Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Check your WarnMe contact information and make sure it is up to date. –UC Davis EOC team website: –EM/BCP website: UC Davis EOC Training Meeting May 6, 2009

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Summary of WarnMe Test on 4/22/09 Voice messages –Calls began at 11:50:42 –30,162 calls attempted: 12,376 live answers; 15,519 machines TOTAL DELIVERY TIME hours Messages –Sent at 11:50:42 –58,293 sent; 12,855 responded “I have received this alert.” TOTAL DELIVERY TIME hours Text messages –Sent at 11:50:58 –16,812 sent TOTAL DELIVERY TIME hours

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Summary of WarnMe Test on 4/22/09 Survey –4,678 responses 60.5% were staff/employee –52.5% on the Davis campus –44.1% said they had never updated WarnMe information 29.5% were students –69.8% undergrads –16.7% said they had never updated WarnMe information Primary Findings –Some people were unaware of the test Including some department IT people – didn’t come –Suspicious of link to Survey Monkey

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) 1 of 6 First –new influenza virus, human to human spread –identical with strains in Ca and Texas Next –Public health infectious disease measures implemented; CDC’s goals are to: Reduce transmission and illness severity, and Provide information to help health care providers, public health officials and the public address the challenges posed by this emergency.

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Then: WHO raised the Pandemic Phase to *5* H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) 2 of 6

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Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. 1.Stress makes you stupid. Don’t design sophisticated systems for college-level minds. Design systems for frightened third graders.. 2.The problem is at the input. Examine your assumptions at the front end. 3.No matter who you train – someone else will show up. Keep is simple and assume that everyone may not have undergone your training. 4.Expectation is the reality. If you expect panic, you will get panic. If you expect order, you will get order. H1N1 Influenza (swine flu)

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Botterell’s 5 th Rule of Emergency Management 5.The worst case is the easiest. We often assume that they will all be clear cut and easy to recognize. But smaller emergencies are much harder – and much more ambiguous. "There's this real balance between boredom and horror," said Dr. David Fleming, director and health officer for Public Health in Seattle and King County. H1N1 Influenza (swine flu)

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. 1.Develop a specific “influenza pandemic” checklist for departments with early reminders of necessary actions; i.e.: monitoring absenteeism, location of HR guidance for absences, coordinating communication to departments. 2.A message should be given to the campus with update/final disposition of this event and why we reacted as we did. 3.Campaign to stress personal hygiene, including making sure restrooms are stocked with soap, towels. 4.Continue encouraging departments to develop business continuity plans within UC Ready. Discussion/Action Items

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. 5.Establish a scenario planning taskforce from members of the Emergency Operations Center team to reevaluate the current plans and identify appropriate response triggers. 6.Create a campus communication plan based on those response triggers. 7.Create definitions and guidelines for campus ‘closure’, including what essential services would not be included. 8.Evaluate and revise current pandemic guidance documents for the campus (HR, EHS, IET) and create to post additional guidance documents related to public health precautions, travel and academic continuity. 9.Continue encouraging departments to develop business continuity plans within UC Ready. Discussion/Action Items

Think safe. Act safe. Be safe. Next meeting: Wednesday, June 3 rd EOC 8:30 am-10:00 am