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Functional Tabletop and Worst Case Drills in 2014
Commander Katie BlanchardSector Puget Sound
&Elin Storey
Ecology Spills Program Drill Coordinator
Washington Drills in 2014• 114 drills were conducted for Ecology
credit– 57 Deployment drills (DPX)– 22 GRP deployment drills – 12 Functional Tabletop drills (TTX)-– 9 Combined functional tabletop and
deployment drills– 11 worst case scenario functional
tabletop drills (WCD)– 3 Government Initiated Unannounced
Exercises (GIUE)- USCG and EPA led
Ecology Evaluation and Self- Certification
• 84 drills evaluated by Ecology– 44 DPX– 20 GRP DPX– 2 GIUE– 5 Combined TTX-DPX– 4 TTX– 9 WCD
• 30 drills self- certified– 13 DPX– 2 GRP DPX– 1GIUE– 4 Combined TTX-
DPX– 2 out of state WCD– 8 TTX
Oregon 2014-2015 Drill Summary
2014 2015 (Projected)
Worst Case Drills 7 9
Tabletop Drills 5 9
Deployment Drills ( DEQ Observed) 11 10
Deployment Drills (Not Observed) 17 ?
GUIE’s 1 2-3
Credit Accepted from WA, CA, AK 3 3
Other Drills (railroad focused, etc.) 2 1 (completed)
Why track and report lessons learned?
• To share knowledge to improve, performance, efficiency and organizational learning throughout the entire response community
• Even the most successful drills have lessons from which we can learn
• Whether you're in Unified Command creating the objectives that drive the response or staff in a unit filling orders, there will be lessons you can learn
• An effective spill management team will analyze the lessons learned from drills and spills and apply them to future training, plans, drills and spills
The Washington State Response Community
IS:• Well prepared for drills and spills• Trained on equipment and ICS• Committed to the Federal and
State drill program• Capable of managing spills and
drills
The Oregon State Response Community
IS:• Generally prepared to work within
Incident Command System. • Dealing well with new scenarios
in their AOR.• Aware that New Petroleum
Products in the region can greatly affect tactics.
Lessons Learned from TTX and WCD
WA Lessons Learned Focus Areas
• Drill planning and design • Staffing and Training• Command Posts• ICS Process, Forms and Displays
OR Lessons Learned Focus Areas
• Continued focus on ICS• Enhanced discussions on new
Petroleum and the affect they have on tactics.
• Ensuring exercises employ and utilize the NWACP
• Effectively managing expectations and planning for Booming Strategies
Ad Hoc Strategies some worked, some didn't.
Revised strategy
New robust ad-hoc strategies with skimming components
Ecology Drill Focus Areas for 2015
• Outreach for local and community education• Tribal Involvement in Environmental Unit and
TOSC• Activation of Ecology situation room• Complete SOSC position task books for 2 staff• Complete Environmental Unit Leaders
position task books for 2 staff• Ecology Information Officer path back to
Functional Tabletops• Participate in the MTSRU and Salvage • Participate in Truth or the Simulation Cell
DEQ Focused Objectives for 2015
• Increased focus on the use of the NWACP, use more realistic scenarios, tides, and tactics
• Truth/Control Performance will be graded• Conduct another Gasoline based Scenario• Conduct Wildlife focused tabletop exercise• Conduct drill focused on waste management/demobilization• Conduct Social Media Focused Drill• Increased outreach to LOSC’s, Tribal, and other stakeholders• Dept of Energy has asked for a scenario creating a fuel
distribution crisis reducing supply by >20%. Likely to be roundtable discussion, not Tabletop Exercise.
• Proper staffing of and better communication between ICS sections/units
Federal Drill Focus Areas for 2015
• Ensure compliance with 33 CFR 154.1055• Unified command with representatives from
Local, Tribal, State, and Federal• Utilization of the ACP and Facility/Vessel plan• Timely press updates and JIC utilization• Following the prescribed ICS processes,
including agendas• Play different coordinating areas, i.e.
dispersants, ISB, MTSRU, ESA 7 consults, etc • More robust MSEL/injects to ensure exercise
objectives are met
Upcoming Drills
• Interested in the drills• Reach out to the USCG and
Ecology / DEQ • Roles in the command post• Observer and outreach• Drill calendar on the RRT website
Worst Case Drills in 2015 for Washington State drill credit
• MFSA • Paramount Petroleum • SeaRiver Maritime • Navy Region Northwest• BP West Coast Seattle Terminal • Tidewater • Polar Tankers• Alaska Tanker Company & BP
Shipping • Imperium Grays Harbor
Oregon Worst Case Drills Expected in 2015
• Arc Terminals• Columbia Pacific Bio Refinery• Coos Bay Regional Cooperative• Harley Marine Services • Kinder Morgan Willbridge and Linnton
Terminals • MFSA• NuStar Portland Terminal• Pacific Terminal Services• Tidewater Umatilla Pipeline
Questions??