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Public Briefing Bay Area Catastrophic Earthquake Airlift Exercise Exercise Date: Oct 26, 2019 1

About CalDART The California DART Network:  501(c)3 subsidiary of CalPilots  Stands ready to support the citizens, communities, regions, and emergency management organizations of the State of California and neighboring states  in the event of catastrophic events which impair surface transportation  by coordinating a statewide network of Disaster Airlift Response Teams (DARTs) Operators and Supporters  Visit caldart.org, calpilots.org 2

Briefing Subjects  Objectives  Catastrophic Earthquake Disaster Scenario  Particpants  Transport Applications  Bay Area Airport Grid  Exercise Schedule  Supplemental Information 3

Exercise Objectives  Improve disaster air transport logistics skills  Demonstrate the range of transport applications  Interconnect all 29 Bay Area regional General Aviation (GA) Airports  Improve working relationships with the disaster response community  Increase public awareness of DART availability 4

Loma Prieta Earthquake Airlift  6.9 magnitude during 1989 World Series game in SF  Watsonville and Santa Cruz cut off  GA pilots delivered 500,000 lbs of food & supplies  Historic 6-minute YouTube video documentary:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSpT0p4XY_A 5

2019 Disaster Scenario  Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake  San Andreas Fault  Near Golden Gate Bridge  Roadways impaired  Feed 2M people each day  Evacuate 330,000 in 14 days 6

Responding DART Operators  SCAPA DART of San Martin Airport  WEACT (Watsonville Emergency Airlift Command Team)  Half Moon Bay Airport Pilot Association DART  North Bay DART (Santa Rosa, Gnoss Field, Angwin, Napa, other(s))  RHV DART of Reid Hillview Airport  Torrance DART (Mutual Aid from Southern California)  Role: Support local responses - don’t impair Feds/State. 7

Partial List, Exercise Participants  Alameda County Sheriff’s  Gilroy Office of Emergency  Peninsula Humane Society Air Squadron Management – Half Moon Bay Disaster  American Red Cross,  Gilroy CERT Response Team Silicon Valley Chapter   Half Moon Bay Amateur Saint Louise Regional  American Red Cross, Half Hospital Radio Club Moon Bay   Joseph & Company San Martin Lions Club  CalDART, The California   Livermore Valley Airmen’s San Martin Neighborhood DART Network Alliance Association  CALFIRE Volunteers in   The Marine Mammal San Mateo County Airport Prevention, Santa Clara Management Center Unit   San Mateo County Office Morgan Hill ARES –  CALFIRE, Santa Clara Unit Amateur Radio Emergency of Emergency Services  Civil Air Patrol, California Services  Santa Clara County Office Wing  Morgan Hill CERT of Emergency Management  Coastside Hope   Morgan Hill Office of Second Harvest Food Bank  Gilroy Compassion Center of Silicon Valley Emergency Services 8

Exercise Transport Applications  Assist Regional First Responders with work commute  Airlift External Disaster Workers into/out of region  Food and Supplies Airlift  Transporting citizens (capacity constrained)  Fragile people evacuation (dialysis patients, seniors…)  Reuniting families (earthquake during work or school)  Evacuating those without shelter  Airport shuttle service  Aerial surveillance 9

Featured Operation:  Second Harvest trucks food from San Jose distribution center to Reid Hillview Airport  Reid Hillview DART assigns food to flights  Food airlifted to San Martin, Watsonville, Half Moon Bay Airports  Food surface-transported to customers in Gilroy, Santa Cruz, and Half Moon Bay 10

Airport Map  29 Bay Area airports  12 Bay Area Counties including Santa Cruz, Monterey  Many more airports to east 11

Exercise Grid  Interconnect 29 airports  Sample flight map to right  Low capacity substitute for regional freeways  406 distinct airport pairs  Additional flights from Torrance, Lincoln 12

Exercise Parameters (1)  Participation only through prior coordination with local DART Operator  Earthquake occurs 7:30AM  Local DART Operators activate, operate, hot wash, tear down by 3:00pm  Regional DART Operator meeting Reid Hillview Airport 5:00pm to 8:00pm includes regional hot wash at 7:00pm 13

Exercise Parameters (2)  Flight Operations per Federal Aviation Regulations Part 91  Volunteer services - no charge to passengers/freight  DART Operators pre-authorized through CalDART  DART Operator Mgmt & Pilots CalDART members 14

Exercise Parameters - Insurance  Pilot presents Aircraft Liability Insurance policy summary  General Liability and Non Owned Aircraft Liability insurance to exercise participants through CalDART  Select counties provide Disaster Service Worker coverage to DART volunteers (equivalent to Workers’ Comp) 15

Safety and Risk Management  DART mgmt team: Knowledgeable, capable, experienced  Ramp safety: public access controlled, experienced ramp supervisor, ramp volunteers experienced or trained  Flight safety: Certificated pilots, airworthy planes, pilot certificate and medical check, pilot certifies to operate in accordance with Part 91, proposed flights reviewed by Flight Ops Manager and pilot, materiel/passengers logged and weighed, Pilot and Aircraft Information Form, Aircraft Load Sheet, Pilot loads plane (responsible weight and balance)  Liability Waivers: ground volunteers, pilots, public  Written plan, detailed procedures, yearly practice 16

Supplemental Information 17

Frequently Asked Questions 18

What Does CalDART Do?  Enables managed utilization of the GA Fleet in Disaster Response Operations  Organizes California DART Operators  Promotes formation of new California DART Operators  Reduces labor required to start a new DART Operator  Provides Disaster Airlift Response Plan  Deals with common DART issues  Purchases insurance for all CalDART DART Operators  Maintains relations with statewide emergency community 19

What is a DART Operator?  A team that exists to provide emergency air transportation service during a disaster that impairs surface transportation  Arranges an annual practice mobilization  Invites others in the disaster response community to participate  For CalDART DART Operators: minimum 3 to 5 organizers join CalDART plus pilots flying in exercise  Request/Provide mutual aid  3 to 5 members listed on The California DART Network Contact List 20

What is a DART Supporter?  A person who registers with CalDART who  Does not have a local DART Operator to join  Agrees to solicit pilots at their airport to assist a DART Operator’s mobilization if requested  Is listed on the private California DART Network Contact List  Can request assistance from DART Operators on the California DART Network Contact List 21

What is the California DART Network Contact List?  A private list shared among all people on list  Provides contact information for DART Operators and DART Supporters  Facilitates mutual aid and scalability of operations  Available to emergency managers during a disaster 22

How Does DART Fit in to FEMA’s NIMS? (Federal Emergency Management Agency National Incident Management System) CalDART and its DART Operators are Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (VOADs) which support the local community, coordinating with local EOCs (Emergency Operations Centers) as necessary. A VOAD is a type of NGO (Non Governmental Organization).

How does DART Align With FEMA National Preparedness Goals?  DART aligns with FEMA’s Response Mission Area  DART supports these Response Core Capabilities:  Critical Transportation  Logistics and Supply Chain Management  Situational Assessment 24

Selecting Airports Arranged for Various Disaster Applications 25

Simple Air Bridge for Road Closure  Pick the two closest airports on either side of a road closure  e.g, 2015 Highway 58 mudslides between Tehachapi and Mojave 26

Higher Capacity Air Bridge  Road closure  Use Multiple Airports  Allows more flights  e.g. If Hwy 101 fails in Coyote Valley, use 8 airports to bridge the closure 27

Many to One Airbridge  Loma Prieta ’89  Providing airports Hamilton, Reid Hillview, Concord, San Carlos, Half Moon Bay  Receiving airport Watsonville 28

Max Evac, Food  Pair each afflicted airport with an outside airport  Evacuate people on the way out  Bring food/ supplies on the way in  Run airports at max capacity  Requires many pilots, planes 29

Airport Shuttle  SFO, OAK, Moffett closed (Liquefaction)  SJC serves entire area  Use RHV as shuttle  Bus people between RHV and SJC  RHV flights in gray, SJC flights in pink 30

GA Airport Alternative to Airlines  See flight plans filed from Van Nuys in 2009  Van Nuys similar to Santa Rosa, Napa, Concord, Oakland North Field, Hayward, Livermore, Hollister, Salinas, Monterey, Watsonville, Half Moon Bay  Useful to know for disaster response 31

Aviation Infrastructure 32