Training and Exercise Subcommittee Meeting Minutes

August 4, 2010

Delaware Fire School

Introductions

On August 4, 2010, the Training and Exercise Subcommittee meeting was held at the Delaware State Fire School in Dover, with representatives from the Training and Exercise Subcommittee and DEMA.

Attendees were:

a.  Robert Newnam, DSFS, Chairman

b.  Deidre Gleason, DEMA

c.  Thomas Nesbella, DEMA

d.  Tim Cooper, Sussex Co. EMS

e.  Joe Wessels, DLLG

f.  David Mick, Kent County

g.  Bruce VonGoerres, DSP

h.  Larry Kibler, CAP (Guest)

i.  Jamie Bethard, DNREC

j.  Betty Decker, PHPS

k.  Claudette Martin-Wus, DTI

l.  Scott Koenig, COD

m.  Dwayne Day, DelDOT

n.  Robert Pflaumer, DEMA

o.  Edward Strouse, DEMA

p.  Brian Malloy, DNG

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Robert Newnam of the Delaware State Fire School at 8:30 a.m. The minutes were amended and approved from the June 2, 2010 meeting.

The May minutes were approved. (VonGoerres / Cooper)

Chairman Robert Newnam, asked everyone to introduce themselves. Tom Nesbella introduced the training and exercise section new NIMS/IMT Coordinator, Edward Strouse.

Exercise Program

- Ocean View PD TTX, 6/3/2010

- SIEC TTX, 6/22/2010

- NCC Airport FSE, 7/10/2010

- Port Wilmington, TTX, 10/4/2010

- Kent, TTX, 10/14/2010

- DTI, FE, 10/27/2010

Tom Nesbella, DEMA, briefed committee members on the current and upcoming exercise programs.

The Ocean View table top exercise was held on June 3, 2010. The exercise went very well, will possibly have a full scale in the future. The SIEC table top exercise was held on June 22, 2010 at the Delaware State Fire School. New Castle County Airport Full-Scale exercise was held on July 10, 2010.

Training Program

-  2010 WMD Training Schedule

-  MGT-337, Ag Food Vulnerability Assessment, 15-16 June, 20 attended

-  MGT-341, Disaster Hospitals and Healthcare Org, 29-30 June, cancelled by TEEX due to lack of instructors, re-scheduled for 12-13 Oct

-  University Executive Seminar course, 3-4 Aug, cancelled due to lack of participation

-  MGT-343 Disaster Management Wastewater Utilities, 17-18 Aug, Delaware Rural Water Authority cancelled due to manning issues for the course

-  AWR-137 Critical Employee Emergency Planning course, 25- Aug, 70 enrolled

-  PER-230 & 231, IRTB & PRSBI, 2 Sept, 12 enrolled

-  MGT-312 Senior Officials Workshop, 14 Sept, 8 enrolled

-  MGT-345 Electric Power Systems, 15-16 Sept, awaiting announcement

-  PER-200 MCATI Basic, 28-30 Sept, awaiting announcement

Tom Nesbella, DEMA, briefed on the 2010 WMD Training schedule.

After Action Report Improvement Plan

Tom Nesbella, DEMA, provided copies of the DE T&E Multi Year Training and Exercise Plan to the committee members for review and will discuss at the next meeting. Tom Nesbella briefed that the Mall Malee AAR is complete.

Financial Statements

Tom Nesbella, DEMA, reviewed the FY07 Training & Exercise Budget. No comments were made.

Old Business

-  None

New Business

  1. Review Improvement Plans (IP’s)

-  IMT IP

  1. GSA rate printout needs to be attached to all requests for travel WMD course Training requests

-  AWR-137 CEEP

Edward Strouse, DEMA, briefed that they will be conducting IMT workshops for corrective action items for training. Tom Nesbella, DEMA, advised that all GSA paperwork must be attached to any request forms with itemized details. The committee also discussed they will not approve anything above the GSA rates until this is discussed with DEMA’s fiscal for further review. Tom Nesbella, DEMA also briefed a new training course AWR-137, Critical Employee Emergency Planning.

Training Request

Kevin Wilson, DVFA requested the expenditure of $8,700.00 for 17 personnel to attend the Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (HUET). The purpose for this course is to have fully trained personnel in HUET Underwater Training. The contact person for this is Kevin Wilson. The date(s) and location for the training are TBD.

Approved: (VonGoerres / Cooper)

Claudette Martin-Wus, DTI requested the expenditure of $4,446.19, for Cyber Terrorism Defense Training for 220 people. The purpose of this training promoted by DTI geared towards Information Security Officers (ISO) throughout State of Delaware agencies, State information technology (IT) staff, and local government IT staff. This training will touch on general topics such as social engineering, cyber terrorism tactics, the after affects, and cyber security incident response and handling. The contact person for this is Sandee Alexander. The date(s) of the training are September 23, 2010, Location: Dover

Approved: (VonGoerres / Cooper)

Edward Strouse requested the expenditure of $6378.00 for All Hazards IMT Conference in Denver, CO for 4 people. The purpose of this conference will give the Delaware IMT Teams a great networking and training opportunity with established TYPE 1, 2, and 3 teams that isn’t available in any other form. The contact person for this is Edward Strouse. The date(s) for the Trip are December 6, 2010 - December 10, 2010. The location: Denver, CO

Approved: (VonGoerres / Bethard)

Tim Cooper requested the expenditure of 2,060.00 for the conference in San Antonio, Texas. Purpose is the IAEM Conference provides a forum for current trends and topics, information about the latest tools and technology in Emergency Management and Homeland Security, and advance IAEM Committee work. Point of contact person is Tim Cooper. The date(s) for trip are October 30, 2010 – November 4, 2010. Location: San Antonio, TX.

Approved: (VonGoerres / Day)

Exercise Request

Claudette Martin-Wus requested the expenditure of $6,691.00 for the Cyber Security Exercise 2010. The purpose of this is to discover vulnerabilities can affect government agencies and individuals. This exercise will also focus on the planning and decision making of agency managers when a cyber event interrupts normal operations. The contact person for this is Claudette Martin-Wus. The date(s) of training is October 27, 2010. The location: DEMA, Smyrna, DE.

Approved: (VonGoerres / Decker)

Other Subcommittee Business

-  None

Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 9:08am. (VonGoerres /Cooper )

Next meeting will be held on Wednesday September 1, 2010 - Fire School, Dover @ 8:30 a.m.

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