All-Hazard Emergency Planning for Colleges and Universities

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All-Hazard Emergency Planning for Colleges and
Universities

• Sponsored by
• The Illinois Terrorism Task Force
• Illinois Campus Security Task Force

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Goals

• 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.

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Course 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)

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Course 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.

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What 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

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Phases of Emergency Management
Preparedness
Prevention/Mitigation
Response
Recovery
US Dept of Education, ERCM Technical Assistance
Center
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An 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

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A 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)

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NIMS Components ICS
Preparedness
Communications and Information Management
Incident Command System
Resource Management
Multiagency Coordination Systems

• Command and Management

Ongoing Management andMaintenance
Public Information
Additional Information www.fema.gov/emergency/ni
ms
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All Illinois State Supported Colleges and
Universities are required to be National Incident
Management System Compliant
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State 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

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NIMS 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

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Incident 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.

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Emergency 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
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All-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
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Recovery Four Key Components

• Physical/structural repair
• Disaster recovery
• Restoration of academic learning
  
• Psychological / emotional
  recovery

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Whats Next?