University and Fire Department Relations

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University and Fire Department Relations
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The questions

• Can Universities and Fire Departments work
  together?
• What can the FD provide to the College/University?
  
• What can Colleges and Universities provide to the
  FD/community?

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Texas AM University

• Fall 2009 Enrollment 48,885
• Includes 8,200 Freshmen
• 5,200 Acre Main Campus
• 850 Buildings
• 21.1 Million Square Feet
• 1.3 Million New Square Feet in Construction

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Joint Endeavors
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Community EOC

• 12,000 SF Emergency Operations Center
• A single EOC for all county entities
• City of College Station
• City of Bryan
• Brazos County
• Texas AM University
• Emergency Managers from all entities are
  co-located in the facility
• Set up and ready to go 24 Hours/Day
• Can be activated by any of the entities
• All entities are equal partners

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Area Wide Radio System

• Joint Effort for Federal Radio Interoperability
  Grant
• 700 MHz Radio System
• Entities
• City of College Station
• City of Bryan
• Brazos County
• Texas AM University

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Mutual Aid Agreements

• Hazardous Materials Response
• CSFD Primary Hazardous Materials Response group
  for the 7 County Region
• TAMU EHS has an agreement to respond and assist
  if needed
• Often provides standby for equipment personnel
  for distant responses
• Share in equipment purchases
• Prevents duplication of equipment and allows for
  more specialized purchases

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Joint Communications

• EHS Staff on College Station Paging System
• EHS Haz-Mat techs receive all CS Haz-Mat pages
• EHS has in-house procedures for response
• Select EHS staff receive
• FD Admin Pages
• FD General Alarm Pages
• Shared Radio Talk groups

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Student Education

• Mock Dorm Room Burn
• CSFD
• NFPA
• Center for Campus Fire Safety
• Dominos Pizza
• Residence Life
• EHS

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Special Events

• Athletic Events
• Football Games
• 88,000 Capacity
• Regular Dignitaries
• Governor, Senators, Former President, Secretary
  of Defense
• NCAA National Championships
• Other large events
• Often require many local agencies to assist
  university personnel
• George H.W. Bush Library - World Leaders
• Visits from two sitting presidents in the last 10
  months

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Kyle Field Command

• University Police
• College Station Police
• Bryan PD
• Brazos County SO
• DPS
• FBI
• FBI JTTF
• ATF

• Contemporary Services Corp.
• CSFD
• AM EMS
• AM Care Team
• AM PHPL
• AM Transportation
• AM EHS

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Colleges Universities

• What can you do to support the local Fire
  Department?
• Communicate
• Communicate
• Communicate

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Monthly Update Meeting

• Bryan Fire
• Bryan Police
• College Station Fire
• College Station Police
• TAMU Police
• TAMU EMS
• TAMU Physical Plant
• TAMU Emergency Planning
• TAMU Risk Management
• TAMU EHS
• County Volunteer FD

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Monthly Meeting Topics

• Construction Update
• Upcoming Campus Events
• Athletic Events Non-athletic
• Responses
• New Research Projects
• Tours
• Emergency Exercises
• New System Installations/Retrofits
• Road Closures/Access Issues
• Campus Representatives

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Plan Review

• New construction major renovations - Email
  notification list includes College Station Fire
  Marshal
• Small renovations retrofits are reviewed in
  house
• Utilization of City Guidelines Standards
• Knox Box

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Other Shared Opportunities

• Email Notification List (UPD, FD, EMS)
• Road Closures Crane Lifts, Fire System outages
  Hydrant Maintenance Significant Events
• Facility Tours
• All new construction and major renovations
• New or special operations
• Pre-Planning

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College University Can Provide

• Unique Facilities
• Unique Hazards
• Volunteers
• Shelter Operations
• Exercise participants
• Subject Matter Experts
• Engineers
• Chemists
• Interpreters
• Equipment
• Busses heavy equipment
• Training opportunities

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Wrapping up

• Is there a set model that works for everyone?
• Is it always easy?
• Does everyone always get their way?
• Can Colleges/Universities live without the local
  FD?
• Can communities live without the
  College/University?

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Colleges/Universities must together!

• If you havent started building the relationship
  - get started today.
• It is a matter of when Not if you will be called
  upon to work together in a time of crisis.