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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
2
Definition of an Emergency
  • - an event that your local emergency services can
    handle.

3
Definition of a Disaster
  • - an event that overwhelms your local services
    and requires outside intervention to
    contain/control.

4
Hazards 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)

5
Weather 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)

6
Since 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.

7
Comprehensive 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

8
There are 4 areas to Emergency Management
  • Mitigation
  • Preparation
  • Response
  • Recovery

9
Mitigation
  • 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.

10
Preparation
  • 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.

11
Response
  • 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.

12
Recovery
  • 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.

13
How 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.

14
Using 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).

15
SO, 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

16
How you can help, cont.
  • Short term forecast for immediate decision
    making
  • Hydrology (river, streams, tributaries)
  • Weather event histories (for mitigation efforts)

17
Getting 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.)

18
Be 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)

19
Learn
  • 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!!!!!!!!!!!!

20
If you are not prepared, you become part of the
problem and add to the burden already on the
emergency services.
21
Preparedness 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)

22
Neighborhood Watch
Terrorism Information and Prevention System
Volunteers In Police Service
Community Emergency Response Teams
MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS
23
Citizen 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.

24
Citizen 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.

25
Citizen 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.

26
CERT 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)

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Citizen 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
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