CBRNE Resilience Strategy and Action Plan for Canada

CBRNE Resilience Strategy and Action Plan for Canada

Pierre Trudel

October 20, 2011

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Contents Contents

● International Safety and Security Landscape

● Overview of CBRNE policy and programs in Canada

● Scientific Support to CBRNE Resilience

● CBRNE Resilience Strategy and Action Plan for Canada

● Federal CBRNE Plan

● Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan (FNEP)

● All-Hazards Risk Assessment

Canada’s multi-jurisdictional/multi-disciplinary approach

● International CBRNE Cooperation

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International Safety and Security LandscapeInternational Safety and Security Landscape

● Complex, interconnected global challenges

Global Nuclear Safety

CBRNE Resilience

Critical Infrastructure Protection

… Domestic:

● Resilience of the economy

● Secure flow of people and goods

● Arctic and the North: sovereignty and border security

Pandemics Aviation Security Radicalization and counter

violent extremism (CVE)

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CBRNE Domestic LandscapeCBRNE Domestic Landscape

2005 - Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Strategy of the Government of Canada

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The Building Blocks The Building Blocks

2010 Vancouver Winter Games

2010 G8 & G20 Summits

Auditor General of Canada Report (Fall 2009)

CBRNE Resilience Strategy and Action Plan for Canada

Canada-United States CBRNE Working Group

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Capabilities – What are we talking about?Capabilities – What are we talking about?

SECURITY SAFETY

Regulatory, experts, assessment, forensics

Health Canada – Lab; Radiological/Nuclear experts

Natural Resources Canada – Sensors

Environment Canada – Sensors

Public Health Agency of Canada – labs

National CBRNE Response Team

Consequence Management

National Emergency Stockpile System

Deployable field hospital

Medical stockpile

Emergency Response Team

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Overview of CBRNE Policy and Programs in Canada 2011Overview of CBRNE Policy and Programs in Canada 2011

Guiding Principles● Support emergency management activities

● Contribute to individual and community safety and security through science and technology for CBRNE, interoperability policies, programs and partnerships:

● prevent/mitigate

● prepare for

● respond to

● recover from

natural disasters, man-made crises, criminal acts, and

terrorist attacks

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Centre for Security Science (CSS)Centre for Security Science (CSS)

● Part of Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)

provides Public Safety Canada with science and technology advice

● Evolved from the post 9/11 global security landscape. 3 main areas:

CBRNE Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI)

Public Security Technical Program (PSTP)

Canadian Police Research Centre (CPRC)

● CRTI funds science and technology projects for public safety and security for multiple federal departments and agencies:

enhanced S&T coordination and collaboration across government, industry and academic sectors

sizeable improvement in Canada’s CBRNE response capabilities

accelerating the delivery of technology into the hands of first responders

building federal laboratory capability within the CBRNE realm

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CBRNE Resilience Strategy for CanadaCBRNE Resilience Strategy for Canada

● Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Emergency Management approved (January 2011):

The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives Resilience Strategy for Canada

The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives Resilience Action Plan for Canada

● Purpose: To guide the creation and maintenance of sustainable Canadian CBRNE policies, programs, standards, training, plans and concepts at the international, federal, provincial and territorial levels

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CharacteristicsCharacteristics

STRATEGY

● All CBRNE materials

● Full spectrum of emergency management (prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery)

● Unfunded

● Voluntary

● Exists in an all hazards environment

ACTION PLAN

● An integral part of the Strategy

● Sets out actions and timelines over a five-year period

● Reviewed annually

● Acts as a report card for all contributors to measure progress

● 13 tasks to be completed in the first year with shared coordination by Federal/Provincial/Territorial governments

● Prioritization of Second Year projects underway

www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/em/cbrnersapc-eng.aspx

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Key Accomplishments for 2011Key Accomplishments for 2011

● CBRNE Resilience Action Plan outlines 13 key deliverables in Phase 1 to be completed in 2011

● Phase 1 key deliverables led by Federal partners from the CBRNE Resilience Action Plan include:

Identification of Provincial/Territorial CBRNE leads/emergency management planners

Revised scope of CBRNE working groups

Federal CBRNE Plan

Engagement in international fora to inform domestic CBRNE policy/programs

List of current CBRNE assets and equipment

Guidance on capability-based planning

CBRNE lexicon

CBRNE exercises

Set-up of CBRNE virtual centre of expertise for information sharing (SharePoint site)

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Key Accomplishments for 2011 (cont’d)Key Accomplishments for 2011 (cont’d)

● Phase 1 key deliverables led by Provincial/Territorial (P/T) partners from the CBRNE Resilience Action Plan include:

CBRNE emergency managers toolbox (NS)

Identify criteria for engaging additional resources at the domestic level (BC)

Define leadership, ownership, and participation in the risk management process in each jurisdiction (NB)

Enhance processes to ensure the timely and effective exchange of information, including indicators and early warnings, amongst contributors (ON)

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Focus for 2012 Focus for 2012

● Work on the following Phase 2 action items will begin in 2012:

Development of risk assessment methodologies specific to CBRNE

Refine CBRNE training delivery (at individual level)

Develop core requirements for a National CBRNE Plan

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Federal CBRNE PlanFederal CBRNE Plan

● Aim

provide the necessary direction, coordination and support for integrated federal actions

● Scope

all four components of emergency management

coordinate with Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan (FNEP) revision

builds on Federal Emergency Response Plan (FERP) and Emergency Support Function (ESF) responsibilities

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Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan (FNEP)Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan (FNEP)

● FNEP initially written in 1984 and last major update was in 2002

before Emergency Management Framework for Canada

before Federal Emergency Response Plan

● Major revision underway led by Health Canada (HC) – Radiation Protection Bureau (RPB)

multi-departmental/multi-jurisdictional in scope

coordinated with Federal CBRNE Plan development

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All-Hazards Risk AssessmentAll-Hazards Risk Assessment

● Public Safety Canada is leading a federal process to develop a whole-of-government risk picture:

Purpose: Support effective emergency management planning in federal institutions

Scope: Support Ministers in meeting their legislative responsibility under the Emergency Management Act to identify risks within or related to their mandate and develop emergency management plans in respect of those risks

All Hazards Approach: A mechanism for comparing and rating all hazards risks (malicious or non-malicious)

Integrated Approach: Provides a Government of Canada picture rather than an individual perspective from each department

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International Engagement International Engagement

● PS has recently commenced development with United States (U.S.) partners of a Canada-United States CBRNE Working Group

● PS is engaging with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Civil Emergency Planning centre to leverage ongoing CBRNE planning efforts and examine the potential for Canadian participation in NATO CBRNE related activities

● PS is working with the Global Initiative to Counter Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) with an exercise to validate GICNT’s strategic plan

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Canada – United States CooperationCanada – United States Cooperation

● Canada-United States CBRNE Working Group to focus on preventing/ mitigating, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from CBRNE events. From a Canadian perspective, key deliverables are:

CBRNE Mutual Assistance Plan:

evaluate each country’s capabilities and the most efficient cross-border deployment

develop protocols to ensure rapid U.S. assistance to Canada and vice versa

provide a greater alignment in the CBRNE domain between the two countries as each country learns more about:

● the other’s capabilities, roles and responsibilities● the ability of each country to assist the other during critical periods

of CBRNE events

to be validated through exercises and adjusted to reflect lessons-learned

links science & technology, policy, and plans: ● operational communities will support and inform each other

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DiscussionDiscussion