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The American Chemistry Council (ACC)-sponsored Chemical Sector Emergency Preparedness Tabletop Exercise (TTX) provided a forum to facilitate discussion and document roles, responsibilities, processes, protocols, and systems used to support an effective public-private response to emerging threats and incidents impacting the Chemical Sector. The purpose of this after-action report/improvement plan (AAR/IP) is to analyze exercise results, identify strengths and potential areas for further improvement, and outline the next steps.

The strengths include a solid working relationship between the public and private members; the Chemical Sector has a good start on developing an effective all-hazards Playbook; and DHS has developed several analytical tools and multidisciplinary analyses of interdependencies and the consequences of infrastructure disruptions at national, regional and local levels to support incident planning. Primary areas for improvement include advanced incident planning between the public and private sectors to build collaborative relationships, foster communication, update rosters and points of contact, and prepare resources and capabilities; streamline public-private communications during an incident; creation of a single incident repository; and resolution of private sector credentialing concerns. The report also includes a suggested list of similarly detailed action items to improve responses.

Chemical Sector Emergency Preparedness Tabletop Exercise After-Action Report/Improvement Plan