Whale Run 2025 Exercise Plan
Exercise materials · PDF
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Training & resources
Training, exercises, and safety materials
ODART conducts periodic training and exercises to maintain operational readiness for pilots, communications personnel, and ground support crew members — including, at least annually, an exercise based on a Cascadia Subduction Zone “megathrust” incident scenario.
Exercises
Full-scale exercise program
ODART has conducted full-scale exercises annually since 2022, collaborating with federal agencies, tribal nations, state agencies, county and city emergency managers, medical facilities, airport owners and managers, and food banks.
Exercise schedule — needs ODART input
ODART has conducted full-scale exercises annually since 2022, including the Whale Run 2025 exercise. [INSERT NEXT EXERCISE NAME, DATE, LOCATION AND AUDIENCE]
Whale Run 2025 Placemat
Exercise materials · PDF
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Whale Run 2025 Exercise Evaluation Guide
Exercise materials · PDF
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Safety
Ramp and aircraft safety materials
Safety briefings used with ground support crews and volunteers at staging locations.
Ramp Safety Briefing
Safety resources · PDF
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Aircraft Safety and Marshalling
Safety resources · PDF
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Seaplane Safety
Safety resources · PDF
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Videos
Safety and preparedness videos
These videos are produced by third parties and used by ODART for safety awareness and preparedness context. Attribution is shown on each item.
Current · FAASTeam Safety Videos Archive (unofficial)
Aircraft marshalling: safety awareness and ramp communications
Ramp communications and marshalling signals, used alongside the ODART ramp safety materials.
[INSERT CAPTIONS OR TRANSCRIPT AVAILABILITY]
Current · Deployed Logix
DLX // Preparing for the Cascadia Earthquake
Third-party overview of Cascadia earthquake preparedness.
[INSERT CAPTIONS OR TRANSCRIPT AVAILABILITY]
Current · Deployed Logix
DLX // Emergency Response Solutions (Preparing for Cascadia, part 2)
Second part of the Deployed Logix Cascadia preparedness series.
[INSERT CAPTIONS OR TRANSCRIPT AVAILABILITY]
Curriculum
Volunteer training pathway
ODART implements protocols established within the National Incident Management System (NIMS) so that it can plug into response operations by governmental agencies.
Needs ODART input
[INSERT REQUIRED COURSES AND CERTIFICATIONS PER ROLE, e.g. specific NIMS/ICS course numbers], [INSERT ONBOARDING SEQUENCE], and [INSERT RECURRENCY EXPECTATIONS]. No course numbers or requirements have been invented.
Next steps
Next steps with ODART
Request assistance for your agency or community, volunteer with a staging location, or support the mission.