Hurricane Hector
A Human Services Organization Tabletop Exercise
June 22 2006
Exercise - Mission
With the mission of bringing North Florida's human service organizations together to work through how staff and volunteers should collectively help the workplace plan and prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate the effects of a HURRICANE, the following organizations undertook the coordination of this very unique disaster exercise.
- Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross
- Capital Area Citizen Corps
- City of Tallahassee
- Leon County
- North Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force
This four hour tabletop exercise provided human service agency managers along with their paid and volunteer staff an opportunity to learn the importance of working together when disaster strikes. Participants worked within their workplace group as they undertook coordination of activities such as disaster planning and preparedness, threat assessment, needs assessment and continuity of operations.
Exercise - Recommended Participants
- United Partners For Human Service
- Social Service Agencies
- Churches
- Youth Services
Exercise - Method
Human service organizations from throughout North Florida were invited to participate in this exercise which was held on June 22 from 9:00AM through 1:00PM at the Leon County Health Department's Orange Avenue location in Tallahassee.Organizations participating in the exercise were asked to recruit a minimum of two employees and / or volunteers who would represent the entire agency.
During the exercise participants wiere encouraged to call various fellow employees, volunteers and vendors to discuss action items that should be taken as the workplace plans and prepares for, responds to and recovers from Hurricane Hector, so all participants were required to bring a cell phone and important phone numbers.
| Document | Format | |
| Fact Sheet | ||
| Overview | Power Point Presentation | |
| Promotional Flyer | ||
Exercise - Situation Manual
| Document | Format |
| Church - Small | |
| Church - Mid-Size | |
| Church - Large | |
| Organization - Small | |
| Organization - Mid-Size | |
| Organization - Large |
Exercise - Advisories
| National Hurricane Center | Date | Time |
| Advisory Number One | June 19 2006 | 11:00AM |
| Advisory Number Two | June 19 2006 | 5:00PM |
| Advisory Number Three | June 19 2006 | 11:00PM |
| Advisory Number Four | June 20 2006 | 5:00AM |
| Advisory Number Five | June 20 2006 | 11:00AM |
| Advisory Number Six | June 20 2006 | 5:00PM |
| Advisory Number Seven | June 20 2006 | 11:00PM |
| Advisory Number Eight | June 21 2006 | 5:00AM |
| Advisory Number Nine | June 21 2006 | 11:00AM |
| Advisory Number Ten | June 21 2006 | 5:00PM |
| Advisory Number Eleven | June 21 2006 | 11:00PM |
| Advisory Number Twelve | June 22 2006 | 5:00AM |
| Advisory Number Thirteen | June 22 2006 | 11:00AM |
| Advisory Number Fourteen | June 22 2006 | 5:00PM |
| Advisory Number Fifteen | June 22 2006 | 11:00PM |
Exercise - Maps
| Organization | Format |
| Ability 1st | |
| Big Bend Homeless Coalition | |
| Big Bend Hospice | |
| Big Brothers / Big Sisters of the Big Bend | |
| Brehon Institute for Family Service | |
| Capital Area Community Action Agency | |
| Christ Presbyterian Church | |
| Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend | |
| Emergency Care Help Organization (ECHO) | |
| First Presbyterian Church | |
| Kids Incorporated of the Big Bend | |
| Suwannee River Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America | |
| Tallahassee YMCA | |
| United Way of the Big Bend |
Exercise - Benefits
In addition to the lessons employees and / or volunteers learned by taking part in this unique exercise, each participating organization will receive a free BUSINESS DISASTER RESPONSE KIT. Lunch was also provided as part of this important learning opportunity and useful door prizes such as NOAA Weather Radios were given away.Exercise - Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment
Organizations who participatee in Hurricane Hector were required to complete a Business Hazard Identification / Vulnerability Assessment (HIVA) prior to the exercise.Exercise - Preparing And Preparedness Resources
Vital on-line information on how to prepare individuals, families, neighborhoods and businesses for a hurricane can be found at:- Disaster Education, Preparedness, Planning and Mitigation Library
- Hurricane Survival Guide For The Capital Area
Exercise - Participating Businesses
The following list of orginizations registered to participate in the Hurricane Hector - A Human Services Organization Tabletop Exercise:
| Organization Name | Type Of Organization | Size |
| 2-1-1 Big Bend | Information / Referral | Mid-Size |
| Ability 1st | Social Services | Mid-Size |
| Big Bend Homeless Coalition | Transitional Housing | Mid-Size |
| Big Bend Hospice | Hospice | Large |
| Big Brothers / Big Sisters of the Big Bend | Youth Services | Small |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Big Bend | Youth Services | Large |
| Brehon Institute for Family Services | Social Services | Mid-Size |
| Capital Area Community Action Agency | Social Services | Large |
| Catholic Charities | Social Services | Small |
| Christ Presbyterian Church | Church | Small |
| Emergency Care Help Organization (ECHO) | Social Services | Small |
| Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend | Youth Services | Mid-Size |
| First Presbyterian Church | Church | Small |
| Kids Incorporated of the Big Bend | Youth Services | Large |
| Suwannee River Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America | Youth Services | Mid-Size |
| Tallahassee YMCA | Youth Services | Large |
| United Way of Florida | Human Services | Small |
| United Way of the Big Bend | Human Services | Large |
| Workforce Plus | Employement | Small |
Exercise - Photo Expose
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