FY 08 Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools

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FY 08 Readiness and Emergency Management for
Schools

• REMS Grant

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ESC-2 REMS Grant Staff

• Steve Lackey Project Director
• Mike Staton Project Coordinator
• Angie Garza Secretary
• Randy Purdy Associate Director Instructional
  Services
• Ray Huffman Grants Development

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Congratulations
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The Reason You Are Here
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Meet and Greet
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Scope of the Grant

• 25 Public, Charter and Private Schools
• 91 Campuses
• 4995 Personnel
• 37,597 Students

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ESC-2 REMS Office Room 1-14

• Manage the grant
• Organize training
• Facilitate review of District EOPs
• Coordinate efforts between schools and grant
  partners
• Purchase supplies indicated in the grant
• Administrative go-kits
• CERT kits
• Two-way radios
• Communicate with USDE
• Prepare USDE grant documents

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Calendar

• Start date was June 1, 2008
• 18 month grant June 08 November 09
• May request a no-cost extension up to a one year
• Maybe? January 2010

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Senate Bill 11

• Effective September 1, 2005
• Each district shall adopt and implement a
  multi-hazard emergency operations plan
• It must address
• Mitigation/Prevention
• Preparedness
• Response
• Recovery

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Multi-hazard Emergency Operations Plan

• Must provide for
• Employee training in response to an emergency
• Mandatory school drills
• Coordination with local emergency management
  agencies, law enforcement and fire departments
• Implement a security audit

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Grant Goal

• Increase the ability of a significant number of
  schools in South Texas to respond more
  effectively to any crisis or emergency which in
  turn increases the safety of all students, staff
  and the community during and after a crisis.

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Objective 1

• Improved Emergency Operations Plans
• Increased number of hazards including pandemic
• Better coordination and communication with
  partnering agencies
• Detailed Incident Command System (ICS)
• Specific needs of each campus

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Objective 2

• Demonstrate improved coordination and
  communication in emergency planning with
• Local government
• Local law enforcement
• Local public health agencies
• Local public safety agencies
• Local mental health agencies
• Local emergency management coordinators

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Objective 3

• District plans will include methods of
  communicating emergency management policies to
  parents and guardians.

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Objective 4

• Students an district/campus staff will increase
  their knowledge of school emergency management
  procedures.

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Objective 5

• District/Campus staff with responsibilities for
  emergency management functions will
• Demonstrate improved knowledge of school/district
  emergency management policies and procedures
• Demonstrate improved knowledge of the National
  Incident Management System (NIMS)
• (cont.)

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Objective 5 (cont.)

• Receive FEMA NIMS training required for NIMS
  compliance
• Demonstrate improved knowledge of the LEAs
  Incident Command System (ICS)

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Objective 6

• Sustainability and continuous improvement of the
  districts emergency management plans
• Including commitments from community partners and
  the district.

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Objective 7

• Tabletop drills will be used to demonstrate the
  improved implementation of emergency management
  plans, including the Incident Command System.

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Objective 8

• Districts will benefit from planning experiences
  of others by
• Sharing plans on project websites
• Through full-function crisis management
  demonstration exercises and evaluation held at
  the end of the project will incorporate lessons
  learned during the process

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How do we get there?
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Required Training
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Why More Training

• Preparedness
• Everyone knows their role
• Maximum efficiency of the operation
• No training No FEMA reimbursement

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Who do we train?

• ICS Teams 3 per campus plus 3 per district
• District
• Superintendent
• Business Manager
• Asst . Superintendent
• Transportation directors
• Director of Operations

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Who do we train?

• Campus
• Principal
• Assistant principal
• Teachers
• Custodial staff
• Students (CERT)

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Establish ICS Teams ASAP
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Yes, There is a Test

• Each IS/ICS course includes an assessment when
  successfully completed will entitle the
  participant to a Certificate of Achievement

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Students and Community Members

• CERTTeen CERT
• 20 hours

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Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

• Developed by LA Fire Department 1985
• Trains citizens to meet their immediate needs in
  times of a disaster
• First on the scene
• Increases their ability to meet the needs of
  family and neighbors
• Assist as auxiliary responders

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Senate Bill SB 11 6 hours

• Assigned Staff and Partners
• (Recommended for all school personnel)

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IS 362-Multi-hazard emergency planning for
schools

• Assigned staff and PTA/PTO
• IS 362 ½ day training (on-line)
• Describe emergency management operations, roles
  and duties
• Explain how to assess potential hazards that
  schools may face
• Explain how to develop and test an Emergency
  Operations Plan that addresses all potential
  hazards.

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All Administrators, ICS Teams, Nurses

• IS 100.SCA (½ day)
• Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS) for
  Schools
• IS 700 (½ day)
• Introduction to National Incident Management
  System (NIMS)

• ICS 200 (½ day)
• ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action
  Incidents

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Superintendents Assigned Staff

• IS 800b - National Response Framework, An
  Introduction (1/2 day on-line)
• The purpose of the National Response Framework.
• The roles and responsibilities of entities as
  specified in the National Response Framework.
• The actions that support national response.
• The response organizations used for multiagency
  coordination.
• How planning relates to national preparedness.

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Superintendents, ICS Teams, Nurses

• ICS 300-Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
• Advanced application of ICS

• 18 hour training
• Pre-reqs
• IS 700-Intro. to NIMS
• IS 800
• ICS 100-Intro. to ICS
• ICS 200-Basic ICS

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Superintendents and Assigned Staff

• ICS 400-Advanced ICS, Command and General Staff
• Expands on ICS 100 through ICS 300

• 14 hour training
• Pre-reqs
• IS 700-Intro. to NIMS
• ICS 100-Intro. to ICS
• ICS 200-Basic ICS
• ICS 300 Intermediate ICS

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Estimated Training Time
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When do we start?

• ICS 100 700 October/November 2008
• ICS 200 First 2 weeks in December 2008
• ICS 300 January 2009 (weekly)
• ICS 400 February 2009 (1st two weeks)

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Additional Training
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Additional Grant Items
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Equipment

• Two-Way radios for campuses 4 for each campus
• TEEN CERT Kits
• CERT Kits
• Administrative Go-Kits

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CERT Kits

• Hard Hat, Backpack w/logo, work gloves, chemical
  goggles, pocket tool, 12 hour night stick, CERT
  vest w/reflective strip, knee pads, dust mask,
  solar blanket

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Administrative Go-Kits

• Clipboard w/list of students students with
  special needs
• List of school personnel-school emergency
  procedures, etc.
• Flashlight-emergency turn-off procedures-emergency
  communication device-reflective vests
• Emergency phone numbers

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Administrative Go-Kits

• Campus layout maps w/ evacuation sites, first
  aide sites, parent reunification sites
• Water supply-extra batteries-battery operated
  radio-food-medical gloves
• Breathing masks-sanitary items-plastic
  sheeting-can opener-lighter-multi-purpose
  tool-knife-pliers, etc.

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Emergency Operation Plans
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EOP Improvement

• Initial in-depth assessment
• EOP writing sessions
• Create Infectious Disease Plan
• Review and evaluate final drafts of improved plan
• Tabletop exercises

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Quality of Product

• Effort
• Dedication to student safety
• Enthusiasm
• Pride
• Serious
• Prepared

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Q A
Except for Grant Partners