1. Southeast Colorado Blizzard Response Case Study

3. CHALLENGES Federal Team Called Out by a State in January
Gerald Ford Holiday
Change Over of State Government
Large Geographic Area

7. Southeast Blizzard Response Organization
EOC
(MAC)
Type II IMT
Support Branch
Roads (CDOT)
Hay
CONG
DOW
Intelligence Branch
(Liaison)
BACA
Kiowa/Crowley
Bent/Otero/Prowers
Huerfano/Las Animas
Air Ops Branch
CONG
Civil Air Patrol
Baca Branch
Type III IMT
(Smith)

9. State EOC (MAC)
CONG
State Health Department
DOW
FEMA
IMT
CDOT
BLM
JIC

15. Lessons Learned
Need to Establish Long-Term Pre-Incident Agreements with Federal Land Management Agencies.
The Team Liaison Officer assigned to EOC proved vital.
The early establishment of Joint Information Center (JIC) was critical.
Establishing the MAC Group at the EOC worked well.

17. Lessons Learned
The utilization and flexibility of the Incident Command System (ICS) works.
Single Point Ordering (SPO) from the EOC provided accountability since the incident was on a budget.
The ICP was established at Lamar and became known inappropriately as Area Command.

19. Lessons Learned
The ordering of a Type II Team was a prudent and the most appropriate action.
The development and support of Type III Teams is working.
Having diverse (local, state, federal) expertise on all IMT’s is important.
Take advantage of the incident to provide training.