Infrastructure Interdependencies

Over the last ten years years the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience has participated, developed and held regional forums devoted to infrastructure interdependencies.  Through the CRDR, Infrastructure owners and operators from all sectors meet and build partnerships to understand interdependencies for a more resilient region.   CRDR continues to lead the region in fostering and developing meaningful relationship for identify interdependencies to build resilience

Blue Cascades Interdependencies Exercises
The Blue Cascades Exercise Series were developed to explore infrastructure interdependencies in our region. Each exercise is designed by stakeholders and reflects regional concerns. Topics have addressed cyber security, earthquake recovery, pandemics, and supply chain resilience. Since 2002, PNWER has held six of these critical infrastructure interdependencies exercises. Blue Cascades has become a model for bringing together public and private sector stakeholders to discuss cascading impacts across the region.  After each exercise, stakeholders assist in developing an action plan to address the issues uncovered during the exercise.  Click here for the Regional Integrated Action Plan  

Critical Manufacturing Sector Coordination
The January 2011 PNWER was tasked  by DHS Infrastructure Protection (IP) to bring together a cooperative public-private partnership among critical manufacturing companies based in the Pacific Northwest region and appropriate federal, state, and local government agencies. The partnerships enabled participating organizations to build relationships with key government agencies and gain information on and access to approaches, tools, and technologies to advance their overall physical security, cybersecurity, operations and business continuity, and resiliency. Through  enhancing the security and resilience of regional manufacturers, participating organizations will work together to cultivate and support infrastructure protection activities.

2009 Montana Infrastructure Protection Forum
In May of 2009 PNWER with Stakeholders from the State of Montana and the region provided input, received briefings and exchanged information on best practices for disaster resilience. Several critical infrastructure sectors were represented and gave brief presentations of their organizations and their interdependencies. The event attracted nearly 70 participants from the public, private and non-profit sectors focusing on interdependencies among infrastructures. The workshop was supported by the Montana Office of Criminal Investigation and participants from the State Department of Agriculture, Department of Public Health, regional energy companies, and the Montana Wood Products Association.
 

Regional Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies Forums

WA Homeland Security Region 6 (King County) and PNWER have partnered to develop an annual Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies Forum.  This event has focused on a number of topics important to the Puget Sound region such as supply chain resilience, information sharing, flooding, pandemic planning and cyber security.  For more information about past events, please see the links below.

2010 Interdependencies Forum - Focus on Supply Chain Resilience

2009 Interdependencies Forum - Green River Flooding

2008 Interdependencies Forum - Focus on earthquake impacts on food, water and fuel (Blue Cascades V)

2007 Interdependencies Forum

2006 Interdependencies Forum

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