Objectives:

By the end of the SERF, participants will have an improved understanding of how the:

  1. Unified and/or Other Incident Command is established.
  2. Mutual Aid Agreements will be activated (and what will be provided).
  3. Scene security and management will occur (including traffic routing).
  4. Hospital emergency plan will be activated (and what will be provided).
  5. County emergency management activation of the Emergency Operations Center will occur (and what will be done).
  6. County public health will send requests to the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (e.g., requests to the Arizona Department of Health Services).
  7. Marine Corps Air Station Emergency Operations Center will be activated (and what will be provided).
  8. Joint Information Center messaging will align among partners.
  9. Joint Information Center public notifications will occur.
  10. The hospital will manage pediatrics, access and functional needs patients, and critically injured patients.
  11. Tribal reunification and decedent notification will occur.
  12. School reunification and decedent notification will occur.
  13. Marine Corps Air Station reunification and decedent notification will occur.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

  • Public Works
  • OME
  • Hospital Medical/Clinical Staff and Emergency Management
  • Senaida Larson Exceptional Family Member Program
  • School District
  • Law Enforcement
  • Fire
  • County Emergency Management
  • County Public Health
  • Tribal Emergency Management
  • Tribal Public Health
  • Public Relations/Public Information Officers
  • State and Federal Departments/Agencies (including Air Traffic, Border Patrol, and FAA).
  • State Associations
  • NGOs/Volunteers

YUMA AIRSHOW SERF SCENARIOS:

Scenario 1

While practicing for the Yuma Airshow 2025 (20,000 in attendance), one F-35B has a mechanical failure and is headed back to the airfield. The plane does not make the runway and the pilot is forced to eject. The plane comes down in the busy intersection of 32nd Street and Pacific Avenue. There were several vehicles near the intersection.

The Yuma Regional Medical Center is already at surge capacity. There are 21 fatalities and 25 critically injured, including 6 AFN students, 15 junior high students, and 4 Tribal residents. The pilot of the F35B successfully ejects from the aircraft and lands near 32nd Street and Avenue 3E.

Scenario 2

While performing during the Yuma Airshow 2025 (20,000 in attendance), one F-35B has had a mechanical failure over the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma. As it approaches the runway from the east, the pilot is forced to eject form the aircraft. The aircraft veers left and lands in base housing striking 4 homes.

The Yuma Regional Medical Center is already at surge capacity. There are 4 fatalities and 14 injuries (Including 2 adults, 8 critically injured children, and two Cocopah Tribal residents). The pilot of the F35B successfully ejects from the aircraft and lands near Avenue 3E and the North Gate.