Operation "Fall Festival" field tested terrorist response protocols and CIRT deployment during sevier weather or missing child alerts!

 

 

Operation Fall Festival 2006 - Coded "Concealed Carry"  

  • Four platoons deployed during Fall Festival 2006. 1st Platoon conducted terrorist' threat assessments, 2nd Platoon established redundant communication networks, 3rd Platoon accessed community readiness for housing-in-place and mass evacuations, and Fourth Platoon stood mission ready to reinforce first responders during any community crisis.
  • Mission focus was on safeguarding Sister Bay against a possible terrorist attack, armed robbery, toxic spill, anthrax scare, or bomb threat.
  • Veterans followed the same Incident Command and Control protocols used by:
  •  Door County law enforcement, emergency government and the Liberty Grove Fire Department.  
  • VFW Post 8337 took command, established a command "post," at their stand and post members as Safety, Information, and Liaison Officers. Our Vice Commander acted as Operations' Chief, Chaplain as Planning Chief, Surgeon as Logistics Chief and Quartermaster as Finance Chief. The IC ordered demobilization at 1600 hours on Sunday. Refer to incident reports, operation logs, debriefing summaries, and postings below for protocol changes and process improvements.

 

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  • The Incident Command System (ICS) is required teaching for all law enforcement, emergency government, fire departments, and Homeland Security personnel.

  • Door County veterans practice ICS' protocols and NIMS' (National Incident Management System) terminology so they'll be ready to roll during any natural disaster, terrorist attack, man-made catastrophe, or pandemic. Veterans do NOT  replace professional first responders (fire fighters, law enforcement, emergency government or Homeland Security personnel). Rather, they provide a "fourth shift" when professional responders are overwhelmed or burned out, have exhausted their mutual aid agreements, or they're called to respond to a more serious community crisis. Tested under fire, veterans stand ready to roll when their community is under attack.

Incident Commander:               Carl T. Carlson - Commander       VFW Post 8337 Liberty Grove
Operation Concealed Fall Festival coded "Conceal Carry" field tested our response protocols to a terrorst attack or any violent life threatening incident that might occure during the Fall Festival Weekend. Refer to our operations Chief for more information.
Because of the nature of this operation, other than the initial briefing of law enforcement and emergency government, all operation protocols, logs, briefings, written plans, and tutorials are password protected and considered the exclusive property of The Risk Management Learning Center.
 
Refer to RMLC white papers, case studies, and presentations based on Operation Concealed Carry.
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
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Incident Commander

Command Staff:

Chief of Operations

Chief of Planning

Chief of Logistics

Chief of Finance

Staging Area Managers:

Members of the Egg Harbor Business Association

Operations Chief -              

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Operations prepared for the following "worst case scenarios."

1) Crowed control to lead emergency responders to victims during any life threatening emergency.

1) Terrorist taking control of the helicopters or placing water in the fuel, or anthrax in the ping-pong balls that prior to their deployment over the crowed on Sunday.

2) Planned response to landing helicopters in trouble and crowed control needed to lead emergency responders to victims at the scene.

 3) Safeguards against any vehicle losing control on the Sister Bay hill during the time Hwy 42 was closed during Fall Festival.

 

5) Assist authorities during any housing-in-place or mass evacuation order.

6) Assist in crowed control during any terrorist attack, robbery, toxic spill, anthrax scare, bomb threat, or emergency government order for "social distancing."

7)   Incident Command and Control protocols required of law enforcement, fire fighters, and emergency government.

 
 
 
 
 

Planning Chief - Navy              Lee Burnette                    Liberty Grove VFW Post 8337

Operation Concealed Carry began 30 prior to Fall Festival 2006. Faculty from The Risk Management Learning Center wrote plans for 1, 7, 14, 30, and 60 days.
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Logistics Chief Army   George Erickson    VFW Post 8337

Logistics included setting up an Incident Command Post at the VFW Post 8337 brat stand next to Al Johnsons. The brat stand has been equipped with a PA system and multi-function radio (AM, FM, Short-wave),

The designated staging area was the antique car corral.

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