WEBVTT 00:05.430 --> 00:07.800 just the record , you could say who you 00:07.800 --> 00:10.520 are and what your role is . Okay . My 00:10.520 --> 00:13.000 name is Major Aaron Cicchetti . I am 00:13.000 --> 00:15.056 the executive officer of the command 00:15.056 --> 00:17.111 and control element of the region to 00:17.111 --> 00:19.450 hurt out of new york state . So in 00:19.450 --> 00:21.650 terms of the exercise that you're 00:21.650 --> 00:23.817 running the certification , what's the 00:23.817 --> 00:25.983 scenario ? What are you looking to try 00:25.983 --> 00:28.150 and get out of it obviously as well as 00:28.150 --> 00:30.261 the certification , What's the lesson 00:30.261 --> 00:32.310 trying to provide ? Okay , well the 00:32.310 --> 00:34.460 scenario first of all that were 00:34.840 --> 00:37.860 executing right now is a scenario for a 00:37.870 --> 00:40.830 traumatic incident in Tennessee . And 00:40.830 --> 00:42.663 so we were working in support of 00:42.663 --> 00:44.719 civilian authorities in Tennessee in 00:44.719 --> 00:47.500 addition to our own , our own homeland 00:47.500 --> 00:50.290 response force , including our surf p 00:50.300 --> 00:54.020 element . We have the civil 00:54.020 --> 00:57.880 support team which is the small 00:57.880 --> 00:59.769 team that does the assessment and 00:59.769 --> 01:01.990 identification and advice to the 01:01.990 --> 01:04.212 incident commander . We have a team out 01:04.212 --> 01:06.268 of Tennessee and one out of Kentucky 01:06.268 --> 01:09.300 and so they're on the ground . Um As 01:09.300 --> 01:11.570 far as the lessons were trying to learn 01:11.580 --> 01:14.460 and take out of this evaluation process , 01:14.940 --> 01:17.890 we're working primarily as the command 01:17.890 --> 01:20.950 and control element here to make sure 01:20.950 --> 01:23.630 that we are able to track all of the 01:23.630 --> 01:26.340 necessary information to ensure that we 01:26.340 --> 01:28.630 are able to recommend to the incident 01:28.630 --> 01:31.070 and area commander , what we bring , 01:31.080 --> 01:33.136 what our capabilities are , what our 01:33.136 --> 01:35.136 current operational status is , how 01:35.136 --> 01:37.024 long we'll be able to continue to 01:37.024 --> 01:39.136 operate uh and whether or not we have 01:39.136 --> 01:41.080 any critical critical shortages or 01:41.080 --> 01:43.420 equipment issues that we need help to 01:43.430 --> 01:45.652 overcome and to be able to maintain the 01:45.652 --> 01:47.763 operation and so forth of his overall 01:47.763 --> 01:50.630 operation as far as uh working within 01:50.640 --> 01:52.710 the unit itself . We're working to 01:52.710 --> 01:54.821 build those ties with our subordinate 01:54.821 --> 01:58.190 elements , the surf P uh and the CST S 01:58.200 --> 02:00.630 as well as our security element or the 02:00.630 --> 02:03.000 case . Uh the casualty assistance and 02:03.000 --> 02:05.400 support element . And uh so we've been 02:05.400 --> 02:07.567 working with their leadership to build 02:07.567 --> 02:09.789 those communication channels , work out 02:09.789 --> 02:12.011 our operating procedures , make sure we 02:12.011 --> 02:14.233 know where the information is coming in 02:14.233 --> 02:16.400 from , what we do with it when it gets 02:16.400 --> 02:18.567 to us and who we send it to once we've 02:18.567 --> 02:20.789 processed it . So you're doing a really 02:20.789 --> 02:22.844 in Tennessee or fiction in Tennessee 02:22.844 --> 02:25.011 this fiction . So why have you decided 02:25.011 --> 02:27.067 to Tennessee is purely to be able to 02:27.067 --> 02:29.233 provide you with the sort of enough of 02:29.233 --> 02:31.178 an expeditionary challenge . So it 02:31.178 --> 02:33.233 isn't just the next state , it isn't 02:33.233 --> 02:35.178 new york state . Actually we don't 02:35.178 --> 02:37.289 choose the location that is chosen by 02:37.289 --> 02:39.580 the exercise control cell . Uh And they 02:39.580 --> 02:42.670 actually , so the external evaluation 02:42.670 --> 02:45.210 itself takes on our standard Army 02:45.210 --> 02:47.500 training concept of crawl walk run . 02:47.590 --> 02:49.950 And during the crawl phase they use the 02:49.950 --> 02:52.560 same Tennessee scenario because they 02:52.560 --> 02:55.960 have uh you know , they have a the 02:55.960 --> 02:58.071 scenario built in its standardized so 02:58.071 --> 03:00.293 now during the crawl phase they can get 03:00.293 --> 03:02.460 everybody responding to the same exact 03:02.460 --> 03:05.140 events uh the same exact conditions uh 03:05.150 --> 03:07.320 for their initial stages . And so it 03:07.320 --> 03:09.487 sets the stage with all of the Earth's 03:09.487 --> 03:11.542 uh so that they're starting from the 03:11.542 --> 03:13.542 same place , responding to the same 03:13.542 --> 03:15.709 scenario and it gives them a better uh 03:15.740 --> 03:18.570 situation two judge or to assess uh 03:18.580 --> 03:21.200 that her from , to help them prepare 03:21.200 --> 03:23.340 them for the run phase uh during the 03:23.340 --> 03:25.507 run phase . And it's actually the next 03:25.507 --> 03:27.618 step is the walk . So during the walk 03:27.618 --> 03:29.618 in the run we will have a different 03:29.618 --> 03:31.729 scenario and uh that scenario will be 03:31.729 --> 03:33.830 different from the homeland response 03:33.830 --> 03:35.997 force from pennsylvania , the one that 03:35.997 --> 03:38.219 they exercise during the last stages as 03:38.219 --> 03:40.330 well as it will be different from all 03:40.330 --> 03:42.552 the other herbs so that they do is they 03:42.552 --> 03:44.663 start with the Tennessee scenario for 03:44.663 --> 03:46.719 everybody . So we all start from the 03:46.719 --> 03:48.663 same place . And then when you get 03:48.663 --> 03:50.719 beyond that into the walk in the run 03:50.719 --> 03:52.830 phase , they actually have a scenario 03:52.830 --> 03:55.040 specific to your region . So just to 03:55.050 --> 03:57.940 focus on the walk face . So one of the 03:57.940 --> 04:00.360 strengths and CsD is obviously it's 04:00.370 --> 04:02.537 linked to the local responding units . 04:02.537 --> 04:04.780 So by doing it in Tennessee , unless 04:04.780 --> 04:06.836 you're sort of , your fema region is 04:06.836 --> 04:09.500 Tennessee , then presumably judging how 04:09.500 --> 04:11.480 well the CS gs deploys , we're no 04:11.480 --> 04:13.147 longer has those links in the 04:13.147 --> 04:16.850 understanding of the local response , I 04:16.860 --> 04:19.280 would say that's true , which is , I 04:19.290 --> 04:21.640 guess part of why . So in this 04:21.640 --> 04:23.862 Tennessee scenario we have the Cst from 04:23.862 --> 04:25.751 Tennessee and Kentucky , which is 04:25.751 --> 04:28.620 nearby and um part of that region uh 04:28.630 --> 04:31.260 and would likely be able to fairly 04:31.260 --> 04:33.690 quickly respond and build some of those 04:33.690 --> 04:36.430 relationships when we move into the 04:36.430 --> 04:39.260 walk in the run phase , we expect that 04:39.740 --> 04:42.150 while we may not have all of the real , 04:42.160 --> 04:44.271 real world players on the ground , uh 04:44.271 --> 04:46.327 we will have representation from our 04:46.327 --> 04:49.470 local team uh which will we're assuming 04:49.470 --> 04:51.692 we will be responding to an incident in 04:51.692 --> 04:53.859 our region . So we'll still be able to 04:53.859 --> 04:55.914 take advantage of their capabilities 04:55.914 --> 04:55.830 and the expertise they bring to the 04:55.830 --> 04:57.740 table with those professional 04:57.740 --> 04:59.684 relationships that they've already 04:59.684 --> 05:02.050 spent time building up in terms of the 05:02.060 --> 05:04.227 three different phases . I mean do you 05:04.227 --> 05:07.410 have any visibility of what the run 05:07.410 --> 05:09.632 into the face that scenario is going to 05:09.632 --> 05:13.540 be ? No . You know , it's our region is 05:13.540 --> 05:15.151 our region . So we have some 05:15.151 --> 05:17.262 understanding of what the most likely 05:17.262 --> 05:19.318 risk is . Uh and that's what we plan 05:19.318 --> 05:21.430 for but it's entirely possible they 05:21.430 --> 05:23.597 could pick a scenario that we've never 05:23.597 --> 05:26.000 considered and that's part of part of 05:26.010 --> 05:28.232 the evaluation and part of the surprise 05:28.232 --> 05:30.343 of the run face . You know , in terms 05:30.343 --> 05:33.480 of the uh what you're trying to be able 05:33.490 --> 05:35.546 to do . I mean is this as well to be 05:35.546 --> 05:37.657 able to just purely certify the earth 05:37.657 --> 05:39.768 or to be able to look at how well the 05:39.768 --> 05:41.768 certain hurt is going to be able to 05:41.768 --> 05:43.980 collaborate with local responders . So 05:43.990 --> 05:45.990 do you do you even have any sort of 05:45.990 --> 05:48.212 role playing for local responders or is 05:48.212 --> 05:51.920 it just your military at 05:51.930 --> 05:54.970 the area command level , we do have 05:54.980 --> 05:57.400 they do have some representation from 05:57.400 --> 05:59.400 the first responders . So there are 05:59.400 --> 06:01.567 some folks who participate in the area 06:01.567 --> 06:04.650 command cell uh who actually have 06:04.650 --> 06:06.706 experience as incident commanders as 06:06.706 --> 06:08.761 area commanders . They are firemen , 06:08.761 --> 06:11.520 their emergency responders , uh police 06:11.530 --> 06:15.070 policeman . Uh We typically we would do 06:15.070 --> 06:17.237 our interactions with them through our 06:17.237 --> 06:19.403 L . A nose . And so we have an L . N . 06:19.403 --> 06:21.514 O . Team that's working with the Area 06:21.514 --> 06:23.570 command folks . And uh and so we are 06:23.570 --> 06:25.626 building some of those ties as we go 06:25.640 --> 06:28.070 above and beyond that . We are actually 06:28.070 --> 06:30.180 already working to start scheduling 06:30.180 --> 06:33.900 exercises in addition to this uh where 06:33.900 --> 06:35.733 we'll bring them in and actually 06:35.733 --> 06:37.956 incorporate them into those exercises . 06:37.956 --> 06:40.710 But most of the focus here during this 06:40.720 --> 06:43.340 external evaluation is really uh the 06:43.340 --> 06:45.229 interactions between the elements 06:45.229 --> 06:47.229 themselves . So the Rfc two and the 06:47.229 --> 06:50.050 surf T and the case the security 06:50.050 --> 06:53.580 element guys . Um it's really testing 06:53.590 --> 06:56.560 our ability to work internally and then 06:56.940 --> 06:58.829 send that information to the area 06:58.829 --> 07:02.160 command . We don't it's really not 07:02.840 --> 07:06.630 designed to strongly test our actual 07:06.630 --> 07:10.220 interaction with with a range 07:10.230 --> 07:13.380 of first responders . So some of that 07:13.380 --> 07:16.230 is nationalized and is not played to 07:16.230 --> 07:18.400 the full extent that would otherwise 07:18.410 --> 07:20.430 people in terms of the Tennessee 07:20.430 --> 07:22.652 scenario . And this was understand that 07:22.652 --> 07:24.652 that's a tank of this question to a 07:24.652 --> 07:26.597 sports stadium . There's a what in 07:26.597 --> 07:28.652 terms of the Tennessee scenario . So 07:28.652 --> 07:30.652 that's a tank of this question to a 07:30.652 --> 07:32.708 sports stadium . Yeah , there was an 07:32.708 --> 07:35.250 explosion in the LP field . Uh We 07:35.250 --> 07:37.472 actually we have an additional incident 07:37.472 --> 07:39.583 site with a clandestine lab which was 07:39.583 --> 07:41.750 discovered inside the residence in one 07:41.750 --> 07:43.861 of the neighborhoods . And so we have 07:43.861 --> 07:45.917 the tunes insights going at the same 07:45.917 --> 07:48.630 time . And so uh as part of our role as 07:48.630 --> 07:50.686 the command and Control element , we 07:50.686 --> 07:53.510 are managing the operations of on the 07:53.510 --> 07:55.566 military side at both of those sites 07:55.700 --> 07:57.922 and sending the information that we get 07:57.922 --> 08:01.020 back to the area commander as well as 08:01.300 --> 08:03.910 providing advice and assistance in 08:03.920 --> 08:06.250 managing the overall response to that . 08:06.260 --> 08:08.740 So when does it plan Land became a 08:08.750 --> 08:10.861 responsibility ? I would have thought 08:10.861 --> 08:13.220 that would be a scale . Well I wouldn't 08:13.220 --> 08:15.331 say you wouldn't bother yourself with 08:15.331 --> 08:17.442 it but that would just be handed over 08:17.442 --> 08:19.664 to another correspondent . Well in this 08:19.664 --> 08:21.720 case uh they asked to have the civil 08:21.720 --> 08:23.831 support team go and do the assessment 08:23.831 --> 08:26.780 of the site and our responsibility as 08:26.780 --> 08:29.250 the her FC . Two is to provide that 08:29.250 --> 08:31.810 operational oversight for the Cst as 08:31.810 --> 08:34.910 well as the surf . We don't actually we 08:34.910 --> 08:37.132 don't really control their operations . 08:37.132 --> 08:39.299 Uh that's still really directed by the 08:39.299 --> 08:41.660 incident commander on the site . Um But 08:41.670 --> 08:43.790 what we do is we keep track of what 08:43.790 --> 08:46.070 they're doing uh for both their supply 08:46.070 --> 08:48.280 status but we also keep track of their 08:48.280 --> 08:51.000 monitoring levels as well . Uh to make 08:51.000 --> 08:53.167 sure that you know , we have awareness 08:53.167 --> 08:55.010 of the situation and can provide 08:55.010 --> 08:57.370 information to the area commander uh as 08:57.370 --> 09:01.120 well as make sure that uh we realize 09:01.120 --> 09:04.760 if for example , The monitoring numbers 09:04.770 --> 09:08.010 indicate a change in the conditions 09:08.320 --> 09:10.710 that we can support them by proactively 09:10.710 --> 09:12.543 providing additional supplies or 09:12.543 --> 09:15.220 additional equipment if necessary . So 09:15.250 --> 09:18.030 within that seat to the running on a J1 09:18.040 --> 09:20.420 John Gem as well , or is it just purely 09:20.420 --> 09:22.642 the command and control of units rather 09:22.642 --> 09:26.550 than that has a uh no , we 09:26.550 --> 09:29.460 are really primarily just tracking 09:29.470 --> 09:31.637 their supplying , equipment , status , 09:31.637 --> 09:34.660 personnel status . Uh We are also for 09:34.660 --> 09:37.000 the surf p uh we're monitoring their 09:37.000 --> 09:39.460 throughput and really what we're 09:39.460 --> 09:41.650 focusing on at this point , uh with 09:41.650 --> 09:43.880 their throughput is trying to assess 09:43.880 --> 09:46.020 the change on an hourly basis , so 09:46.020 --> 09:47.964 they're reporting their throughput 09:47.964 --> 09:50.187 hourly . Uh we try and do an assessment 09:50.187 --> 09:52.242 of the delta of that , so that , You 09:52.242 --> 09:54.298 know , if we see that they went from 09:54.298 --> 09:56.520 101 hour to 50 the next hour , we might 09:56.520 --> 09:58.187 try and figure out why that's 09:58.187 --> 10:00.020 significant change and see is it 10:00.020 --> 10:02.187 because there's nobody left ? Or is it 10:02.187 --> 10:04.242 because something happened to one of 10:04.242 --> 10:06.242 deacon lines and we need to look at 10:06.242 --> 10:08.187 providing support . Somehow . Same 10:08.187 --> 10:10.298 thing with the SDS , we monitor their 10:10.298 --> 10:12.910 numbers and we do that so that if there 10:12.910 --> 10:14.860 is a significant change , we can 10:14.860 --> 10:17.027 interact with them and try and provide 10:17.027 --> 10:18.916 some proactive support instead of 10:18.916 --> 10:21.082 waiting for them to call us and say we 10:21.082 --> 10:24.250 need help so that's kind of above and 10:24.250 --> 10:26.880 beyond that . We're not actually we're 10:26.880 --> 10:29.240 not providing any any direct 10:29.250 --> 10:31.620 operational input . Uh we're really 10:31.620 --> 10:33.953 just monitoring the flow of information . 10:35.640 --> 10:38.780 We have different audiences in mind . 10:38.790 --> 10:40.901 More of a general building audience . 10:40.901 --> 10:43.179 Okay , what's that ? What's it on here ? 10:43.179 --> 10:45.460 That is the space operations badge , 10:45.660 --> 10:47.510 army officer functional area 10:47.510 --> 10:50.980 designation and it's a for the space 10:50.980 --> 10:53.460 operations . Do you have any kids ? I 10:53.460 --> 10:55.682 do . I have an eight year old son . How 10:55.682 --> 10:57.793 do you explain to your eight year old 10:57.793 --> 11:01.750 son what you're doing here ? Um I don't 11:02.240 --> 11:04.540 I don't go into a lot of detail because 11:04.540 --> 11:06.540 he doesn't understand yet . But you 11:06.540 --> 11:08.960 know , I tell him that I'm practicing 11:08.970 --> 11:11.660 um to respond to a traumatic event to 11:11.660 --> 11:14.240 help save , save people's lives and 11:14.250 --> 11:16.880 help the civilians that are responding 11:16.880 --> 11:19.560 to that incident . And like the 11:19.570 --> 11:21.680 standard that you're that you're 11:21.680 --> 11:23.740 qualifying for your knowledge is it 11:23.750 --> 11:25.917 hasn't been tested in real life . This 11:25.917 --> 11:29.730 process , the entire process has 11:29.730 --> 11:33.270 not components of it have responded to 11:33.270 --> 11:36.960 incidents that we have . The CST has 11:36.960 --> 11:39.016 responded to incidents before in the 11:39.016 --> 11:41.610 surf p as well . Uh We have yet to put 11:41.610 --> 11:43.666 everything together with our command 11:43.666 --> 11:45.777 and control element and actually move 11:45.777 --> 11:47.660 out and respond and control that 11:47.660 --> 11:49.827 operation . So this is this part of it 11:49.827 --> 11:52.250 is all brand new which adds to the 11:52.260 --> 11:54.371 excitement and the enjoyment of being 11:54.371 --> 11:56.427 part of it is because we're building 11:56.427 --> 11:59.450 this program now and we hope that we 11:59.450 --> 12:02.770 don't ever have to test it in real life 12:02.780 --> 12:06.450 but so far that we have not had to . 12:07.010 --> 12:09.121 And the command control like you said 12:09.121 --> 12:11.288 that there's all this information like 12:11.288 --> 12:13.454 flying around what kind of information 12:13.454 --> 12:15.566 like something comes out and you have 12:15.566 --> 12:17.677 to like uh consolidated for whom . Uh 12:17.677 --> 12:20.020 So the subordinate elements that CST 12:20.020 --> 12:22.650 and that surf p uh they have their own 12:22.650 --> 12:24.428 personnel , they have their own 12:24.428 --> 12:26.650 equipment . And so we monitor the 12:26.650 --> 12:28.910 status of those uh if they suffer 12:28.910 --> 12:31.340 injuries we keep track of them , we 12:31.340 --> 12:34.420 support them in any way that we can uh 12:34.430 --> 12:36.486 with respect to the personnel . It's 12:36.486 --> 12:38.750 really aimed at uh if necessary if they 12:38.750 --> 12:40.694 start to lose too many people , we 12:40.694 --> 12:42.806 coordinate for replacements . Uh Same 12:42.806 --> 12:44.694 thing with equipment if they lose 12:44.694 --> 12:46.361 enough if they lose equipment 12:46.361 --> 12:48.583 especially if it's critical equipment . 12:48.583 --> 12:50.472 We assist in coordinating for the 12:50.472 --> 12:52.361 resupply of that . Uh And then in 12:52.361 --> 12:54.583 addition to that , you know we track if 12:54.583 --> 12:56.583 there we track their usage rate for 12:56.583 --> 12:58.200 bottled water and and the 12:58.270 --> 13:01.780 decontamination suits , uh the suits , 13:01.780 --> 13:04.002 protective suits that they wear . Uh So 13:04.002 --> 13:06.224 we we monitor all that information that 13:06.224 --> 13:08.280 they're reporting to us on an hourly 13:08.280 --> 13:10.502 basis and we use that to help control . 13:10.502 --> 13:12.724 Well we use that to help maintain their 13:12.724 --> 13:14.947 operations . So we try and provide them 13:14.947 --> 13:17.058 the supplies they need on a proactive 13:17.058 --> 13:19.002 basis if possible . Uh So they can 13:19.002 --> 13:21.169 continue to operate and not suffer any 13:21.169 --> 13:23.169 impact on their throughput , making 13:23.169 --> 13:25.280 sure like these hundreds of people of 13:25.280 --> 13:27.391 all services and do their job . Yes . 13:27.391 --> 13:29.680 And really it's focused on and provide , 13:29.680 --> 13:31.624 we provide that information that's 13:31.624 --> 13:33.680 coming to us to the civilian first 13:33.680 --> 13:35.624 responders who are controlling the 13:35.624 --> 13:37.680 overall response , uh , to make sure 13:37.680 --> 13:39.402 that , you know , he's got the 13:39.402 --> 13:41.402 information , he needs to make sure 13:41.402 --> 13:43.458 he's coordinating the efforts of his 13:43.458 --> 13:45.680 civilians that are his first responders 13:45.680 --> 13:47.736 that are involved in the response as 13:47.736 --> 13:49.847 well as the military folks so that we 13:49.847 --> 13:51.736 can , we can really deal with the 13:51.736 --> 13:53.791 situation as efficiently as possible 13:53.791 --> 13:55.902 because obviously the goal is to save 13:55.902 --> 13:55.590 people's lives and mitigate their 13:55.590 --> 13:58.750 suffering , I guess . Do you have 13:58.750 --> 14:01.350 anything you'd like that just said , 14:01.360 --> 14:04.010 You know , I'm , I'm very proud and 14:04.020 --> 14:06.490 pleased to be part of this . A really 14:06.500 --> 14:09.230 great team . Very fortunate to have the 14:09.240 --> 14:11.650 people with us that we're working with . 14:11.660 --> 14:15.190 And I know we're all very , very proud 14:15.200 --> 14:17.510 to be part of this mission . Uh , we , 14:17.520 --> 14:19.631 we realized the seriousness of it and 14:19.631 --> 14:21.742 we take our training very seriously . 14:21.742 --> 14:24.210 Thanks erin is still 14:25.920 --> 14:29.440 a R . O N certain . You just real quick 14:29.440 --> 14:32.340 just tell me your job title here . Hey , 14:32.350 --> 14:35.630 just what the extra title ? Executive 14:35.630 --> 14:37.741 Officer . Okay . And what is your job 14:37.741 --> 14:41.360 in the actual my , 14:41.640 --> 14:45.070 so I'm actually the 14:45.080 --> 14:48.390 executive officer on a daily basis but 14:48.400 --> 14:50.511 I also , my part time job is actually 14:50.511 --> 14:51.900 space operations officer 14:54.770 --> 14:57.180 for a major Aaron Cicchetti , 14:59.300 --> 15:02.780 What's that ? Uh , hometown ? I'm 15:02.780 --> 15:04.891 originally from massachusetts , but I 15:04.891 --> 15:07.800 live in troy new york just say 15:08.070 --> 15:10.181 something like that . They are . Oh , 15:10.181 --> 15:12.970 you got it . Maybe I could do like to 15:12.970 --> 15:15.303 take some pictures of living conditions . 15:15.303 --> 15:17.470 Maybe , I don't know , but then people 15:17.470 --> 15:19.470 could get in trouble . The security 15:19.470 --> 15:21.692 element headquarters is the green tents 15:21.692 --> 15:23.803 out here . Okay . I don't know if you 15:23.803 --> 15:25.914 want to be related . They provide how 15:25.914 --> 15:27.692 we doing ? Are we done with the 15:27.692 --> 15:31.380 interview with ?