emergency management green river educational cooperative

Emergency ManagementEmergency ManagementGreen River Educational Green River Educational

CooperativeCooperative

May 2, 2006May 2, 2006

What are we going to do?What are we going to do?

Talk about school emergency Talk about school emergency management issuesmanagement issues

Four Phases of Emergency ManagementFour Phases of Emergency Management

National Incident Management System National Incident Management System (NIMS)(NIMS)

Incident Command System (ICS)Incident Command System (ICS)

How these effect youHow these effect you

ScenariosScenarios

Fairfax County Public SchoolsFairfax County Public Schools

•165,000 Students•82,000 Adult Night Students•22,000 Full Time Employees•$2.1 Billion Operating Budget•1600 School Buses•1100 “Learning Cottages”•247 Facilities

•3 Secondary Schools•22 High Schools•22 Middle Schools•136 Elementary Schools•35 Alternative Learning Centers•26 Administrative/Support Centers

Recent Crisis/Emergency Recent Crisis/Emergency EventsEvents

Total Loss of Dogwood ES to Fire, Fall 2000

Recent Crisis/Emergency Recent Crisis/Emergency EventsEvents

Pentagon Attack and Anthrax Episode, Fall 2001

Recent Crisis/Emergency Recent Crisis/Emergency EventsEvents

Greater Washington, DC area sniper incident, Fall 2002

Recent Crisis/Emergency Recent Crisis/Emergency EventsEvents

Hurricane Isabel, Fall 2003

Why is this Important?Why is this Important?

Safe management of students & staffSafe management of students & staff

Community expectationsCommunity expectations

Public Safety/Emergency Responder Public Safety/Emergency Responder expectationsexpectations

LiabilityLiability– Duty owed—foresee-ability of incidentDuty owed—foresee-ability of incident– Breach of dutyBreach of duty– Proximate cause of injury/lossProximate cause of injury/loss

Crisis/Emergency ManagementCrisis/Emergency Management

•Mitigation/Prevention•Preparedness•Response•Recovery

National Incident Management National Incident Management System (NIMS)System (NIMS)

HSPD-5 on February 28, 2003HSPD-5 on February 28, 2003

Comprehensive, national approachComprehensive, national approach

Apply to all jurisdictional levelsApply to all jurisdictional levels

Improve coordination and cooperationImprove coordination and cooperation

Core set of principles, concepts, Core set of principles, concepts, procedures, terminologies and standardsprocedures, terminologies and standards

Why do I Need to Know NIMS/ICS? Why do I Need to Know NIMS/ICS?

Awareness of public safety response Awareness of public safety response procedures and their expectationsprocedures and their expectations

Understanding the languageUnderstanding the language

Communication and coordinationCommunication and coordination

Importance of ICS and Unified CommandImportance of ICS and Unified Command

Need for practiceNeed for practice

Incident Command SystemIncident Command System

Assignments used to divide the incident Assignments used to divide the incident into more manageable sized tasksinto more manageable sized tasks

Task assignments only established when Task assignments only established when needed.needed.

Expand or contractExpand or contract

Five Basic Categories: Command, Five Basic Categories: Command, Operations, Logistics, Finance and Operations, Logistics, Finance and PlanningPlanning

Multi-Agency StructureMulti-Agency Structure

Lead Agency—Who’s in charge and of Lead Agency—Who’s in charge and of what?what?

Uses principles of ICS in Unified Uses principles of ICS in Unified CommandCommand

Each department/agency in control of their Each department/agency in control of their organizationorganization

ICS Applied to a School: Crisis ICS Applied to a School: Crisis Management TeamManagement Team

Incident commander—principal or designee, in their Incident commander—principal or designee, in their absenceabsenceStudent Accountability—Go KitsStudent Accountability—Go KitsStaging AreasStaging AreasOff-Site EvacuationOff-Site EvacuationParent/Student ReunificationParent/Student ReunificationMediaMediaCommunications/RecordingCommunications/RecordingStaff AssignmentsStaff AssignmentsSite SecuritySite SecurityCounselingCounseling

Potential Responses to Potential Responses to EmergenciesEmergencies

Stay insideStay inside– Normal Normal – Exterior lockdownExterior lockdown– Interior lockdownInterior lockdown– Shelter In Place (SIP)Shelter In Place (SIP)– Remain In PlaceRemain In Place

EvacuateEvacuate– onsite onsite – offsite offsite

CloseClose

Is there a safer place to be and can we get there?

Establish Relationships Prior to Establish Relationships Prior to CrisisCrisis

Employees—allEmployees—all

ParentsParents

NeighborsNeighbors

Business partnersBusiness partners

MediaMedia

Public SafetyPublic Safety

What to ExpectWhat to Expect

½ the plan½ the plan

MisinformationMisinformation

Communication problemsCommunication problems

Other people’s decisions impacting youOther people’s decisions impacting you

Murphy will show up!Murphy will show up!

Multiple eventsMultiple events

Second guessingSecond guessing

Symptoms of System FailureSymptoms of System Failure

Slow/no response to questionsSlow/no response to questions

Inability to think aheadInability to think ahead

Considerable lag time to commit resourcesConsiderable lag time to commit resources

Critical AspectsCritical Aspects

Communications—Communications—Internal and ExternalInternal and External

Intelligence/ResearchIntelligence/Research

TrainingTraining

ScenariosScenarios

Opportunity to think about possibilitiesOpportunity to think about possibilities

Identify areas for improvementIdentify areas for improvement

Communication and callback proceduresCommunication and callback procedures

Depth—Lines of successionDepth—Lines of succession

Lessons learnedLessons learned

Questions?Questions?

Fred EllisFred EllisDirector, Safety and SecurityDirector, Safety and Security

Fairfax County Public SchoolsFairfax County Public Schools703-658-3763703-658-3763

Fred.ellis@fcps.eduFred.ellis@fcps.edu