NAME OF EXERCISE: LOCATION(S): DATE(S): SPONSOR(S): MAJOR PARTICIPANTS: Department of Defense Environmental Protection Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation Public Health Service District of Columbia State of Maryland Commonwealth of Virginia CONCEPT: EXERCISE ILL WIND Washington, DC Federal Emergency Management Agency • The purpose of Ill Wind is to test and evaluate Federal, Regional, State, and Local plans, policies, procedures, systems and facilities for responding to, and recovering from, in a coordinated / integrated manner, a terrorist initiated weapon of mass destruction incident. • The exercise will also provide the forum to examine shifting agency responsibilities for transitioning response and recovery efforts from crisis management to consequence management. OVERVIEW: • Funding with 1995 Anti-Terrorism Supplemental ($200,000) • Additional FY 97 funding will be necessary to complete the activity • To implement PDD 39 Requirement and President Clinton emphasis on Terrorism • Test and evaluate plans, policies, and procedures, systems and facilities for responding to, and recovering from, a terrorist initiated weapons of mass destruction incident (anthrax and chemical agents) • Examine the shifting agency responsibilities for leading and coordinating response and recovery efforts at various points along the event continuum OBJECTIVES: Assess the Washington and on-scene command and crisis / consequence management structures and the process for responding to an incident involving malevolent use of biological agents against the U.S. populace Exercise Federal consequence management coordination with Federal, Regional, State and local levels • Exercise and evaluate public affairs plans and coordinated public affairs efforts at the national, State, and local levels Exercise CALYPSO WIND II is a Command Post Exercise designed to test DOD support to civil authorities in responding to a terrorist incident at the Summer Olympic Games Its purpose is to prepare selected First U.S. Army elements for supporting other Federal agencies and civil authorities in response to an Olympic games-related contingency and to test DOD plans, policies, and procedures The start of CALYPSO WIND II will coincide with the end of Defense Nuclear Agency - sponsored Exercise MIRRORED IMAGE in which there is a Federal response to a terrorist threat to the Olympic games in Atlanta. OBJECTIVES: · To validate the First U.S. Army contingency plan to support any response to emergencies during the Summer Olympic Games • To exercise and evaluate selected First U.S. Army military support to civil authorities and military assistance for civil disturbances plans, policies and procedures • To focus on First U.S. Army actions to support the designated Lead Federal Agencies as they transition from crisis management to consequence management |