University and Community Collaboration on Disaster Management

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• Dr. David T. Young, Ph.D., P.E. , Chairman
• Department of Civil Engineering
• The William States Lee College of Engineering
• UNC Charlotte
• (special thanks to Dr. Tom Blackwell, ALERT
  Director, for his help in preparing this
  presentation)

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Definitions

• Crisis Management
• Measures to identify, acquire, and plan the use
  of resources needed to anticipate, prevent,
  and/or resolve a threat or act of terrorism.
• Consequence Management
• Measures to protect public health and safety,
  restore essential government services, and
  provide emergency relief to governments,
  businesses, and individuals affected by the
  consequences of terrorism.

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Historical Perspective

• September 11, 2001
• World Trade Center Towers
• New York City

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Historical Perspective

• Hurricane Floyd

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Disaster Response System

• Training Topics
• Explosive and Incendiary Tactical Operations
• Evidence Preservation Weapons Safety
• Crowd Control SCBA Training
• Emergency Rescue Techniques Infrastructure
  Assessment
• Agent Detection Technical Decontamination
• Incident Command Toxicology
• Mass Casualty Triage Initial Patient Assessment
• Medical Monitoring Emergency Medical Treatment

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Disaster Response System

• Local Representatives
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Office of Emergency
  Management
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
• Mecklenburg County Sheriffs Office
• Charlotte Fire Department
• Mecklenburg County Fire Marshals Office
• Mecklenburg EMS Agency
• Carolinas HealthCare System (Carolinas Medical
  Center)
• Mecklenburg County Health Department
• Mecklenburg County Medical Examiners Office
• Charlotte Department of Transportation
• Charlotte Engineering and Property Management
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System
• UNC Charlotte

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Disaster Response System

• State Representatives
• North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
• State Bureau of Investigation
• North Carolina Highway Patrol
• North Carolina Air National Guard
• UNC System
• Federal Representatives
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

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University and Community Collaboration

• Mission
• The City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County,
• in collaboration with UNC-Charlotte, the State of
  North Carolina, and other partners, will develop
• a national model for a comprehensive program
• in civil preparedness
• and disaster management

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Objectives

• Identify, develop, and implement programs
• Disaster research
• Incident assessment
  
• Intelligence, prevention, response, mitigation
  
• Provide
• Education and training
• Outreach

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UNC Charlotte Partners

• 1. Department of Civil Engineering
• structures, construction, environmental
• 2. Center for Transportation Policy Studies
• strategic planning, operations
• 3. Geography and Earth Sciences
• transportation, environmental mapping
• 4. Global Institute for Energy and Environmental
  Systems
• infrastructure, environment, energy

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UNC Charlotte Partners

• 5. Public Policy
• policy, regulations, planning
• 6. Public Administration
• planning, organization
• 7. Biology
• biological agents
• 8. Chemistry
• chemical agents
• 9. Engineering Technology
• fire safety

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UNC Charlotte Partners

• 10. Psychology
• human factors
• 11. Sociology
• human factors
• 12. Criminal justice
• human factors
• 13. Information Technology
• communications infrastructure and security
• 14. Business
• management, law, insurance

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Federal Partners

• Office of Homeland Security
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Office of Emergency Preparedness
• United States Public Health Service
• Department of Justice
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Department of Defense

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State Partners

• North Carolina Department of Transportation
• North Carolina Department of Engineering
• North Carolina Department of Health and Human
  Services
• North Carolina Department of Crime Control and
  Public Safety
• Division of Emergency Management
• North Carolina Air National Guard
• North Carolina University System

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Relief Partners

• American National Red Cross
• Salvation Army
• United Way of the Carolinas

Community Partners

Duke Energy Bank of America Wachovia / First
Union Ericsson Stadium Charlotte
Coliseum Lowes Motor Speedway Charlotte Chamber
Bell South
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Identified Future Projects

• Develop techniques for assessing local response
  capabilities.
• Develop assessment methodologies on the
• functionality of response equipment, and
  conduct
• research on identified improvements.
• 3. Develop model specifications for
• a. Mobile traffic management control and
  communications
• b. On-site building and structural assessment
  laboratory
• c. Mobile environmental assessment laboratory
  to detect nuclear devices chemical, and
  biological agents

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Identified Future Projects

• 4. Develop assessments and recommendations for
  coordinating capabilities of local infrastructure
  management centers.
• a. Transportation
• b. Utilities
• c. Buildings, bridges, roads
• d. Energy
• e. Environment contamination and cleanup

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Identified Future Projects

• 5. Develop regional disaster management materials
  and conduct training programs in the form of
  seminars, workshops, and conferences.
• 6. Develop case studies of major disasters and
  create a national library on disaster management
  strategies.
• Implement outreach programs and public
  dissemination campaigns that promote information
  on civil preparedness.
• Develop guidelines and model approaches that
  outline techniques for establishing and
  maintaining Federal, State, and Local
  partnerships for disaster mitigation, including
  policy, organization, and management.

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Identified Future Projects

• 9. Develop programs for critical infrastructure
  protection targeting methods that protect from
  simultaneous or combination attacks, focusing on
  how information technology may support the
  infrastructures.
• Develop a catalogue of training and regulatory /
  management materials to serve as resources for
  disaster mitigation.
• Investigate available management and simulation
  models for application in planning infrastructure
  management following actual disasters.

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Identified Future Projects

• Develop a model comprehensive community care team
  program to
• address complete assessment and referral / care
  of disaster victims
• and their families.
• Identify and integrate the talents of all experts
  in the University of
• North Carolina System.

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Identified Future Projects
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Why Collaborate?

• We believe we have the expertise, talent,
  motivation, and resources to bring together
  experts in disaster management and preparedness,
  along with faculty from across the state to build
  models that will prove useful for all
  municipalities and regions across North Carolina
  and the Country