RESF-1 TransportationKick-Off Workshop

Chair: Natalie Jones-Best (DDOT)April 19th, 2006

10 am to 12 noon

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Introductions

• Agency / Responsibility

• What is your interest in emergency preparedness?

• What do you want to get out of meeting as a RESF-1 Committee?

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Review of RESF-1 Since 9/11

• 2001: RESF-1 Group formed ad hoc in response to 9/11

• 2002: Input into Regional Emergency Coordination Plan (RECP)

• 2003-2004: Development of Regional Emergency Evacuation Transportation Coordination (REETC) Annex

• 2004: RESF-1 Group suspends meetings upon completion of REETC Annex

• 2004-2006: MOITS acts as RESF-1 until it is decided to re-establish a separate committee

• April 2006: RESF-1 Re-established

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RESF-1 & MOITS

• RESF-1– Transportation support to emergency

responders for critical incidents• Particularly for declared emergencies

• MOITS– A wide range of focuses on transportation

operations, technology• Incident management focus for transportation –

specific everyday events

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RESF-1 & NCR Homeland Security

EPC

MOITS RESF-1RESFs 2-15 & RPWGs

Public SafetyTransportation

Update & Inform

TPB CAOs & SPG

Update & Inform

Operational Personnel

Executive / Administrative

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NCR Homeland Security Program

• RESF-1: Transportation• RESF-2: Communications• RESF-3: Public Works & Engineering• RESF-4: Firefighting• RESF-5: Emergency Management• RESF-6: Mass Care, Housing, Human Services• RESF-7: Resource Support• RESF-8: Public Health & Medical Service• RESF-9: Urban Search & Rescue• RESF-10: Oil & Hazardous Materials• RESF-11: Agriculture & Natural Resources• RESF-12: Energy• RESF-13: Public Safety & Security• RESF-14: Long-Term Recovery & Mitigation• RESF-15: External Affairs• RESF-16: Volunteer & Donation Management

• Human Services Team• Critical Infrastructure Team• Intel Information Sharing Team• Emergency Services Team

(Fire, LE, EMS)• Health Community Team• Interoperability Team• Training & Exercises Team

(ETOP)

Note: • RPWGs in BOLD are currently

active• RPWGs report to SPG

Committee

Regional Program Working Groups (RPWGs)

Driving Programmatic Direction 3-5 Years

Regional Emergency Support Functions (RESFs)

Practitioner Capabilities and Priorities

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Discussion Introduction

• Consider the transportation community’s experiences in emergencies over the past five years:– What has worked well?– What has gone wrong?– Consider processes, participants, and operations– How could an active RESF-1 helped to address past

issues?– How could RESF-1 help plan for similar occurrences

in the future?– How can the transportation community work with

other emergency responders more effectively?

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Purpose of Discussion

• Determine what are our responsibilities as transportation emergency preparedness officials

• Determine what issues are in our best interest to address

• Determine where transportation emergency preparedness in the NCR is currently

• Determine who should be at the RESF-1 table• Identify procedures and capabilities currently available

and increase awareness• Determine what is on the table / off the table for RESF-1• Determine where RESF-1 in the NCR needs to go

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Discussion Considerations

• Consensus Building: Move forward to make progress

• Scope: Transportation Emergency Preparedness– Within a context of multifunctional regional emergency

preparedness– May need to put issues beyond transportation in a “parking lot” for

later discussion with appropriate stakeholders

vs.

• We only have an hour!– Looking to identify issues, not

resolutions today

• “Big Hat” vs. “Little Hat”– We must consider regional (big hat) issues and needs while

realizing we are representing our home jurisdiction/agency (little hat)

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Discussion

• Consider the transportation community’s response to emergencies over the past five years:– What has worked well?– What has gone wrong?– Consider processes, participants, and operations– How could an active RESF-1 helped to address past

issues?– How could RESF-1 help plan for similar occurrences

in the future?– How can the transportation community work with

other emergency responders more effectively?

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UASI Funding & Near/Long Term Priorities

• How well do these match up with the priorities identified during the previous discussion?

• UASI Process Update – David McMillion

• Transportation UASI Submitted Concept Papers

DDOT1. Critical Infrastructure Monitoring

and Protection

2. Multifunctional Evacuation Dynamic Message Signs

3. New Transportation Management Center at Anacostia Gateway

4. Emergency Public Address System

5. Emergency Transportation Annex - Testing, Exercising, and Resource Development

6. Evacuation Time Estimates - How Much Time Do We Need?

7. Identify and Coordinate Transportation Requirements for the Special Needs Population

8. Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection

MDOT1. Interoperable Communications

System - Montgomery County

2. Interoperable Communications System - Prince George's County

3. Radiological Truck Cargo Screening Feasibility Study - I-95 and I-495 Truck Weigh Station

4. National Capital Region Video Sharing Distribution System

5. National Capital Region Multimodal Traveler Information System

6. National Capital Region Interoperable Communications Study

7. Regional Evacuation Traffic Monitoring and Management Tools

Alexandria Transit1. DASH Bus Security Camera

System

WMATA1. WMATA Alternate Operations

Control Center

Mont. Co. Ride-On1. Regional Real Time Transit

Customer Information System

VDOT1. Northern Virginia

Transportation Management Program - Enhancements for Incident Response and Emergency Operations Command/Control and Information Sharing

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Quick-hit Initiatives

• What ideas discussed earlier can be quickly and easily implemented? (“Low-hanging fruit”)

• Are there funding sources outside UASI available to address REGIONAL transportation emergency preparedness activities?

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Next Steps

• Election of Vice-Chairs (Natalie Jones-Best of DDOT represents the District of Columbia)– Maryland: ??? / Virginia: ??? / Region: ???

• Regular Meeting Date: (will meet monthly in beginning)– 4th Tuesday of Each Month from 1pm to 3pm; or– 4th Thursday of Each Month from 1pm to 3pm

• How to engage additional stakeholders in RESF-1?• Action Items / Assign Owners• Committee / Chairs Next Steps

– Review the information collected today to align priorities against UASI concept papers and current projects

– Review the information collected today and identify goal and mission for committee

– Set agenda for May RESF-1 meeting with Committee input

Thank You!(remember to sign-in)