DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM TEPP

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY
  PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM (TEPP)
• BARNWELL COUNTY
• SOUTH CAROLINA EXERCISE
• SEPTEMBER 1, 2004
• ROBERT A. (TONY) HASS

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• Background About Barnwell, SC
• Key Players
• Planning With County And State Agencies
• Training
• Scenario
• Conduct Of Exercise
• Lessons Learned Participants Strengths
• Questions

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• BACKGROUND ABOUT BARNWELL, SC
• Population Of 24K
• 553 Square Miles 7 Municipalities
• Bordered On Two Sides By SRS And Chem-Nuclear
• 25 Radioactive Waste Shipments Travel Through
  Barnwell Weekly
• Excellent Working Relationship With SRS And
  Chem-Nuclear
• EPA Super Fund Site For Starmet Carolina Metals
  (Depleted Uranium)

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• KEY PLAYERS
• BARNWELL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
• BARNWELL COUNTY HOSPITAL
• BARNWELL COUNTY NURSING HOME
• BARNWELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
• BARNWELL COUNTY EMS
• BARNWELL COUNTY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
• CITY OF BARNWELL FIRE DEPARTMENT
• CITY OF BARNWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT
• AIKEN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• KEY PLAYERS
• SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
  ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL (SCDHEC)
• SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION (SLED)
  EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DETACHMENT
• SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION
  (SCEMD)

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• KEY PLAYERS
• DOE REGION 3 RADIOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
  (RAP) TEAM
• SAVANNAH RIVER SITE FIRE DEPARTMENT
• SAVANNAH RIVER SITE OPERATIONS CENTER (SRSOC)
• SAVANNAH RIVER SITE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
• SAVANNAH RIVER SITE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
  ORGANIZATION

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• Planning With County And State Agencies
• Exercise Planning Committee Monthly Meetings For
  Scenario Development And Extent Of Play
  Discussion (8 Months Prior to Exercise)
• Participant List
• Master Sequence Of Events List (MSEL)
• Realistic Props
• Scenario Development/Approval
• Tabletop Drill
• Training/Refresher

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• TRAINING
• Barnwell County Volunteer And County Agencies
  Participated In A MERRTT Refresher
• Barnwell County Hospital Staff Received
  Radiologically Contaminated Patient Training From
  RAP And TEPP
• Controller/Evaluator Training
• Victim/Role Player Training

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• SCENARIO
• STARTED WITH LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION
  VULNERABILITIES
• WHERE WAS THE MOST VULNERABLE SPOT?
• SMALL TOWN INSTILL PUBLIC FEAR AND PANIC
• WHAT OTHER ASSETS WOULD A TERRORIST STRIKE?

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• SCENARIO
• LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION BULLETINS
• SECONDARY DEVICE WITH IED/RDD
• MEDICAL FACILITIES
• STOLEN GASOLINE TANKER
• DEMANDS
• INTELLIGENCE BUILD-UP

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• SCENARIO
• INTELLIGENCE BUILD-UP AND TERRORIST PLANNING
  (WEBSITE/E-MAIL TRAFFIC)
• DOE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL SHIPMENT
• MOBILE MISSILE GASOLINE TANKER
• IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WITH RADIOLOGICAL
  MATERIAL (IED/RDD)
• HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE
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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• SCENARIO
• Two Different Event Scenes - 4 Hour Time Block
• Attack On SNF Truck
• Secondary Device (IED/RDD) At Hospital
• SNF Shipment Cask Was Hit By A Gasoline Tanker
  14 Injures (Mass Casualty Situation)
• IED/RDD Placed In A Stolen Delivery Truck Near
  Hospital Emergency Room Entrance Hospital and
  Nursing Home Evacuation Upon Discovery
• TEPP SNF Exercise Scenario Used As Basis For
  Development

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE
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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE
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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• Conduct of Exercise
• Minimal simulations actual cask and tanker truck
  (provided by Chem-Nuclear and SRS)
• Realistic scenario (smoke/fire)
• Location actual route traveled by shipments
• Victims moulaged for type of injury
• Transport and Handling of radiologically
  contaminated patients
• Actual explosive residue use for dog spotting
• Realistic looking bomb used
• Terrorist organization web site established for
  law enforcement research and intelligence
  gathering

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE
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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE
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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE
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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE
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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• EXERCISE LESSONS LEARNED
• CONDUCT MULTI-TASKING OPERATIONS
• LIFESAVING IS PRIORITY
• COMMUNICATIONS WITH SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED
  AGENCIES
• ACCESS AND EGRESS
• CONTROL OF PERSONNEL INSIDE THE SECURITY CORDON

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• PARTICIPANT STRENGTHS
• QUICK 1ST RESPONSE
• STRONG FORWARD OPERATIONS OFFICER
• SLED EOD TEAM PERFORMANCE
• HOSPITAL PERSONNEL CAN-DO ATTITUDE
• ROLE-PLAYERS REALISTIC PERFORMANCE
• PLAYERS ADAPTING TO CHANGING SITUATION

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BARNWELL COUNTY TEPP EXERCISE

• QUESTIONS??