11
Exercise Scenario Setting …………………………………………………………………12
Day 2 – Mass Casualty Exercise ………………………………………………...13
Day 2 – Mass Fatality Exercise …………………………………………………..13
Day 3 – Mass Care Exercise ……………………………………………………..14
Day 3 – Donations/Volunteer Management Exercise ………………………….14
Disaster Simulation Exercise ……………………………………………………..15
Appendix A – Glossary …………………………………………………………………….16
Appendix B – Public Information Officer (PIO) ………………………………………….17
Appendix C – Law Enforcement ………………………………………………………….18
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Appendix D – Debris Management ………………………………………………………19
Appendix E – Infrastructure Systems ……………………………………………………20
Appendix F – Defense Support for Civil Authorities (DSCA) ………………………….21
Appendix G – Initial Damage Assessment ……………………………………………...22
Appendix H – Emergency Communications Plan……………………………………….25
Appendix I – Sanderson Field Operations ………………………………………………27
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INTRODUCTION
General Information
Mason County will participate in the Washington State Cascadia Rising Earthquake Exercise
2016 in early June 2016.
The Mason County Division of Emergency Management (DEM) is the coordinating agency for
the exercise.
Purpose
Cascadia Rising is a Functional Exercise (FE) intended to test local, state, tribal, and federal
government as well as select private sector and non-governmental organizations’ ability to
jointly respond to a Cascadia Subduction Zone 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami with
associated aftershocks along the West Coast of the United States.
Player feedback will be used to improve coordination and response functions between and
within the primary and supporting agencies in the County.
Scope
The players will participate in the Cascadia Rising Earthquake Exercise. The exercise will test
the 14 core capabilities for the Response mission area as listed in the National Preparedness
Goal.
Planning
Environmental
Response/Health and
Safety
Mass Search and
Rescue Operations
Public Health and
Medical Services
Public Information
and Warning
Fatality Management
Services
Operational
Coordination
Infrastructure
Systems
Critical
Transportation
Mass Care Services
On-scene Security
and Protection
Operational
Communications
Public and Private
Services and
Resources
Situational
Assessment
NOTE: Planning, Public Information and Warning, and Operational Coordination—cross
cut all of the five mission areas (Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery).
While EOCs at all levels will be exercising tasks under each of the 14 core capabilities, Mason
County will support the 6 core capabilities the state has chosen as Overarching Objectives.
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1. Operational Communications. Demonstrate the ability of Emergency Operations Centers
(EOCs) to establish and sustain voice and data communications with other EOCs and with the
general public to include basic restoration of communications infrastructure within the impacted
area to support response operations and coordinated public messaging.
2. Public Health and Medical Services. Demonstrate the ability to organize, coordinate, and
deliver targeted public health and medical services to disaster survivors to include temporary
medical facilities, medical surge operations, and patient evacuation and transport to save lives
and reduce the suffering of disaster survivors.
3. Mass-Care Services. Demonstrate the ability to coordinate and deliver life-sustaining
services to disaster survivors with a focus on hydration, feeding, emergency sheltering,
evacuations, and donations and volunteer management.
4. Situational Assessment. Demonstrate the ability of EOCs at all levels to provide decisionmakers and EOC officials with relevant information regarding the extent of disaster damages to
critical infrastructures and other facilities, cascading effects, and the status of ongoing response
operations and share this information with other EOCs and critical stakeholders.
5. Critical Transportation. Demonstrate the ability of EOCs to coordinate the establishment of
access into impacted areas via appropriate ground, air, and maritime transportation corridors to
deliver response teams, equipment, and disaster relief supplies to meet the basic needs of
disaster survivors and stabilize the incident.
6. Operational Coordination. Demonstrate the ability to establish operational control and
coordination structures within the impacted region to include the mobilization, employment, and
sustainment of critical internal and external response resources to meet basic survivor needs
and stabilize the incident.
Mason County agencies and organizations will also exercise the following core capabilities
during the exercise:
1. On-scene Security and Protection. Demonstrate the ability to ensure a safe and secure
environment through law enforcement and related security and protection operations for people
and communities located within affected areas and also for all traditional and atypical response
personnel engaged in lifesaving and life-sustaining operations.
2. Fatality Management Services. Demonstrate the ability to provide fatality management
services, including body recovery and victim identification, working with state and local
authorities to provide temporary mortuary solutions, sharing information with mass care services
for the purpose of reunifying family members and caregivers with missing persons/remains, and
providing counseling to the bereaved.
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3. Public and Private Services and Resources. Demonstrate the ability to provide essential
public and private services and resources to the affected population and surrounding
communities, to include emergency power to critical facilities, fuel support for emergency
responders, and access to community staples (e.g., grocery stores, pharmacies, and banks)
and fire and other first response services.
Exercise Objectives
The following objectives have been established for this exercise:
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Demonstrate the ability of EOCs at all levels to operate in a degraded communications
environment by utilizing tactical voice and data communications to include HF, VHF, and
UHF radio systems/networks, amateur radio, WPS, GETS and satellite equipment to
communicate with other EOCs, field responders, private sector, and media outlets to
ensure interoperability and manage the incident.
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Demonstrate the ability to coordinate post-disaster assessments of communications
infrastructure in order to develop a common operational picture of communication
system damages and coordinate with infrastructure owners to prioritize basic repairs to
the communications infrastructure to support life-saving/sustaining response operations.
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Demonstrate the ability to relay critical messages to the public in a degraded
communication environment utilizing means other than television and the internet.
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Demonstrate the ability to communicate disaster related information with the public
utilizing social media platforms to include monitoring social media for trends and
developing communication strategies and operational remedies to address those trends.
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Demonstrate the ability of the public affairs community across all EOCs to collaborate on
the development of accurate, timely, and consistent joint public messaging with an
emphasis on access and functional needs populations to aid disaster survivors.
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Demonstrate ability to assess public health and environmental impacts (water, air, food)
and damage to facilities such as water systems, wastewater/solid waste facilities, and
food storage, processing, and serving facilities.
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Prioritize situational awareness information to establish and share a common operating
picture between internal and external partners at all levels and update or revise this
using Essential Elements of Information (EEI) and/or Critical Information Requirements
(CIR) or similar process.
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Demonstrate the ability to coordinate the establishment of alternate transportation routes
and inform responders and the public of these route detours.
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Demonstrate the ability to coordinate the prioritization of route clearance, debris
management equipment and resources, and temporary debris storage for all
transportation modes.
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Demonstrate the ability to develop a common operating picture on the status of
damages to critical infrastructure systems (potable water systems, water treatment
plants, electrical systems, etc.)
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Demonstrate the ability to identify, prioritize, request, stage, transport, and track
resources to meet incident management objectives.
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Demonstrate the ability to incorporate extra-jurisdictional EOC staff into the EOC
organization.
Exercise Structure
Exercise play will take place Tuesday, June 7 through Friday, June 10, 2016. On Saturday,
June 11 County Volunteer Teams will participate in a disaster simulation exercise.
DAY
DAY 1 (Tue, Jun 7)
ACTIVITY
 DEM Operate EOC – minimal staff
DAY 2 (Wed, Jun 8)
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Operate EOC – full staff
DAY 3 (Thu, Jun 9)
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County agencies conduct emergency response procedures
Operate EOC – full staff
DAY 4 (Fri, Jun 10)
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County agencies conduct emergency response procedures
DEM Operate EOC – minimal staff
Sat, Jun 11
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County Volunteer Teams participate in disaster simulation
exercise
County agencies and organizations are encouraged to participate in the Cascadia Rising
exercise for at least 3 hours (9:00 am – 12:00 pm or 1:00 – 4:00 pm) either on Day 2 or Day 3.
DEM personnel will be available to provide a background briefing, facilitate your agency’s
exercise, and lead the “hotwash” after your exercise.
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Anticipated Exercise Players
The following county agencies and organizations are anticipated to participate in the exercise.
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County Public Health
County Public Works
County Sheriff’s Office
County Fire Districts
MACECOM
Medic One
Mason General Hospital
Harrison Medical Center
Mason Transit Authority
Assessor
Auditor
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Clerk of Court
Community Development
Coroner
District Court
Facilities
Probation
Prosecutor
Superior Court
Support Services
City of Shelton
Roles and Responsibilities
Players respond to scenario events based on expert knowledge of their agency or
organization’s response assets and current plans and procedures.
Facilitators provide situation updates and moderate discussions to the functional groups. They
also provide additional information, resolve questions as required, and make sure exercise play
is proceeding in the proper direction.
Observers only observe the exercise as they develop their responses during the caucus
sessions. Observers do not participate in the moderated discussion period.
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Exercise Assumptions
1. In order to achieve the joint objectives of the exercise, the following facts and assumptions
should be used by exercise players in the conduct of the exercise:
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Real-world weather will be in effect during each day of the exercise.
The County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is structurally sound and capable of
facilitating operations.
A sufficient number of staff will be able to reach the EOC to initiate and sustain
operations.
2. Within 24 hours:
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Board of County Commissioners declares local emergency.
The Governor proclaims a State of Emergency and requests that the President declare a
disaster.
The President declares a Major Disaster, making Federal assistance available under the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.,
5121 – 5206 (2008)) (The Stafford Act).
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) implement the Catastrophic Incident Supplement to the National
Response Framework (NRF) and begin mobilizing Federal resources.
3. A detailed and credible common operating picture cannot be achieved for 24 to 48 hours (or
longer) after the disaster. As a result, response activities begin without the benefit or a detailed
or complete situation and critical needs assessment.
4. First responders, providers of recovery services, and other critical response personnel are
personally affected by the disaster and may be unable to report to their work sites for days due
to damaged transportation infrastructure.
5. Once the President declares a disaster and commits Federal resources, the State and
Federal governments establish joint operations to provide assistance to local jurisdictions.
6. Massive assistance in the form of response teams, equipment, materials, and volunteers
begin to flow towards the region, providing urgently needed resources but creating coordination
and logistical support challenges.
7. Due to damage to transportation infrastructure, out-of-region mutual aid, State, and Federal
resources, as well as resources from other states cannot begin to arrive for up to 72 hours.
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Exercise Rules
This exercise is being conducted in a no-fault environment. There is no single “right” response
to scenario events and open discussion is encouraged. The exercise is an opportunity to
discuss and present multiple options and possible solutions. Participants will adhere to the
following rules of play:
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Participants will act in a professional manner at all times.
Players will respond as if exercise events are real, using existing plans, procedures,
equipment, and other response assets.
Response groups may discuss response actions with other response groups.
Decisions are not precedent setting and may not reflect an organization’s final position on a
given issue.
Exercise Schedule
Cascadia Rising Earthquake Exercise – June 7 – June 10, 2016
Day 1 – June 7
9:00–11:00 am
Situational Assessment Briefing
County Elected Officials/Directors
1:00–3:00 pm
Review Emergency Action Plans
All County Agencies/Organizations
Day 2 – June 8
9:00 am–12:00 pm
Mass Casualty Exercise
Lead County Agencies
1:00–4:00 pm
Mass Fatality Exercise
Lead County Agencies
Day 3 – June 9
9:00 am–12:00 pm
Mass Care Exercise
Lead County Agencies
1:00–4:00 pm
Donations/Volunteer Management
Lead County Agencies
Day 4 – June 10
9:00–11:00 am
After-Action Review
County Elected Officials/Directors
Saturday – June 11
8:00 am – 12:00 pm Disaster Simulation Exercise
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All County Volunteer Teams
Exercise Scenario Setting
The Pacific Northwest is prone to earthquakes. This has been demonstrated repeatedly by
events as recent as the Nisqually earthquake in 2001. The Pacific Northwest has earthquakes
because it lies within a tectonic collision zone.
The Cascadia subduction zone is one of the principal sources of concern. Lying mostly offshore,
this plate interface is a giant fault – approximately 700 miles long. Here, the set of tectonic
plates to our west is sliding (subducting) beneath the North American Plate. The movement of
these plates is neither constant nor smooth: the plates are stuck, and the stress will build up
until the fault suddenly breaks. Stresses have now been building along the Cascadia subduction
zone for more than 300 years, and the communities of Cascadia can be certain that another
great quake will again shake the region.
Although it is possible that the Cascadia subduction zone will rupture section by section in a
series of large earthquakes (each measuring magnitude 8.0 to 8.5) over a period of years, the
earthquake that planners anticipate is modeled on the zone’s last major quake: the entire fault
ruptures from end to end, causing one great earthquake measuring magnitude 9.0. The shaking
that results from this abrupt shifting of the earth’s crust will be felt throughout the Pacific
Northwest – and the ground is expected to go on shaking for four to six minutes. The initial
quake will likely be followed by aftershocks, which may begin within hours of the main shock
and will continue to occur for months afterwards.
It’s 8:16 on a chilly, wet morning in early summer. You’ve just arrived at work and are pouring a
cup of coffee when you become aware of a low rumbling noise. Within seconds, the rumbling
becomes a roar, the floor beneath you heaves, and the building begins to pitch and shake so
violently that you’re thrown to the floor. The roaring is joined by a cacophony of crashing as
windows shatter and every unsecured object in the room – from the desk chair to the coffee pot
– is sent flying. Shaken loose by the shuddering and jolting of the building, dust and ceiling
particles drift down like snow. Then the lights flicker and go out. Remembering to “drop, cover,
and hold,” you crawl under the nearest table, hold on tight, and tell yourself that the shaking
should last only a few seconds more … but it goes on and on.
This is it: the Big One. The Cascadia subduction zone has just unleashed a magnitude 9.0
earthquake.
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DAY 2 – Mass Casualty Exercise
Lead County Agencies: Mason General Hospital and Harrison Medical Center
Supporting County Agencies: County Public Health, County Fire Districts, Medic One
Mason County population: 60,000
During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake casualties will number in the hundreds.
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Demonstrate the ability to assess damages to health care facilities, ascertain capacity to
care for the injured, and develop a common operating picture on the status of the health
care system.
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Demonstrate the ability to coordinate the rapid expansion of the health-care system to
include external medical professional staff, the establishment of field-triage and alternate
care facilities, and the provision of medical equipment and supplies.
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Demonstrate the ability to collaborate on the establishment and resourcing of patient
points-of-embarkation and the multi-modal transportation of patients to non-impacted
medical facilities for treatment.
DAY 2 – Mass Fatality Exercise
Lead County Agency: Coroner
Supporting County Agencies: County Public Health, County Fire Districts, County Sheriff’s
Office
During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake fatalities will number in the hundreds.
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Demonstrate the ability to initiate planning for fatality management including family
assistance centers.
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Demonstrate the ability to conduct scene evaluation, document, and remove fatalities
from scene.
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Demonstrate the ability to store remains temporarily, and conduct multi-specialty
forensic analysis of human remains to determine the cause and manner of death.
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DAY 3 – Mass Care Exercise
Lead County Agency: TBD
Supporting County Agencies: TBD
During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake residents requiring temporary shelter will
number in the hundreds.
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Demonstrate the ability to coordinate with the whole community a multi-pronged mass
care strategy with supporting staff, equipment and supplies, that incorporates
congregate shelters to meet projected scenario demands for human survivors and
household pets and service animals.
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Demonstrate the ability to determine life-sustaining commodity requirements for both
shelter and non-shelter disaster survivors.
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Demonstrate the ability to collaborate on disaster survivor protective action decisionmaking policies and actions (i.e., sheltering or evacuation).
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Demonstrate the ability to provide timely, accurate and effective public messaging on
critical support, life supporting steps, shelter information and mass care expectations.
DAY 3 – Donations/Volunteer Management Exercise
Lead County Agency: TBD
Supporting County Agencies: TBD
During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake hundreds of people from within the county and
outside the county will donate goods and services to aid in response and recovery operations.
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Demonstrate the ability to develop or implement plans to organize and manage incoming
donations and existing and spontaneous volunteers.
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Coordinate Volunteer Management Operations and the Establishment of Warehouses
and Materials Handling Equipment.
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Organize Volunteers and Assign them to Disaster Relief Efforts.
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Collect and manage material donations.
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SATURDAY, June 11 – Disaster Simulation Exercise
Lead County Agency: Division of Emergency Management (DEM)
Supporting County Volunteer Teams: Search and Rescue (ESAR), Communications Support
Team (CST), Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), Medical Reserve Corps
(MRC), Amateur Radio operators.
During a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake county volunteers will play a major role in the
response and recovery operations.
Exercise Objectives:
Search and Rescue: Deliver traditional and a typical search and rescue capabilities, including
personnel, services, animals, and assets to survivors in need, with the goal of saving the
greatest number of endangered lives in the shortest time possible.
Operational Communications: Ensure the capacity for timely communications in support of
security, situational awareness, and operations by any and all means available, among and
between affected communities in the impact area and all response forces.
Public Information and Warning: Deliver coordinated, prompt, reliable, and actionable
information to the whole community through the use of clear, consistent, accessible, and
culturally and linguistically appropriate methods to effectively relay information regarding any
threat or hazard and, as appropriate, the actions being taken and the assistance being made
available.
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Appendix A - Glossary
Core Capabilities: Distinct critical elements necessary to achieve the National Preparedness
Goal.
Critical Infrastructure: Systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United
States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating
impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any
combination thereof.
Mission Areas: Groups of core capabilities, including Prevention, Protection, Mitigation,
Response, and Recovery.
National Preparedness: The actions taken to plan, organize, equip, train, and exercise to build
and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of,
respond to, and recover from those threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the
Nation.
Performance Measure: The metrics used to ascertain actual performance against target levels
identified for each core capability; by design, they are clear, objective, and quantifiable.
Whole Community: A focus on enabling the participation in national preparedness activities of
a wider range of players from the private and nonprofit sectors, including nongovernmental
organizations and the general public, in conjunction with the participation of Federal, state, and
local governmental partners in order to foster better coordination and working relationships.
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Appendix B – Public Information Officer (PIO)
Lead County Agency: TBD
Supporting County Agencies: TBD
Exercise Objective: Deliver credible messages to inform ongoing emergency services and the
public about protective measures and other life-sustaining actions and facilitate the transition to
recovery.
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PIO Major Responsibilities
Determine from the Incident Commander (IC) if there are any limits on
information release
Develop material for use in media briefings
Obtain IC approval of media releases
Inform the media and conduct media briefings
Arrange for tours and other interviews or briefings, as required
Establish a Joint Information Center (JIC), as necessary, to coordinate and
disseminate accurate and timely incident-related information
Maintain current information summaries and/or displays on the incident
Provide information on the status of the incident to assigned personnel
Maintain an Activity Log (ICS 214)
Manage media and public inquiries
Coordinate emergency public information and warnings
Monitor media reporting for accuracy
Confirm the process for the release of information concerning incident-related
injuries or deaths
Coordinate information releases with information staff from other impacted
agencies and jurisdictions
Ensure that all required agency forms, reports, and documents are completed
prior to demobilization
Have debriefing session with the IC prior to demobilization
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Appendix C – Law Enforcement
Lead County Agency: County Sheriff’s Office
Supporting County Agencies: TBD
Exercise Objective: Provide and maintain on-scene security and meet the protection needs of
the affected population over a geographically dispersed area while eliminating or mitigating the
risk of further damage to persons, property, and the environment.
(Detailed exercise activities to be published before the exercise)
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Appendix D – Debris Management
Lead County Agency: County Public Works Department
Supporting County Agencies: TBD
Exercise Objective: Identify and prioritize the response phase activities that will be necessary
during and immediately after the event, such as pushing debris to the side of the road to allow
access to critical facilities, or to allow first responders access to an impacted area.
(Detailed exercise activities to be published before the exercise)
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Appendix E – Infrastructure Systems
Lead County Agency: County Public Works Department
Supporting County Agencies: PUD #1, PUD #3, county water districts
Exercise Objective: Re-establish critical infrastructure within the affected areas to support
ongoing emergency response operations, life sustainment, community functionality, and a
transition to recovery.
(Detailed exercise activities to be published before the exercise)
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Appendix F – Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)
Lead Agency: County Division of Emergency Management (DEM)
Supporting County Agencies: TBD
Support Agencies: WA State Army/Air National Guard, US Army, US Air Force, US Navy, US
Coast Guard.
Exercise Objective: Provide assistance to domestic civil authorities in the event of natural or
manmade disasters, potentially in response to a very significant or catastrophic event.
DSCA Activities:
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Assist Sheriff’s Office in providing security at shelters, points of distribution (PODs),
critical infrastructure (power stations, etc.).
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Assist Sheriff’s Office in traffic control operations on major county roads.
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Provide power generators to critical facilities.
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Distribute water
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Assist emergency medical operations.
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Assist in evacuation of impacted neighborhoods.
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Assist Public Works in debris removal.
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Assist Public Works in damage assessment
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Assist in providing communications within the county.
(Detailed exercise activities to be published before the exercise)
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Appendix G – Initial Damage Assessment
The County EOC has received information from various sources that helped create an Initial
Damage Assessment.
Disaster Area
(Fire District - Population)
Estimated Population
Affected (first two hours)
Estimated population to be
sheltered
Number of
homes/apartments affected
School Districts
Mason County:
 City of Shelton (CMFE – 15,454)
 Belfair - Tahuya (NMRFA – 11,550)
 Lake Cushman (FD 18 – 1586)
 Matlock (FD 12 – 1404)
 Kamilche (FD 4 – 7445)
 Union (FD 6 – 1590)
 Hoodsport (FD 1 – 880)
 Grapeview (FD 3 – 2267)
 Skokomish Valley (FD 9 – 1861)
 Island Lake (FD 11 – 2310)
 Elma (FD 13 – 1532)
 Dayton (FD 16 – 3437)
 Lilliwaup (FD 17 – 546)
300 fatalities
1,000 casualties
200 families
300 senior citizens
150 special needs population
300 single men and women
1847 homes
535 apartments
 Shelton School District: moderate damage, limited
operations
 North Mason School District: moderate damage, limited
operations
 Grapeview School District: moderate damage, limited
operations
 Hood Canal School District: moderate damage, limited
operations
 Mary M. Knight School District: moderate damage,
limited operations
 Pioneer School District: moderate damage, limited
operations
 Southside School District: moderate damage, limited
operations
 Shelton Valley Christian School: moderate damage,
limited operations
 Mason County Christian School: moderate damage,
limited operations
 Olympic College: moderate damage, limited operations
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Appendix G – Initial Damage Assessment
Government buildings
affected
(only essential mission
personnel will report to job
site)
Medical facilities affected
Social Services affected
Businesses/retailers
affected
Electric Power Providers
Drinking Water Companies
Wastewater Treatment
Facilities
Natural Gas Providers
Communications Systems
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County Courthouse – moderate damage, limited
operations
 County Bldg #1 – moderate damage, limited operations
 County Bldg #2 – moderate damage, limited operations
 County Bldg #3 – moderate damage, limited operations
 County Bldg #4 – moderate damage, limited operations
 County Bldg #5 – moderate damage, limited operations
 County Bldg #6 – moderate damage, limited operations
 County Bldg #7 – moderate damage, limited operations
 County Bldg #8 – moderate damage, limited operations
 County Bldg #9 – moderate damage, limited operations
 County Sheriff’s Office – moderate damage, limited
operations
 County Jail – moderate damage, limited operations
 Juvenile Detention Center – moderate damage, limited
operations
 County Public Works Facility – moderate damage,
limited operations
 MACECOM – moderate damage, limited operations
 City of Shelton Civic Center – moderate damage,
limited operations
 All County Fire District Stations – moderate damage,
limited operations
Mason General Hospital: moderate damage, limited
operations
Harrison Medical Center: moderate damage, limited
operations
LMTAAA: limited operations/staff
United Way: limited operations/staff
Grocery stores (6): moderate damage, limited operations/staff
Supercenters/Club Stores (2): moderate damage, limited
operations/staff
Convenience Stores (no gas - 10; with gas – 22): moderate
damage, limited operations/staff
Full Service Restaurants (32): moderate damage, limited
operations/staff
PUD #1: moderate damage, limited operations/staff
PUD #3: moderate damage, limited operations/staff
All county drinking water providers have moderate damage,
limited operations/staff
All county wastewater treatment facilities have moderate
damage, limited operations/staff
All area natural gas provider facilities have moderate damage,
limited operations/staff
Cellular service providers have moderate damage, limited
operations/staff
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TV, radio, cable providers have moderate damage, limited
operations/staff
Appendix G – Initial Damage Assessment
Transportation Networks
Transportation Facilities
Natural Hazards
County Bridges damaged:
North County:
 Finch Creek 1 & 2 (#14, #15)
 Lower Dewato Creek (#25)
 Rendsland (#41)
 Tahuya 2 (#48)
 Tahuya Estuary (#49)
 Toonerville (#51)
South County:
 Bingham Creek (#2)
 Cranberry Creek Pipe Arch (#7)
 Ever’s (#13)
 Goldsborough 2 (#17)
 Goswell Creek (#18)
 Harstine Island Bridge (#19)
 Malaney Creek (#29)
 Mill Creek (#32)
 Plug Mill (#37)
Highway 101 bridges damaged:
 On/Off Exit ramp at Hwy 108
 On/Off Exit ramp at Railroad Ave
 On/Off Exit ramp at Wallace-Kneeland Blvd
 Bridge over Skokomish River
Highway 3 bridges damaged:
 Railroad overpass has collapsed onto highway
Mason Transit Authority: moderate damage, limited
operations/staff
Port of Shelton: moderate damage, limited operations/staff
Landslides reported along Highway 101 and Highway 3
City of Shelton downtown area damaged by liquefaction.
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Appendix H – Emergency Communications Plan
After the CSZ earthquake normal means of communications will be severely disrupted.
Alternate means of communications will need to be implemented. The County EOC will require
the support of the County Communications Support Team (CST) volunteers and local amateur
radio operators. The following roles and responsibilities will be tested during the Cascadia
Rising exercise:
CST Responsibilities
1. As soon as possible CST members will report to the EOC.
2. The first arriving team member will establish radio contact with
the State EOC.
3. A radio message log will be opened to maintain a record of
incoming/outgoing radio messages.
4. Team members will monitor county agency radio frequencies
(Sheriff’s Office, Public Works, Fire District’s, MACECOM) to help
develop a picture of what is happening in the county. This critical
information (Essential Elements of Information [EEI]) will help the
EOC to develop and meet the situational assessment and
operational coordination goals of the exercise.
5. Team members will establish radio contact with and monitor
other State and Federal agency radio frequencies as necessary in
order to forward requests for resources and provide information to
these agencies on damage and casualties.
6. Team members will establish contact with local amateur radio
operators to gather information from these operators on the
situation in their local neighborhoods and to pass emergency
information to them on response operations, shelter locations, etc.
that they can provide to their neighbors.
7. Team members will develop and maintain a list of the amateur
radio operators, their call-signs, home address, telephone number,
e-mail address (if provided) who have been providing information to
the EOC so they can be quickly contacted in the event messages
need to be relayed to other operators.
8. Team members will be prepared to operate out of the mobile
command vehicle if required to provide radio support to other
county agencies.
9. Team members will be prepared to work 12 hour shifts during the
disaster if needed.
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Appendix H – Emergency Communications Plan
Amateur Radio Operators
1. As soon as possible after the disaster amateur radio
operators will establish radio contact with the County EOC.
2. Operators are encouraged to provide the County EOC with a
picture of what the situation is in their neighborhood:
 Number of houses damaged
 Roads or streets blocked or damaged
 Trees/power lines down
 Power and water systems disrupted
 Casualties
3. Operators are encouraged to establish radio contact with out
of area amateur radio operators and be prepared to pass
emergency response information to these operators when
requested to by the EOC.
4. Operators are encouraged to maintain radio contact with the
County EOC and provide updated situation reports when a
significant event happens in their neighborhood (i.e. road is
cleared, power is restored, etc.)
5. Operators will be asked to pass along emergency response
information to their neighbors such as evacuation advisories,
location of emergency shelters, water and food distribution
points, etc.
6. Operators will not disclose information regarding the incident
to the news media. Refer news media questions to the Public
Information Officer for the incident.
Essential Elements of Information (EEI): To be reported by amateur radio operators and
gathered by EOC staff members
ITEM
DESCRIPTION
ITEM
DESCRIPTION
Buildings (House,
Damaged (roof gone,
Roads/Streets
Debris in road, power
school, business,
walls caved in, door or
lines down, cracked,
church)
windows blown out)
flooded
Utilities (water,
No power, no water,
Communications
No telephone, cellular,
electricity, sewer,
sewers overflowing, no
or internet service
septic systems,
natural gas
natural gas)
Casualties
Number people injured; Hazardous
Visible vapor clouds,
trapped, dead
Materials
liquids, materials
(propane tanks, etc.)
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Hazards
Building fires, grass or
tree fires, landslides
Other
Property or life
threatening emergencies
Appendix I – Sanderson Field Operations
The Port of Shelton’s Sanderson Field has been identified by WA State emergency planners as
a major aerial distribution point during a disaster. WA National Guard units will be deployed to
the airport after a disaster to operate and maintain a regional supply staging base. Fixed wing
aircraft and helicopters will conduct missions under the direction of the WA National Guard area
commander.
Sanderson Field will have the following responsibilities after a Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ)
earthquake:
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Inspect Port of Shelton owned, operated, or maintained facilities for damage and
operability.
Restrict aircraft operations on the airport until the runway(s), taxiways, and ramps have
been inspected by Sanderson Field personnel.
Issue appropriate Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) upon receipt of information from
authorized airport personnel, if requested.
Check for petroleum leaks and other potential hazardous materials problems.
Assess status of gas, electricity, water, and sanitation systems.
Test all radios, telephones and notification systems.
Assist in support operations, to include search, inspections, personnel accountability,
and protective action implementation.
Review personnel requirements and adjust accordingly.
To the degree communications systems will permit, coordinate activities with local fire
departments, if necessary.
Provide for overall airport security as soon as possible.
Interface with, coordinate, and utilize as needed, the resources made available by other
airport tenants, including air carriers.
Command and Control. It is essential for airport personnel to take immediate action to gather
damage assessment information. Provisions should be made, as necessary, to address the
following considerations:
Search and Rescue/Fire Suppression: Remove trapped and injured persons from collapsed
structures. Administer first aid, fire suppression, and assist in transporting the seriously injured
to medical facilities.
Damage Assessment: Conduct ground and aerial surveys to determine the scope of damage,
casualties, and status of key facilities.
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Debris Clearance: The identification, removal, and disposal of rubble, wreckage, and other
material which block or hamper the performance of emergency response activities should be
given a high priority.
Appendix I – Sanderson Field Operations
Access Control: Immediate actions to be taken, as soon as conditions permit, to:
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Control access to an area until it has been inspected and determined to be safe.
Only personnel directly involved in emergency response operations should be
allowed to enter. This involves the entire airport, not just the Air Operations Area
(AOA).
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Establish guidelines for determining when the public and employees will be allowed
to re-enter the area.
Utilities Repair: Restoration and repair of electrical power, natural gas, water, sewer, and all
communications systems to minimize the impact on critical services.
Inspections, Condemnation, and Demolition: Inspections of buildings and other structures to
determine to inhabit or use them after an earthquake has occurred.
Protective Actions: Consideration must be given to relocating people from damaged
structures, particularly those facilities which may receive more damage when hit by subsequent
aftershocks.
Recovery. As the initial response shifts to recovery, the airport operator, through its Incident
Action Plan, will provide guidance to returning airport employees and tenants regarding safety
precautions.
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