Hurricane Hector
A Human Services Organization Tabletop Exercise

June 22 2006

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Exercise - Mission

With the mission of bringing North Florida's human service organizations together to work through how staff and volunteers should collectively help the workplace plan and prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate the effects of a HURRICANE, the following organizations undertook the coordination of this very unique disaster exercise.

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Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross

• Capital Area Citizen Corps
• City of Tallahassee
  • Fire Department
  • Police Department
• Leon County
  • Health Department
  • Sheriff's Office
  • Sheriff's Office Division of Emergency Management
• North Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force

This four hour tabletop exercise provided human service agency managers along with their paid and volunteer staff an opportunity to learn the importance of working together when disaster strikes. Participants worked within their workplace group as they undertook coordination of activities such as disaster planning and preparedness, threat assessment, needs assessment and continuity of operations.

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Exercise - Recommended Participants

• United Partners For Human Service
• Social Service Agencies
• Churches
• Youth Services

Exercise - Method

Human service organizations from throughout North Florida were invited to participate in this exercise which was held on June 22 from 9:00AM through 1:00PM at the Leon County Health Department's Orange Avenue location in Tallahassee.

Organizations participating in the exercise were asked to recruit a minimum of two employees and / or volunteers who would represent the entire agency.

During the exercise participants wiere encouraged to call various fellow employees, volunteers and vendors to discuss action items that should be taken as the workplace plans and prepares for, responds to and recovers from Hurricane Hector, so all participants were required to bring a cell phone and important phone numbers.

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Exercise - Situation Manual

Exercise - Advisories

Exercise - Maps

Exercise - Benefits

In addition to the lessons employees and / or volunteers learned by taking part in this unique exercise, each participating organization will receive a free BUSINESS DISASTER RESPONSE KIT. Lunch was also provided as part of this important learning opportunity and useful door prizes such as NOAA Weather Radios were given away.

Exercise - Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment

Organizations who participatee in Hurricane Hector were required to complete a Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment (HIVA) prior to the exercise.

Exercise - Preparing And Preparedness Resources

Vital on-line information on how to prepare individuals, families, neighborhoods and businesses for a hurricane can be found at:

• Disaster Education, Preparedness, Planning and Mitigation Library
• Hurricane Survival Guide For The Capital Area

Exercise - Participating Businesses

The following list of orginizations registered to participate in the Hurricane Hector - A Human Services Organization Tabletop Exercise:

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Exercise - Photo Expose