National Capital Region

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National Capital Region Training and Exercise
Consortium
Monthly Training andCalendar Synch
MeetingFebruary 5, 2008
2
Agenda

• Purpose
• Information Postings
• NCR Key Events (Out to December 08)
• Exercises
• Training Events
• Special Events
• Issues / Discussion
• Conclusion

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Purpose

• To gain better visibility on the activities of
  all the organizations residing in the National
  Capital Region in order to improve operations,
  coordination, and synchronization of activities
  and events.
• Provide a communications conduit to NCR ETOP
• Monthly Synchronization Meetings - first TUE of
  each month, 1000-1200 hours, in the MWCOG
  Conference Room.
• Meetings co- hosted by DHS/ONCRC and NCR ETOP.
• All FSL organizations within the NCR are invited
  and encouraged to send a representative to this
  meeting.

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Business Rules

• Provide Calendar input and Event Slides by the
  last Thursday of each month format for this
  input provided in later slide.
• The slides will be distributed via email to
  meeting attendees following the meeting.
• The slides from each month will be posted on the
  ETOP website http//ncrportal.mwcog.org/sites/rpw
  g_etop/default.aspx
• During the monthly meeting we will review the
  calendar, provide an overview of the identified
  events, discuss new events and long range
  planning, and develop possible resolutions to any
  event scheduling conflicts.

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Document Web Postings

• TBD NCR Training and Exercise Consortium Web
  Site
• DHS-National Exercise (NEXS) Portal Password
  Required https//hseep.dhs.gov/
• DHS-Lessons Learned Information Sharing Portal
  Password Required
• https//www.llis.dhs.gov/
• Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments,
  Homeland Security Public Safety Homepage
  http//www.mwcog.org/security/
• Homeland Security Digital Library
  http//knxup2.hsdl.org/uPortal/render.userLayoutRo
  otNode.uP
• DHS-Office of National Capital Region
  Coordination http//www.dhs.gov/dh
  spublic/display?theme14content4471

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National Capital Region Training and Exercise
Consortium
NCR Key Events (Out to December 08)
Refer to Long-Range Calendar
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February 2008 Events

• Fundamentals of Medical Mass Casualty
• Planning Workshop February 5-6
• Managing Logistics for Emergency Situations
• Workshop February 7-8
• Fort Belvoir Antiterrorism/Force Protection
• Exercise February 12
• Exercise Vital Eagle February 14
• Presidents Day February 18
• All Hazards Consortium Region III/NCR Regional
  Catastrophic Evacuation Planning Workshop Feb
  20-21
• Thanatos Exercise February 21
• Joint Program Guardian February 27/28 (TBD)

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March 2008 Events

• The ER One Institute 5th Annual Conference March
  3-4
• Exercise Capital Spear March 3-7
• NCR Incident Management Team FSE March 4-6
• Winter Blast Demonstration March 6
• Situational Awareness and Crisis Communication
  Workshop March 6-7
• Terrorism Prevention, Response, and Security
  Training March 10-11
• Cyber Storm II 08 March (TBD)
• Worldwide Joint Training and Scheduling
  Conference March 10-14
• Joint State Funeral Training Exercise 08-02
  March 11-13
• Virginia Emergency Management Conference March
  11-14
• Crisis Management Plan-Writing Training Workshop
  March 13-14
• The National Conference for School Security and
  Safety March 17-18
• RESF 16 Volunteer Mobilization Center Regional
  Exercise March 18
• Virginia Tornado Preparedness Day March 18
• Developing Optimum School Safety and Crisis
  Management Plans Workshop Mar 19
• Operation Cardinal Freeze March 20
• USDA Human Pandemic 08 TTX March 27
• National Hurricane Conference March 31 April 4

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April 2008 Events

• Arlington Community Facilitation Workshop Apr 1
• Marine Corps Command Staff College National
  Response to Catastrophic and Disruptive Threats
  Exercise April 14-16
• Capital Storm 08 TTX April 18
• Severe Storm Awareness Conference April 21
• Fort Belvoir Pandemic Influenza Installation-Wide
  Exercise April (TBD)

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May 2008 Events

• Virginia SNS RSS TTX May (TBD)
• National Level Exercise 2-08 May 1-8
• Evacuation and Sheltering TTX Drill (VERTEX)
  May 2
• Virginia POD Drill May 3 (T)
• City of Falls Church CPX May
• Virginia Lane Reversal Exercise May 11
• National Police Week May 11-17
• National Training and Exercise Conference May
  12-18
• Armed Forces Day May 17
• National Hurricane Preparedness Week May 25-31
• Memorial Day May 26
• Managing Today's Threats to Homeland Security
  Conference May 29
• Command, Control and Communications Vehicle
  Rally May 30
• Arlington County Operation Frosty Paws May 31

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June-August 2008 Events

• 2008 Maryland Pandemic Flu Exercise June 17-19
• DOE Annual Exercise 08 June 19
• Terrorist Response SIMEX June 23-27
• Independence Day July 4
• Arlington County Pet Shelter FSE July/August
  (TBD)
• Arlington County Active Shooter FSE July/August
  (TBD)
• Commonwealth (VA) Operations Plan Exercise
  (COPEX) July 21-25
• ARNORTH DSCA Course August 4-8
• Virginia SNS Exercise 08 August 4-8 (TBD)

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September-December 2008 Events

• Labor Day September 1
• National Preparedness Month September 1-30
• Virginia Communications Exercise
  October/November (TBD)
• Fire Prevention Month October 1-31
• 2008 Army Ten Miler October 5
• Vigilant Aardvark 2008 October (TBD)
• Marine Corps Marathon October 26
• Exercise Capital Shield 09 October 28-30
• NCR CIP RPWG Seminar October (TBD)
• Virginia Communications FSE October/November
  (TBD)
• Arlington/Alexandria Dispensing Exercise
  November 8 (T)
• Veterans Day November 11
• Virginia FluEx 08 November 11-13
• Exercise Vigilant Shield 09 November 12-19
• Thanksgiving November 27
• Winter Preparedness Week November 30-December 6
• Christmas December 25

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National Capital Region Training and Exercise
Consortium
Exercises
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Exercise Vital Eagle
WHAT Exercise Vital Eagle DATE / TIME
February 14, 830-1200 LOCATION Department of
Energy, Germantown MD. Complex PARTICIPANTS DOE,
Montgomery County Police, Fire, EMS, Shady Grove
Hospital, FPS, FBI (invited). PURPOSE 26th in a
series of Occupant Emergency Plan/Incident
Command System Table Top Exercises.
POC Pat Daly W [phone]
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Exercise Capital Spear
WHAT Exercise Capital Spear DATE / TIME Phase
1 29 Nov 20 February, planning and
coordination. Phase 2 21 February, tabletop
exercise (TTX), Camp Dawson, WV Phase 3 3-7
March, Multi CST exercise LOCATION NCR (Naval
Yard, Metro Training Facility ) PARTICIPANTS DC,
DE, IN, MD, MI, VA, WV Civil Support Teams
JOCs, WV J6 JICS, 5th Army, CNR, JFHQ-NCR, NGB
JOC PURPOSE To enhance response sector two Civil
Support Teams ability to provide CBRN response
through a multi-echelon, full scale
interoperability exercise.
POC Major Jeff Price, 35th CST (WVARNG) W
304-201-3151
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THANATOS

• WHAT Thanatos Exercise
• DATE / TIME February 21 0800
• LOCATION Bolling AFB
• PARTICIPANTS 11th Wing, NDW Fire Dept, DIA, 79th
  Medical Wing, 579th
• Medical Group, 316th Air Wing, Charles County
  Fire and EMS, Metro Fire and
• EMS, and American Red Cross.
• PURPOSE Exercise response to criminal activity
  and mass casualty interagency
• coordination and response.
• Milestones
• Jan 09 Initial Planning Conference
• Jan 23 Mid-Planning Conference
• TBD Final Planning Conference
• Feb 21 Thanatos Exercise

POC Capt Raymond Johnson W 202-404-3270
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Winter Blast Demonstration
WHAT Winter Blast Demonstration DATE / TIME
March 6, 10am-2pm EST LOCATION Temple University
Hospital (TUH) / Chester Crozer Medical Center
(CCMC) / The George Washington University
Hospital (GW) / VA Hospital in DC / Constitution
Hall PARTICIPANTS DHS HQ, DHS Office of Health
Affairs (OHA), Department of Veterans Affairs,
FEMA HQ, FEMA Region III, HHS/ ASPR ESAR-VHP,
HHS/ Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response (ASPR), HHS Region III, HHS/U.S. Public
Health Service (USPH), Medical Reserves,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (PA), Commonwealth
of Virginia (VA), Philadelphia Department of
Health, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Temple
University Hospital, Allegheny Region 13, The
George Washington University Hospital, Delaware
Valley Hospital Council PURPOSE DHS FEMA NCRC
is coordinating a demonstration to familiarize
the Federal and Mutual Aid medical communities
with the National Preparedness Credentialing and
Typing Model Standard Framework. The primary
focus is the National Response Framework (NRF)
Emergency Support Functions (ESF) 8 Public Health
and Medical Services for Federal and Mutual Aid
emergency response officials. This includes the
Emergency System for Advanced Registration of
Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) and
other healthcare responders. In addition,
National Capital Region Federal essential
personnel will pre-deploy to a rally point
(Constitution Hall) for electronic validation of
agency-issued FIPS 201 credentials in preparation
for NLE 2-08
POC Craig Wilson W 202-212-1523
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Cyber Storm II 08

• WHAT Cyber Storm II 08
• DATE / TIME March (TBD)
• LOCATION Washington, DC
• PARTICIPANTS Department of Agriculture
  (USDA), Department of
• Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of
  Education, Department of
• Energy, Department of Health and Human
  Services, Department of Homeland
• Security, Department of Housing Urban
  Development, Department of the
• Interior, Department of Justice, Department of
  Labor, Department of
• State, Department of Transportation
  (DOT), Department of the
• Treasury, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Milestones
• 12/06/06 Concepts Objectives (CO) Meeting
• 03/26-27/07 Initial Planning Conference (IPC)
• 07/11-12/07 Mid-Term Planning Conference (MPC)
• 12/04-05/07 Final Planning Conference (FPC)
• 01/28-29/08 MSEL Conference
• 04/16-17/08 After Action Conference (AAC)

POC Bridgette Spencer W bridgette.spencer_at_dhs.g
ov
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Volunteer Mobilization Center Regional Exercise

• WHAT Volunteer Mobilization Center Regional
  Exercise
• DATE / TIME March 18, 2008
• LOCATION 8 NCR Locations
• PARTICIPANTS Varied NCR Jurisdictions
• PURPOSE To share the effective way in which to
  manage, mobilize and disburse
• spontaneous volunteers in times of disaster
• Milestones
• 14-Dec. Initial Planning Conference
• 23-Jan. Mid-Term Planning Conference
• 20-Feb. Final Planning Conference
• 18-March Full Scale Exercise
• TBD AAR Conference

POC Joe Henderson W jhenderson_at_mema.state.md.us
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Operation Cardinal Freeze TTX
WHAT Winter Storm TTX DATE / TIME March 20
900-400 LOCATION Virginia Emergency
Operations Center PARTICIPANTS VERT - Section
Chiefs ESF Leads, locality from impacted area
(possibly teleconference) Co-Op Power
Reps/Dominion Power Reps. PURPOSE Discuss and
examine the Commonwealths plans and procedures
to conduct response and recovery operations and
the processes to share critical information and
maintain situational awareness with jurisdictions
impacted by a severe winter storm Explain and
discuss the VERTs plans and procedures to define
requirements, locate, acquire, distribute and
account for critical personnel, facilities and
materiel in support of the response Define and
discuss the plans, processes, and capabilities of
the VERT to support the evacuation and sheltering
of a threatened population prior to a hurricane
impacting the coastal region Identify and
examine the processes to be used to provide
timely and accurate emergency information to the
media and the public.
POC Hampton Hart W [phone] x6593
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Arlington Community Facilitation Workshop
WHAT Arlington County Critical Incident
Community Facilitation Program DATE / TIME April
1, 2008 and Fall 2008 TBD LOCATION
FDIC PARTICIPANTS Arlington County government
and private business representatives PURPOSE
This two day event facilitated by Michigan State
University will focus on building relationships
between the public and private sector and
creating a community wide emergency management
culture. The first day (in April) will consist
of a workshop which will be followed by a
Tabletop Exercise in the Fall.
POC Charlotte Franklin W [phone]
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National Response to Catastrophic and Disruptive
Threats Course Exercise

• WHAT Marine Corps Command Staff College -
  National Response to
• Catastrophic and Disruptive Threats Course
  Exercise
• DATE / TIME April 14-16, 2008
• LOCATION Quantico, VA
• PARTICIPANTS Military Officers looking for
  local emergency management
• professionals to serve as subject matter experts
• PURPOSE Educate mid-career military officers in
  the myriad of threats to the Homeland, the
• organizations and plans in place that drive DoD
  support in these scenarios, and the challenges
• associated with joint crisis action planning to
  support a national response to a catastrophic and
  
• destructive threats incident. The methods used to
  develop these competencies are lectures,
• seminars, and selected readings supported by a
  student practical exercise.
• Milestones
• 14 Nov. Initial Planning Conference
• 14 Dec. Mid Planning Conference
• 28 Jan. Final Planning Conference
• 14 - 16 April Exercise

POC Col Curtis Anderson W curtis.a.anderson_at_usmc
.mil
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Capital Storm 08 TTX
WHAT FMMC Military Community Hurricane
Evacuation TTX DATE / TIME April 18 LOCATION
Ft. Myer, Arlington, VA PARTICIPANTS Ft Myer
Military Community, Defense Threat Reduction
Agency, Arlington County, VDEM, VDOT PURPOSE
To validate MDWs Senior Mission Commanders
Evacuation and Response Plan MILESTONES - 7
Feb Mid Planning Conference - 3 Mar Final
Planning Conference - 25 Mar Academics
POC Dale Barron (DTRA) W [phone]
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SNS RSS TTX
WHAT SNS RSS TTX DATE / TIME May
(TBD) LOCATION Central Region (VA)
(TBD) PARTICIPANTS VDH, VSP, USMS, RIA,
Transportation Vendor PURPOSE Focus on security
and inventory management system.
POC __________ W __________
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Falls Church CPX

• WHAT The City of Falls Church Command Post
  Exercise
• DATE / TIME May 2008
• LOCATION The City of Falls Church EOC
• PARTICIPANTS Falls Church Emergency Management
  Coordinator, City
• Manager, Public Works Director, Finance Director,
  Water Authority.
• PURPOSE To activate the EOC within one hour and
  discuss alternate EOC
• locations. Use the ICS structure in the EOC,
  identify personnel who may require
• specific training to fill a position, write an
  Incident Action Plan and use the
• appropriate ICS forms. Discuss current MOUs the
  city has and where there may
• be a need for more support.
• Milestones
• November - December 2008 IPC
• January - March 2008 MPC
• April 2008 FPC
• May 2008 CPX, Hotwash immediately after
• July 2008 AAR

POC Aldo Davila (VDEM) W 703-986-9983
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National Level Exercise 2-08

• WHAT National Level Exercise 2-08
• DATE / TIME May 1-8, 2008
• LOCATION Maryland, Virginia, District of
  Columbia, Washington State, FEMA
• Region III
• PARTICIPANTS Federal, state, local, JFHQ-NCR.
• PURPOSE Conduct national level exercise that
  will combine elements of COOP,
• and DSCA with a hurricane scenario and a credible
  terrorist threat affecting the
• East Coast and a chemical terrorist incident
  affecting the West Coast.
• Milestones
• 9 Aug Interagency Continuity of OPs Working
  Group (NCR) WDC
• 13-17 Aug Initial Planning Conferences COS
• 29 Aug Follow-on Initial Planning Conference
  (NCR) WDC
• 3 Oct MSEL Development Conference (NCR) WDC
• 28 Nov Mid Planning Conference (NCR) WDC
• 04-07 Dec Mid Planning Conference SAT
• 25-29 Feb Final Planning Conference SEA
• 12 Mar Follow-on Final Planning Conference
  (NCR) WDC
• 20 Mar MSEL Synchronization Conference
  (NCR) WDC
• 08-10 Apr MSEL Synchronization Conference SUF

POC Don Amos, VDEM W Donald.Amos_at_vdem.virginia
.gov
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Evacuation and Sheltering TTX Drill
WHAT Evacuation and Sheltering TTX Drill DATE
/ TIME May 2 900-400 LOCATION Virginia
Emergency Operations Center PARTICIPANTS VECTOR
Reps Representatives from Hampton Roads Area
(Norfolk and VA Beach) as well as
representatives from In-land host jurisdictions.
PURPOSE Discuss the Commonwealths plans and
identify courses of action to support the
evacuation and sheltering of a large population
prior to a hurricane impacting the east coast.
(TTX) Determine requirements to locate, acquire,
and plan for the distribution and accounting of
critical personnel, facilities and materiel in
support of the response. (TTX) Verify the
procedures to coordinate and to share critical
information with jurisdictions and provide
emergency information to the media and the
public. (TTX) Examine and discuss the integrated
coordination efforts, communications and response
capabilities between hospital, Health and
Emergency Management entities in response to a
hurricane affecting hospital operations. (TTX)
Assess the ability of the Department of Social
Services in coordination with the VECTOR to
support the evacuation and conduct sheltering of
a designated number of displaced persons. (D)
Demonstrate the Commonwealths ability to conduct
mass care operations during a major weather
event. (D) Assess the ability of the joint
information center to provide emergency
information to the media and to the public. (D)
POC Hampton Hart W [phone] x6593
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Lane Reversal Drill
WHAT Lane Reversal Drill DATE / TIME May 11
500-700 AM LOCATION I-64 PARTICIPANTS VDOT
VDEM VSP VA National Guard All Hampton Roads
Jurisdictions.
POC Hampton Hart W [phone] x6593
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Command, Control and Communications Vehicle Rally
Location changing to Dulles Airport Details to
follow.
POC James Wadsworth W james.wadsworth_at_fairfaxco
unty.gov
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Operation Frosty Paws
WHAT Arlington County Human Pet Shelter
Drill DATE / TIME May 31 LOCATION Kenmore
Middle School PARTICIPANTS Arlington County
Office of Emergency Management and Department of
Human Services, Arlington Chapter Red Cross,
Animal Welfare League of Arlington. PURPOSE To
practice setting up a joint pet and human shelter
and validate Existing sheltering plans and
procedures.
POC Lucia Schmit W [phone]
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2008 Maryland Pandemic Flu Exercise

• WHAT 2008 Maryland Pandemic Flu Exercise
• DATE / TIME June 17-19 2008
• LOCATION TBA
• PARTICIPANTS Federal, State and Local Partners
• PURPOSE To test the expertise and capability of
  several components of the healthcare system to
  adequately identify and respond to unusual work
  and patient loads during a pandemic influenza
  outbreak.
• Milestones
• Jan-29 May-2 100p.m.-300p.m
• Feb-1 May-16 100p.m.-300p.m
• Feb-14 May-27 100p.m.-300p.m
• Feb-25
• Mar-11
• Mar-25
• Apr-8
• Apr-21

POC Al Romanosky MD W aromanosky_at_dhmh.state.md.
us
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TERRORIST RESPONSE SIMEX
WHAT Simulation / CPX -Terrorist Response
Exercise in NOVA DATE / TIME June 23-27,
2008 LOCATION Fort Belvoir, VA PARTICIPANTS
29th Infantry Division (ARNG) Unit Level Role
Players Brigade Combat Teams, Avn, Trans, Med
and En. Higher Response Cell JFHQ-VA Other Key
Role Players Invited VDEM, Region VII EM
Services (Police, Fire, and Rescue) PURPOSE
Conduct an exercise that results in a ready and
capable Division Headquarters that can respond
to a Homeland Security Event within a designated
area of responsibility on short notice.  
POC Virgil Gray W virgil.gray_at_gdit.com
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Active Shooter Exercise
WHAT Arlington County Summer Full Scale
Exercise DATE / TIME July/August (TBD) LOCATION
TBD PARTICIPANTS Arlington County PD, Fire,
OEM, Department of Human Services, neighboring
Law Enforcement and Fire teams. PURPOSE To
exercise active shooter response tactics and
train staff on setting up a Family Assistance
Center.
POC Lucia Schmit W [phone]
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VOPEX
WHAT Virginia Operations Plan Exercise
(VOPEX) DATE / TIME July 21-25 LOCATION North
Anna Power Station PARTICIPANTS Full
VERT PURPOSE As Determined with Radiological
Exercise Group
POC Hampton Hart W [phone] x6593
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SNS Exercise 08
WHAT SNS Exercise 08 DATE / TIME August 4-8
(TBD) LOCATION Central Region (VA)
(TBD) PARTICIPANTS VDH, VEOC, VSP, USMS, RIA,
Transportation Vendor PURPOSE Full scale SNS
exercise involving Push Pack receipt, RSS
activation, inventory allocation, distribution
and transport.
POC __________ W __________
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NCR CIP RPWG Seminar

• WHAT NCR CIP RPWG Seminar
• DATE / TIME October (TBD)
• LOCATION TBD
• PARTICIPANTS TBD
• PURPOSE 1) Increase situational awareness by
  fostering information flow. 2) Increase response
  
• and preparedness awareness for example through
  the use of and improvement of COOP plans. 3)
  Build
• stakeholder awareness reaching out to private
  sector partners to coordinate efforts. 4)
  Identify
• interdependencies with greater accuracy and
  depth. The 6 Critical Infrastructure Sectors
  Focused Upon
• are 1) Power, 2) Water, 3) Telecommunications, 4)
  Finance, 5) Health and 6) Transportation.
• Milestones
• TBD Initial Planning Conference
• TBD Mid-Term Planning Conference
• TBD Final Planning Conference
• TBD TTX
• TBD AAR Complete

POC W
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Vigilant Aardvark 2008

• WHAT Vigilant Aardvark 2008
• DATE / TIME October (TBD)
• LOCATION Northern Virginia Jurisdictions
• PARTICIPANTS Northern Virginia Jurisdictions,
  VDEM, Regional IMT, RHCC,
• VOAD, VDOT, VRE, VDH
• PURPOSE Conduct a full-scale regional exercise
  event that tests emergency
• management systems, processes and capabilities in
  NOVA.
• Milestones
• Feb/Mar TTX
• May/Jun CPX
• Oct FSE

POC __________ W __________
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2008 Army Ten Miler
WHAT 2008 Army Ten Miler DATE / TIME October
5 LOCATION Pentagon, NOVA, DC PARTICIPANTS
Military District of Washington PURPOSE Promote
the Army, fitness/morale, enhance community
relations, and achieve Command Objectives.
POC __________ W __________
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Exercise Capital Shield 09

• WHO JFHQ-NCR, Components, DoD Partners and
  Interagency Partners
• WHAT NCR regional command post and field
  training exercise conducted at
• the operational and tactical levels using
  terrorism and natural disaster
• scenarios.
• WHEN 28-30 Oct 08
• WHERE NCR (US Capital, Olney, MD Marine Corp
  Base Quantico, VA
• National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) Andrews
  AFB, MD)
• WHY To develop JFHQ-NCR and interagency
  coordination and readiness.
• Milestones
• TBD Concept Working Group
• TBD Initial Planning Conference
• TBD MSEL Development Conference
• TBD Exercise Planning Group Meeting
• TBD Mid-Planning Conference
• TBD HSEEP Training
• TBD Exercise Planning Group/MSEL Development
• TBD Final Planning Conference/MSEL
  Synchronization Conference
• TBD Staff Academics/Training Objectives
  Synchronization
• TBD Exercise Site Preparation

POC Mr. Cory Wright, J37 [phone]
2 Mar 07
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Virginia COMMEX
WHAT COMMEX DATE / TIME October/November
(TBD) LOCATION Statewide PARTICIPANTS
TBD PURPOSE Test Statewide WebEOC and
communications path
POC Hampton Hart W [phone] x6593
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Arlington/Alexandria Dispensing Exercise
WHAT Arlington and Alexandria CRI Drill DATE /
TIME November 8 (T) LOCATION Various POD
locations along the Alexandria/Arlington
border PARTICIPANTS Arlington and Alexandria
Health Departments PURPOSE To validate CRI
medication distribution procedures and test cross
border coordination between Arlington and
Alexandria.
POC Lucia Schmit W [phone]
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FluEx 08
WHAT FluEx 08 DATE / TIME November
11-13 LOCATION Statewide (VA) PARTICIPANTS
VDH, VA State Agencies, Hospitals PURPOSE
Statewide Pandemic Influenza Exercise (FSE)
POC Steve Harrison W [phone]
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National Capital Region Training and Exercise
Consortium
Meetings, Conferences, Seminars
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Meetings

• Monthly Synchronization Meetings
• MAR 4, 1030 am (COG)
• APR 1, 1030 am (COG)
• MAY 6, 1030 am (COG)

• Joint Federal Committee Meetings
• FEB 20, 1000 am (T)
• MAR 19, 1000 am (T)
• APR 16, 1000 am (T

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J37 Training Conference and Long Range Calendar
Update

• WHO Selected JFHQ-NCR and Component Staff,
  Select IA reps
• WHAT JFHQ-NCR J37 led conference to review the
  Long Range Calendar and
• Web Update
• WHEN Last Tuesday of each month
• WHERE J3 Conference Room, Fort McNair
• WHY Share information and synchronize calendars
  and the web update
• Meeting Dates/Times
• 26 Feb 08 1000-1130
• 29 Apr 08 1000-1130
• 24 Jun 08 1000-1130
• 26 Aug 08 1000-1130

POC Steve Schwandt, J37 [phone]
2 Feb 07
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Joint Terrorism Intelligence Working Group
Meeting

• WHO MDW Subordinates, NDW, AFDW MCNRC,
  USCG-Washington Station,
• and federal, state and District, police and
  protective services
• WHAT Working Group Meeting with Guest Speakers
  Presentations
• WHEN Bi-monthly (Second Tuesday of each odd
  month) 1000-1200 Hrs
• WHERE JFHQ-NCR J3 Conference Room, Bldg 46,
  Fort McNair
• WHY To coordinate FPCON response and
  disseminate timely information and
• current situational awareness on AT/FP and
  Intelligence issues affecting the JFHQ-
• NCR JOA.
• Future Meeting Dates
• 11 Mar 08
• 13 May 08
• 08 Jul 08
• 09 Sep 08
• 11 Nov 08
• Note Call the day prior to confirm meeting
  status

POC Mr Rob Martinez, AT/FP [phone]
19 Jan 07
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Joint Federal Committee

• PARTICIPANTS All Federal Agencies Emergency
  Planners
• WHAT Monthly Event Synchronization and Project
  Updates
• DATE / TIME Monthly (Third Wednesday of each
  month) 1000-1200
• LOCATION TBD, Rotates Monthly
• PURPOSE To coordinate Federal Agencies Event
  Schedules and give Project
• Updates.

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ER One Annual Conference
WHAT ER One Annual Conference Hospitals on the
FrontLine -Today's answers to tomorrows
questions On-line registration
www.eroneconference.sitelms.org Group
registration call Lisa Rizzolo, operation
manager at 202 364 5180 ext 115 or
lisa.rizzolo_at_medstar.net DATE / TIME March 3-4,
2008 800 AM LOCATION Grand Hyatt, Washington,
DC PARTICIPANTS Emergency Care, Trauma Service,
Critical Care, Protective Services, Members of
Emergency Preparedness Committees, Public
Information Officers, Hospital Administrators
and Local, State and Federal Emergency Management
Officials PURPOSE Explain the new standards for
Joint Commission, NIOSH and NIMS and their impact
on hospitals' emergency management planning
Describe what external assets may be available to
assist a hospital and how to optimally integrate
them into hospital operations Describe internal
issues a hospital might face during a disaster
(behavioral health support for staff, information
management during a crisis, the evacuation
process) and understand the strategies to manage
them successfully.
POC SiTELMS W [phone]
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Virginia Emergency Management Conference
WHAT Virginia Emergency Management
Conference http//www.vemaweb.org/ DATE /
TIME March 11-14, 2008 LOCATION Hampton Roads
Convention Center PARTICIPANTS Emergency
Management Community The 2008 Conference offers
opportunities to learn from a variety of experts
in transportation, public safety and emergency
management by recalling recent events such as
the Minnesota bridge collapse and the Greensburg,
Kansas tornado.
POC W www.vemaweb.org
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Severe Storms Awareness Conference
WHAT  23rd Annual Severe Storms Awareness
Conference DATE / TIME  April 21, 2008 from
700 AM 330 PM LOCATION  Conference Center
at the Maritime Institute, BWI, MD PARTICIPANTS
Members of Emergency Management Community to
include State and Federal Emergency Management
Officials and Volunteers PURPOSE The purpose of
the Conference is to provide information on
Severe Weather to our Emergency Management
Customers and to highlight lessons learned from
the previous Hurricane Season.
POC Robert Ward MEMA W rward_at_mema.state.md.us
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National Capital Region Training and Exercise
Consortium
Training
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NCR ICS 300/400 Training

• Fairfax County
• ICS-300/400 March 3, 5, 10 11 May 5-7 9
  July 9, 11,
• 16 18
• Montgomery County
• ICS-300/400 February 2, 9, 16, 23

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NOVA WebEOC Training

• WebEOC User February 7 March 6 April 3 May 8
• WebEOC Refresher February 21 March 20 April
  17 May 22
• WebEOC Administrator February 28
• http//weblearningit.com/webeoc/index.php

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Training Opportunities DC HSEMA Courses

• WHO NCR Personnel
• WHAT No Cost Training Opportunity
• WHEN Refer to following website
  http//www.dcema.dc.gov
• WHERE Refer to following website
  http//www.dcema.dc.gov
• Courses Offered

POC Mr. Brian Baker, DC HSEMA Email
BrianC.Baker_at_dc.gov
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Training Opportunities MEMA Courses

• WHO NCR Personnel
• WHAT No Cost Training Opportunity
• WHEN Refer to following website
  http//www.mema.state.md.us/calendar/index.asp
• WHERE Refer to following website
  http//www.mema.state.md.us/calendar/index.asp
• Courses Offered
• Monthly WebEOC Training First Tuesday at MEMA
  HDQRTs from 0800 1600
• WebEOC Refresher Training February 19 March 18
• Public Safety Response to WMD Sampling
  Techniques and Guidelines February 12-14,
  Bethesda
• WebEOC Administrator February 26
• ICS 300/400 February 26-29, Towson, MD April
  1-4, Annapolis May 2-23, Annapolis
• WebEOC Board Building March 11
• Creating Vigilant, Prepared, and Resilient
  Communities for Homeland Security March 11-12,
  Sykesville
• Weapons of Mass Destruction for Tactical
  Commanders March 11-13, Bel Air
• Developing an Intelligence Capacity in State,
  Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies May
  22-23, Montgomery County (not yet listed on
  calendar)
• Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program
  March 26-28, Baltimore
• Frontline Responder Training - Protecting Soft
  Targets April 7-8, Rockville
• Jail Evacuation, Planning, and Implementation
  May 2, Frederick
• Cybersecurity Incident Handling and Response
  May 5-9, Sykesville
• Cybersecurity Prevention, Deterrence, and
  Recovery May 5-9, Sykesville

POC Erin Valentine W 410-517-3648
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Training Opportunities VDEM Courses

• WHO NCR Personnel
• WHAT No Cost Training Opportunity
• WHEN Refer to following website
  http//www.vaemergency.com
• WHERE Refer to following website
  http//www.vaemergency.com
• Courses Offered 
• Basic Public Information Officer Feb 12-14
  (Richmond)
• Recovery from Disaster The Local Government
  Role Feb 19-20 (Winchester)
• ICS 400 February 26-27 (Richmond)
• Principles of Emergency Management Mar 4-6
  (Fredericksburg)
• ICS/EOC Interface March 11 (Richmond)
• Emergency Operations Center Management and
  Operations Apr 22-24 (Richmond)

POC Mr. Aldo Davila, VDEM W [phone]
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Training Opportunities American Red Cross - NCA
Courses

• WHO Public
• WHAT No Cost Training Opportunities
• WHEN Refer to following website
• http//www.redcrossnca.org/Online/disaster_registr
  ation.php
• WHERE Refer to following website
  http//www.redcrossnca.org/Online/disaster_registr
  ation.php
• Courses Offered 
• DAT Training Camp
• Fulfilling Our Mission Translating Compassion
  into Action
• Community Services Overview
• Shelter Operations
• Disaster Mental Health Overview
• Fundamentals of Disaster Assessment
• Logistics Overview
• Public Affairs in Disaster
• Collaborating to Ensure Effective Service
  Delivery
• Psychological First Aid
• Serving People w/Disabilities Following a
  Disaster
• Mass Casualty Disasters
• Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism An
  Overview

POC W
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NOAA Skywarn Training
WHAT NOAA Skywarn Training DATE / TIME
February 4, 2008 _at_ 1900 Basics I April 1,
2008 _at_ 1900 Flooding June 3, 2008 _at_
1900 Tropical Storms LOCATION Loudoun County
Fire Rescue Training Center Auditorium
2 16600 Courage Court Leesburg, Virginia
20175 NOTE Basics I is the prerequisite course
for all other Skywarn training. For further
information regarding Skywarn, go to
http//www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/skywarn/classes.ht
ml
POC Rob Hiltner W 703-737-8706 or
Robert.Hiltner_at_loudoun.gov
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Hospital Security Preparedness Training
WHAT Hospital Security Preparedness
Training DATE / TIME Feb 4-7 Mar 31-Apr 3 Jun
2-5 Jun 30-Jul 3 Sep 2-5 Sep 29-Oct 2 Nov
3-6 Dec 1-4 LOCATION Washington Hospital
Center PARTICIPANTS Hospital Protective
Services OVERVIEW HSP is a unique course for
Hospital Protective Services. This four- day
immersion course uses hands-on training, live
drills and classroom instruction from
instructors who have extensive security and
counterterrorism experience. PURPOSE Learn how
to effectively handle all threats pertaining to
the Hospital Security Officer, from routine
situations to mass casualty incidents and
terrorist attacks against the facility.
POC Ricardo Tappan W [phone]
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Joint State Funeral Training Exercise 08-02

• WHO JFHQ-NCR, Components, Subordinate
  Organizations, Interagency Partners
• WHAT Joint State Funeral Exercise 08-02
• WHEN 11-13 Mar 08
• WHERE NCR/MDW
• WHY To conduct an FTX/CPX in the NCR that
  exercises the JFHQ-NCR/MDW
• Joint State Funeral Plan
• Milestones
• Jan 23 Concept Working Group
• Jan 30 Initial Planning Conference
• Feb 14 Mid-Planning Conference
• Feb 20 MSEL Development Conference
• Mar 4 Final Planning Conference/MSEL
  Synchronization
• Mar 11-13 FTX/CPX Execution
• Apr 1-4 After Action Review

POC Mr. Cory Wright, J37 [phone]
9 Feb 07
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Training Opportunities Washington Hospital
Center
WHAT Hospital Disaster Life Support Hands-on
Course On-line registration www.hdls.sitelms.org
Group registration Ricardo Tappan, HDLS courses
manager at 202 877-9822 or Ricardo.Tappan_at_medstar.
net DESCRIPTION HDLS is a course on hospital
disaster management response principles.  The
course combines classroom discussion of critical
all-hazards response issues with actual
hands-on exercise simulation for conventional,
chemical, and biological Mass Casualty Incidents
(MCI). An actual emergency department setting
will be utilized by the participants to practice
disaster management concepts and procedures
discussed in class. WHEN see website
www.hdls.sitelms.org WHERE Washington Hospital
Center   PARTICIPANTS Physicians, critical
care/emergency nurses, physicians extenders,
paramedics, hospital administrators, protective
services, and emergency preparedness staff.
POC Ricardo Tappan   W [phone]
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Homeland Defense Journal Training Opportunities
WHAT Homeland Defense Journal Training DATE /
TIME See Website http//www.homelanddefensejour
nal.com LOCATION See Website
http//www.homelanddefensejournal.com PARTICIPANTS
See Website http//www.homelanddefensejournal.
com DESCRIPTION Homeland Defense Journal offers
a variety of workshops and conferences in the
areas of homeland defense and IT security.
POC __________ W __________
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Independent Study Courses

• EMI Courses.
• The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) offers
  more than fifty independent study courses. All
  are offered free-of-charge to those who qualify
  for enrollment. Students who score 75 percent or
  better are issued a certificate of achievement
  from EMI. College credit can be obtained after
  successful completion of a course.
• Go to http//www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/
• Enrollment Official enrollment in the courses
  is limited to United States (US) residents with a
  US deliverable postal address including APO and
  FPO addresses.
• FEMA Courses.
• IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System,
  I-100 (Information located on website). Go to
  http//www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is100.asp
• IS-120A An Introduction to Exercises. Go to
  http//training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS120a.asp
• IS-130 Exercise Evaluation and Improvement
  Planning. Go to http//training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/I
  S/IS130.asp
• IS-200.FW Basic Incident Command System, I-200,
  for Federal Disaster Workers. Go to
  http//www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp
  
• IS-275 The EOC's Role in Community Preparedness,
  Response and Recovery Activities. Go to
  http//www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp
  
• IS-292 Disaster Basics. Go to
  http//www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp
  
• IS-546 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness
  Course. Go to http//www.training.fema.gov/EMIWe
  b/IS/crslist.asp
• IS-700 National Incident Management System
  (NIMS), An Introduction. Go to
  http//www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is700.asp
• IS-800B National Response Framework (NRF), An
  Introduction. Go to http//www.training.fema.gov
  /EMIWeb/IS/IS800b.asp

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ETOP Update

• Current ETOP Projects
• Project Funding
• CIP RPWG Seminar
• Volunteer Mobilization Center Regional Exercise

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Event Input Format

• WHAT Name of the event
• DATE / TIME Date(s) and time for the event
• LOCATION Where the event will be conducted
• PARTICIPANTS List the event participants
• PURPOSE Why is this event being conducted
• Milestones
• Date/Time Milestone event (eg, IPC, MPC,
  MSEL Conf, AAR, etc)

POC __________ W __________
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Issues / Comments

• Federal
• State
• Local
• ESFs

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Points of Contact

• Mr. Don Amos, VDEM [phone].
  donald.amos_at_vdem.virginia.gov
• Ms. Cheri Roe, DHS-ONCRC [phone],
  cheri.roe_at_dhs.gov
• Ms. Jamie Quarrelles, DCHSEMA [phone],
  jamie.quarrelles_at_dc.gov
• Mr. Joe Henderson, MEMA [phone],
  jhenderson_at_mema.state.md.us
• Mr. Aldo Davila, VDEM [phone],
  aldo.davila_at_vdem.virginia.gov
• Mr. Dann Pickens, JFHQ-NCR [phone],
  Dan.Pickens_at_jfhqncr.northcom.mil
• ETOP Website http//ncrportal.mwcog.org/sites/rpw
  g_etop/default.aspx

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Next Meeting

• Date Mar 4, 2008
• Time 1030 a.m.
• Location MWCOG Board Room
• 777 North Capital St, NE
• Washington, D.C.