emergency management green river educational cooperative
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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
[email protected]@fcps.edu