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Playbook: This version
won’t be the fi nal one
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four-day regional drill that
offered a look at how pre-
pared the Pacifi c North-
west is for an earthquake
and tsunami.
Priorities
The newest version
gives the state a clearer
sense of how to prioritize
tasks and track progress,
said Andrew Phelps, direc-
tor of the Offi ce of Emer-
gency Management.
“That way, we aren’t
wasting any of the avail-
able resources on things that
weren’t absolutely critical,”
Phelps said.
In the fi rst hour, the steps
are basic: contact the gover-
nor, determine what staff are
available and start notifying
agencies.
“The fi rst hour, it’s all
about fi nding your feet,”
Phelps said. “That fi rst hour
it’s all about notifi cations.”
Within six hours, the pri-
orities include having the
governor declare a state of
emergency, assessing roads
and bridges for damages and
working to get emergency
supplies, establishing com-
munications with local gov-
ernment and sending infor-
mation to the public.
Unlike other disasters
that are more self-contained
— like a dam collapse —
the state has to plan for a
response with major infra-
structure damage and some
staff not able to work.
As a result, tools like
amateur radio networks
would be used for communi-
cation instead of cell phones.
“We can’t write a plan
based on the staff that we
have available today, the
telephone and Internet ser-
vice we have today, the
transportation infrastructure
we have today the energy
infrastructure we have
today,” Phelps said.
‘EVERYONE THAT IS PREPARED
HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING
A DISASTER SURVIVOR AND NOT
A DISASTER VICTIM. ARE PEOPLE
GOING TO DIE DURING A CASCA-
DIA EARTHQUAKE? YES, BUT MORE
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SURVIVE.’
Andrew Phelps | director of the
Offi ce of Emergency Management
“We have to write our
plans assuming that most of
that stuff is not going to be
available,” he said.
Within 12 hours, more is
known. At least three life-
line routes are established,
providing a clear, designated
pathway for getting help to
people. Offi cials know what
Oregon airports are usable
for response missions.
Information about hospi-
tals — both damages and
bed capacity — has been
gathered.
Within 24 hours, mass
care for the displaced has
started: medical care, meals
and shelter for pets and ani-
mals is in place.
For Oregonians, emer-
gency planning can be done
at a household level. That
includes having an emer-
gency kit of food, water and
other necessities for at least
14 days.
“Everyone that is pre-
pared has a better chance
of being a disaster survivor
and not a disaster victim,”
Phelps said. “Are people
going to die during a Cas-
cadia earthquake? Yes, but
more people are going to
survive.”
Stan Thomas would be at
the forefront of a response
to provide mass care to sur-
vivors. He’s an administra-
tor of occupational health,
safety and emergency ser-
vices for the Oregon Depart-
ment of Human Services and
Oregon Health Authority.
The playbook is crucial
because everyone respond-
ing has to have a sense of
what the priorities are, even
if communication is lost,
said Thomas, currently on
assignment at the Camp Fire
in California.
The Camp Fire response,
he said, is a reminder of the
need to plan beyond the fi rst
day: what happens tomor-
row and the next week and
beyond.
Different tasks
The playbook also is a
reminder that multiple agen-
cies are involved, all with
different tasks. The play-
book arranges agency action
side by side.
That helps when coordi-
nating a response, said Eric
Gebbie, a planning section
chief for the Oregon Health
Authority’s health security,
preparedness and response
program.
“For example, we need to
change our plans to deploy
Medical Reserve Corps
teams on Day 1 if certain
roads and airfi elds are not
expected to be open yet,”
Gebbie said in an email.
This version of the play-
book won’t be the fi nal one.
“This is still a work in
progress and our work’s not
done yet,” Phelps said. “If
the ground started shaking
now, that’s the plan we’d be
using.”
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The Chisana Creek outfall has had bacteria readings more than three times
above the state standard. High readings have long been an issue at this outfall in
Tolovana State Park.
Bacteria: ‘We are going to look
for all the funding available’
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outfall’s confi guration. An
open system would also
most likely require recon-
fi guration, and could bring
other challenges, such as
monitoring what kind of
waste could fall or collect
in open drainage ditches.
Both systems are effec-
tive, La Bonte said, but will
likely be expensive.
As engineers conduct
the study, La Bonte said
she is reaching out to the
state and working with the
Department of Environ-
mental Quality to get grants
to cover the project.
“It’s been very much
a needle-in-the-haystack
problem, which is very
frustrating for me,” she
said. “It’s a top priority and
we are going to do every-
thing we can to address
it. We’re not going to let
money be a showstopper
with the project. It’s too
important. We are going
to look for all the funding
available.”
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