Silver Spring Metro Center Occupant Emergency Plan (OEP)

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Silver Spring Metro Center Occupant Emergency
Plan (OEP) Shelter in Place (SIP)

• Emergency Preparedness
• Silver Spring Metro Center Campus
• Town Hall Meeting
• June 2, 2003

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BRIEFINGS CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Occupant Emergency Plan
• Evacuate
• Shelter In Place
• Upcoming

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The Structure of NOAA Emergency Preparedness
Tier 1 Quick Reference Guide Tier 2 Occupant
Emergency Plan Tier 3 Evacuation Command and
Control Tier 4 Standard Operation
Procedures Tier 5 Maintaining Readiness Tier 6
Appendices
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Players
Principal Staff Safety, Security, Environmental
Compliance, Homeland Security Activity Office
NOAA Management
Line/Program Offices
Planning Training Drilling Assessing
Support Staff Legal, Human Resources, Civil Rights
SSMC Facilities Mgt Foulger Pratt Engineering
Communications
Emergency Response Community
ALL Occupants
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New SSMC OEP

• Updates SSMC Occupant Evacuation Plan
• Focuses on Emergency Preparedness
• For ALL SSMC Occupants
• Approval Anticipated in June-July 2003
• Will be available at
• www.emergency.noaa.gov

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Silver Spring Metro Center Occupant Emergency Plan
CONTENTS

• Terms and Definitions
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Types of Emergencies
• Response
• Evacuation
• Shelter In Place

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New OEP Tools
1. OEP FLIPPER
2. PHONE STICKERS
ALL SSMC Phones (9) 911 Other 301-713-0333
3. VISITORS HAND OUT
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When Alarm Sounds On Your Floor Evacuate - No
Exceptions!!

• FOLLOW DIRECTION of Floor Monitors
• USE Stairways - NOT elevators
• WALK to Your Assembly Area
• STAY PUT until All Clear
• Head-Count by Organization (Floor Mgr)
• All Clear from Assembly Point Coordinator
• Mobility Impaired Personnel
• Assemble two floors below last alarm floor

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Mobility Impaired Employees and Buddies

• Permanently Impaired
• Have Assigned Buddies
• Temporarily Impaired
• Tell Your Supervisor

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Campus Evacuation Plan
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Campus Evacuation Plan
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Campus Evacuation Assembly Areas
WMATA (formerly MARC) Area
METRO Area
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Shelter In Place

• Purpose
• Planners, Players, Partners
• Concept of Operations
• SSMC Implementation
• SIP Drill Overview

No ducts sustained injury during production of
this briefing.
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Shelter In Place SIP Purpose

• To prepare for incidents of unusually high risks
  in the outside environment
• Minimize impact
• Maintain operations
• Conditions for SIP
• Severe weather (e.g., tornados, hurricanes)
• Public Unrest (e.g., demonstrations)
• Identified threat (e.g., sniper)
• Use or threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction
  (WMD)

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Shelter WMD Potential In Place
Probability vs. Impact
TIC Toxic Industrial Chemical
Based on WMD Preparedness Overview (May 2003)
USASBCOM and FEMA Energy Management Institute
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Shelter In Place Worst Case Scenario

• Mass casualties fatalities
• Potentially contaminated facilities and materials
• Psychological impacts
• Logistical burdens legal implications
• NOAA Mission Degradation

Based on WMD Preparedness Overview (May 2003)
USASBCOM and FEMA Energy Management Institute
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Shelter In Place SSMC SIP Planning

• SIP Planning Team
• HSPA
• CDR Phil Kenul
• CDR John Steger
• NFA SEPD
• John Abbott
• David Meiselman
• NFA Facility Office
• Roy Eckert
• Mary Beth Kenefick
• DoC/Office of Security
• at NOAA (OSy)
• Rick Duncan
• Calvin Martin
• FOULGER-PRATT
• GSA FAA VA NWSEO
• Other Agencies

2-Confirm
1-Plan
3-Kick Off!
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Shelter In Place ImplementationConcept of
Operations
Start It
Announce It
Control It (ECC)
Do It - Building - Floor
End It All Clear Or Evacuate
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Shelter In Place Accomplishments

• Obtain Management Buy-in
• VADMs NOAA-wide Guidance on Home Emergency
  Preparedness
• Interim Guidance to DROs of NOAA-Occupied
  Facilities (26 Mar)
• All SSMC Interim Guidance
• Floor Monitor/Manager Orientation (Apr 10)
• Prepositioned SIP Assets SSMC
• Floor Monitor/Manager Orientation/Seal Production
  Apr 10, 11, 24, 29)
• Emergency Water
• Medical Supplies
• Development of Proposed SIP Drill Plan

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Shelter In Place SSMC Implementation

• Pre-positioned
• equipment
• Building Occupant Liaisons
• TV, AM/FM Radio
• NOAA Weather Radio
• 2-way radio to ECC
• On Each Floor
• (as shown)

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Shelter In Place SIP Drill Overview
Control It (ECC)

• End It
• -Hear All Clear
• Or Evacuate
• -Pack Up
• Feedback to FMs
• Lessons Learned

• Do It
• Employees
• -Hear Announcement
• Gather
• Get Oriented
• Report In
• Optional
• Hang 1 Seal
• Go to Stations
• Keep it positive

Announce It
Start It
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Upcoming Evacuation and
SIP Drills

• Floor Monitors/Managers
• Attend Evacuation/SIP Pre-Brief
• 2. Train Occupants
• 3. Drill Assess
• 4. Update Plan
• 5. Go to 1.