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Update on The Governor’s E mergency P lanning and P reparedness I nitiative ( EPPI ) and The Statewide Exercise

Update on The Governor’s E mergency P lanning and P reparedness I nitiative ( EPPI ) and The Statewide Exercise. May 8, 2013. Governor’s E mergency P lanning and P reparedness I nitiative. GOALS include: Increase quality of communications and preparedness

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Update on The Governor’s E mergency P lanning and P reparedness I nitiative ( EPPI ) and The Statewide Exercise

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  1. Update onThe Governor’s Emergency Planning and Preparedness Initiative (EPPI)andThe Statewide Exercise May 8, 2013

  2. Governor’s Emergency Planning and Preparedness Initiative GOALS include: • Increase quality of communications and preparedness • Hold a real-time exercise by September 1, involving state agencies, municipalities, and the private sector, including utilities

  3. Work Groups Groups meeting to work on the EPPI include: • Exercise and Training • Groups include a wide variety of representatives from local, state, federal government, private sector • Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) Team • Interagency Debris Management Task Force (IDMTF) • Resource Support/Commodities • Mass Care • State of Connecticut Public Safety Interoperability Communications Committee • Technology (Communications) • ARES

  4. Statewide Exercise Briefings • Overview for Executives and Senior Officials on EPPI • Overview for State Agencies on EPPI *Date and Location to be Determined

  5. Statewide Exercise When? June 20th and/or 22nd, 8:00 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. - Preparedness: week leading up to the Exercise - Response: 8:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. - Recovery: 10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. - Hotwash: 2:00 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.

  6. Statewide Exercise Where? Statewide with primary focus on severe weather event in DEMHS Region 5 *DEMHS Regions 1-4 in a support role to Region 5

  7. Exercise Objectives • Town Emergency Operations Center/ Unified Command • Municipalities activate EOCs, convene Unified Command members, review/update/use plans • Consider Superintendent of Schools and Recovery Coordinator • Practice Local/State Communications Processes / Procedures • WebEOC • Interaction with DEMHS Regional Offices • Communications Flow

  8. Exercise Objectives (cont’d) • Regional Transportation • Review Regional Emergency Support Plans • Exercise Communications • Review Regional Emergency Support Plans • Commercial communications providers (AT&T, Cablevision etc.) • Emergency communications assets (to include Amateur Radio)

  9. Exercise Objectives (cont’d) • Mass Care • Review Regional Emergency Support Plans • Region 5 Sheltering • Regional Logistics • Review Regional Emergency Support Plans • (Notional) DPW Strike Teams • FEMA Local Point of Distribution Training, Region 5 hosting • Public Health • Review Regional Emergency Support Plans • Test Surge capacity Region 5, Mobile Field Hospital

  10. Participation is the Key to Success • The exercise has been made a grant deliverable (one less thing to have to do!) • Good communications are critical. Getting together to address issues now (who is responsible for what) will help to spread the workload, and save time and energy when a serious incident occurs • State EOC and Simulation Cell active both days • Situational updates to be provided leading up to the exercise

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