Operational Area Executive Board and Emergency Management Council Letter of Approval ............. i

1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 3

1.1 Purpose and Scope .................................................................................................................... 3

1.2 Situation Overview .................................................................................................................... 3

1.3 Planning Assumptions ............................................................................................................... 9

2 CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................. 12

2.1 Preparedness .......................................................................................................................... 12

2.2 Emergency Response Actions ................................................................................................. 12

2.3 Inter-Jurisdictional and Inter-Agency Communications ......................................................... 13

3.6 Finance and Administration Section ....................................................................................... 21

4 PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................ 22

4.1 Plan Maintenance ................................................................................................................... 22

4.2 Training and Exercises ............................................................................................................. 22

5 AUTHORITIES AND REFERENCES ......................................................................................................... 23

6 ATTACHMENTS .................................................................................................................................... 25

Attachment A-Acronyms List .............................................................................................................. 26

Attachment B-Glossary of Applicable Terms ...................................................................................... 28

Attachment C-Important Contact Information ................................................................................... 33

Attachment D-The Joint Family Support Operations Center .............................................................. 34

1 Introduction

The intent of this Annex is to provide a coordinated response to an aircraft accident in the Orange County

Operational Area (OA). The Annex will provide a framework to support the OA, using interagency coordination

in accordance with the County of Orange and Orange County OA Emergency Operations Plans (EOP), the

California Emergency Services Act, the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), the National

Incident Management System (NIMS), and Mutual Aid Agreements. The guidelines in this Annex are not

intended to replace or supersede the OA and County of Orange EOP and supporting Annexes, but serve to

augment these plans.

A response to an aircraft accident can be very complex depending on incident location. Response will require

the coordination and efforts from federal, state and local jurisdictions. Additionally, federal statutes and

coordinate with the local, state, and federal responders.

John Wayne Airport (JWA) is the sole commercial airport within Orange County and serves both domestic and

international passengers. General aviation operations outnumber commercial operations. In 2013, JWA was

ranked as the 40

th

same year, JWA handled 248,255 aircraft operations ranking it 35

JWA is five miles (23 km) from Santa Ana and covers 500.82 Acres of land in the unincorporated area of Orange

Aircraft arriving at JWA typically do so from the Northwest while departures are to the Southwest. During Santa

departures are towards the Northwest. The County prohibits commercial departures between 10:00PM and

7:00AM (8:00AM on Sundays) and commercial arrivals between 11:00PM and 7:00AM (8:00AM on Sundays).

John Wayne Airport utilizes a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Airport Emergency Plan (AEP) with

an “All Hazard” approach to address emergency situations on and off the Airport property. Airports are certified

Reserve Training Center Airfield.

The City of Irvine adjoins and lies North and East of the airport. The City of Costa Mesa adjoins and lies directly

West and Southwest of the airport. The City of Newport Beach adjoins and lies South and Southeast of the

airport. The area within a three-mile radius of the airport is comprised predominately of commercial businesses

and family housing making this area potentially vulnerable to any aircraft in the departure or arrival pattern.

Response will require the mutual support of fire and rescue, law enforcement, and medical response personnel

to cope with a major aircraft disaster.

Flight patterns of aircraft transiting through, from, or to Orange County commonly require flight over the Pacific

housing and a smaller commercial business area lies immediately to the South of the airport. Commercial

businesses predominantly lie to the immediate West and East of the airport. The Northern side of the airport is

comprised of commercial business structures as well as a small residential community surrounding a small, man-

made lake.

The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Reserve Training Center Airfield is the largest Army airfield operated by the

National Guard Bureau (NGB). The airfield at Los Alamitos has two all weather runways, one 8000’ in length and

the other 6000’in length. Large commercial business structures and family housing surround the immediate

area and within the final departure and arrival patterns. Airport operations cease nightly at 10:00pm to reduce

noise pollution to the surrounding housing areas of the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Reserve Training Center

Airfield.

Los Alamitos can accommodate most any aircraft in the flying inventory. Military aircraft to include C-5, C-17,

Department of Defense (DOD) charters, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aircraft, fighter

aircraft and the President’s Boeing VC-25A (B-747 named Air Force One) along with the United States Marine

Corps (USMC) Presidential Helicopter Flight Detachment (HMX-1), use the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Reserve

Training Center Airfield and its facilities. Ramp space can accommodate and house up to ten C-5 aircraft without

installation is home to a large number of aircraft, predominately helicopters, which frequently transit through

the airspace over Orange County.

requires special emergency preparedness and planning. Disasters have proven evident that children are

vulnerable and require additional support during emergency situations, especially when displaced from their

parents or guardians. The physical and psychological damage sustained by children can far outweigh the same

effects inflicted on grown members of society, including children with disabilities and access and functional

needs. The KIDS Working Group will assist in identifying and supporting community programs that help meet

The PIM at the OA EOC and the affected jurisdictions Public Information Officers (PIO) will have multiple

responsibilities to include:

Twitter and Facebook.

 Press Conferences

 Broadcast and cable television

 Radio

 Social media, such as Twitter and Facebook

 211 Orange County, a non-emergency Information Line

 Route alerting – vehicle-mounted public address systems

 Emergency Alert System (EAS)

The Operations Section has the responsibility to coordinate and support the field response and local jurisdictions

impacted.

The Law Enforcement Branch will support victim rescue and damage abatement operations by providing scene

security and traffic and crowd control. Support and coordination may include warning, evacuation assistance,

and neighborhood security. Scene preservation will occur throughout the response process. The OA EOC may

support the lead investigative agency, the NTSB, with any or all of the following actions:

and/or stabilize HAZMAT.

Prior to the NTSB arrival on scene, restrict access only to FAA, Law Enforcement, Fire, Emergency Medical

Services (EMS), Medical Examiner/Coroner, other emergency service agencies. After NTSB arrives on scene, do

not allow site access of personnel without NTSB authorization.

An evacuation is the immediate and rapid movement of people away from a threat or an occurrence of a

and voice recorders, pertaining to the operation and maintenance of the aircraft, is the responsibility of the

operator of the aircraft. The responsibility will remain with the aircraft operator until the NTSB takes custody

thereof, or a release is granted. Refer to Aircraft wreckage Salvage and Recovery Regulations, CFR Title 49 –

Transportation, Subpart C, Section 830.10).

Responders should not disturb or move wreckage or contents except to:

If the movement of debris is required, all field responders should document any movement by field expedient

notes, drawings and diagrams indicating the original and relocated location. Any information should be

provided to the Law Enforcement Branch Director who will consolidate and provide it to the investigative

agency. Additional information that will assist the investigation includes:

instrument/gauge readings.

Contact with witnesses should occur at the scene. Information obtained will be useful for the investigative

agency and should include the following:

The Coroner is in charge of the fatalities, and is responsible for determining cause and manner of death and

victim identity. Identification is a complicated, lengthy and sensitive issue, and positive identification is

information generally takes place at the morgue, but could take place at another location.

The Coroner Division is an active participant in Coroner Mutual Aid and utilizes the process for all logistical

needs. Federal resources include the Department of Defense, Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams

(DMORT), FBI Emergency Response Teams and the NTSB, Transportation Disaster Assistance.

The Coroner supports response operations in the following actions:

Overwater incidents will require specialized protocols incorporating the capabilities of multiple agencies. The

OCSD Harbor Patrol and Marine Operations will respond to incident scenes occurring in Orange County

Rescue operations will be focused on saving lives and victim recovery followed by wreckage recovery.

Incidents occurring within the jurisdictional limits will require an ICP be established at the OCSD Harbor Patrol

headquarters. After the first operational period, the ICP may be transferred to the USCG Command and Control

Center, located at Terminal Island. In the event an incident occurs outside jurisdictional limits, the ICP will be

established at the USCG Command and Control Center, located at Terminal Island. See Attachment G, Air/Sea

Aircraft Accidents.

The Orange County HCA has primary responsibility to monitor and protect the public health of the community.

Their roles and responsibilities may include:

as required.

Commercial airlines (domestic, foreign, passenger or cargo) are statutorily required to provide the location of a

FAC and coordinate efforts with the American Red Cross (ARC), which is generally established at hotels or similar

facilities. The FAC is designed to meet the needs of the family members by providing for their psychological and

physiological needs. The EOC Manager or Care and Shelter Branch Director will consider activating the

Disabilities Access and Functional Needs Group Supervisor to support the needs of people with disabilities and

access and functional needs affected by the emergency incident.

to the incident.

travel to the incident site with the airline.

Following an off-airport, aircraft accident involving a small, general aviation or private aircraft, the jurisdiction(s)

The ARC provides a representative to the JFSOC. Additional information regarding JFSOC operations are found

in Attachment D.

The Planning/Intelligence Section is staffed by members of OCSD or the OCFA in accordance with the County/OA

EOP. Activities for the Planning and Intelligence Section will follow the duties and guidelines outlined in the OA

EOP.

The Planning and Intelligence Section should consider the following in development of the EOC Action Plan:

resource needs which may include the areas of:

 Communications support (i.e. interpreters).

4 Plan Development and Maintenance

County Sheriff’s Department, Emergency Management Division will lead the responsible departments in

reviewing and updating their portions of the annex as required based on identified areas for improvement

5 Authorities and References

officials from all participating federal agencies should collocate at the JIC. Public information officials from

participating State and local agencies also may collocate at the JIC.

attended to using available, local resources.

replacing minor pats and an extensive inspection is not necessary.

potential effects or consequences of an incident. Mitigation measures may be implemented prior to, during, or

after an incident. Mitigation involves ongoing actions to reduce exposure to, probability of, or potential loss

from hazards. It may include zoning and building codes, floodplain buyouts, and analysis of hazard-related data

to determine where it is safe to build or locate temporary facilities. Mitigation can include efforts to educate

governments, businesses and the public on measures they can take to reduce loss and injury.

describes the known health effects of that substance.

coordinating the dissemination of public information in cooperation with other responding federal, state, tribal,

and local agencies.

engineering information with risk-assessment information to develop, analyze, and compare regulatory options

characteristics of the aircraft, and which would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected

component.

coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social

objectives.

The JFSOC is a central location where participating organizations are brought together to monitor, plan,

coordinate, and execute a response operation maximizing the utilization of all available resources. The JFSOC is

designed to address communication, information sharing and coordination challenges.

Organizations normally involved in the JFSOC are the following: NTSB, Airline, the American Red Cross, local

government and law enforcement, and supporting federal agencies. Depending on the extent of the disaster,

other organizations may also be involved in the JFSOC.

The JFSOC responsibilities include:

location of the JFSOC, taking into consideration the location and the severity of the accident. The location of the

JFSOC will be determined based on available space, in such places as hotels, local government buildings, or

mobile command posts.

The following is a general description of the duties and responsibilities of agency representatives assigned to the

JFSOC:

media coverage of the accident, providing supplies, and performing other duties relating to the

specific requirements of the accident response.

positively identified passengers; addressing questions related to current and future support provided

to families; providing updates regarding other agencies’ current and future plans and developments;

scheduling meetings and related agendas; maintaining a daily log; monitoring status of injured

victims and numbers of family members on and off site; providing information for daily briefings to

family members; updating other JFSOC participants on the carrier’s activities and developments.

JFSOC participants on issues of security of the morgue, FAC, hotels for family members, and other

designated sensitive areas. The representative is also responsible for keeping his or her organization

informed of family affairs activities and meetings, updating other JFSOC participants on the local

operation, and assisting other participants in their understanding of the local community and their

leaders.

Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) FAC team. They may also provide

Responsibilities include responding to questions that relate to current and future support provided to

families and support workers, answering questions related to persons and organizations who want to

volunteer services or support, informing the American Red Cross of scheduled meetings, maintaining

a daily log, monitoring status of support personnel in the FAC and other sites, answering or

redirecting calls from family members who may be off site, providing information for daily briefings

to family members, and updating other JFSOC participants regarding operational activities and

developments.

victims and their families, providing advice on cultural issues, answering or redirecting calls from

foreign government officials, providing information for daily briefings to family members, and

updating other JFSOC participants on the organization’s activities and developments. If foreign

consulate officials participate in the activities of the JFSOC, the DOS representative will serve as their

normally involved in the JFSOC, unless the disaster requires substantial federal government

assistance. For example, a disaster that occurs in a highly populated area causing severe structural

JFSOC. The representative will be primarily responsible for coordinating the local and State

emergency management agency efforts with the family support operation.

ante mortem information about the victims and to submit DNA samples to facilitate victim identification. The

Airline is required to provide the FAC location. The FAC is usually established at a hotel or similar facility. The

facility should be ADA compliant having multiple meeting rooms, a large ballroom, up-to-date information

technology infrastructure, and food services.

Arrangements are coordinated by the Airline and the NTSB. The NTSB Transportation Disaster Assistance (TDA)

Director manages FAC operations or assigns a designee.

FAC staffing should include the following:

A number of critical functions will take place at the FAC and must be closely coordinated; they include the

following:

Typically, the FAC will remain operational until the decedents have been identified, or until families are notified

that the identification process will continue for an extended period. If this should occur, families will be

Most first responders utilize the County of Orange 800 MHz Countywide Coordinated Communications System

(CCCS). Exceptions include the Coast Guard, Department of Fish and Game, Los Alamitos Army Airfield, and

conjunction with Control One as soon as practicable to provide for smooth coordination with and among

incident resources.