Emergency Preparedness at Irvine Valley College Chief Will Glen Irvine Valley College P.D.

What Is An Emergency? An emergency is a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening healthlife propertyenvironmenthealthlife propertyenvironment of the situation. Wikipedia

What Is A Disaster? A disaster is the impact of a natural or man-made hazard that negatively affects society or environment natural man-made hazardenvironmentnatural man-made hazardenvironmentWikipedia

Emergencies/Disasters That Could Affect Irvine Valley College Hazardous Substance Release Hazardous Substance Release Structure Fire Structure Fire Flood Flood Earthquake Earthquake Active Shooter Active Shooter Wild Land Fire Wild Land Fire Terrorist Act Terrorist Act

Are we prepared to effectively respond to these incidents? Are you, as an individual, prepared to act if one of these incidents were to occur?

Preparedness is a shared responsibility of the entire campus Community; staff, faculty and students.

How do we prepare?

As Individuals… Develop a family plan. Develop a family plan. Visit the website for the California Office of Emergency Services. Visit the website for the California Office of Emergency Services. Go to the ‘Earthquake Program’ web page and then click on ‘Earthquake Preparedness’ Go to the ‘Earthquake Program’ web page and then click on ‘Earthquake Preparedness’ Download the ‘Earthquake Preparedness Tip Sheets. Download the ‘Earthquake Preparedness Tip Sheets.

As a faculty member… Inform students at the first class meeting and throughout the semester of the appropriate safety information relevant to the hazards encountered in their classroom and the following information: The location of the fire alarms, telephones, and two building emergency exits closest to the classroom. The location of the fire alarms, telephones, and two building emergency exits closest to the classroom. The location and content of the building evacuation maps including a designated outside meeting area for the class. Building evacuation maps are located near the elevators. The location and content of the building evacuation maps including a designated outside meeting area for the class. Building evacuation maps are located near the elevators.

The campus 911 emergency information: Dial 911 on all campus phones to contact College Police. Dial 911 on all campus phones to contact College Police. Use parking lot emergency phones for direct line to College Police. Use parking lot emergency phones for direct line to College Police. Program personal cell phones with the College Police emergency number ( ). Dialing 911 on a cell phone will contact the California Highway Patrol which will delay emergency response. Program personal cell phones with the College Police emergency number ( ). Dialing 911 on a cell phone will contact the California Highway Patrol which will delay emergency response. Inform students of all obvious risks inherent in the class, lab or activities, including the safe use and handling of potentially hazardous substances, equipment or procedures. Inform students of all obvious risks inherent in the class, lab or activities, including the safe use and handling of potentially hazardous substances, equipment or procedures.

Inform students about campus emergency procedures specific to the class. These include how to respond to an evacuation, fire, hazardous material spill, or earthquake. Inform students about campus emergency procedures specific to the class. These include how to respond to an evacuation, fire, hazardous material spill, or earthquake. Ask students to inform the faculty of any specific physical disabilities that would require assistance in the event of an emergency evacuation. Ask students to inform the faculty of any specific physical disabilities that would require assistance in the event of an emergency evacuation. Most importantly, you should not be the first one out of the classroom.

As a campus… Emergency Management is the responsibility of the campus administration. President Roquemore has assigned that responsibility to the College Police Department. The police department is currently reviewing and updating the campus Emergency Operations Plan which should be complete by end of February.

Keys For Effective Emergency Management Multi-Hazard Disaster plan in place and ready to be implemented. Multi-Hazard Disaster plan in place and ready to be implemented. Good Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in place, with adequate checklists. Good Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in place, with adequate checklists. Adequate training and exercises. Adequate training and exercises. Use of the Standard Emergency Management System (SEMS) and the National Incident Management System. Use of the Standard Emergency Management System (SEMS) and the National Incident Management System. An effective Emergency Operations Center (EOC). An effective Emergency Operations Center (EOC).

“The primary goal of the Emergency Management Program is to avoid or mitigate natural and human-made incidents through effective and coordinated response.”

Benchmarks in Emergency Management Mandated planning for state agencies was first implemented in 1970 when California established the Emergency Services Act. Mandated planning for state agencies was first implemented in 1970 when California established the Emergency Services Act. In 1993 the Standardized Emergency Management System implemented. In 2004, as a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the federal government implemented the National Response Plan

The Emergency Services Act provides for the following: Confers emergency powers on the Governor and chief executives and governing bodies of political subdivisions of the state. Confers emergency powers on the Governor and chief executives and governing bodies of political subdivisions of the state. Provides for state assistance in the organization and maintenance of political subdivision emergency programs. Provides for state assistance in the organization and maintenance of political subdivision emergency programs. Provides for a state Office of Emergency Services (OES) within the Governor’s Office and gives OES certain powers and duties. Provides for a state Office of Emergency Services (OES) within the Governor’s Office and gives OES certain powers and duties. Provides for the assignment of duties to state agencies to be performed during an emergency. Provides for the assignment of duties to state agencies to be performed during an emergency. Provides for rendering of mutual aid by the state government, departments and agencies and political subdivisions. Provides for rendering of mutual aid by the state government, departments and agencies and political subdivisions. Provides for three conditions or degrees of emergency within the state. Provides for three conditions or degrees of emergency within the state.

The basic framework of SEMS incorporates five major elements. The Incident Command System (ICS) The Incident Command System (ICS) Inter-agency coordination Inter-agency coordination The State’s Mutual Aid Program The State’s Mutual Aid Program Operational Areas Operational Areas Emergency Operation Center Emergency Operation Center

SEMS The law stipulates that all state agencies must use SEMS in responding to emergencies involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agencies. Local governments must use SEMS in responding to emergencies involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agencies in order to be eligible for state funding of response-related personnel costs.

There are Four Phases to Emergency Management and Planning:  Mitigation  Preparedness  Response  Recovery

Mitigation efforts attempt to prevent hazards from developing into disasters, or to reduce the effects of disasters when they occur.

The California Community Colleges System Office Disaster Resistant California Community Colleges Program Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Tool

The preparedness phase involves the development of action plans, communications plans; development and practice of multiagency coordination, training of emergency services, development and exercise of emergency population warning methods, emergency sheltering, evacuation plans and stockpiling emergency supplies and equipment.

The response phase includes mobilization of necessary emergency services and first responders, the first wave of which are police, firefighter, ambulance crews; and later by non-government agencies and volunteers.

The recovery phase involves actions focused at rebuilding destroyed property, repair of essential infrastructure and re-employment

Business Continuity Planning Business Continuity planning involves how an organization prepares for future that could jeopardize the organizations core mission, critical functions, and long term health. Business Continuity planning involves how an organization prepares for future that could jeopardize the organizations core mission, critical functions, and long term health.

The National Response Plan was established to accomplish much of same as California’s SEMS “The purpose of the NRP is to establish a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident management across a spectrum of activities including prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.”

Then National Response Plan calls for the implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Which is patterned after SEMS. NIMS provides the structure and mechanisms for national level policy and operational coordination for domestic incident management.

Grant funding from Homeland Security is now tied to compliance with implementation of NIMS by local governments.

Where do we go from here? Update our Emergency Operations Plan to comply with NIMS Acquire the necessary equipment to enable emergency responders and Emergency Operations Center to carryout their respective responsibilities. Train emergency response personnel Conduct emergency exercise to test our plan and make appropriate adjustments

Questions?