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Zero to Deployment
In Six Months
Zero to Deployment
In Six Months
All Hazards Incident Management Team
CT-IMT 3
Quick Housekeeping Notes
• Fire Exits• Rest Room Locations• And just in case……
They asked for a Subject Matter Expert to speak on this topic.
What you got was me
THE DISCLAIMER
Some assembly required. Use only as directed. No other warranty expressed or implied. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy equipment. May be too intense for some viewers. This is a test of the emergency broadcast system. Filmed in front of a live, studio audience. Patent pending. For external use only. If ingested, induce vomiting. May contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humor or take themselves too seriously. Excessive use of laxatives may be hazardous. Cats with flame throwers coming out of their butts may be dangerous. There are many, many more people than me who can do this better. We don’t have all the answers. In fact, anyone who says he does probably should be suspect. Your mileage may vary.
Actual cash value of this presentation is what you make of it.
In other words, if you screw it up, you’re on your own.
LET’S GET SERIOUSI’m not trying to be funny here.
"There is a man in the world who will never be turned down... he is the man who delivers the goods."
With Money and Authority, anyone can do dammed near
anything.
Without much of either, it gets a little more challenging.
For the majority of my career in Government, if you have a good thing no one will stop you from doing it.
They will however not necessarily fund it.
Everyone wants• the fire put out. • the thief caught.• their garbage picked up.• the snow plowed off their street.• to sleep peacefully in their beds at night
because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf
Not everyone is willing to pay the bill after you accomplish it.
“HOW MUCH DID THAT
HELICOPTER COST?”
“I told you to survey the damage quick, not start
your own air force!”
Usually, it all comes down to money. Sure, we’d like to
operate out of a new facility, have
everything we need, and roll up like the
cavalry and say “Don’t worry miss,
we’ll handle this” like John Wayne in an old
western.
But we didn’t have the cash.
Oh, and there’s this thing called “Local Autonomy”, “Home Rule”, or whatever you want to call it back where I call home.
There are 8 counties in Connecticut, but they are not much more than lines on a map.
Let me tell you a little about Connecticut3,500,000 people
169 Cities and Towns +The State =
170 ways of Doing Things
Let me tell you a little about CRCOG
The Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) is guided by the chief elected officials of our 29 Metro Hartford municipalities. The
mayors, first selectmen, and town council chairmen who make up our governing Policy Board recognize that the future of our individual
members is tied to the future of our region. Our members have collaborated for more than 30 years on a wide range of projects to benefit our towns individually and the region as a whole. CRCOG
serves the Capitol Region and all our municipalities by:
We are established under the Connecticut General Statutes as a voluntary association of municipal governments serving the City of
Hartford and 28 surrounding suburban and rural communities.
Our region is 760 square miles in size and it houses approximately 735,000 people. CRCOG is dedicated to expanding the concept of
voluntary cooperation among its member municipalities as the means to successfully respond to many of the region’s pressing
governmental and public challenges.
Let me tell you a little about CREPC, The Capitol Region Emergency Planning Committee
Forty-two communities are involved and have produced a Regional Emergency Deployment (RED) Plan for the region. Twenty-eight municipalities use CREPC as their Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). It operates under the states delegation of authority to CRCOG as a Regional
Planning Agency, which member towns are signatories to. This allows CREPC to operate on their behalf, on limited issues.
We as the Capitol Region also qualify as a Urban Area Security Initiative. (UASI)UASI addresses the unique multi-disciplinary planning, operations, equipment, training and
exercise needs of high-threat, high-density urban areas, and assists them in building and sustaining capabilities to prevent, protect against, respond to and recover from threats or acts of terrorism.
We also qualify for a Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS): The MMRS program assists designated local, metropolitan areas to sustain and further enhance regionally integrated all-
hazards mass casualty preparedness and response capabilities to achieve adequate progress in meeting designated target capabilities; increased integration with statewide mass casualty
initiatives and capabilities; and effective coordination with mutually supporting program guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services and other relevant federal agencies.
Our “Real” name is
Hartford Urban Area Security Initiative Incident Management Team DEMHS Region 3
Or just CT-IMT 3
The net effect on my team is These are mechanisms for funding. That’s the good part.
The bad part is there are lots of people who got in line with their hand out before us.
Money flows like running water around the capitol of Connecticut.
Very little of it flows to CT IMT3.
We can buy a command post for dogs, (sorry Pete) but we can’t buy paper clips due to our funding structure.
We can buy computers, but not software to use on them.
The state is standardized on WEBEOC, but we can’t get an air card to access it.
The state bought a lot of Decontamination trailers and foam trailers. They gave them to fire departments A few sit on flat tires or up on
blocks.
Did I mention Connecticut has a few peculiarities?
What do we offer as an IMT? • Connecticut’s “Home Rule” system
leaves the authority and responsibility at the local level
• No agency has all the resources it needs to manage a significant incident
• The team is a tool for LOCALS to manage LOCAL incidents using standard accepted protocols
All this is leading up to what I came to talk about- What we needed to up fit our team to become
operationalAnd how we did it without a lot of money
The NWCG courses are great.But you have to apply them to your specific environment.
The Wild Land Fire system reminds me of the Army. That’s a good thing to me.
But reality is in a state where there are 170 fiefdoms, that is one hours drive top to bottom, and maybe two hours drive left
to right, with 3.5 Million people in it, we won’t be calling for Logistics like a Colorado Burn. We are in an urban
environment for the most part. Some of the hazards are not as obvious as they may seem.
What is an Incident Management Team?
A scalable group of specially trained & experienced individuals who work with the existing organization to provide for the command, control, coordination, support and / or management of the incident organization & it’s resources to address the needs of the incident / event with maximum effectiveness, efficiency, and safety.
CT IMT-3 recent Deployments and Activation
2020
A Common Theme
A Common Theme
A Common Theme
What does a team REALLY NEED?
•Competency & Commitment•Sensitivity to local conditions and egos•Talent•Determination, and a touch of stubbornness•Inclusiveness & Diversity•Perseverance•Resourcefulness•Creativity•A touch of MacGyver
What did our team REALLY NEED?
Due to complex relationships, complicated statutory authority, and convoluted funding sources, we really didn’t need much. Most existed, but needed to be pulled together. Some was laying around.
Good Communications
Documentation Ability-Paper or Plastic
How did we do it?
1. Had Support from above and around
2. Left Egos back at the ranch
3. Got the right people in the right places.
4. Built credibility through demonstrated results
– “Stuff” is nice to have
– But its your people that make you a team
– Logistics (in our application, anyways) SUPPORTS THE TEAM
Regional Agency Members on Current CT IMT- 3
• Ellington Fire Department• Manchester Emergency
Management • West Hartford /Bloomfield
Health District• West Hartford Fire
Department• Middletown Emergency
Management • Connecticut Canine
Search and Rescue• Private Sector Business
• East Hartford Fire Department
• CRCOG/CREPC Staff• Manchester CERT• Bloomfield Public Works• Connecticut Department
of Homeland Security• Bloomfield Police
Department• Regional Higher
Education (Multiple)• Regional CERT members
Lets Talk Logs!
WHAT STUFF DO YOU NEED?
What do you want to do?
What we all want
What we all want
Maybe if you're lucky, you’ve got one of these.
More Likely, this is it
CT IMT- 3
Let me tell you about my team.
First, we got the people
Second, we got some stuff
Third, we learned
We try to use plastic, not paper. (computerized vs. paper forms)
Due to our friends at CRCOG, (Thanks, Dan!) we were able to buy some laptops. But they don’t have to be new, or even laptops. More important was the military spec plastic case.
Routers and Network
The components may be in boxes, but they were not new but recycled and left over from other IT areas. Our Team Commander recognized early on if we were going electronic, we could use an IT section. A local college was very helpful.
A public works department had this van.
The small decal on the door is a magnet.
So, what’s in the van?
Side Door Back Doors
CT IMT-3 Cache VanEquipment
Storage
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1 First Aid Bag2 Portable Radios/Camera (top)
3 UPS Units(under)
4 Crew Box (Coffe, ETC)
5 Hand Tools6 Routers7 Computers8 Brother Printer # 19 H-P High Speed Laser (Box Under)
10 Base Station Radios (Above)
11 Brother Printer # 2 (Below)
12 Hard Wire Phone (Above)
13 Display Wall (Above)
14 Easy Up Shelter15 Easels (Above)
16 Command Box/LCD Projector (Below)
17 Admin Box/Video Camera (Below)
18 Three Blue Tubs *Office Supplies *A/C Cables *Computer Power Supplies
19 Laminated Forms (Black Tubes Hanging)
20 Plans and Forms (overhead)
21 Hand Truck22 Easel Pads (Cab Side)
23 Matches/Flashlight/Cigars24 Gloves/Glass Cleaner25 Tape/Door Wedges
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Current as of 11/01/2009D R Gofstein, LSC
IMT Cache VanFirst Aid KitTapes
Door Stops
IMT Cache VanDigital Camera
VHF Team Radios
IMT Cache VanLaminated
Section Signs and Tent Cards
Office Supplies
Rubber Maid
containers with A/C supplies
IMT Cache VanOffice Supply Details
Label Maker
IMT Cache VanStupid Stuff You Need
Wet and Dry Erase
IMT Cache VanAll items
containerized and stackable
Convertible Hand Truck
IMT Cache VanLaminated ICS Forms
Easels
IMT Cache VanVideo Camera
Fax and hardwire phone
supplies
Printer
Grade Stakes
IMT Cache VanBasic Hand Tools
Nuts, Bolts, and Screws
IMT Cache Van
MotorolaMilk Crate
base station(Don’t let the COML tell you it won’t
work)
IMT Cache VanHP High Speed Laser
Easy Up
IMT Cache VanComputer
and Router Cases
Magnetic White Board
IMT Cache VanICS Vests
Pre Printed Laminated
Inserts
Additional ICS Forms
IMT Cache Van
Gloves Glass
Cleaner
Paper Towels
Radio Assignment White Board
Whisk Broom Pads
Sharpies Flashlight
IMT Cache Van
What's in the Big Orange
Box?
It folds up into this box.
My experience with many regionally funded projects going
back over 20 years, is that starting it there always seems to be money.
Buying stuff isn’t that hard. But SUSTAINING it as a SOLID, SELF SUSTAINING PROGRAM takes
Money, Commitment,
and It helps to scrounge.
To wrap it up
Give me some good people, and we can do anything
Give me money, and we can do it faster, better, and make you look good too.
About Me…
I grew up when your parents sent you out to play on a concrete playground. My father was a doctor, and ask anyone who’s father was a doctor; you only saw a “real” doctor if it was REALLY bad. I’m somewhat proud of the fact I’ve been a grunt, and have done more than a few things the hard way.
David GofsteinLogistics Section Chief CT IMT-3 [email protected]
My Day Job