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Title: WaterWastewater Agency Response Network WARN Atlantic States Rural Water Works Association Rhode Isl


1
Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network
(WARN)Atlantic States Rural Water Works
AssociationRhode Island WARNMay 30, 2008
2
Three Subjects
  • WARN Introduction
  • CalWARN, the evolution into a National WARN
    program
  • CalWARN response to 2007 San Diego Fires

3
Establishing Resiliency in the Water SectorThe
WARN Initiative
4
Objectives
  • What is and why consider WARN
  • Supporting Actions

5
Why do we need WARN?
6
Because stuff happensUtilities will need HELP!
7
Preparing for
8
Responding and Recovering
9
All-Hazards
10
WARNs Support Resiliency
Resilience -- the ability to accommodate change
gracefully and without catastrophic failure, is
critical in times of disaster. (Foster
1997) Local resiliency with regard to disasters
means that a locale is able to withstand an
extreme natural event without suffering
devastating losses, damage, diminished
productivity, or quality of life and without a
large amount of assistance from outside the
community. (Mileti 1999) Resiliency is the
capability of an asset, system, or network to
maintain its function during or recover from a
terrorist attack or other incident (NIPP 2006).
11
WARNs Link to the Federal Strategy
12
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  • Full compliance with NIMS is an eligibility
    condition for all federal preparedness assistance
    grants for state, territorial, tribal, local
    entities in FY 2008.
  • These criteria include formalizing mutual aid
    agreements with surrounding communities and
    states for the purposes of sharing equipment,
    personnel, and facilities during emergencies.

13
National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)
  • NIPP released July 7, 2006
  • Risk management framework uses an all-hazards
    approach
  • Resiliency is a key overarching goal
  • 17 CI/KR Sectors Water Wastewater
  • Sector-Specific Plan
  • Under White House review

14
The Water Sector Vision
  • A secure and resilient drinking water and
    wastewater infrastructure that provides clean and
    safe water as an integral part of daily life.
    This Vision assures the economic vitality of and
    public confidence in the nation's drinking water
    and wastewater through a layered defense of
    effective preparedness and security practices in
    the sector.

15
Supporting Goal 3 Objective 2
  • The water sector is actively seeking to leverage
    the success and lessons learned from existing
    intrastate mutual aid assistance networks to
    support the formation of state-level
    Water/Wastewater Agency Response Networks (WARNs)
  • AWWA, with the support of an existing USEPA
    grant, has been facilitating the establishment of
    WARNs nationally via regional workshops

16
WARN The Beginning (April 2006)
17
Utilities Helping Utilities (Feb 2006)
  • Joint Policy Statement
  • 8 major water organizations
  • Encourages the creation of intrastate mutual aid
    assistance networks
  • Provides for greater water sector resiliency
    against natural or manmade incident

18
The WARN Action Plan
  • Utilities Helping Utilities
  • Outlines 10 key steps in the formation of a WARN
  • Includes sample agreement that satisfies NIMS and
    comparative assessment of existing WARN programs
  • Recognized by DHS as model for the water sector

www.NationalWARN.org
19
Whats Involved - 10 Steps to Success
  • Identify interest in starting a program
  • Form an initial leadership team
  • Prepare a kick-off session
  • Establish a steering committee
  • Identify a mission for the program and steering
    committee goals
  • Review use of state regions
  • Identify mutual aid and assistance activation
    criteria
  • Draft an agreement
  • Create facilitation tools
  • Maintain the program

20
Workshops Helped Implement the 10 Steps
  • 2006
  • May 11 - WA, OR, UT, NV, ID, AZ (Oakland)
  • July 6 - KY, TN, GA (Chattanooga)
  • Aug 6 - SC, NC (Charlotte)
  • Nov 1 VA, MD, DE, PA, DC (Baltimore)
  • Dec 5 AR, MO, IL, IN (St. Louis)
  • 2007
  • Feb 23 AL, MS (Meridian)
  • Mar 15 OH, MI, WV, NY, CT (Cleveland)
  • Apr 26 MN, WI, IA (Minneapolis)
  • May 16 ME, VT, RI, NH, MA (Boston)
  • July 11 - OK, SD, ND, KS, NE (Denver)
  • July 12 - CO, NM, MT, ID, WY (Denver)
  • 2008
  • Apr 29, HI (Honolulu)
  • May 8, AK (Anchorage)

Note CA, FL, TX had a WARN in place when the
workshops started. LA was right behind.
21
Whos Involved?
  • Utility owner/operators
  • Professional association representation
  • (AWWA, NRWA, WEF, sanitation association, etc.)
  • State water and wastewater primacy agency
  • (State health, environmental protection, etc.)
  • State emergency management and/or homeland
    security agency
  • (State EMAC coordinator)
  • US EPA region representation

22
Benefits of Having an Agreement
  • Increases planning coordination
  • Provides an emergency contact list
  • Enhances access to specialized resources
  • Expedites arrival of aid
  • FEMA is muscular and provides support, but is not
    agile
  • Reduces administrative conflict
  • Signed agreement in place
  • Workmans comp, indemnification, etc. identified
  • Increases community and customer hope
  • The right resources with the right skills are
    available

23
Benefits Avoid the Bureaucracy
24
Examples of WARN in Action
  • Electrical components cleaned and replaced
  • Control panels rebuilt
  • Electrical motors replaced and rebuilt
  • By-pass pumps installed
  • Lift stations cleaned with vactor jet trucks
  • Water main leaks located and repaired
  • Valves located and isolated
  • Chlorination equipment rebuilt
  • Portable standby generators connected
  • Any other work that required bailing wire, rubber
    bands, duct tape, bubble gum or anything else
    lying around
  • Excerpted from FlaWARN experiences during
    Katrina, Rita and Wilma (2006)

25
WARN Status April 2008
WARN State Agreement Pending Steering
Committee Leadership Team Workshop
AL, AZ, MA, NH, NV - Signed or draft agreement
does not directly include private utilities.
26
The WARN Ultimatum
27
Resource Typing Manual
  • Purpose is to provide common set of terms for
    requesting and providing certain resources that
    only water sector utilities are likely capable of
    providing
  • Follows FEMA guidance for typing resources which
    is focused on teams that could be deployed in
    response to an incident

www.NationalWARN.org
28
EPA Efforts to Support WARN
  • Mutual Aid Assistance Operational Plan
  • Mutual Aid Table Top Exercise Facilitation Guide
  • Interstate Mutual Aid/Assistance

29
Purpose of the Sample MAAOP
  • The Sample WARN Mutual Aid/Assistance
    Operational Plan was developed to help each WARN
    create procedures on how to activate and
    implement its signed agreement
  • The MAAOP is the operational extension of the
    WARN agreement
  • It is based on the NIMS IS 706 course materials
    and recommended procedures
  • How to apply IS 706 and encourage consistency

30
What is the Sample MAAOP
  • The MAAOP provides pre-emergency, emergency, and
    recovery activity suggestions for a WARN
  • Geared towards management level, not field
  • It is a sample that is meant to be modified

31
Sample MAAOP Overview
  • The Sample MAAOP covers topics such as
  • Concept of Emergency Operations
  • WARN Activation
  • WARN Member Mobilization
  • WARN Coordination
  • WARN Documentation
  • After Action Report and Improvement Plan
  • Supporting Documents, Checklists, and Forms
  • Reader Notes boxes provide hints and
    suggestions to assist in creating a MAAOP

32
Purpose of the Exercise Materials
  • The Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network
    (WARN) Tabletop Exercise Facilitator Guide,
    includes information a WARN can use in the
    development and execution of a tabletop exercise
    to create, update, and/or improve its program
  • Exercising allows WARN Members and other response
    agencies to increase their chance of success in
    responding to an actual event through WARN

33
Exercise Materials Overview
  • Similar to Simple Exercise
  • Focus on Coordination
  • 10 Step Guide
  • How to set up conduct the exercise
  • Participant handouts and presentation slides
  • Discussion Questions

34
Exercise Materials Overview
  • Discussion Questions
  • Agreement Activation
  • Notification
  • Resource Mobilization
  • Resource Demobilization
  • Coordination with Response Partners

35
Three Exercise Scenarios
Flood
Earthquake
Hurricane
36
Interstate Aid/Assistance via EMAC
  • The National Emergency Management Agencys (NEMA)
    Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is
    being explored as a potential tool to share
    resources across state lines
  • EPA developed an outreach document, titled EMAC
    Tips for the Water Sector, which includes
    information the water sector can apply to utilize
    EMAC more effectively

37
What Exactly is EMAC
  • Congressionally ratified emergency management
    assistance agreement
  • All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
    Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands participate
  • A state-to-state compact accessed through your
    state Emergency Management Agency
  • Facilitates interstate mutual aid/assistance for
    multiple sectors/disciplines

38
EMAC Tips Document Overview
  • Provides background information on EMAC
    provisions and processes
  • Includes list of EMAC tips to complete before a
    disaster
  • Know the law
  • Review all official EMAC request paperwork
  • Includes list of EMAC tips to complete during a
    disaster
  • Put out an early advisory through your state
    Emergency Management Agency and EMAC
  • Use personal contacts to your advantage

39
Bottom Line Establishing Resiliency
  • All emergencies are local and require a local
    response capability.
  • Participation in a WARN agreement will enhance
    your utilitys preparedness and overall
    resiliency against any disaster.
  • In its most basic form, WARN is a low or no-cost
    action that helps ensure the continuity of
    operations of the water infrastructure vital to
    the well being of every community.
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