Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Puerto Rico Catastrophic Events
Earthquake and Tsunami
Catastrophic Plans
Region II Caribbean Area Division
Marie E. González
Emergency Operations Planner
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Puerto Rico Trench
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Puerto Rico Earthquake and
Tsunami - 1918
• “San Fermín Earthquake”
• 10:14 am on October 11,
1918
• 7.5 M
• Tsunami 20 feet (5.5 to 6
meters)
• 116 Casualties
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Tsunami Event
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Mameyes, Ponce Landslide
1985
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October 7, 1985 at 3:30am
22 inches of rain in 24 hours
129 Casualties and 300 injured
More than 100 homes damaged
$63 Millions in Federal
Assistance
“Block Slide” type of landslide
Search and Rescue Team from
USA, Mexico, Venezuela and
France
Five (5) Days of Search and
Rescue Operations.
Assessed Homes due to
unstable ground area.
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Hotel DuPont Plaza Fire
• December 31, 1986 at
3:00pm
• 97 Casualties in less
than 12 minutes
• 180 injured.
• 13 Fire trucks, 100
firefighters and 37
ambulances responded.
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Humberto Vidal Explosion
• Thursday, November 22, 1996 at 8:35am
• Six (6) story building shoe store in
Rio Piedras
• Building was virtually destroyed and
later on demolished.
• 33 Casualties
• 80 injured
• Broken propane gas line and the
ignition source was the air
conditioning switch with heating
wiring.
• “Rio Piedras Explosion”
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CAPECO Explosion
• Friday, October
23, 2009
• At 12:30am
• 1,000 people
relocated
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Five (5)
municipalities
designated for
Federal
assistance
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Region 2 Plans
2011-2012
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“Whole Community Concept”
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Six Step Planning Process
Form the
planning team
Understand the
situation
Determine goals
and objectives
Decide what to
plan
Conduct research
and analysis
Develop
objectives
Develop a
work plan
•Scenario
•Physical effect
•Impact
•Requirements
Work Plan
•Mission
•End State
•Phases
•Centers of
gravity
Develop the plan
Plan preparation,
review, approval
Plan refinement and
execution
Develop COAs
Write the plan
Exercise the plan
•Development
•Analysis
•Evaluation
•Capabilities
•Base plan
•Annexes
Implementation
Plan
Review, revise
Form a
collaborative
planning team
Information
Analysis
Brief
COA
Decision
Brief
Obtain plan
approval
Implement the
plan
Form senior
leader steering
committee
Chapter 1: Chapter 2:
Getting Initiating the
plan
Started
development
process
Chapter 3:
Conducting research
and communicating
results
Chapter 4:
Determining mission
statement and
objectives
Key Steps
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Chapter 5:
Course of action
development and
approval
Chapter 6:
Writing the
plan
Chapter 7: Chapter 8:
Exercising
Gaining
the plan
plan
approval
Primary Deliverables
Chapter 9:
Implementin
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Response - Core Capabilities
• Enable Rapid and Effective
Response
• Situational Assessment
• Public Messaging
• Command, Control, & Coordination
• Critical Communications
• Environmental Health & Safety
• Critical Transportation
• Survivor Needs
• On-Scene Security and Protection
• Mass Search and Rescue Operations
• Health and Medical Treatment
• Mass Care Services
• Public & Private Services & Resources
• Stabilize and Repair Essential
Infrastructure
• Fatality Management Services
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Core Capabilities Objectives Priorities
 Situational Assessment
 Command, Control and
Coordination
 Critical Communications
 Mass Search and Rescue
Operations
 On-Scene Security and
Protection
 Fatality Management Services
 Environmental Health and
Safety
 Mass Care Services
 Public and Private Services/
Resources
 Health and Medical Treatment
 Critical Transportation
 Public Messaging
 Stabilize and Repair Essential
Infrastructure
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The Catastrophic Event(s) Presented by PREMA Zone
The Incident: Earthquake reaching 7.0 MMI in Aguas Buenas, radiating from
east to west in a linear pattern, occurring at a 10KM depth.
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Zone 1 Infrastructure
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Zone 1 Infrastructure
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Presentation of Phased Response
Incident: 7.0MMI in Aguas Buenas, radiating from east to west in a linear
pattern, occurring at a 10KM depth.
Zone 5 Depiction
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Phase 1a (Normal Operations) – Command and Control
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The Incident: 7.0 MMI in Aguas Buenas, radiating from east to west in a linear
pattern, occurring at a 10KM depth.
USGS Fatality and Economic Loss Summary
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Impacted Municipalities
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Phase 1a (Normal Operations) – Preparedness Planning
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Will include the 15 Emergency
Support Functions:
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Transportation
Communications
Infrastructure
Fire Fighting
Emergency Management
Mass Care
Logistic
Public Health
Search & Rescue
Hazardous Materials
Agriculture
Energy
Public Safety
Long-term Recovery
Public Communication
 Earthquake/Tsunami Plan
Annexes
 Develop specific Course of
Action (COA)
 Exercise the plans
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Questions?
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