West Fargo Funnel Functional Exercise Inject Responses – April 17 2012

April 17, 2012

West Fargo Funnel Functional Exercise

Inject Responses – Un-Edited

This report contains the inject responses from the West Fargo Funnel – A Tornado Response Functional Exercise. These responses are unedited and are directly exported from the information typed into the ONX System during the exercise. The purpose of this report is to provide documentation for your organization’s records of exact responses captured during the exercise.
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West Fargo Funnel - # 002

Tina Gustafson - West Fargo Auditors Office
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / Flooded Roads
Potential damage to property
Safety of employees/citizens
Shelters for people who lost homes in storm if needed
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / Area of damage
Extent of damage
employees available for assistance in case of full disaster
Chris Brungardt - West Fargo Public Works
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / ensure that sanitary lift stations are functional.
check storm sewer system.
Check availability and safety of workers.
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / Areas of ponding water, power outage locations. Check weather system for future forecast.
Jim Brownlee - West Fargo Auditors Office
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / safety of public
response of city personnel
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / What is situation of public works, police
Ken Krupich - F-M Ambulance
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / Are our EMS crews and equipment in a safe location? Are our back up generators and management staff en-route or at the main station? Given the 2 inches of rain do we have access problems already? Notify hospitals of impending transports
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / Where did the tornado strike prior to West Fargo? Since F-MAmbulance Service rural Cass County the concern would be that we have other injuries further west.
Randy Schatz - American Red Cross
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / Red Cross - Maintaining situational awareness. Waiting for a page from RRRDC if we are needed.
Salvation Army - Would have received a SkyWarn page. Maintaining situational awareness. Has one person at the Salvation Army office waiting for telephone calls and monitoring radio traffic.
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4
James Anderson - City of West Fargo
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / Notification of citizens, flooding, sending CodeRED notification, EAS
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / Storm updates, HAMM radio contacts, reported power outages, early damage reports
Sheila Borgerding - FirstLink
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / Where did the tornado hit? Where do we need to report?
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / How is it safe to get to the EOC? Will, when, and where are volunteers needed? Will a call center be needed? If so, where will it be set-up? What should we be telling volunteers that call in? What other information should we be telling our 2-1-1 call center?
Steven Zimmer - City of West Fargo Human Resources Department
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / Make sure family is safe.
Heavy rain, potential flooding of roads and underpasses
Tornado sirens sounded, get to safe location.
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / Has tornado been sighted and where.
What roads are passable?
Carmen Schroeder - West Fargo Human Resources Department
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / Make sure family/kids know the sirens are going off. Getting employees to the designated tornado shelters.
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / Current employee list with home addresses & phone numbers in case we need to call them at home.
Grant Larson - City of West Fargo Health Department
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / How severe is the storm and which direction is it heading and is there a code red associated with the storm
Is my personal home in the path of the storm
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / Weather reports
Code Red Information
Paul Klabunde - F-M Ambulance
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / safety of our workers and truck drivers.
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4
Arland Rasmussen - City of West Fargo Police Department
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2 / Where tornado hit within the city
Injuries
activate code red to get all officers called in
Do we need to set up an EOC?
check to see what critical facilities were disabled
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4 / Who is available, assistant chief, Lt., sergeants
Contact public works director and have him come in, notify Mayor and Jim Brownlee that we are setting up EOC
Duane Sall - City of West Fargo Police Department
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.
Identify and list your initial concerns given the current situation.
Part 2
Part 3 / Identify and list any additional information you would need.
Part 4
Roy Schatschneider - City of West Fargo Fire Department
Part 1 / At 11:45AM, NWS is monitoring an especially strong storm identified on Doppler radar and issues a Tornado Warning for Cass County. Doppler radar indicates this storm is capable of producing a tornado. West Fargo has experienced heavy rains of at least 2 inches per hour for the last hour and has been monitoring weather reports closely.
Storm spotter reports indicate a tornado on the ground. Warning sirens are activated to notify residents of the storm. Dispatchers are already receiving 911 calls about injuries due to the tornado.