HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinal Evaluation Report IRIS - 71 FINAL EVALUATION REPORT CDEX-71
November 1-5, 1971
I. CDEX-7i
II. Type of Exercise - EOS
III. Participants:
A. State of Texas
B. Federal Agencies - OCD
C. State Agencies
1. State Highway Department
2. Department of Public Safety
3. State Welfare Department
4. State Health Department
5. Parks and. Wildlife Department
6. Water Development Board
7. Adjutant General's Department
D. Local Governments
1. Amarillo - Potter County
2. Baytown
3. Big Springs - Howard County
4. Brazos County
5. Collingsworth County
6. Corpus Christi
7. Dallas City - County
8. Denton City - County
9. El Paso City - County
10. Fort Worth - Tarrant County
11. Galveston County
12. Jefferson County
13. Killeen
14. Orange City - County
15. San Antonio
16. Sherman
17. Waco - McLennan County
IV. Subsystems Exercised:
A. Warning System
B. Communication (RACES)
C. IRIS
D. Command and Control
V. Plans and/or Procedures Exercised:
A. State Emergency Operation Plan
B. Local Government Plans and. CSP's
VI. Identification of Significant Events and Major Problems:
A. All local governments were well pleased with the contents of the
scenario messages, the realism portrayed by individuals and the
accomplishment of the exercise.
13. Most all local governments had very good representation of local
officials during the exercise, and very good publicity through
local news media was obtained in most cases.
C. The State Defense Council had a very effective work session during
the attack phase and all participants acknowledged the fact that
coordination exercises such as this are most beneficial.
D. The State as well as local governments were very satisfied with
the participation of RACES personnel and the system itself. We
are encouraged that such a system can work effectively during an
emergency and with the constant training and improvements it will
provide a reliable means of communication.
E. Most local governments recognize the importance of such exercises
and recommend it continue on a yearly basis. Some have indicated
they would do this on their own, others are looking for the State
and. Federal offices to direct such exercises. The many and
frequent changes in local government staffs supports the need for
annual exercises to insure new personnel of their functions and
duties during times of emergencies.
F. One local government located on the border recognizes the potential
of problems with a neighboring county during an emergency. It
recommends some kind of agreement or understanding with the neigh-
boring county. (In this case Mexico).
G. Several local governments experienced some difficulty in the short
time allowed for the attack phase. It is difficult to compress
problems in this short period of time (3 hours) and yet cover the
entire event adequately. It is not necessarily recommended that
the "play period" be extended, rather some other approach be made
to more realistically approach the problems. This also was
experienced at the State level. In all reality, the first three
hours after an attack would not produce very many operational
events. Consideration might be given to writing the problems in
11-1- hours or days to give the true time lapse, especially for the
RADEF personnel.
H. Some local governments realized the need for refresher training
for key personnel, i.e. RADEF monitors, plotters and etc. However,
these are isolated cases and do not represent a majority. One
local government reported that the most repeated statement during
the critique following their exercise was; "We need more training
and exercises."
1. Enclosed are copies of two evaluation reports received from local
governments. These two reports are typical of those received and
represent a good analysis of the exercise.
Summary: It is the general consensus of all participants at both
State and local level that this exercise was very beneficial to all
and that future training of this type would always be welcomed.
EXERCISE STRIKE PATTERN FOR R5 MX-71
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Place Name _ Time L<'t - Long 3MT Surface 1M•MT Air
Beaumont 0910 3008/9512 X
Fort Worth 0910 3253/9728 X
Bryan 0917 3034/9655 X
Baytown 0920 2947/9507 X
Big Spring 0920 3212/10)35 X
Wellington 0920 3443/10012 X
San Antonio 0921 2910/9830 X
Sherman 0921 3338/9709 X
McAllen 0923 2620/9814 X
Waco 0925 3138/9714 X
Amarillo 0927 3521/10150 X
Corpus Christi 0930 2740/9724 X
Galveston 0932 2934/9525 X
Dallas 0937 3258/9656 X
Killeen 0940 3059/9744 X
Orange 0940 3000/9356 X
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