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Hurricane Pam Exercise: Driving Catastrophic Response Plan

In July 2004, the first post-storm exercise in Louisiana, Hurricane Pam Scenario, simulated a Category 3 hurricane's impact. Key accomplishments included developing integrated response plans for HAZMAT, sheltering, debris management, and more. Collaborating federal, state, and volunteer agencies produced actionable documents to bridge local and federal plans for future response efforts.

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Hurricane Pam Exercise: Driving Catastrophic Response Plan

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  1. Date Here Hurricane Pam Exercise July 16-23, 2004

  2. Overview • Concept • Scenario • Accomplishments • Exercise Participants • Final Products from Exercise • The Future

  3. Concept • Unique Process • First Ever Post-Storm Exercise in Louisiana • Used a Scenario-Based Exercise to Drive Development of an Integrated Joint Plan for Responding to a Catastrophic Hurricane • Used Breakout Rooms and Action Rooms for Planning for Specific Topics • Defining Reality in July 2004

  4. Scenario • Pam was a strong, slow-moving (≈ 5 MPH) Category 3 Hurricane with sustained winds of 120 MPH at landfall • Spawned tornados and generated a storm surge which left the majority of New Orleans under 10-20 feet of water • Pam would’ve been costliest and deadliest hurricane in U.S. history

  5. Scenario • 97% lost landline communications and commercial power • 77% of structures destroyed • Over 1.1 million people could not return to their homes • Over 30 million cubic yards of debris generated • 237,000 cubic yards of household hazardous waste was uncontained

  6. Accomplishments • Produced Outlined Base Plan and Functional Plans through Action Rooms • HAZMAT • Un-watering of Levee-Enclosed Areas (New Orleans) • Billeting of Federal Response Personnel • Donations Management/Volunteer Resources • Distribution Plan for Water/Ice/Power • Public Information • Transition from Rescue to Temporary Housing • Reentry and Access Control

  7. Accomplishments • Produced Functional Plans through Breakout Rooms • Schools • Search & Rescue • Sheltering • Temporary Housing • Temporary Medical Care • Debris

  8. Exercise Participants • 15 Federal Agencies • 20 State Agencies • 13 Parishes • 5 Volunteer Agencies • LOHSEP • FEMA Region VI • FEMA HQ • IEM

  9. Final Products from Exercise • Bridging document between Local/State plans and federal plans (Base Plan) • Functional plans and annex’s • Action Plans with checklists and trigger points • Emphasis on integration with existing plans and developing sufficient detail to facilitate response planning

  10. The Future • Phase 1A • Three Working Groups Return for Additional Planning • Medical • Shelters • Temp Housing • Phase 2 • Full Functional Annexes to the Base Plan • Second Exercise to Work on Additional Topics: • Transportation External – Public Affairs • Communications Financial/Insurance/Cash Flow • Mass Feeding Security

  11. Hurricane Pam Exercise 2004

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