9.0 magnitude Cascadia

Subduction Zone Earthquake

Affecting Pierce County, the

Tideflats and Port of Tacoma

• Incident Command System: A standardized all hazards incident management

concept. ICS enables a coordinated response among various agencies/jurisdictions.

• National Incident Management System (NIMS): A systematic, proactive approach to

guide departments and agencies at all levels of governmental organizations, and the

private sector to work together in managing incidents involving all threats and hazards-regardless of the size or complexity. This is done to reduce the loss of life,

property and the harm to environment

• Incident Commander (I/C): The individual responsible for all incident activities,

including the development of an Incident Action Plan and method of ordering and

obtaining incident resources

• Unified Command (U/C): Multiple Incident Commanders from incident response

agencies/jurisdictions. U/C includes a single Incident Action Plan and shared facilities

such as single Incident Command Post

FEMA GLOSSARY/ACRONYMS

Initial Port Jurisdiction Unified Command

Organizational Chart

3. Organization Chart

INCIDENT ORGANIZATION CHART (ICS 207)

1. Incident Name: 9.0 Earthquake Port of Tacoma

2. Operational Period: Date From: Date Date To: Date Time From: 0500 Time To: 1700

Incident Commander

Unified Command-Port Patrol (Chief Fiola), Port Engineering, Port Mainteance, Port

Environmental

Liaison Officer

Port Operations

Safety Officer

Joe O’Brien

Public Information Officer

Tara Mattina

Operations Section Chief

Port Maintenance

Planning Section Chief

Marty Kapsh

Logistics Section Chief

Port Maintenance

Finance/Admin Section Chief

Darren Aarakaki

Staging Area Manager

Port Maintenance-D. Froud

Resource Unit Ldr.

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Port Patrol

Situation Unit Ldr.

Port Patrol

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Comm. Unit Ldr. Port Patrol

Procurement Unit Ldr. Mark Little

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Documentation Unit Ldr.

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Facilities Unit Ldr. Sandy Miller

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Comp./Claims Unit Ldr. Anthony Judie

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Demobilization Unit Ldr

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ICS 207 IAP Page 4. Prepared by: Name: Marty Kapsh Position/Title: Liaison Signature: Date/Time: 6-6-‘16/1010

ECC Organization

Policy & Elected Officials

The Planning “P”

• At 0500 hours, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake resulting in the complete rupture of the

700 mile Cascadia Subduction Zone fault line occurs

• The duration of the earthquake lasts over four minutes

• The earthquake encompasses 400,000 square miles directly impacting the State of

Washington; Pierce County; and the Port of Tacoma, damaging Port infrastructure

Earthquake 9.0m

• With a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and continuous ground shaking, employees are

not be able to stand and remain stable

• Incident Command System activated to assist with an organized/safe Port

evacuation

• Everbridge notifications system used to alert Port employees/visitors, Long Shore

and terminals. People urged to evacuate to higher ground using the current Tide

Flats evacuation map. Port Early Warning System (PEWS) may also be used for

evacuation notification

Earthquake 9.0m

Earthquake 9.0m-Recently Updated Evacuation Route Map

• Initial Incident Command Post ICP), established in lot of Fabulich Center. Due to

Port evacuation, ICP moved to lot of Pierce County Department Emergency

Management DEM), through a prior agreement.

• Port Emergency Coordination Center ECC) initially activated in room #104 of the

Fabulich Center, but also due to Port evacuation, moves to inside of Pierce County

DEM.

• Incident Action Plan created. Objectives include: a) Insure Life Safety of Port

evacuees and Responders; b) To ability, insure accountability of evacuated/sheltered in place persons; c) Continue assessment of the Port of

Tacoma via operational CCTV’s . Deploy Port ATC-20 Teams; d) Establish Unified

Command; e) Maintain communications with NWSA, to establish assessments

between Ports

Earthquake 9.0m

• The Control Center , co-located in the lot of Pierce County EOC, advises callers to safely

evacuate the Port based on the current Tide flats evacuation map.

• With the continuous shaking, the likelihood of a tsunami causing liquefaction to Port infrastructure

is high. Evacuation of the port and tide flats area will be necessary to save lives

• Assessment of the Port made via operational CCTV’s and aerial footage of Port Security funded

plane operated by Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. Assessment shows heavy liquefaction

and Port infrastructure damage

Earthquake 9.0m

• Within approximately 60 minutes of the initial Cascadia Subduction Zone 9.0 earthquake, the

Port of Tacoma may experience a Tsunami that will affect much of our infrastructure (an

earthquake along the Seattle Fault could produce a Port of Tacoma Tsunami within 15 minutes)

• Unified Command Post includes the Tacoma Fire/Police Department, Pierce County Sheriff’s

Department (Air Unit) and U.S. Coast Guard. Unified Incident Action Plan created.

• Recent discussions with managers of MARAD Vessels in Tacoma- Sitcum Plaza employees

may be able to temporarily work from one of the Cape MARAD Vessels.

Earthquake 9.0m

The ICS Form 202 identifies Objectives which will include:

a) Insure Life Safety of Port employees/visitors, Long Shore Labor and

Responders;

b) b) Insure accountability of evacuated and/or shelter in place person(s);

c) Continued assessment of Port area using Responders and CCTV’s;

d) Establish a Unified Command System with the Mutual Aid Responders;

e) Maintain communications with Seaport Alliance partner of Port of

Seattle to keep them updated

Earthquake 9.0m

• ,On scene assessments may be done by members of the Port ATC 20 Groups that include

Port Engineering, Environmental, Maintenance and Port Patrol

• Port satellite phones may be needed for communications.

• Initial and ongoing communications between the Port of Tacoma and Port of Seattle will occur

to provide mutual situational assessments, and to identify resource needs that can be shared

between the two NWSA Ports

Earthquake 9.0m

• The Port of Tacoma participated in the 3 state Cascadia Rising Subduction Zone Exercise

• Our Pierce County participation focused on: a) Communications; b) Critical Transportation

(military assisted with Joint Logistics Over The Shore-established pier; c) Mass Care-feeding

and hydration

• As part of the exercise the Port relocated our ECC from the Fabulich Center to Pierce

County’s EOC, as the Fabulich Center was heavily damaged

• Our ECC Objectives of: a) Life Safety- evacuation/sheltering and food/hydration; b)

Communications-radio, Everbridge, Satellite Phone (contact made with Port of Seattle EOC),

PEWS and runners; c) Security of/ law and order of Port; d) Inventory of Port operational

resources that included equipment and personnel

Earthquake 9.0m Cascadia Rising 2016 Exercise

POT Continuous Efforts

• Port Incidents using Unified Command include: a) Military Outloads; b)

Protest Activity; c) ZIM Vessel Operations at Washington United

Terminal; d) Japanese Ground Self Defense Force outloads; e) U.S.

Coast Guard/Port Security Drills and Exercises including Cascadia

Subduction Zone 2016, Change in MARSEC Levels and Port

Recovery Exercise

• Port Incidents that activated the Port’s ECC include: a) Protest Activity;

b) ZIM Vessel Operation at Washington United Terminal; c) Security

Drills and Exercises including Cascadia Subduction Zone 2016,

Change in MARSEC Level, Pierce County-Tide Flats flooding and

support of U.S. Oil with stack fire