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Damage Assessment
• What is it?– Report of injuries, structural damage, & hazards in
your area.• Why is it needed?
– PANDA Incident Command provides local response• PANDA first-responders are likely to be the only assistance
available for the first 1 to 3 days.– Palo Alto EOC needs the “big picture”
• Coordinate overall response• Deploy limited professional resources• Request outside assistance & plan recovery
– Damage reports are rolled up to the County, State, and FEMA
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PANDA Mission
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Palo Alto Neighborhood Disaster Activities (PANDA)
• Response– Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)– Official Fire Dept. volunteers– 20+ hours of training in light medical, search & rescue, fire suppression, etc..– Report to PANDA Incident Command Post – Dispatched to neighborhoods
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PAN Mission
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Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN)
• Preparation– Community volunteers– 3-4 hours of training from PAN and Police Dept.– “Eyes and Ears” for PANDA in a disaster– Stay in their neighborhoods
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Disaster Response
PANAssess Damage
Report Damage
Update responding PANDA Teams
PANDAIncident Command
Consolidate district damage
Coordinate with EOC
Plan local response
PANDA Teams
Respond to Incident • Fire Suppression• Search & Rescue• Triage & First Aid
EOCEmergency Operations Center
Consolidate overall damage
Plan overall response
• Professional responders• Outside assistance
• Recovery plan
• Mutual Aid requests to / from other Santa Clara county cities• Aid requests to State and Federal authorities
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PAN Organization• Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinator (NPC)
– Coordinates information to/from neighborhood area.– “down-link” = talk to neighborhood– “up-link” = talk to Incident Command Post– NPC collects and sorts (triages) messages (from
BPCs)
• Block Preparedness Coordinator (BPC)– Responsible for 10-35 residences [and businesses]– Collects information about the status of their block– May use “low tech” comm, such as runners
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PANDA Field Teams
PAN Block Preparedness Coordinators (BPC)
PAN Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinators
(NPC)
PANDA Incident Command Post (ICP) at Fire Station
PAN / PANDA Communication
PANDA Incident Command Post (ICP) at Fire Station
PAN Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinators
(NPC)
PAN Block Preparedness Coordinators (BPC)
Palo Alto City Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
ARES/RACES Ham Radio
MURS Radio
FRS/GMRS Radio PANDA Field Teams
FRS/GMRS Radio
PANDAnet Ham Radio
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PAN / PANDA Assessment
• Joint effort– PAN BPCs survey their “blocks”.– PANDA teams survey areas not covered by
PAN.– PANDA Search & Rescue teams assess
damage on-site.
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Assessment Process• Survey entire assignment (block) ASAP
– A more urgent need may be around the corner.
• Report Critical Incidents Immediately– Threats to life and safety– Beyond your control– Require outside helpExamples:– Spreading fires– Trapped people– Immediate injuries– Gas leaks, downed power lines
• Record everything else & report later– Wait for the NPC (PAN) or ICP (PANDA) to ask for non-critical events– OR deliver completed forms to NPC (PAN) or ICP (PANDA)
Damage Assessment Form
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Confidential Information – NOT to be Released
DATE: PERSON REPORTING:
TIME RECEIVED: PERSON RECEIVING:
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TIME ADDRESS / LOCATION FIRES HAZARDS STRUCTURES PEOPLE ** ROADS IC COMMENTS
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FOR USE BY EVERYONE PANDA form July 26, 2007 Summary of all hazards in area: Fill out this sheet on your way to the Command Post and give it to Incident Command. * for structure damage: L=light damage, M=moderate damage, H=heavy damage ** for people: number of people trapped or injured; minor (green), delayed (yellow), immediate (red), dead (black) Incident Command (IC): Choose an incident; put a slash (/) in the assignment completed column, copy the address/location to the incident name section on the
Incident Briefing sheet, and give Incident Briefing and Assignment Status to incident team leader. Copy the address/location to the Post-Incident Status sheet and enter the start time.
When an Assignment is Completed: Put a backslash (\) in the assignment completed column (X) and the incident end time on the Post-Incident Status sheet.
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Damage Assessment Form
• Same form used by PAN & PANDA to – Record– Communicate– Track
• Efficient – Record & move on– Report critical incidents immediately
(incidents beyond your control)
– Report non-critical incidents later– Communicate info left to right
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Fires / Hazards
• Fires– Burning / Out– Threatening to spread?
• Gas Leak– Can you smell gas?
• Water Leak– Is the road blocked?
• Chemical – Strange smell? / Unusual smoke?
• Electrical– Downed power lines?– Is the road blocked?
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Structural Damage• LightLight
– Broken windows / superficial damage– Fallen / cracked plaster– Minor damage to contents
• ModerateModerate– Visible signs of damage but structure still attached to
foundation.– Decorative work damaged or fallen. – Major damage to interior contents.
• HeavyHeavy – Partial or total collapse of structure– Structure no longer attached to foundation– Tilting / Obvious structural instability.– Hazards: Fire / Gas Leaks / Hazardous materials / Rising water
• How many? (multi-unit structures)
Light Damage
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Minor Content Damage
ModerateModerate DamageDamage
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Heavy Content Damage
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ModerateModerate Damage
Non-Structural (decorative) work has fallen
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Heavy Damage
Tilting
Total Wall Collapse
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PAN - People
• How many? – Trapped– Minor Injuries
• Cuts, bruises, sprains
– Immediate Aid Needed• Life threatening injuries• Shock, severe blood loss, breathing problems• Describe injuries in Comments column
– Dead
• Get the Big Picture– Rough numbers are okay
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PANDA - People• How many?
– Trapped– Minor Injuries
• Cuts, bruises, sprains– Delayed
• Injuries require treatment but not Immediate– Immediate
• RPM Criteria– Respiration – breathing faster than 30 breaths per minute.– Pulse – severe bleeding or blanch test (capillary refill) slower than
2 seconds.– Mental status – cannot respond to simple commands
• Examples: Shock, severe blood loss, breathing problems• Describe injuries in Comments column
– Dead• Get the Big Picture
– Rough numbers are okay
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Other Columns
• Roads – Access for emergency equipment?
• Assignment Completed– mark column “/” if you report immediately
• Comments– Describe injuries and other information to help
PANDA plan response.
• Use multiple rows on form if necessary