Title: AllHazard Emergency Planning for Colleges and Universities
1All-Hazard Emergency Planning for Colleges and
Universities
- Sponsored by
- The Illinois Terrorism Task Force
- Illinois Campus Security Task Force
2Goals
- Provide attendees with practical, accurate and
timely information regarding Emergency Management
Planning. - Demonstrate the linkage between effective
Emergency Management planning and learning. - Motivate attendees to review and revise their
existing Emergency Operations Plans to be
consistent with best practices.
3Course Objectives
- Recognize that emergency planning for campuses is
community-based and continuing - Identify potential members of campus planning
team - Identify types of hazards that present the
highest risk for campuses and their potential
damage (risk assessment)
4Course Objectives (continued)
- Assemble a planning team.
- Develop or revise a campus all-hazard emergency
operations plan (EOP). - Develop and implement a strategy for training and
testing the plan. - Revise the EOP based on lessons learned from
exercises and/or actual emergencies.
5What Should Colleges and Universities Do?
- Develop or update a campus Emergency Operations
Plan that addresses all four phases of emergency
planning and takes an all-hazards approach
6Phases of Emergency Management
Preparedness
Prevention/Mitigation
Response
Recovery
US Dept of Education, ERCM Technical Assistance
Center
7An Emergency Management Plan That
- Is developed collaboratively with community
partners - Is based upon sound data and information risk,
vulnerability, consequence - Is tailored to conditions of individual campuses,
facilities and offices - Is exercised on a regular basis
8A Campus Emergency Management Plan That
- Addresses special needs students
- Addresses Emerging Issues such as
Pandemic Flu - Is continually reviewed and updated.
- Includes command structure coordinated with first
responders and aligns with the National Incident
Management System (NIMS)
9NIMS Components ICS
Preparedness
Communications and Information Management
Incident Command System
Resource Management
Multiagency Coordination Systems
Ongoing Management andMaintenance
Public Information
Additional Information www.fema.gov/emergency/ni
ms
10All Illinois State Supported Colleges and
Universities are required to be National Incident
Management System Compliant
11State Federal NIMS Mandates
- All state colleges and universities are required
to adopt NIMS and use the Incident Command
System/Unified Command to manage emergencies
(Governors Executive Order 12, 2004) - NIMS requires all levels of government to
- Prepare for and use the Incident Command System
(ICS) model for all domestic incidents - Adopt ICS as a condition for federal preparedness
funding and other grants
12NIMS ICS Mandates (continued)
- Hazardous Materials Incidents
- Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
(SARA) 1986 - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) Rule 1910.120 (q)(3)(i) requires all
institutions and employers having hazardous
materials to use ICS at incidents
13Incident Command and Control
- Identify WHO will be involved in the campus
emergency response. - Recruit and form a Campus Emergency Management
Team based on the Incident Command System Model. - Establish a campus Emergency Operations
Center and assign
responsibilities.
14Emergency CommunicationsKey Messages
- Determine the current state of local emergency
communications equipment and trainingmake
recommendations for improvement - Develop and maintain a written Emergency
Communications Plan that is consistent with
NIMS/ICS requirements (FEMA document 501-5) - Develop and improve communication skills and
networks - Consider multi-modal systems including high tech
and low tech -
IACLEA Strengthening Communications Between
Campus Public Safety and Federal State Local
Emergency Responders 10/06
15All-Hazard Campus Emergency Communications System
- Key Requirements of Alert System
- Alert as many people as quickly as possible in
normal conditions - Alert as many people as quickly as possible
without power and phone service - Constantly deliver alerts to specific groups of
people in different locations - Ability to serve disabled and special needs
persons on campus -
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Study and Demonstration of Emergency
Communications Systems for Florida University and
Community Colleges 2/06
16Recovery Four Key Components
- Physical/structural repair
- Disaster recovery
- Restoration of academic learning
- Psychological / emotional
recovery
17Whats Next?