1. Hurricane Pam Exercise

2. Key Resources FEMA Global Security GPO
Global Security
GPO

3. FEMA Disaster Planning
Catastrophic disaster planning initiative
25 disaster scenarios
Prioritized on risk
First scenario - hurricane hitting New Orleans

4. Hurricane Pam FEMA Exercise 2004 Scenario
New Orleans
Sustained winds of 120 mph
20 inches of rain in parts of southeast Louisiana
Storm surge that topped levees in New Orleans
> 1 million residents evacuated
250 Emergency officials from 50 parish, state, federal and volunteer organizations
Eight-day exercise
State Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge

5. Hurricane Pam Assumptions/Effects
300,000 people would not evacuate in advance
Phone and sewer services knocked out
Chemical plants flooded
97 percent of all communications down
175,000 injured, 200,000 sick, 60,000 killed
Boats and helicopters needed for thousands of rescues because many residents would be stranded by floodwaters
Catastrophic flood swaths of southeast Louisiana uninhabitable for more than a year

6. Pam Exercise Results Medical
Immunization plans for rapidly addressing tetanus, influenza and other diseases
Re-supply hospitals around the state that would face heavy patient loads
Patient movement details and identifies probable locations, such as state university campuses, where individuals would receive care and then be transported to hospitals, special needs shelters or regular shelters as necessary.

7. Pam Exercise Results Search and Rescue
Transportation plan for getting stranded residents out of harm's way.
Planners identified lead and support agencies for search and rescue and established a command structure that will include four areas with up to 800 searchers.

8. Pam Exercise Results Sheltering
Need for about 1,000 shelters for a catastrophic disaster
Identified 784 shelters
Shelters will likely remain open for 100 days
Identified the resources necessary to support 1000 shelters for 100 days
Staff augmentation
Include shelterees in shelter management
State resources are adequate to operate shelters for the first 3-5 days
Planned how federal and other resources will replenish supplies at shelters

9. Pam Exercise Results Schools
13,000-15,000 teachers and administrators needed to support affected schools.
Strategies for use by local school officials.
Staffing strategies include the use of displaced teachers, retired teachers, emergency certified teachers and others eligible for emergency certification. Displaced paraprofessionals would also be recruited to fill essential school positions.
Facility options for increasing student population at undamaged schools and prioritizing repairs to buildings with less damage to assist in normalizing operations
Placement or development of temporary schools near temporary housing communities built for hurricane victims.

10. Pam Exercise Results Debris 30 million cubic yards of debris
237,000 cubic yards of household hazardous waste
Existing landfills that have available storage space
Hazardous waste disposal sites
Priorities for debris removal.