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Emergency Response Planning

Emergency Response Planning Maintaining Academic Instructional Continuity in an Emergency Event: A Preparedness Planning Model. Dr. Dennie Templeton. RU Emergency Response Planning Team. E mergency R esponse P lanning. Over 100 Virginia Higher Education Institutions

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Emergency Response Planning

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  1. Emergency Response Planning Maintaining Academic Instructional Continuity in an Emergency Event: A Preparedness Planning Model Dr. Dennie Templeton

  2. RU Emergency Response Planning Team

  3. Emergency Response Planning • Over 100 Virginia Higher Education Institutions • More than 350,000 students • Add faculty, administration, staff, and campus visitors • Over a half a million people possible on Virginia campus locations in a given day. William & Mary Response Team Report, 2006

  4. Regional Environment • Radford, Virginia (population of 16,500) • Roanoke (40 miles) • Radford University • Administration, Faculty, Staff • Regional • Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, 28,000 students) • New River Community College (Dublin) • Potential of 45,000 students in 10 mile radius RU Emergency Response Planning Team

  5. Emergency Events Defined • Natural • Floods, earthquakes, pandemics, hurricane, storms, dust bowl • Man-Made • (accidental) fires, explosions, hazardous materials release, oil spills • Man-made/deliberate • (sabotage and terrorism) bombings, weapons of mass destruction, biological agents Emergency Management: Claire B. Rubin, 2007

  6. Catalyst for Academic Emergency Planning • Tulane University: Hurricane Katrina • VT- Intruder on campus with firearm • UCLA: Earthquake • University of Oregon/Washington -Volcano • Georgetown- Homeland Security • Syracuse University – Snow • University of Hawaii- Tsunami • University of Maryland - Pandemic RU Radford Emergency Academic Planning

  7. RU Academic Emergency Planning and Instructional Continuity • Ice and Snow • Rising New River near parking • Norvo Flu • Possible Area of Concern • Armory • Rail • I-81 • Campus emergency • Pandemic RU Radford Emergency Academic Planning

  8. Academic Affairs Primary Goal Identify what services and instructional delivery models could be implemented by Radford University Academic Affairs in support of RU students and faculty in the advent of an emergency response (ER) event ranging from a basic extended weather related university closing with class cancellation to a natural disaster, pandemic or homeland security event. RU Emergency Response Planning Team

  9. Assessment Fall of 2006 • President, Provost, Cabinet, CIO • Facilities Management/ Emergency Planner • Campus Police • Academic Preparedness Planning Committee • Initial Pandemic Planning Focus • Academic: Alternative Delivery of Instruction and campus technology capabilities Assessment

  10. Initial Planning • ER Planning Committee • Research • Collaboration • Key Personnel (University Plan) • Stage Development (WHO, Federal, UM) • Campus Integration • Communication Channels • Student Needs • ACTION KEYS RU Emergency Response Planning Team

  11. Collaboration • President & Cabinet • RU Facilities and Administration • Radford City and surrounding areas • Regional school systems • Business • VT and NRCC • Local medical and emergency response RU Emergency Response Planning Team

  12. Research • Federal Guidelines for Emergency Planning (Pandemic) • State Guidelines • Existing University models • University of Maryland • William & Mary • VMI • UNC • Establish Committee password Website • Stage Model Development RU Emergency Response Planning Team

  13. Emergency Response PlanningCommittee • AcademicAdministration: Planning Team coordination • Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Event (Pandemic, Homeland Security, Weather) • Common threads • Could instruction continue? • Multi-level collaboration (campus, region, …) • Leverage distance education technologies • Guidelines for closure/opening/continuation • “What if” Scenario Planning RU Emergency Response Planning Team

  14. Technology ResourcesTelecommunication & Instructional Technologies • Wireless Campus • ATM (videoconferencing) • ISDN (Videoconferencing) • IP Teleconferencing • IP Telephone Conferencing Bridging • Web Based Delivery Platforms • WebCt, IP Based Polycom • Evaluation of Moodle/Open Source • Macromedia Breeze • Satellite Downlink • I-University (IPOD) • Worst Case Scenario RU Emergency Response Planning Team

  15. Continuing Lessons Learned • Communication • Professional Development/Information • Collaboration both Internal and External • Research regional , state, and federal • Common Planning Trends & Resources • Leverage Existing Resources • Carnegie Mellon example • Continuing revision & implementation RU Emergency Response Planning Team

  16. Questions? RU Emergency Response Planning Team

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