Cascadia Playbook
Oregon’s Office of Emergency
Management developed a Cascadia Playbook concept to serve as a reference guide
for how state agencies across Oregon will coordinate efforts during a major
disaster. A working draft was the starting point for our critical response
partners to collaborate, vet and refine the content. This draft used existing
Cascadia Plans as source content and reformatted the information into nine
different plays sorted by Emergency Support Functions (ESFs). An updated draft
is now available; however, a great deal more work and ongoing collaboration
will ensure the Playbook captures feedback and refines its content via subject
matter experts in their respective fields. The Playbook will not be considered
complete for several years to come as state ESF partners develop implementation
plans to support the action items. Cascadia Playbooks are only being issued in
hard copy format, assigned to one specific individual for each partnering
agency, to better manage version control as edits are made.
OEM is available
to provide Cascadia Playbook briefings to state and county agencies upon
request.
Oregon Resilience Plan
In April 2011, the Oregon House of Representatives
unanimously passed House Resolution 3 (sponsored by Rep. Deborah Boone,
D-Cannon Beach), which directs Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission
(OSSPAC) to “lead and coordinate preparation of an Oregon Resilience Plan that
. . . makes recommendations on policy direction to protect lives and keep
commerce flowing during and after a Cascadia (megathrust) earthquake and
tsunami.” The Plan and recommendations were delivered to the Oregon Legislative
Assembly on February 28, 2013.
An overview of Oregon’s planning effort, Richard A. Reed’s, President Obama
Senior Director for Resilience Policy endorsement, Oregon Governor John
Kitzhaber’s endorsement, and information on resilience planning are at these
links:
Volcano Coordination Plans
OEM, along with federal, state, and local partners, have developed volcano coordination plans. These coordination plans describe the roles and responsibilities of agencies in the event of a volcanic eruption in Oregon. These plans do not replace or take precedent over agencies’ emergency operations plans.
For more information about the supporting plans and documents, contact:
Erik Rau, Emergency Management Planner
503-378-3252
Zach Swick, Emergency Preparedness Planner
503-378-3233