Bob Crouch and Janet Clements

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National Capital Region Overview

• Bob Crouch and Janet Clements

October 14, 2009
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What is the NCR?

• District of Columbia
• Virginia Jurisdictions
• Arlington County
• Fairfax County
• Loudoun County
• Prince William County
• Alexandria
• Fairfax City, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas
  Park
• Maryland Jurisdictions
• Montgomery County
• Prince Georges County

and all cities now or here after existing in
Maryland or Virginia within the geographic area
bounded by the outer boundaries of the combined
area of said counties.
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Nations 4th Largest Metro Area

• All 3 Branches of Federal Government
• More than 270 Federal agencies/departments
• 5M residents and more than 20M tourists annually
• 288B Gross Regional Product
• Embassies of other nations, The World Bank,
  Organization of American States
• More than 2,100 non-profit organizations
• More than 40 colleges universities 49,000/-
  students
• Transportation Hub
• 2nd largest rail transit system
• 5th largest bus network in the United States
• 2 major airports
• Largest number of Inc. 500 companies

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Regional Collaboration

• August 2002
• NCR Homeland Security Summit
• Virginia and Maryland Governors, District of
  Columbia Mayor and Presidential Homeland Security
  Advisor met and agreed to Eight Commitments to
  Action
• October 2002
• Senior Policy Group (SPG)
• SPG created to advance homeland security
  initiatives within the NCR
• March 2003
• Office of National Capital Region Coordination
  (ONCRC)
• Per Homeland Security Act of 2002, the functions
  dedicated to the NCR within the White House
  Office of Homeland Security are transitioned to
  the new Department of Homeland Security and NCRC
  begins operations as a component within the
  Office of the Secretary
• ONCRC moved under FEMA in April 2007
• Governor, Mayor, DHS Secretary meetings
• Virginia and Maryland Governors, DC mayor and
  secretary of DHS have met periodically to discuss
  NCR preparedness issues.
• Most recently met on September 1, 2009.

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The Original 8 Commitments

• Coordinated process for decision-making.
• Enhance coordination and information sharing for
  terrorism prevention.
• Identify and protection infrastructure assets and
  services in the NCR.
• Develop protective measures to protect the health
  and safety of the public.
• Endorsing and implementing Citizen Corps programs
  within the NCR.
• Develop a virtual Joint Information System for
  the NCR.
• Utilize mutual aid.
• Coordinate plans for terrorism and
  security-related training and exercises.

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Preparedness Coordination

• The Senior Policy Group
• Governors Homeland Security Advisor
• Emergency Manager Director/Deputy
• DC Mayor
• The Federal Government Office of National
  Capital Region Coordination (DHS/FEMA)
• Local Jurisdictions
• The Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs)
• State Administrative Agent
• NCR Grants Office
• Program Management Office

• Metropolitan Washington Council Of Governments
• Administrative and Policy Function
• Emergency Preparedness Council (EPC)
• Regional Programmatic Working Groups (RPWGs)
  Emergency Support Functions (ESFs)
• Military District of Washington

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SPG Roles and Responsibilities

• Identify strategic and policy issues
• Assign policy development and analysis
• Make policy decisions
• Define NCR HLS Program
• Facilitate regional and intergovernmental
  relations
• Make Urban Area Security Initiative grant funding
  decisions
• Coordinate public communications
• Integrate/coordinate program across region
• Lead implementation of Strategic Plan

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NCRs Strategic Plan

• The Vision
• Working together towards a safe and secure
  National Capital Region
• The Mission
• Build and sustain an integrated effort to prepare
  for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and
  recover from all-hazards threats or events
• http//www.ncrhomelandsecurity.org/

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UASI Summary

• Grant started by DHS in 2003
• Includes 62 Urban Areas, 55 Tier II, 7 Tier 1
• NCR is a Tier 1
• 80 of grant funds go to localities
• 20 to states (VA gets 5)
• NCR consists of DC, 2 MD counties and 10 VA
  localities
• Administered by County Administrators and Senior
  Policy Group
• 2-Year Projects

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Analysis of 03-08 UASI Projects
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New Capabilities Since 9/11

• WMATA Alternate Operations Center and Tunnels
  Communication/Rescue Equipment
• NCR Data Exchange and INet
• Mass Care Supplies/Training
• Law Enforcement Information Sharing
• Syndromic Surveillance
• Radio Caches
• MMRS
• 800 MHz radio system

• EOC Interoperability/ Communications
• Volunteers/Citizen Preparedness
• Mass Casualty/Medical Surge supplies/equipment/tra
  ining
• CIP/Target Hardening
• CBRNE/IED Detection/Preparedness/ Response
• Regional Planning
• Traffic Security/Monitoring/Evacuation

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Presidential Inauguration

• Estimated 1.8M attendees
• More than 630 personnel provided mutual aid
• Extensive planning for event and contingencies
• Extensive traffic/bus support plan
• NoVA Evacuation Plan activated
• Demonstrated effectiveness of regional
  cooperation

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Regional Catastrophic Planning Grant

• 12M DHS Grant to encourage multi-jurisdictional
  catastrophic planning
• NCR partnership between VA, MD, DE, WV, PA and DC
  through mid-Atlantic all hazards consortium as a
  vehicle for project development.
• Groups for
• Behavior analysis
• Transportation
• Mass Care

• Resource Management
• Public Information
• Modeling and Simulation

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Behavioral Study

• To research how resident populations of the
  National Capital Region would respond to
  sheltering and evacuation communications and
  instructions in case of a terrorist attack
• Foundationalinformation for the other
  RCPGprojects

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Survey Development

• Conducted by the University of Virginia
• Conducted a similar citizen response survey in
  2005
• Telephone survey using home and cell phones
• Developed questions with extensive input from all
  Region 3 states
• Refined through Focus Groups
• Comprised of public in MD, DC and VA
• Sample Size 2500

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Survey Scenario

• Scenario Dirty Bomb
• Several variations
• No notice
• Little notice
• Build up
• Asked about protective action decisions
• Evacuation or Shelter in Place
• All participants asked about evacuation choices

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Timeline

• Now Conducting Phone Surveys
• Oct. 09 End Data Collection
• Nov. 09 Preliminary results
• Jan. 10 Final Report

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Questions?