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1. Provide an overview of your professional background and experiences on 9/11.

Mr. Ron Carlee was appointed County Manager in April 2001.

Career with the Arlington County government started in 1980.
County Manager Ron Carlee convened the first Emergency Management Team meeting
at 12:30 p.m. ^ 2^6 £&C
County Manager and Director of Emergency Services.
Addressing a leadership conference attended by approximately 100 county managers and
supervisors early on the morning of September 11.
//• Arrived at EOC at 10:00 a.m. and began assessing the status of events and personnel
>• resources.
]/• State of emergency declared and signed by County Manager Carlee at 11:39 a.m. t^+^ti
• Regularly briefed County Board Chairman Jay Fisette. ^l^t^/ *<&&*^*0( MA-&Y+&&& '

j2L. Plan, Train, Test.

f A Strong Collaborative Leadership Team.

. Open EOC, Implement Plan, Declare Emergency. (EOC Functions: consolidate information,
support operations, plan ahead, look beyond operations).

. Coordinate Regionally.

,y6. "Manage" Elected Officials & The Media.

i/i. Access All Resources.

1. Support, Protect, Honor Workers.

A/9- Communicate with & Engage the Public.

10. Learn.

/\. Build Capacity.

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12. "It took at least 48 hours to achieve the integrated level of security that the incident
warranted (involving Arlington Police, Defense Protective Service, FBI, Secret Service, and
military police)." Was this an acceptable timeframe?

13. "Finally, it is difficult to overstate the value of personal relationships formed and nurtured
among key participants long before the Pentagon attack. Chief Plaugher served in the Fairfax
 County Fire and Rescue Department for 24 years before moving to Arlington. Chief Tom
Hawkins of Alexandria spent 15 years with Arlington County. Chief Brown of Loudoun
County is a Fairfax alumnus." (p. A-31 AAR)

a. How does the importance of prior working relationships differ from having a system
in place to ensure a successful response? Ad hoc vs. institutionalized?

Strategic Recommendations:

(1) Appoint a single titular head who reports to a State governor, covering both emergency
management and homeland security. Stop bifurcating the system.

(2) Develop a common set of planning documents at the local, State and Federal level.
Create the appropriate Federal legislative authority to support these planning documents;
possibly broaden the Stafford Act.

(3) Build the required infrastructure, which has "atrophied" in the past several years, in two
particular areas: staffing to implement plans and a response capacity (facilities and
equipment).

(4) Develop a strategy for regionalization. Every State should be required to break their
State into regions. Allow each governor and their staff to create these regions.
a. Develop a regional plan (EOF) for each region. Identify regional requirements
and prioritize.
b. Establish a regional emergency operations center (EOC) within each region for
coordination and equipment storage and stockpiling.

Operational Recommendations:

(1) Emergency responder access to priority communications. This directly impacts the
management of an incident and in particular the recall notification of emergency
responders.
a. Provide Cellular Priority Access Service (CPAS) to emergency responders.
b. Provide a similar access for landline telephones as well.

(2) Enhanced radio capability.