1. Tennessee ESCs Plan for New Madrid Earthquake
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Thank you Kevin, for asking Tennessee to share how our Emergency Services Coordinator (ESC) program works closely with the state drinking water program and other state agencies. Today we will highlight some of the training and resources that are helping us prepare for a New Madrid Seismic Zone earthquake.
The background photo is a Picture of Tennessee State Emergency Operations Center in Nashville, TN not during an earthquake, but during our response to the Tennessee Flooding in We had 39 public drinking water systems with damage to their treatment plant or their distribution systems. Division of Water Resources staffed the SEOC 24/7 for the first days of the flood. DWR and other divisions of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation continued to staff the SEOC for three weeks. The 2010 flood event provided TDEC ESCs with some good experience for when the big earthquake happens in west Tennessee.
Tennessee Emergency Services Coordinator Program
Photo of Tennessee State Emergency Operations Center, 2010 Flood

2. TDEC ESC Program
“With the limited manpower inside TEMA, the importance of the state’s Emergency Service Coordinator (ESC) program cannot be understated.”
(James H. Bassham, TEMA Director, speaking before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Thursday, July 22, 2010)
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“With the limited manpower inside TEMA, the importance of the state’s Emergency Service Coordinator (ESC) program cannot be understated.
(James H. Bassham, TEMA Director, speaking before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Thursday, July 22, 2010)

3. Recognized before Congress
“There are more than 120 primary or alternate ESCs representing all state agencies and departments. These crucial leadership positions report to the State Emergency Operations Center during an emergency and are empowered by state law with the full authority of their Commissioner.”
(James Bassham, 2010)
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“There are more than 120 primary or alternate ESCs representing all state agencies and departments. These crucial leadership positions report to the State Emergency Operations Center during an emergency and are empowered by state law with the full authority of their Commissioner.”
During an emergency, TEMA and the ESCs manage the state’s many resources and coordinate responses using those assets to support incident commanders at the local government level.”
“In addition to the ESCs, TEMA relies on individual liaisons from outside partners to provide critical information as well as links back to their own agencies. These liaisons include: non-governmental organizations American Red Cross and the Tennessee Volunteer Agencies Active in Disaster; private sector partners FedEx and Walmart; telecommunications providers AT&T and Verizon; and various federal agencies, such as FEMA, Civil Air Patrol and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.”
“These state ESCs attend regular monthly training meetings with TEMA and participate in full-scale exercises. The following departments have assigned to TEMA full-time embedded ESCs for enhanced coordination, planning and response purposes: Military (National Guard), Safety (Highway Patrol), Transportation and Human Services.”

4. Tennessee Exercise Water Sector ‘09
Jackson, Tennessee, Tabletop Exercise
Participants: TDEC—TDOH—EPA—USACE—FEMA—West Tennessee Drinking Water and Wastewater Utilities
4-days out, 2 weeks out, 6 months after
After Action Report very beneficial
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Tennessee Exercise for the Water Sector ‘09
Jackson, Tennessee, Tabletop Exercise
Participants: TDEC—TDOH—EPA—USACE—FEMA—West Tennessee Drinking Water and Wastewater Utilities
4-days out, 2 weeks out, 6 months after
After Action Report very beneficial

5. 2010 ESC Workshop Earthquake TTX
134 TEMA and State ESCs participated
CAT PLAN-Targeted times for Automatic Activation and Response Procedures
ESCs report to SEOC if 6.0 or larger
MCC Task Flow
Plan Water Resource Strike Teams
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In 2010 the TEMA ESC Workshop was an Earthquake Tabletop Exercise
134 TEMA staff and State ESCs participated
Targeted times for Automatic Activation and Response Procedures
ESCs report to SEOC if 6.0 or larger
Requesting of resources from the mission Coordination Center
Planned for the activation of Water Resource Strike Teams

6. Agencies Helping Each Other
Seismic Risk Assessment West TN Public Water Systems (2012) Tennessee Association of Utility Districts (TAUD)
Army Corps of Engineers 249th Battalion Facilities Report Power Survey
Tennessee Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (TNWARN)
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ESC close collaboration with TEMA has produced earthquake mitigation projects that will benefit water utilities in future events.
Work with TEMA and the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts (TAUD) to fund earthquake mitigation studies. Seismic Risk Assessment of West Tennessee Public Water systems. Evaluate the existing level of risk, and recommended structural improvements to lessen the impact of an earthquake. The study covered 128 public water systems in 21 counties in west Tennessee.
Army Corps of Engineers 249th Battalion Facilities Report Power Survey-This survey produced a report listing the backup generator and cable requirements of all critical infrastructure of communities in west Tennessee.
Tennessee Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (TNWARN) Tennessee Mutual Aid Agreements

7. TN Environmental ESC Program
2 ESCs lead the TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation
16 ESCs represent the divisions of TDEC (2 for Division of Water Resource
20 ERT leaders in field offices
Alternate ESCs necessary in a major event
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I would like to briefly go over the TDEC organizational structure for our environmental response to incidents in Tennessee. Drinking Water is under the TN Department of Environment and Conservation. 2 ESCs lead the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Our primary ESC is Brenda Apple and assisting Brenda is Jeff Bagwell.
Division of Water Resources has two Primary ESCs, one from drinking water (Safe Drinking Water Act) and one from wastewater (Clean Water Act). I represent drinking water (SDWA) and Yatasha Moore represents wastewater.
it is a team effort to continually plan and prepare for emergency response. Brenda Apple and Jeff Bagwell are the ones that get the phone call from TEMA in the middle of the night for a hazardous spill into a stream. They then determine which ESCs should be called on to provide technical assistance and handle the TDEC environmental response.
In addition to the ESCs located in Nashville, there are 20 Emergency Response Team Leaders in our 8 field offices across the state that respond to all local events.
Alternate ESCs play a critical role in a major response. In a full activation, the SEOC operates on two 12-hour shifts. Minimum of 2 trained ESCs enables continuity of operations 24/7 for the duration of an event. The flood of 2010 is a good example of importance of having two trained drinking water ESCs. Water and wastewater had 4 trained ESCs staffing the State EOC at the time, this helped tremendously in our response capabilities to the many water systems with problems.

8. TEMA Training Events Benefit All
Division of Water Resources ESCs attend monthly meetings with TEMA at the State Emergency Operations Center
Agenda includes current emergency response events and speakers from state and federal agencies
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Division of Water Resources ESCs attend monthly meetings with TEMA at the State Emergency Operations Center on the first Friday of every month. ESCs are required to attend a majority of these meetings.
The meetings cover preparations for upcoming weather events like Tornado Season, Flood Season or Hurricane season. TEMA provides updates on the upcoming state and federal training exercises (Tennessee Valley Authority TVA, Dept. of Energy exercises). Presenters from other State and Federal Agencies also deliver presentations:
NOAA, Nashville Weather Service, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Homeland Security, Red Cross, FEMA, AT&T/Verizon on communication capabilities, TN Dept. of Transportation, Dept. of Energy.

9. TEMA Training Events Benefit All
ESCs are trained in TEMA WebEOC Emergency Management Software
WebEOC benefits TEMA and TDEC response efforts by tracking operations and mission requests
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TEMA uses WebEOC Emergency Management Software as do many states.
ESCs are trained in using WebEOC software in both formal classroom training and exercises at the state EOC.
WebEOC benefits TEMA and TDEC response efforts by tracking operations and mission requests across the state. The Tennessee Emergency Management Plan (TEMP) and other Emergency Response documents are all stored on WebEOC for reference as needed in an event.

10. TEMA WebEOC
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This screen shot shows the Infrastructure Branch Board of WebEOC. This was from a 2013 Watts Bar Nuclear Accident Exercise.
Actions taken by Division of Water Resources ESCs are recorded in the Activity Log under ESF 3, Infrastructure Branch or ESF 10, Environmental Response Branch.

11. Pre-planning for the big shake…
TEMA communication equipment and human resources benefit TDEC environmental response.
Water Resource Damage Assessment strike teams assemble at TEMA staging areas (State Parks)
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TDEC and DWR may have to depend on TEMA for communication system and radios in the event of a major earthquake event.
DWR will use the TEMA staging areas at Tennessee state parks for assembly and credentialing of DWR water strike team members before deployment to assess the operational status of water and wastewater plants.
Critical infrastructure assessment reports are very important because of the many resource requests created by an earthquake. Many states will be making requests for the same resources in a New Madrid Earthquake. Therefore it will be important for all states to have an accurate documentation of the current status of the drinking water and wastewater systems.

12. Pre-planning for the big shake…
All Drinking Water Treatment Plants and Wastewater Treatment Plants are on TEMA GIS Mapper.
EXCEL forms and ACCESS databases to input and track operational status of Water and Wastewater treatment plants.
Track Boil Water Notices.
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All Drinking Water Treatment Plants and Wastewater Treatment Plants are on TEMA’s GIS Mapper.
We are in process of developing more formalized EXCEL forms and ACCESS databases to input operational and structural damage status of Water and Wastewater treatment plants. These will also track Boil Water Notices.

13. TEMA GIS Mapper — Water Systems
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This is a screen shot of the TEMA GIS Mapper at the SEOC showing entry points for all water systems and the discharge points of all wastewater systems. Data includes source type (well or surface water), contact information for the treatment plant managers and operators. We can go in and indicate the current operational status of the waterplant. A comment field allows us to add more detailed information.

14. Ongoing Planning Activities
Review and update TDEC Emergency Response Standard Operating Procedures
Update Contact Lists frequently
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Emergency Response Planning is an ongoing activity that is never complete. Constant review and update TDEC Emergency Response Standard Operating Procedures.
Update Contact Lists frequently. Add new contacts, delete old contacts, double check 24/7 phone numbers. Accurate and timely communication to the appropriate person is essential in any emergency response.

15. To do list…
Test DWR communication with Field Office Staff and Commissioner’s office in a major event
Test the deployment of water strike teams to assess water and wastewater facilities after an earthquake.
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Test DWR communication with Field Office Staff and Commissioner’s office in a major event. We need to test our communications procedure to see how quickly and accurately we can determine the status of all Division of Water Resources employees across the state.
We also want to test the deployment of water strike teams to assess water and wastewater facilities after an earthquake. We will plan this with TEMA for a future exercise.

16. Agencies Helping Each Other
Kevin Tingley (Federal EPA) and David Apanian (EPA, Region 4, Water Protection Division) provide resources for states to host all hazard training events
Local utilities appreciate and want more opportunities to participate in emergency response training activities
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Kevin Tingley (EPA) and David Apanian (EPA Region 4, Water Protection Division) have helped provide resources for states to host tabletops and all hazard training events for the water sector.
Tennessee Division of Water Resources has received EPA assistance to offer NIMS and ICS training for water and wastewater operators.
We have found that in all local utilities appreciate this training and want more opportunities to participate in emergency response training activities.

17. “A coordinated response will ensure that the most effective and efficient response is provided, that public health is protected, and that the affected communities can return to normal as quickly as possible.” Bridging the Gap: Coordination between State Primacy Agencies and State Emergency Management Agencies, (2013) Office of Water 94608T, EPA 817-F
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To summarize, this is a quote from “Bridging the Gap”, the ASDWA/EPA document that led to this webinar today: “A coordinated response will ensure that the most effective and efficient response is provided, that public health is protected, and that the affected communities can return to normal as quickly as possible.” This has certainly proven true in Tennessee. TDEC and TEMA have work together to help the citizens and businesses of Tennessee recover as quickly as possible from natural disasters.

18. Contact Information: Cecil Whaley Director of Planning, Mitigation and Exercises Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Tel: (615)
Wayne Muirhead
Division of Water Resources
Drinking Water Emergency Services Coordinator
Tel: (615)
Contact Information: Cecil Whaley Director of Planning, Mitigation and Exercises Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Tel: (615)
Wayne Muirhead
Division of Water Resources
Drinking Water Emergency Services Coordinator
Tel: (615)