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Building Legal PreparednessBuilding Legal Preparednessfor for
Public Health EmergenciesPublic Health EmergenciesApril 19-20April 19-20
East Lansing, MichiganEast Lansing, Michigan
Conducting an Effective Emergency Legal Training Exercise
Mike CoxMike CoxAttorney General. MichiganAttorney General. MichiganPresented by: Robert Ianni,Presented by: Robert Ianni,
Director Homeland Security and Special ProjectsDirector Homeland Security and Special Projects
Some PhilosophySome Philosophy
“In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.”
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Practice is the best of all instructors.”
Publilus Syrus (100 BC)
More PhilosophyMore Philosophy
“Everyone has a plan, until they get hit.”
Mike Tyson
National Policy on TrainingNational Policy on Training
““Our federal, state, and local governments Our federal, state, and local governments would ensure that all response personnel would ensure that all response personnel and organizations ... are properly and organizations ... are properly equipped, trained and exercised to equipped, trained and exercised to respond to all terrorists threats and attacks respond to all terrorists threats and attacks in the United States.”in the United States.”
National Strategy for Homeland Security, July 2002National Strategy for Homeland Security, July 2002
Why Exercise?Why Exercise?
Test policies, plans, procedures, training, Test policies, plans, procedures, training, equipment, etcequipment, etc
Identify needed personnelIdentify needed personnel
Clarify roles and responsibilitiesClarify roles and responsibilities
Improve inter-agency coordination and Improve inter-agency coordination and cooperationcooperation
Identify deficienciesIdentify deficiencies
Improve performanceImprove performance
Types of ExercisesTypes of Exercises
SeminarSeminar
WorkshopWorkshop
TabletopTabletop
FunctionalFunctional
Full-ScaleFull-Scale
SeminarSeminar
Informal discussionInformal discussion
Involves agency planning seminarInvolves agency planning seminar
Less than half a dayLess than half a day
WorkshopWorkshop
Informal group-facilitator led, Informal group-facilitator led, breakoutsbreakouts
Cover specific issues/activities; Cover specific issues/activities; develop productdevelop product
Cross agencyCross agency
Half a dayHalf a day
TabletopTabletop
Formal, using simulated scenarioFormal, using simulated scenario
Group discussion, facilitator ledGroup discussion, facilitator led
Best to identify agency strengths and Best to identify agency strengths and weaknessesweaknesses
Usually more than one agencyUsually more than one agency
Half a dayHalf a day
FunctionalFunctional
More complex and realistic than tabletopMore complex and realistic than tabletop
Uses simulated scenarioUses simulated scenario
Activate Emergency Command CenterActivate Emergency Command Center
Attempts to simulate real time responseAttempts to simulate real time response
Multi-AgencyMulti-Agency
Full dayFull day
Full ScaleFull Scale
Most complex, uses actors to simulate Most complex, uses actors to simulate emergencyemergency
Multi-location and multi agencyMulti-location and multi agency
Multi levels of response involved and Multi levels of response involved and testedtested
Emergency Command Center activatedEmergency Command Center activated
Supervised by Exercise ManagerSupervised by Exercise Manager
Usually 1-3 daysUsually 1-3 days
Exercise Development ProcessExercise Development Process
Five Major Phases:Five Major Phases:
1. Baseline review1. Baseline review
2. Exercise development2. Exercise development
3. Conduct the exercise3. Conduct the exercise
4. Evaluation4. Evaluation
5. Follow up5. Follow up
Exercise Planning TeamExercise Planning Team
Review existing planReview existing planAssess capabilityAssess capabilityEstimate costEstimate costDetermine type and scope of exerciseDetermine type and scope of exerciseAppoint design teamAppoint design teamAppoint evaluation teamAppoint evaluation teamEstablish scheduleEstablish scheduleReview design exerciseReview design exercise
Planning Team, con’tPlanning Team, con’t
Locate facilityLocate facility
Identify participantsIdentify participants
Prepare facilityPrepare facility
Provide materialsProvide materials
Brief participantsBrief participants
Conduct exerciseConduct exercise
Document activitiesDocument activities
Design TeamDesign Team
Creates the factual scenarioCreates the factual scenario
Creates supporting documents, assist on Creates supporting documents, assist on logistics and planninglogistics and planning
Ensures that scenario is interesting, Ensures that scenario is interesting, challenging, and realisticchallenging, and realistic
Consider agency’s goals, capabilities, Consider agency’s goals, capabilities, assets, and expertiseassets, and expertise
Multi-disciplinaryMulti-disciplinary
Exercise DesignExercise Design
Identify functions to be testedIdentify functions to be tested
-mobilization-mobilization
-communication-communication
-coordination and control-coordination and control
-access to research-access to research
-access to judicial resources-access to judicial resources
-alternate OP center-alternate OP center
Exercise GoalsExercise Goals
Gives participants clear understanding of Gives participants clear understanding of reason for the exercisereason for the exercise
General and specific goalsGeneral and specific goals– general goal: test ability of agency to provide general goal: test ability of agency to provide
timely and accurate advice to health director.timely and accurate advice to health director.– specific goal: prepare and secure a specific goal: prepare and secure a
quarantine order from a particular court w/in a quarantine order from a particular court w/in a set time frameset time frame
Exercise ToolsExercise Tools
Participant handbooksParticipant handbooks
Ground rulesGround rules
Legal manualLegal manual
Facilitator handbookFacilitator handbook
Evaluation guideEvaluation guide
Computers, flip charts, projectorsComputers, flip charts, projectors
Exercise EventsExercise EventsMajor and Detailed Events=Expected ActionsMajor and Detailed Events=Expected Actions– Major event: Problems that are likely to occur Major event: Problems that are likely to occur
based on past experience or case studiesbased on past experience or case studies
– Detailed events: Springs from the major eventDetailed events: Springs from the major event
= Expected Actions: E= Expected Actions: Expected conduct based xpected conduct based on emergency operations plan and known on emergency operations plan and known proceduresprocedures
For Example: For Example:
Tested function: Coordination and Tested function: Coordination and communicationcommunication
Scenario calls for smallpox outbreakScenario calls for smallpox outbreak
Major Event:Major Event: Suspected carrier has been Suspected carrier has been identifiedidentified
Objective:Objective: Prepare legal team, coordinate Prepare legal team, coordinate with health officials, prepare court with health officials, prepare court quarantine order within 3 hoursquarantine order within 3 hours
Example Con’tExample Con’t
Expected actions:Expected actions:
Legal:Legal:notify legal teamnotify legal team
secure evidencesecure evidence
alert judicial officersalert judicial officers
Public Health:Public Health:locate data and official to prepare affidavitslocate data and official to prepare affidavitslocate witnesseslocate witnessessecure medical team to execute court ordersecure medical team to execute court order
Example Con’tExample Con’t
Judiciary:Judiciary:arrange emergency hearing arrange emergency hearing locate judgelocate judgesecure appropriate sitesecure appropriate site
Detailed Event:Detailed Event:
Respondent not represented Respondent not represented Expected action: Appoint counsel (stand-by)Expected action: Appoint counsel (stand-by)
Respondent unable to attend Respondent unable to attend Expected action: Create alternate participation Expected action: Create alternate participation procedureprocedure
Elements for SuccessElements for Success
ParticipantsParticipants– dep’t lawyersdep’t lawyers– law enforcement agencieslaw enforcement agencies– health agencieshealth agencies– private sectorprivate sector– other gov’t personnelother gov’t personnel
Leaders a/k/a Controllers, FacilitatorsLeaders a/k/a Controllers, Facilitators
EvaluatorsEvaluators
MessagesMessages
Messages allow for communication during Messages allow for communication during exerciseexercise
– maintain ordermaintain order– maintain recordmaintain record– can be pre-scripted or spontaneouscan be pre-scripted or spontaneous
EnhancementsEnhancements
Add realism to exerciseAdd realism to exercise
– maps, radios, overheads, power points maps, radios, overheads, power points – visual aidesvisual aides– volunteersvolunteers– judges, outside counseljudges, outside counsel
Debriefing-”Hot-washDebriefing-”Hot-wash””
Feed-back needed for evaluationFeed-back needed for evaluation
Participants, Controllers, and EvaluatorsParticipants, Controllers, and Evaluators
Identify deficienciesIdentify deficiencies
Record and DocumentRecord and Document
Exercise EvaluationExercise Evaluation
Begins at earliest stageBegins at earliest stage
Document what works as well as what Document what works as well as what needs to be worked onneeds to be worked on
Identify needed changes to procedures, Identify needed changes to procedures, emergency plan, or equipmentemergency plan, or equipment
Involve a variety of disciplinesInvolve a variety of disciplines
Use standard formsUse standard forms
Prepare post exercise reportPrepare post exercise report
Post Exercise ActionsPost Exercise Actions
Adopt and implement changes based on Adopt and implement changes based on evaluations and “hot-wash” debriefingsevaluations and “hot-wash” debriefings
Appoint personnel to carry out changesAppoint personnel to carry out changes
Establish timelineEstablish timeline
Follow up in future exercisesFollow up in future exercises
Wrap Up and QuestionsWrap Up and Questions
THANK YOUTHANK YOU
Robert IanniDirector, Homeland Security and Special Projects,
517-335-4810
Iannib@michigan.gov