NIMS-Compliant Campus Emergency Management Frannie Edwards, MUP, PhD, CEM Deputy Director, NTSCOE & Dan Goodrich, MPA, CEM Research Associate Mineta Transportation.

NIMS-Compliant Campus Emergency Management

Frannie Edwards, MUP, PhD, CEMDeputy Director, NTSCOE &Dan Goodrich, MPA, CEMResearch Associate Mineta Transportation InstituteSan Jose State University

Graphic logo for Mineta Transportation Institute, appears on most slides.

This is an Interactive Session

• Goal: to develop a strategy for a campus emergency plan at your campus

1. Use the Post-Its to note points that are important to an emergency plan for your campus

2. At the beginning of the interactive portion, put your notes on the appropriate sheet: categories are stakeholders, resources, critical issue within one of the functions

3. Notes will be reviewed, turned into guide sheet; sign in to get an e-mail with the guide sheet information

What Are ICS, NIMS and

SEMS?

Incident Command System (ICS)- In the Field!

1970’s origin, developed by FIRESCOPE Common Terminology: tanker/tender Five Function Command Structure Expandable Organization: flexible,

hierarchical, span of control 1:3-1:7; ideal 1:5

Management by Objective Resource Management

Caltrans

Graphic of transportation worker

ICS Primary Functions

Command

Operations Plans Logistics Finance

Organization chart showing the five functions of ICS

The Five Functions

• Command: overall tactical control

• Operations: on-scene tactical management

• Planning/Intel: Maps, sit stat, resource tracking, check-in/out

• Logistics: support –food, supplies, contracts

• Finance/Admin: track OT, expenses

Why NIMS was developed…• The success of ICS on 9/11 at the Pentagon Response Pointed To

Need For National Incident Management System• Emergencies/Disasters/Catastrophes Are Unpredictable• Responders Need To Be Able To Work/ Communicate Together• Before 9/11 No Comprehensive Standards For National Response

– ICS Fire Service only, and not nationwide• Provides Standards For Domestic Incident Response

Photo of transportation workers at the World Trade Center after 9/11

California’s Standardized Emergency Management System

1991 Eastbay Hills Firestorm Petris Bill; Govt. Code 8607 Brings ICS indoors, now a jurisdiction-wide

focus, policy and coordination Directed by CalEMA

Four photos of the smoke and fire and emergency responders in the East Bay Hills Firestorm

SEMS 5 Functions

Management

OperationsPlanning/

IntelligenceLogistics Finance/

Administration

Organization chart of the five functions of SEMS

The Five Functions

• Management: strategic, jurisdiction-wide, coordination

• Operations: coordinates with field• Planning/Intelligence: maps, sit stat, RIMS,

Recovery• Logistics: supports field and EOC• Finance/Admin: financial tracking for

reimbursement through insurance, government– FEMA = 75%, state= 25%

College EOC

• ICS/NIMS/SEMS compliant annexes available in Word format at http://www.transweb.sjsu.edu/MTIportal/research/publications/appendix-09.html

• Campus EOCs can customize the annexes for each campus

Campus Emergency Plans

• Unique campus challenges:

• Young adults on their own for the first time

• University is contractually responsible for care and shelter for residential students

• Disability community• Concentrated population• Few internal responders

Two photos ofSan Jose State University

Campus Emergency Plans

• Specialized campus challenges:• Student housing• Student commuters• Faculty knowledge of response, cooperation• Unionized employees, no obligation to stay• Hazardous materials/labs• Utilities- internal water, power?• Not a tax payer, so not a community priority• Neighborhood expectations- shelter?

– Note problems in Haiti with getting the school grounds back

Campus Emergency Plans

• Specialized campus resources:

• Campus transportation resources

• Campus repair/facilities

• Campus medical, nursing students, clinic

• Campus buildings – are they safe?

• Campus feeding facilities

• Campus open spaces/fields

Photo of bus on San Jose State campus

Campus Emergency Plans

• Essential campus emergency measures:• Coordinate with student and faculty groups,

parents, local officials• Inventory campus resources and consider

creative application, e.g., busses as shelters, ambulances for “greens” in mass casualty events

• Housing students, stay or go home• Feeding capacity• Neighbors, especially in urban settings

Speaker Contacts

• Frannie Edwards• [email protected]• Dan Goodrich• [email protected]

• Publication:• http://www.transweb.sjsu.edu/MTIportal/

research/publications/summary/MTI-0806.html