Exercise Summary

Name

Cajun Kaleidoscope Statewide Exercise

Date & Time

Apr 16 - 18, 2024 from 8 AM - 2 PM

Locations

GOHSEP - Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

7667 Independence Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Type

Functional

Point of Contact

Kelly Feet

Number of Participants

None Set

Max Attendance

None Set

Region

State

Mission Area

Response

Scenario

Hurricane hitting south east Louisiana, forcing evacuees to head west. This leads to power loss, flooding, search and rescue, etc…

Objectives

Demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain state-level EOC operational control, coordination structures and reporting requirements among state departments and local parish representatives.
Core Capabilities: Operational Communications and Operational Coordination

Demonstrate the ability to gather and distill information to establish a common operating picture to support decision making.
Core Capabilities: Economic Recovery, Intelligence And Information Sharing, Operational Communications, and Risk And Disaster Resilience Assessment

Demonstrate the ability to receive, prioritize, process, allocate, track, and demobilize requested resources utilizing WebEOC.
Core Capabilities: Logistics And Supply Chain Management and Operational Coordination

Develop and implement a public information plan for the whole community.
Core Capabilities: Intelligence And Information Sharing and Public Information And Warning

Develop, approve, and execute applicable agreements, compacts, or contracts, to meet state level incident objectives and/or local needs.
Core Capabilities: Operational Communications, Operational Coordination, and Planning

Demonstrate the capability to plan for, conduct and maintain key life safety objectives for the whole community.
Core Capabilities: Health And Social Services, Housing, Mass Care Services, Mass Search And Rescue Operations, On-Scene Security, Protection, And Law Enforcement, and Public Health, Healthcare, And Emergency Medical Services

Threat / Hazard

Hurricane

Sponsor

State

EMPG Eligible

Yes

Registrant Notes

The Statewide Exercise Dates have changed from Wednesday, April 17 - Friday, April 19 to begin on Tuesday, April 16 - and end on Thursday, April 18, 2024.

What plans, policies, and procedures will be reviewed for this functional exercise?

State Emergency Operations Plan
Search and Rescue Standard Operating Procedure
Recovery Plan
Louisiana State/Federal H-Hour Timeline

Exercise Roster

Exercise registrants will be listed here along with their contributing role.