1 NORAD and USNORTHCOM We Have The Watch (U) Region IV Catastrophic Incident Search and Rescue (CISAR) Planning Considerations USNORTHCOM JPRC 23 January 2015 Unclassified This Briefing is classified Unclassified

UNCLASSIFIED 2 Playbook Development Timeline -A Plan for a Plan UNCLASSIFIED Playbook Product Exercise Event Planning Event State/Local Activity DoD Activity FEMA/OGA Activity Local Organic T Rotary Wing (RW) Assess 2.0 Priority of Effort Established (Shelter/EVAC) 1.0 Impact Analysis (Pre-) Action Analyze Allocate MA’s EMAC Regional T10 (IRA) Urban Search &Rescue (US&R) Tribal 2.1 SAR Sectors(R)/Areas(U) Designated Priorities Assigned Assets Assigned 2.2 Effects of/on Other ESFs 2.3 Sustainment 3.2 Tactical Wheeled Vehicles (TWV) 3.0 Shortfalls 3.3 Swift Water Rescue (Boats/GA) 3.4 US&R Teams/GP 4.0 DoD Response (RW,TWV, GA) 4.1 Capture/Release IRA 4.2 Fed-Fed (Top Down) 4.3 Integrate T Requirements Assumptions(Post) 3.5 Wellness Checks

Assess 1.0 Impact Analysis (Pre-event) – FEMA assimilates data from various government agencies and sources to determine impact of various threat scenarios; provides planning factors and assumptions. FEMA 1.1 Requirements Assumptions (Post-event) – State and Local authorities determine what capabilities will be required to respond to threat scenarios; typically most dangerous and most likely scenarios and assuming no external resources other than those already agreed upon (EMAC). State/Local Local Organic – That capability resident at the local, county and state level. State/Local Title 32 – Capabilities under Governor's authority with which to respond to known and unknown threats. State NG EMAC – Response capability from other states’ ANG and NG units, agreed upon at annual All- Hazards Coordination Workshop. State NG Regional Title 10 – Capabilities from Title 10 units and installations with which the local authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ) have established agreements for mutual or Commander’s Immediate Response Authority support. DCE/EPLOs Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) – Where are the nearest US&R teams located, what is their level of certification, if they are FEMA teams, are they on the list to be activated (not available as a locally tasked asset)? State FEMA Tribal Capabilities – Does the tribal AHJ have agreements in place for mutual support with either other localities or with elements of the Federal government? If so, what are they? Tribal Authorities FEMA/OGA UNCLASSIFIED 3

Action 2.0 Priority of Effort Established – What has the Governor promulgated as the primary response option? Is the plan to shelter in place and await assistance or to evacuate the population? Who will be in charge of the response effort? State Emergency Management Authority 2.1 SAR Sectors (Rural)/Areas (Urban) Designated – Will boundaries follow easily identifiable natural or man- made features or defined by map grids, what geo-reference will be used (Lat/Long, US National Grid, GARS),? This task includes designation of Survivor Collection Points, Medical Triage, and Places of Final Safety. State ESF Priorities Assigned – Is the main weight of effort to be directed toward urban areas or rural zones. Considerably different capabilities are required for each. Time to complete searches is a critical factor. State ESF Assets Assigned – Effectively applying capabilities to requirements in order to complete search assignments within the SAR window (generally hours). How SAR resources are allocated against sectors and areas. State ESF9 2.2 Effects of/on Other ESFs – How survivors will be transferred to other ESFs, i.e. Transported (ESF1) to housing facilities (ESF6) or delivered directly to medical care facility (ESF8); how logistics and resource support (ESF7) will support SAR (ESF9); etc. State Emergency Management Authority 2.3 Sustainment – Who is responsible for and where will incoming units be sustained (typically the responsibility of the owning Department/Agency until ESF6 has established)? Are there pre-identified BSIs and ISBs? If so, what/where are they? State ESF7 DoD J4 FEMA 4

Analysis 3.0 Shortfalls – The Assessment and Analysis phases will determine what capabilities are required to effectively perform the Search and Rescue tasks and whether those core capabilities exist within or available to the affected state. Those that do not will be requested from the Federal government. Determining which Department/Agency will provide the capability is the function of the four primary ESF9 partners – FEMA, DOI (NPS), USCG, and DoD, one of which will be designated Overall Primary Agency (OPA). An effective tool to determine SAR requirements is the SAR Requirements Calculator developed by the JPRC: 3.1 Rotary Wing (RW) – Assessment of the capability required which in turn will dictate the type of RW platform required. Generally there are three categories: Heavy (only one in the inventory at this time MH/CH53), Medium lift (CH47 Chinook & UH/MH/HH 60, there is a significant difference in CH47 and UH60). (UH60 ~23K max gross weight & CH47 ~50K). A critical aspect of this task is determining whether the RW assets must have a hoisting capability as well as trained crew to operate this equipment. FEMA/ESF9 3.2 Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) – Assessment of wheeled vehicle shall support mission requirements. HMMWV, LMTV, HEMTT. HMMWV is the equivalent of the 21 st century jeep with two axle light weight/limited cargo movement. LMTV (Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles) replaced the 2.5 ton truck (M35 series) and the standard cargo/troop carrying capability of ground units, designed to move loads equivalent to Ryder rental box trucks. Heavy cargo transport HEMTT (equivalent to civilian “18 Wheeler” capability) for large heavy cargo movement. FEMA/ESF9 3.3 Small Boats – Type of boats required for mission needs: 14 ft aluminum (USCG A-teams), pontoon boats, DOD bridging boats (not recommended), air boats (low country), Zodiacs etc. GA – Guardian Angel team capability that supports theater entry-type capability where organic over the horizon communications, limited structure extraction, limited medical triage, and small group organizational skills may be required. FEMA/ESF9 5

6 Analysis, cont. 3.4 US&R Teams – FEMA, with the input/request of the State and the DCE will determine the likely number of Urban Search and Rescue Teams necessary for a given scenario. DOD JAG has determined that DOD assets will not conduct wellness checks under the broad definition. FEMA US&R personnel and T32 personnel are the two elements best equipped and authorized to conduct the “wellness checks” mission. The use of Army “General Purpose” troops as support personnel, to the US&R effort in the role of collapsed structure rescue, is under consideration. FEMA/ESF9

Allocate 4.0 DoD Response – The DoD has three avenues through which to address capability shortfalls: Immediate Response Authority (IRA), which is granted to individual unit commanders to respond to emergent situations with their organic equipment and personnel; those capabilities which are allocated the Geographic Combatant Commander, CDRUSNORTHCOM via the CJCS DSCA EXORD; and the Request for Assistance (RFA)/Mission Assignment (MA) process under the National Response Framework (NRF). DoD will process Request for Assistance (RFA) packages via the DCO/E and route through the established approval chain. In certain circumstances, FEMA and DoD have agreed upon Pre-scripted Mission Assignments (PSMAs) which can greatly accelerate the approval. PSMAs are predicated upon rigorous mission analysis of catastrophic scenarios which occur frequently within a region or which present a magnitude of risk which the Commander has chosen to mitigate through prescriptive action. DoD 4.1 Capture/Release IRA – Capabilities brought to bear under Commander’s Immediate Response Authority have a limited operational duration, 72 hours, before they must return to base (Release), continue to operate under the authority of the next higher echelon of command, or be brought under the auspices of a Mission Assignment for the work being performed (Capture). These assets may be withdrawn by the unit commander at any time prior to Capture/Release, however they may be re-employed through the three DoD employment processes in 4.0. DoD 4.2 Fed-Fed (Top-Down MA) – Often the Federal Incident Command (IC) will desire to have additional capabilities pre-staged within the affected area or to have these available in order to assist other Federal agencies. In this case FEMA (with concurrence of the provisioning Department) will issue a “top-down” mission assignment which is not handled by the DCO/E. Caution must be exercised in that these assets may only perform work under the scope of an approved Mission Assignment. DoD 4.3 Integrate Title 10 – A primary function of the USNORTHCOM Joint Personnel Recovery Center is to provide liaison between responding T10 capabilities and the supported state Incident Command structure (DSC). This support will include (as provided by the state): points and means of contact, operating area familiarization, survivor collection points, refueling locations and procedures and bed-down facilities. State DoD 7

JPRC Support Mission Analysis and Planning Expertise Title 10 Integration (Execution) Operations Schedule tailorable to Event Notice Event – Hurricane, NSSE No-notice Event – All others SAR Checklist 8