Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management 2013 Year End Review Emergency management is the practice of dealing with and preventing or avoiding risk. Agencies for emergency management are found at all levels of government. Emergency management has four main phases and types of activities for which it engages; these activities include mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Mitigation is the effort to prevent incidents from becoming disasters and working to lessen the overall effects of disasters. Overall, mitigation activities tend to be long-term efforts for reducing or eliminating risk. Preparedness encompasses activities that prepare an area for potential hazards and should include a thorough understanding of activities needed within the area to help the preparedness efforts. Response is the actual response by an emergency management agency during an event, incident, or disaster. Finally, recovery is the collection of activities that are implemented after an incident to help an area recover. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management’s main purpose is to establish and coordinate activities involving mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Currently, there is one Emergency Management Director, three Coordinators (there were only two Coordinators for the majority of 2013) and one Administrative Assistant. There is always one individual on-call; the Director and Coordinators alternate who is assigned as on-call. The Office of Emergency Management is located at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem. Listed below and the attached slides, you will find the 2013 activities for Winston- Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management. Exercise/Drill Participation and/or Coordination UNC School of the Arts & Winston-Salem State University Tabletop Exercise – February Arts Based Elementary Lockdown Drill – February NC HART (Helicopter & Aquatic Rescue Team) Statewide Exercise – February NC Emergency Management WebEOC Exercise – Monthly Statewide Tornado Drill – March VIPER Test (Statewide Radio System) – Monthly Forsyth County Emergency Operation Center Tabletop Exercise for Officials & Dept. Heads – May Wake Forest Baptist Health Exercise – May High Point PD Crisis Tabletop Exercise – June BB&T Drill (August) UNC School of the Arts & Winston-Salem State University Full-Scale Exercise – September Reynolds America, Inc. Tabletop Exercise – November Smith Reynolds Airport Full-Scale Exercise – November
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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management
2013 Year End Review
Emergency management is the practice of dealing with and preventing or avoiding risk.
Agencies for emergency management are found at all levels of government. Emergency management
has four main phases and types of activities for which it engages; these activities include mitigation,
preparedness, response and recovery. Mitigation is the effort to prevent incidents from becoming
disasters and working to lessen the overall effects of disasters. Overall, mitigation activities tend to
be long-term efforts for reducing or eliminating risk. Preparedness encompasses activities that
prepare an area for potential hazards and should include a thorough understanding of activities
needed within the area to help the preparedness efforts. Response is the actual response by an
emergency management agency during an event, incident, or disaster. Finally, recovery is the
collection of activities that are implemented after an incident to help an area recover.
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management’s main purpose is to establish and
coordinate activities involving mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Currently, there is
one Emergency Management Director, three Coordinators (there were only two Coordinators for the
majority of 2013) and one Administrative Assistant. There is always one individual on-call; the
Director and Coordinators alternate who is assigned as on-call. The Office of Emergency Management
is located at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem.
Listed below and the attached slides, you will find the 2013 activities for Winston-
Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management.
Exercise/Drill Participation and/or Coordination
UNC School of the Arts & Winston-Salem State University Tabletop Exercise – February
Arts Based Elementary Lockdown Drill – February
NC HART (Helicopter & Aquatic Rescue Team) Statewide Exercise – February
NC Emergency Management WebEOC Exercise – Monthly
Statewide Tornado Drill – March
VIPER Test (Statewide Radio System) – Monthly
Forsyth County Emergency Operation Center Tabletop Exercise for Officials & Dept. Heads –
May
Wake Forest Baptist Health Exercise – May
High Point PD Crisis Tabletop Exercise – June
BB&T Drill (August)
UNC School of the Arts & Winston-Salem State University Full-Scale Exercise – September
Reynolds America, Inc. Tabletop Exercise – November
Smith Reynolds Airport Full-Scale Exercise – November
Operation Breaking Bad (Regional Full-Scale Hazmat Exercise) – December
Event Coordination
Forsyth CERT 2012 Volunteer of the Year Awards Banquet – February
Are You Ready?/Zombie 5K – April
Event Participation
Piedmont Fire Expo – January
NC Emergency Management Forum – January & June
NC Emergency Management Association Spring Conference – March
Winston-Salem State Safety Day – September
Kernersville Safety Day – September
Forsyth County Preparedness Fair – September
Responsible Dog Ownership Day (volunteers) – September
NC Emergency Management Association Fall Conference – October
GIS Day – November
Training Delivered/Coordinated
TRIPwire (DHS Technical Resource for Incident Prevention) – January
Mass Shootings/Mass Violence – January, May & November
Mass Shootings/Mass Violence for Greensboro FD – June
Mass Shooting/Mass Violence at NC Law Enforcement Officer Conference – June
Mass Shootings/Mass Violence for High Point FD & PD – October & November
Search & Rescue Operations – January
TLAER (Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue) Awareness – February
Criminal Elements & Terrorist Threats – March
Forsyth County Emergency Operations Center & EM training for Officials & Dept Heads – April
TLAER (Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue) Operations – May
Terrorism Response – May
Skywarn/Weather Spotter Training – May
Wildlife, Reptile & Exotics Workshop – June
ICS (Incident Command System) 400 – June
Emergency Management Role (for Winston-Salem Telecommunicators) – July
Basic Rigging for Large Animal Rescue – July & November
MERRTT (Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training) – September
Community Involvement in EM Programs (at NCEMA Fall Conference) – October
Mass Violence Seminar – November
CAMET (Companion Animal Mobile Equipment Trailer) & Emergency Pet Sheltering Training –
December
Grant Management and Execution
2013 EMPG – Emergency Management Performance Grant
2010 State Homeland Security Grant
2011 State Homeland Security Grant
Hazard Mitigation Grant - Northern Piedmont Hazard Mitigation Plan
2012 CERT Grant
Course & Training Participation By EM Staff
*Numbers indicate the number of staff in attendance
Search & Rescue Operations – January – 2
TRIPwire (DHS Technical Resource for Incident Prevention) – January – 2
Emergency & Evacuation Planning for Medical Dependencies – February – 1
TLAER (Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue) Awareness – February – 1
CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Program Manager – March – 1
TLAER (Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue) Operations – May – 1
Skywarn/Weather Spotter Training – May – 1
Wildlife, Reptile & Exotics Workshop – June – 1
Hurrevac (Hurricane Evacuation Software) Training – July – 1
Social Media for Natural Disaster Response & Recovery – July – 1 EM, 2 volunteers
NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program) Workshop – August – 1
Forsyth County SNS (Strategic National Stockpile) Training – September – 4
Warning Coordination Training – October – 1
Basic Rigging for Large Animal Rescue – November – 1
CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) TTT (Train the Trainer) – November – 1
Methamphetamine Laboratory Awareness & Operations TTT – November – 3
CAMET & Emergency Pet Sheltering Training – December – 3
Emergency & Disaster Planning Assistance
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Day Care
Temple Immanuel Synagogue
Wiley Middle School
City of Winston-Salem Employees
City of Winston-Salem University
Appalachian State University Mass Violence Forum
Industries for the Blind
Millhaven Dam
Weaver Fertilizer
NC Risk Managers Association – Workplace Violence
UNC School of Medicine – Mass Violence
New Horizons Day Care
Forsyth County Fire/Rescue Association
International Bike Race Event
Extreme Weather & Regional Mitigation Planning – Piedmont Together
Carl Russell Recreation Center Child Care
Yadkin County LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) – Large Animal Rescue
Guilford County LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) – Mass Violence
Arts Based Elementary Emergency Sheltering
Clemmons Middle School
Flat Rock Middle School
Winston-Salem Air Show
The Enrichment Center – Emergency & Mass Violence
Guilford County LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) Conference
Griffith Elementary
Dixie Classic Fair
Town Fork Creek Watershed Dam
WSTA (Winston-Salem Transit Authority)
Other EM Initiatives, Program Participation or Program/Initiative Coordination
(bold red signifies Program Coordination)
Ready FORSYTH website (www.readyforsyth.org )
Ready FORSYTH Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Picasa)
PEART (Piedmont Emergency Animal Response Team) Program
CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Program
City of Winston-Salem Service Excellence
DOT Planning/Incident Review
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System Safety & Public Safety Partners
Forsyth/Guilford Joint LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee)
Forsyth County LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee)
TRAC (Triad Regional Advisory Committee)
SWAW (Severe Weather Awareness Week)
Forsyth County Web Users
Safe Kids
NFIP/CRS (National Flood Insurance Program/Community Rating System)
COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disasters)
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County EM Advisory Council
NC CERT Conference
SART (State Animal Response Team) & PEART (Piedmont Emergency Animal Response Team)
Coalition
Northern Piedmont Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (7 counties)
MapForsyth Public Safety Committee
Wake Forest University Crisis Communications
National Preparedness Month
Public Safety Agency Coordination of Mass Violence/Active Shooter policies
Emergency Operations Plan annual update
Forsyth County Hazard Mitigation Plan update
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Office of Emergency Management responded to 45 incidents in
2013, including an aircraft crash; an apartment fire with multiple displacements; a mass casualty
transportation incident; tractor trailer wrecks; severe weather damage; a suspicious powder call; and
multiple hazardous material spills. See accompanying slide show.
2013 Year End Review
www.readyforsyth.org
www.facebook.com/readyforsyth
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