DISASTER RESILIENCY CENTERand Advanced Practices Training

and Research Institute For The Greater Silicon Valley

Robert J DolciChief, Protective Services

Director, Emergency ServicesNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field

Moffett Field

Disaster Response and Recovery Complex

Silicon Valley Disaster Resiliency Center

Proposed LocationCollapsed Structure Training Facility

Silicon Valley Disaster Resiliency Center

Regional Logistics FacilityResponder Base CampMobilization CenterEmergency Operations

Remote and In Situ Sensing and Imaging Autonomous Vehicles and PlatformsData Integration, Analysis and CommunicationModeling and Simulation

Advanced Practices and TrainingDisaster Simulation VillageCollapsed Structure Complex (NS)

Advanced Emergency Responder Training Institute

Applied Research and Technology Laboratory

Disaster Response and Recovery Complex

Disaster Resiliency Center

All Hazard, All Risk, All Function Advanced Practices

Training Program

Warehousing - 76,000 s.f. Minimum

Receive, Store, and Distribute Commodities

House Responder Assets

Includes Cold Storage for Medical and Other Supplies

Provides Storage Capacity for Participating Partners: Government, Non-profit and Profit Orgs

One Block Away from the FEMA Territorial Supply Facility

Do We Need Such A Facility?

• What is a Disaster Resiliency Center (DRC) and how does it differ from a Disaster Response and Recovery Center (DR&RC)?

• What is an Advanced Practices and Research Institute?

• Katrina from a DRC Perspective• Why a DRC is Needed in the Bay

What Is A DRC?In Short- A DRC is a centralized facility and capability established in advance of a disaster to effectively manage the resources from all responding agencies during response and recovery operations.

The difference between a DRC and a DR&RC is that a DRC has pre disaster functions.

More Specifically a DRC isa local and/or state pre-established regional response and recovery facility that is not federally managed but has a formalized working relationship with DHS/FEMA.– During a declared disaster a DRC is:

• A state and/or federal Logistics and/or Operations Staging Area• A point of arrival and departure for state and federal assets• An Disaster Command and Control Center• A Base of Operations for Response and/or Recovery Teams• A Joint Operations Center• A Regional Mobilization Center• An Emergency Communications Center

If there is a catastrophic event in the Bay Area, Federal and State emergency response assets will need one or more strategically located places to manage regional disaster response and recovery operations.

– There are two key functional elements of disaster response:There are two key functional elements of disaster response:• Search and RescueSearch and Rescue• Commodity Distribution and Emergency ShelteringCommodity Distribution and Emergency Sheltering

– There are three key elements of disaster recovery:There are three key elements of disaster recovery:• ReconstructionReconstruction• Long Term Care of the DisplacedLong Term Care of the Displaced• Business ContinuityBusiness Continuity

Pre Disaster a DRC is an Advanced Practices and

Research InstituteAn APRI is a training/education institution that provides advanced concepts training for all types of emergency responders; a laboratory to test new innovative techniques, training, procedures and technologies; as well as a component that advances technologies which can be utilized in emergency response and recovery operations.

In AdditionPre Disaster a DRC/APRI is

• A location for conducting advanced regional/national exercises

• A test-bed for advanced technology and methodology development

• A facility to store commodities for disaster relief

• A place to meet and preplan• A place to manage a regional common

operating program

What Have we Learned From Prior Disasters?

A Look at Katrina

Katrina’s Ad Hoc DR&RC in Mississippi

• FEMA and MEMA (Mississippi Emergency Management Agency) were able to established a Disaster Response and Recovery Center (DR&RC) nearly real time because:– NASA Stennis was available and it had many of the

necessary “ingredients” • Stennis facilities and personnel enabled FEMA, MEMA and

Local Government• Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that there will be an

adequate Federal facility available when a disaster strikes

– New Orleans, Louisiana did not have a facility available to establish a DR&RC

FEMA/MEMA Operations• NASA Stennis became the prime Logistics

Staging Area and Operational Staging Area for 6 Counties (400,000 People) providing support for:• 33 commodity distribution centers (70 PODs)• 6 emergency fuel stations• 6 Disaster Medical Assistance Teams• 1 Disaster Mortuary• 10 emergency shelters• 40 fire stations• Multiple emergency search and rescue teams

~130 Places requiring support

FEMA/MEMA Operations at NASA Stennis

• ~ 500 18-Wheelers delivered millions of tons of MREs, Ice and Water• In the first week- 19,700,000 Pounds of Ice, 2,600,000

Gallons of water, and 1,800,000 MREs

• One month Later 40,000,000 tons of ice, 5,500,000 gallons of water, 2,750,000 MREs (ran out after third week)

• FEMA/MEMA managed 4 Base Camps, 1 Airfield, and supported 5 Military Camps at Stennis• Based camps cared for thousands of emergency and

military responders and support personnel

FEMA/MEMA Ops FEMA/MEMA Team

On any given day, at any given time, there were over 100 individuals

working at the Command Center representing over 50 different

agencies/organizations.

Stennis Airfield

Boeing 747 Delivering Commodities

ANG C-130 Delivered Commodities

ANG Chinook Helicopter transported water, ice and MREs to inaccessible rural areas

Airlift operations in the first week accounted for 45% of the water and food delivered in the six Gulf Counties.

3 0f 70 PODS

Supply Trucks

Transfer Transfer OperationOperation

Care and Feeding RespondersCare and Feeding Responders

Urban Search and Rescue Response (New Orleans)

• Depending on the Magnitude of the event, as many as 28 FEMA US&R teams may show up.– More or less self sufficient for three days– Fly in or drive in– Greater need than commodity distribution teams

• Hazardous environments

• More tools and equipment

• Greater medical needs

• Far greater physical demands

• Canines

US&R Response to N.O.

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Do We Need A DRC/APRI In The Bay Area?

What if we had had a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on the Hayward Fault?

According to the USGS, there is a 62% probability that the Bay Area will experience a 6.7 magnitude, or greater, earthquake within the next 30 years.

Santa Clara County has 1.75 million residents ~ 25% of Santa Clara County has 1.75 million residents ~ 25% of the Bay Area’s populationthe Bay Area’s population

San Mateo County has 700 thousand residents ~10% of San Mateo County has 700 thousand residents ~10% of the Bay Area’s populationthe Bay Area’s population

Compare that to the ~400,000 in the 6 Mississippi Compare that to the ~400,000 in the 6 Mississippi CountiesCounties

Comparing Just Santa Clara County with the 6 Mississippi Counties

Mississippi Had:• 33 commodity distribution

centers (70 PODs)• 6 emergency fuel stations• 6 Disaster Medical

Assistance Teams• 1 Disaster Mortuary• 10 emergency shelters• 40 fire stations• Multiple emergency search

and rescue teams

~130 Places requiring support

Santa Clara County Would Require:• ~500 commodity distribution centers

(including PODS)• ~80 Red Cross and other Shelters• All available Disaster Medical

Assistance Teams• Numerous Disaster Morgues• ~75 Fire Stations• Numerous Emergency Fuel Stations • All available emergency search and

rescue teams

~1000 Places requiring support

New study by Hayward Earthquake Alliance and

Risk Management Solutions believe that next major

Hayward fault quake will be catastrophic

Anticipate an Earthquake of M6.8 or greater on the Hayward Fault

• A major earthquake on the Hayward Fault, in a highly populated section of the San Francisco Bay Area, is due. – The last major earthquake on the Hayward Fault was in

1868, 140 years ago• Research by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicate the

past five such earthquakes have been 140 years apart on average.

– A Hayward Fault EQ will adversely impact up to 5 Million people

• Damage will likely exceed $1.5 Trillion• Up to 70% of the loss will be sustained in Alameda and Santa

Clara Counties - The majority of that being in Alameda County

Serious Damage to Bay Area Infrastructure

• Oakland and San Francisco international airports and nearly all the region's port facilities are built on materials prone to earthquake damage. – The capacity to deliver the goods needed to support

recovery would be significantly diminished

• Earthquake caused damage to the bay area’s water storage and distribution systems could cut off water to 2.4 million Bay Area residents.

• Could close up to 1,100 roads, including 900 in Alameda County alone.