Title: Planning for a Major Event
1 Porter County Emergency Management / Homeland
Security Agency 1995 South State Road 2 Val
paraiso, Indiana 46385 219-462-8654 / 219-465-3
490 FAX 219-465-3598 Phil Griffith, Director
Fred Martin, Deputy Director
2Definition of an Emergency
- - an event that your local emergency services can
handle.
3Definition of a Disaster
- - an event that overwhelms your local services
and requires outside intervention to
contain/control.
4Hazards that the EMA/Homeland Security Agencies
plan for
- Winter Storms
- Severe Drought
- Floods
- Severe Thunderstorms
- Tornadoes
- Chemical Spills
- Nuclear Accident
- Terrorism
- Civil Disturbance
- Agriculture Diseases (Crops and Animal)
5Weather influence
- As you could see 1 5 are weather events. (These
events are the most common causes for local
disasters)
- 6 - 10 can be directly affected by weather (wind
speed wind direction humidity precipitation
temperature)
6Since September 11, 2001Planning has become a
major area for Emergency Management
- Each Indiana County has implemented a
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan for the
entire county.
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7Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
- This is a comprehensive framework that addresses
the emergency response operations and supporting
efforts needed by the County and the
jurisdictions within the county, in the event of
a disaster that overwhelms the resources in the
jurisdiction being affected by the disaster
8There are 4 areas to Emergency Management
- Mitigation
- Preparation
- Response
- Recovery
9Mitigation
- We try to prevent or lessen the impact from an
event that could happen. To do that we look at
past history of the area and study the
vulnerabilities of the area. Thus we rely on
recovery from past events to prepare for future
events, which is mitigation of future events.
10Preparation
- We use past events and actions to better prepare
our services for response to current events
thereby lessening the impact of the event because
we are better prepared to react to the event.
11Response
- We use training to prepare our responders to
react to and respond to an event. This
preparation helps lessen the impact and speed up
the recovery from that event.
12Recovery
- We attempt to restore the area to the point it
was prior to the event. We at that time also
attempt to change the way things were done that
made the area vulnerable to the threat in the
first place. Thereby bringing in Mitigation.
13How can you help?
- Many people want to help during a disaster, and
we, as emergency personnel, can really use help
that is provided in a manageable way.
14Using your Skills and Knowledge
- The most common causes of disasters in most
communities/counties/States are weather and
environmental issues.
- Severe Weather events, such as Snow, Ice Storms,
high winds, thunderstorms, floods, droughts, and
tornadoes.
- Man made issues such as chemical spills
(accidental or intended are affected by the
weather).
15SO, how can you help?
- With your educational background and areas of
expertise, we will need and want your help if we
have a major disaster.
- Wind Direction and speed
- Humidity
- Temperature
- Precipitation (Rain, sleet, snow, etc.)
- How topography affects the above items
- Long range forecasts for long term events
16How you can help, cont.
- Short term forecast for immediate decision
making
- Hydrology (river, streams, tributaries)
- Weather event histories (for mitigation efforts)
17Getting involved
- Contact the Local EMA/Homeland Security Agency
(City/County/State) and find out how to become a
member. (if your lucky it could be a paid
position) - Learn how to become an active player in the
Emergency Services Incident Command System.
(organized help is always best)
- Assist with Public Educational Programs and in
training the Emergency Responders (Police, fire,
EMS, Red Cross members, etc.)
18Be prepared
- Be prepared to take care of yourself (and loved
ones) for 72 hours. Food Water Medicines -
etc.
- In the event of a storm, you could be the
organizer for your neighborhood (which could
become your own little town)
19Learn
- CPR
- First Aid
- Fire Safety and extinguishers
- How to shut off your Gas Electricity Water
- How to make a Disaster Kit for your family
- Obtain an All Hazards Alert Radio with S.A.M.E.
Technology for your home
- Emergency Preparedness is Everybodys
Responsibility!!!!!!!!!!!!
20If you are not prepared, you become part of the
problem and add to the burden already on the
emergency services.
21Preparedness Websites
- www.fema.gov
- www.redcross.org
- www.indiana.gov/dhs/
- http//www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?ident
ifier1200000
- http//www.nsc.org/ (National Safety Council)
- http//www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/ (National Weather
Service Chicago)
22Neighborhood Watch
Terrorism Information and Prevention System
Volunteers In Police Service
Community Emergency Response Teams
MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS
23Citizen Corps
- The Neighborhood Watch Program, funded by DOJ,
has been expanded to incorporate terrorism
prevention and education into its existing crime
prevention mission. The goal is to double the
number of groups participating in Neighborhood
Watch by 2004. Additional information is
available at the National Sheriffs Association
website at www.usaonwatch.org. - FEMAs Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
program provides training in emergency
preparedness and in basic response techniques to
local trainers who in turn train citizens,
enabling them to take a more active role in
personal and public safety. The goal is to
triple the number of citizens who are CERT
trained, increasing the number nationwide to
600,000 by 2004. Additional information on CERT
is available at www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/cert.
24Citizen Corps
- Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) is a program
administered by DOJ. The program, which will be
launched nationwide in spring 2002, provides
training for volunteers to perform administrative
and non-intervention policing activities to free
up law enforcement professionals for frontline
duty. - HHS will administer a community-based Medical
Reserve Corps that will be launched in summer
2002. Through this program, currently practicing
and retired volunteers trained in medicine will
be able to assist during large-scale emergencies
and will augment the emergency medical response
community. Medical Reserve Corps volunteers can
also play a productive role in meeting pressing
but non-emergency public health needs of the
community throughout the year.
25Citizen Corps
- Terrorism Information and Prevention System
(Operation TIPS), administered by DOJ, is
scheduled to be launched in late summer 2002 as a
pilot program in 10 cities before spreading
across the country. This program will enlist the
help of millions of American workers who, in the
daily course of their work, are in a unique
position to serve as extra eyes and ears for law
enforcement. Operation TIPS will provide
training for these workers from selected
industries in how to look out for suspicious and
potentially terrorist-related activity and then
in how to report that information through a toll
free number.
26CERT Training (Community Emergency Response
Team)
- Disaster preparedness
- Fire Suppression (extinguishers)
- Basic First-Aid and CPR
- Disaster psychology
- Team organization
- Light Rescue
- Terrorism classes (BNICE Biological, Nuclear,
Incendiary, Chemical, and Explosive)
27Citizen Corps Web Sites
- http//www.fema.gov/nwz02/nwz02_240.shtm
- http//www.citizencorps.gov/
- http//www.citizencorps.gov/guidebook.html
- http//www.citizencorps.gov/cc_pubs.html