APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION
This updated Tornado Incident Annex to the Emergency Operations Plan supersedes the incident annex anything before 27 January 2023, and any/all previous emergency management/civil defense tornado annexes promulgated by Bobsville for this purpose. It provides a framework in which the agencies of Bobsville can plan and perform their respective emergency functions during a disaster like a tornado.
This incident annex attempts to be all inclusive in combining the four phases of Emergency Management, which are (1) Mitigation: those activities which eliminate or reduce the probability of disaster; (2) Preparedness: those activities which local, organizations, and individuals develop to save lives and minimize damage; (3) Response: to prevent loss of lives and property and provide emergency assistance; and (4) Recovery: short-term and long-term activities which return the community to normal or with improved standards. It will be revised and updated as required in the future.
1.0 Purpose, Scope, Situation Overview, and Planning Assumptions
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Scope
1.3 Situation Overview
1.3.1 Hazard Analysis Summary
1.3.2 Vulnerability Assessment
1.3.3 Capability Assessment
1.4 Planning Assumptions
2.0 Concept of Operations
2.1 Response and Recovery Agencies
2.2 Coordination
2.3 Mutual Aid Agreements
2.4 Direction, Control, and Communication
2.5 Logistical Support
3.0 Annex Development and Maintenance
3.1 Development
3.2 Maintenance
Purpose
Tornadoes pose a significant threat to Bobsville every year and has the potential to create a catastrophic disaster. It is the purpose of this incident annex to outline Bobsville Emergency Management strategy for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from a significant tornado in Bobsville. The incident annex also provides for coordination among federal, state, local, volunteer, and private sector entities responding in Bobsville.
Scope
The Tornado Annex applies to tornado incidents and the damage after a tornado. This annex is to describe the unique response/recovery procedures for tornadoes that impact Bobsville.
Situation Overview
Bobsville has experienced impacts from flooding that overwhelmed local emergency response capabilities, cost lives, caused suffering for Bobsville citizens, and caused significant and costly damage to public and private property.
Hazard Analysis Summary
FEMA describes tornadoes as violently rotating columns of air that can destroy buildings, flip cars and create deadly flying debris. They bring intense winds over 200 miles per hour and can happen anytime, anywhere.
Vulnerability Assessment
Loss of life, suffering and significant damage to infrastructure and public and private property often result from major tornado. The most significant potential impacts of a major tornado events include:
. Potential injuries or loss of life due to debris
. Health risks due to contaminated drinking water and untreated sewage
. Damage to transportation networks
. Damages to utility infrastructure
. Local, public, commercial and personal property damages or loss
Capability Assessment
Fire Department
The fire department has two stations, and 1 Tanker Truck, 1 Rescue Truck, 1 Engine truck, and a
Ladder Truck. There are 30 Volunteer firefighters. Each firefighter has duty one day a week and during the 24 hours of duty he/she sleeps at the main fire station located 2 blocks directly east from the statue. The other fire station is in the northwest part of town .5 miles from the statue at 310 degrees on the compass. If a fire is called in the other firefighters show up to their respective stations.
Sheriff
The Sheriff’s Department has a Sheriff and 6 Deputies. There are 4 vehicles within the office. The Sheriff has one and the deputies share the other 3 vehicles. The deputies work 12-hour shifts and rotate from days to nights. There is only one deputy on duty each day and night.
Medical Complex
Bunny Ville General Hospital (named after Bob Ville’s wife) is just off Main St. half a mile to the northeast of the town center. The hospital has an operating room, an ER with 3 beds; and 5 in-patient beds, one of which is ICU. The staff includes 1 Pediatrician, 1 General Surgeon, 1 Physicians Assistant, 1 Nurse Practitioner, 4 RN’s, 2 LPN’s, and 4 Medical Assistants. The hospital has the capacity to handle minor emergencies.
Airport/National Guard Base
During the Vietnam War, the Army built a helicopter-training base located 2.5 miles east of town, which is now an Army Reserve/National Guard base and is still active. There are currently 6 helicopters on the base; 1 Kiowa,
1 Cobra; 2 Blackhawks; and 2 Apaches. The Soldiers who serve in the units come from as far as 100 miles to the Bobsville Base.
The regional airport is next to the helicopter base and has a 5000-foot runway. Commercial flights take off every day at 9AM, 1PM, and 7PM. The
airline supporting the town is affiliated with Yellow Bird Airlines and operates twin-engine turboprops that seat 10.
The airport has 2 TSA Agents who split their time of work so that all flights are covered. Security is handled by the National Guard.
Planning Assumptions
Bobsville will usually receive advanced warning about the onset of hazardous weather conditions; but, not necessarily the severity or impact location. However, when received hazardous weather information from the National Weather Service or the Oklahoma Division of Emergency Management, Emergency Management Department will retransmit the information to both Weather Spotters, critical facilities and other local agencies.
Concept of Operations
When the EOC is activated, Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) will be organized and operate under the Incident Management System as outlined in the Basic Plan. This section will address unique activities corresponding to a tornado.
Response and Recovery Agencies
The Mayor office
Fire Department
The Sheriff office
Emergency Management Coordinator
County police
State police
National Guard/Military affair liaison
Department of Transportation
FEMA
Emergency Response Teams (CERT)/
The Red Cross
Coordination
Bobsvilles uses WhatsApp/Signal to alert local EMA Directors to emergency situations. WhatsApp/Signal have been fielded in most of the city. In addition to serving as a method for sending secure messages between the signal application it’s an access gateway into FEMA’s Integrated Public Alerting and Warning System (IPAWS). Each Node can be configured to receive weather alerts from the National Weather Service. Bobsville also uses the WhatsApp application to alert primary and alternate emergency contacts.
Mutual Aid Agreements
Emergency Mutual Aid response and recovery activities are generally conducted at the request and under the direction of the affected local government. The general flow of mutual aid is from Bobsville to County then to the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) as appropriate. Some emergency responses are led by designated local agencies. Such agencies have jurisdiction at the local level of those emergencies or disasters. In some cases, there may be a joint response, requiring Unified Command for coordinated response between Bobsville and State jurisdictions.
Direction, Control, and Communication
The Emergency Management Coordinator in conjunction with the mayor are the two persons empowered to obligate local resources and expend funds for mutual aid purposes. The mayor can delegate this authority to other emergency management officials within the organization as long as they possess the same obligating authority as the mayor or EMC.
Logistical Support
The most responsive source of supply in a tornado situation is often the local economy from the closest sources not impacted. An immediate assessment of the status of local sources of supply should be conducted. Every effort should be made to resource response needs from a local source other logistic requirements include:
- Ensure communications systems are working.
- Arrange such transportation as is necessary.
- Provide services, personnel, equipment, and materials for the response efforts.
- Keeps receipts of all expenditures.
- Provide facilities, including new ones during the emergency, if needed.
Additional information of resources needed to support the effective operations are addressed in Bobsville EOP developed and maintained by each organization.
Annex Development and Maintenance
This annex will be reviewed every two years and updated as required. In addition, the guides shall be evaluated for recommended revisions and corrective measures as an integral part of the agency exercise or event after action reports / improvement plans, as well as internal reviews that will follow the issuance of any change or passage of legislation impacting Bobsville city.