Cascadia Playbook Overview

S t a te o f O r e g o n
O f f i ce o f E me r g e n c y M a n a g eme n t
Cascadia
Playbook
Overview
Developing a Quick Reference

Guide for the first 14 days
Overview
Threats in Oregon
Every year, Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) collects and analyzes threats, hazards and
overall risk to communities throughout the state. OEM works with local emergency managers to develop the
Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA). The THIRA provides data necessary to support
statewide response and recovery planning efforts. The threat with the highest consequence levels and potential
to significantly effect people, property, the environment, and our economy is often used as a planning scenario
to develop plans, training, and exercises. These activities build a stronger, more resilient community to be
better prepared for our worst possible day.
About The Cascadia Playbook

Oregon’s greatest threat is a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami resulting
in significant loss of life, widespread injuries, and major property and critical infrastructure
destruction. The Oregon Office of Emergency Management, per the Governor’s request, is
kicking off a new initiative to synchronize efforts across the state in response to a Cascadia
event and other significant disasters. The Cascadia Playbook will be a cross-cutting
emergency management tool for the State of Oregon that supports various existing plans
and efforts for the first 14 days of a catastrophic incident.
The Cascadia Threat Cascadia Playbook Structure

A Cascadia event is based on the threat of a catastrophic • Covers the initial response timeframe of
magnitude 9.0 Subduction Zone earthquake and the first 14 days of the event
resultant tsunami. Coastal communities will experience a
• Reflects content from Oregon Cascadia
devastating tsunami on top of severe ground shake (up
Subduction Zone Plan and FEMA Region
to five minutes). Shaking intensity will be less in the I-5 X’s Cascadia Execution Checklist as
Corridor and Southern Oregon, but older buildings and source content
critical infrastructure may incur extensive damage.
• Identifies decision-making structures and
authorities to initiate response and ensure
Expected Impacts smooth operations and unified effort
• Ground shaking for 4-6 minutes causing • Focuses on action items to create a punch
massive critical infrastructure damage list of missions for each “play”
• Liquefaction and landslides causing • Is organized by Emergency Support
disruption of transportation routes Functions (ESFs)
• Tsunami inundation to coastal areas • Supports existing plans developed by
with as little as 15 minutes warning local, tribal, state and federal agencies
• Up to 25,000 fatalities resulting from • Presents actions in a streamlined, easy-to-
combined effects of earthquake and tsunami navigate, flip-chart style document
• Buildings destroyed or damaged, up to • Playbooks will only be issued in hard copy
10,000+ damaged structures format, assigned to one specific individual
• Households destroyed or damaged, up to for each partnering organization, to better
10,000+ people in need of shelter manage version control, as edits are made
• $50+ billion in economic losses, not including
critical infrastructure rebuilding
Cascadia Playbook Overview

FAQs
1 What is a Playbook?
Disaster management requires specific and coordinated actions 4 How is the Playbook organized?
by many different players involved in emergency response.
Action items are organized by Emergency Support
Playbooks, in the emergency management context, are
Functions (ESFs) using an expanded 18 ESF structure
designed to reduce confusion during the immediate chaos that
to provide clear roles for managing traditional ESF
ensues following any type of major disaster or catastrophe.
functions and new areas of military support, volunteers
Playbooks ensure all the players:
and donations, animal care, and address the
• Have defined roles and responsibilities capabilities and needs of businesses and industry.
• Understand the decision-making processes
and authorities required to prioritize missions
5When will the
and allocate resources Playbook be complete?
• Follow specific action-oriented mission tasks The Governor, The Adjutant General, and the Office
for each play of Emergency Management are working in concert
• Are well-coordinated to support response and recovery with state agencies, local emergency managers, tribal
nations, non-governmental partners, and federal
2 Why does Oregon need a Cascadia agencies to ensure the Playbook is well-vetted and
Playbook? valuable to its users.
Various state agencies have emergency or continuity plans Much more work and ongoing collaboration will ensure
specific to their functions or particular hazards. The Playbook the Playbook captures feedback via subject matter
ensures state agencies are in sync and provides decision- experts in their respective fields. The current working
makers with a practical guide to save lives and property, and draft is the starting point for critical response partners to
allocate and manage resources efficiently and with urgency and collaborate, vet, and revise the content. The Playbook
speed. The Playbook conceptual format has gained support will not be considered complete for several years to
throughout the State of Oregon and has been received well at come as state agencies develop implementation plans
the national level in emergency management and homeland to support the action items categorized by ESFs.
security communities.
6How can partners become
3 Will the Playbook be compatible with involved?
other plans? The official project kick-off to collaborate with state
Many public safety agencies, scientists and academics, regional agencies took place in June 2014. The next phase of
planning teams, and task forces have examined and developed the project will focus on collecting revisions and edits to
plans to prepare for the Cascadia threat. The Playbook is verify and refine the Playbook. Implementation plans for
complementary to existing plans, serving as a condensed, supporting the Playbook developed by ESF partners will
quick reference guide of pre-identified action items assigned to be the final stage of the overarching Playbook project.
various entities. The initial working draft of the Playbook uses OEM will be hosting Playbook workshops for ESF
source content from the Oregon Cascadia Subduction Zone partners to provide a collaborative forum for discussion,
Plan and the FEMA Region X Cascadia Plan. planning, and edits.
State of Oregon ESF 1 – Transportation ESF 10 – Hazardous Materials

ESF Structure ESF 2 – Communications ESF 11 – Food and Water
ESF 3 – Public Works ESF 12 – Energy
Emergency Support
Functions are groupings ESF 4 – Firefighting ESF 13 – Military Support
of critical functions or ESF 5 – Information and Planning ESF 14 – Public Information
capabilities into an ESF 6 – Mass Care ESF 15 – Volunteers and Donations
organizational structure. ESF 7 – Resource Support ESF 16 – Law Enforcement
OEM uses the following ESF 8 – Health and Medical ESF 17 – Agriculture and Animal Protection
expanded 18 ESF structure: ESF 9 – Search and Rescue ESF 18 – Business and Industry
State of Oregon, Office of Emergency Management

The Cascadia Playbook is a work in progress.
Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management is committed to
making it a useful document and welcomes suggested edits
and recommendations to improve its functionality. Please
email suggestions or inquiries to [email protected].
Oregon Office of Emergency Management

3225 State Street Salem, OR 97301
503-378-2911
© Copyright 2014, Oregon Office of Emergency Management

Version 1.0, August 2014

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Developing a Quick Reference

About The Cascadia Playbook

The Cascadia Threat Cascadia Playbook Structure

Cascadia Playbook Overview

State of Oregon ESF 1 – Transportation ESF 10 – Hazardous Materials

State of Oregon, Office of Emergency Management

Oregon Office of Emergency Management

© Copyright 2014, Oregon Office of Emergency Management

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