**[Initial Facilitator Information---NOT TO BE SHARED WITH
STUDENTS]{.underline}**

**Title: Logistics / IMT / Hurricane in Sweet Home, AL**

**Author(s):** Mike Sandoval Battalion Chief, Eldorado National Forest

**Target Audience:**

Logistics: Logistics Section Chief

Operations: Division Group Supervisor

**Training Objective:**

Given the following scenario, the player should decide on how to
prioritize ordering and issue of logistics.

**Resources Referenced:**

-   **1 Logistics Section Chief (Role Player)**

-   **1 Division/Group Supervisor**

-   Incident Commander

-   1 20 Person Crew Superintendent with crew (self-sufficient with
    vehicles)

-   Ordering Manager

-   1 Mayor

-   1 Local Fire Chief

# SCENARIO INFORMATION TO BE SHARED WITH STUDENTS

**Facilitator Briefing to Students:**

You are the Logistics Section Chief on an Incident Management Team. You
are currently assigned to a Hurricane Relief assignment in the town of
Sweet Home, AL. This area has been hit 2 days ago by a class 4
hurricane. The entire town has no power and has been mostly under water
since the hurricane arrived. Your IMT has just arrived and begun to
receive assignments. Your initial assignment as a Logistics Section
Chief and Division Supervisor is to assess the need for logistical
support for the town of Sweet Home, prioritize the necessary items, and
issue the support to the designated parties.

There are 3 primary areas that are in need of logistical support. A
temporary shelter was set up 2 days ago at Pinewood Elementary School
for outlying areas north of Sweet Home. This shelter has 75 families
that have been out of food and water since abandoning their homes. The
hospital located in Sweet Home has been self-sufficient; however, their
personnel have been working non-stop since the hurricane and are in need
of food and water. A temporary morgue has been set up within the
hospital. A retirement community east of Sweet Home had a temporary
shelter in place at their local community center. There are 135 homes in
this community. No communication has been established with this shelter
and local police and fire have been trying to get to these people since
yesterday.

Your Incident Management Team has been briefed by the local Sweet Home
Police and Fire and has now taken over all operations on this incident.
The Sweet Home Fire Chief will remain with the team as a liaison. The
mayor is putting pressure on the team to get these people immediate
help, and wants continual updates from the Incident Commander.

In 5 minutes, assess your situation, prepare a plan, prioritize, and
communicate to contacts you think are necessary.

## ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR FACILITATOR ONLY

**Facilitator "Murphy's Law" Suggestions:**

The "Murphy's Law suggestions listed below can be added as "What ifs" at
any time during the scenario to raise the stress level of the leader.
You can also use one of your own at any time.

-   The elementary school is reporting numerous casualties

-   The hospital is reporting an immediate need for diesel fuel for
    their generators

-   The community center is not accessible by vehicle, air or boat only

-   Looting at local stores is depleting logistical resources

-   Your Incident Management Team's vehicles all run on diesel fuel

-   The Mayor is putting pressure on the IMT

-   Air resources are available, but only have enough fuel for the day

-   Contact is made with the community center

-   The Red Cross Trailer gets stuck while enroute

**Facilitator's notes:**

This TDGS should focus on the Logistic Section Chief and Division
Supervisor's decision making and communication. This TDG is designed for
a seminar or simulation. In the simulation, the player or players will
be presented with limited information for a large incident. This TDG
will focus on the need to gather situational awareness, prioritize, and
order and issue logistics. There will be further pressure on the player
as conditions change. The player will be forced into decision making
during an ethical dilemma. Leader's intent must be established and
communicated to resources available. The facilitator can adjust the
"Murphy's Law" suggestions to create barriers as needed. All resources
are optional. It is up to the facilitator's discretion, experience, and
ability to facilitate this TDGS as to how many resources and role
players will be used. Role players should be coached beforehand by the
facilitator to keep the player on task to meet the training objectives.

The player's responsibility should be establishing command, gaining
situational awareness, providing leader's intent, and
ordering/prioritizing logistical support as the incident builds.

**After Action Review:**

The AAR should focus on "why" the player made the choices they made in
ordering resources. Once the "why" has been confirmed the discussion can
be moved to the "how".

Conduct an AAR with focus on the training objective. Use the AAR format
found in the Incident Response Pocket Guide to facilitate the AAR. There
are four basic questions in the AAR:

1.  What was planned?

2.  What actually happened?

3.  Why did it happen?

4.  What can we do the next time?

Suggested AAR questions relating to the learning objectives:

-   Why did you prioritize one location and not the other?

-   How did barriers get in the way of your ordering?

-   How did the complex situation effect your ordering?

-   How did you prioritize issues in your incident?

-   How did you gain situational awareness during the incident?

TDGS shouldn't have a single solution, keep the focus of the AAR on what
was done and

why.

**Additional Information:**

Items available for logistical support:

-   1 fuel truck, diesel, 250 gallons

-   25 pallets drinking water, 50 cases each

-   25 pallets food, various items

-   1 Red Cross Trailer, fully stocked

-   4 boats, 2500 lbs. weight limit

Attachment: Suggested Hurricane Map for Sweet Home, AL

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