Functional Tabletop and Worst Case Drills in 2014

1. Functional Tabletop and Worst Case Drills in 2014 Commander Katie Blanchard Sector Puget Sound & Elin Storey Ecology Spills Program Drill Coordinator

2. 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

3. 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

5. Oregon 2014-2015 Drill Summary

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. Lessons Learned from TTX and WCD

10. WA Lessons Learned Focus Areas • Drill planning and design • Staffing and Training • Command Posts • ICS Process, Forms and Displays

11. 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

15. Ad Hoc Strategies some worked, some didn't.

16. Revised strategy New robust ad-hoc strategies with skimming components

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

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