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1. Breaking News

2. Putting Preparation to WorkAre You Ready? • Brigham Young University: • Julie Franklin – Residence Life Director • Paul Barton – General Manager (Single Student Housing) • Jay Brown – Assistant Manager (Single Student Housing) • Kevin Borkman – Off-Campus Housing Official

3. Surfin’ BYU BYU Flood

4. Emergency Management Cycle U.S. Department of Education http://rems.ed.gov/docs/REMS_ActionGuide.pdf

5. Prevention-Mitigation • Prevention is the action colleges and universities take to decrease the likelihood that an event or crisis will occur. • Mitigation is the action colleges and universities take to eliminate or reduce the loss of life and property damage related to an event or crisis, particularly those that cannot be prevented. U.S. Department of Education http://rems.ed.gov/docs/REMS_ActionGuide.pdf

6. Preparedness • The Preparedness phase designs strategies, processes, and protocols to prepare the college or university for potential emergencies. U.S. Department of Education http://rems.ed.gov/docs/REMS_ActionGuide.pdf

7. Response • Response is taking action to effectively contain and resolve an emergency. • Responses to emergencies are enhanced by thorough and effective collaboration and planning during the Prevention-Mitigation and Preparedness phases. • During the response phase, campus officials activate the emergency management plan. U.S. Department of Education http://rems.ed.gov/docs/REMS_ActionGuide.pdf

8. Recovery • The Recovery phase establishes procedures, resources, and policies to assist an institution and its members’ return to functioning after an emergency. • Recovery is an ongoing process. U.S. Department of Education http://rems.ed.gov/docs/REMS_ActionGuide.pdf

9. Prevention-Mitigation • Assessments conducted in the past by the institution or surrounding community • Facility assessments (i.e., vulnerability assessments conducted on a particular structure or operation) • Recent community and campus specific crime data (e.g., Clery data1), and weather- or natural hazard-related data, such as flood, tornado, hurricane, or earthquake probabilities. U.S. Department of Education http://rems.ed.gov/docs/REMS_ActionGuide.pdf

10. Preparation "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.“ Benjamin Franklin

11. Disaster • Webster; “a sudden calamitous event bringing damage, loss, or destruction” • Red Cross; “disasters are exceptional events which suddenly kill or injure large numbers of people”

12. Most Common Disasters1970 – 2009 World wide • Flood – 30.7% • Wind storms – 11.2 % • Epidemic – 11.2% • Earthquake – 8.9% • Drought – 7.8% • Landslides – 5.1% • Others – 9.6% (weather, wildfire, volcano)

13. US Disasters • Flood (1985 – 2001, 32,047) • Tornadoes (909 per year) • Wildfires (50 per Year) • Blizzards (11 per year)

14. Disaster Facts • Government Services – Delayed • Water Storage • Power Outage • Food Storage • Evacuation vs. Shelter-in-place • Safe locations

15. Our Training Focus has been Earthquakes

16. Delayed Care Air Triage Team Area Area Search and Rescue Immediate Care Manager Transportation Fire Suppression Morgue RA Reports Command Post Ground Transportation Shelter for Displaced Residents Psychological Physiological Care 111 AXMB SAS Center Emergency Operations Center 1164 HCEB

17. Exercise 1: Earthquake • It is 9:45 p.m. on October 27th, and you have just had a 7.5 earthquake. The daytime temperature is 65 degrees. The predicted night time temperature is 43 degrees. The forecast for the next several days is mild weather. No storms until the weekend. Rain with a snow mix is predicted for the weekend.

18. How To Stay Safe • Drop, cover, and hold. • If indoors, stay there. • If outdoors, find a spot away from buildings, trees, streetlights, power lines, and overpasses. Drop to the ground and stay there until the shaking stops. • If in a vehicle, pull over at a clear location and stop. • If in a high-rise building, expect the fire alarms and sprinklers to go off during an earthquake.

19. What is your role as an RA? • Step 1 – Account for all residents • Step 2 – Set up a triage area • Step 3 – Send RA reports to the CP. Continue to report every ½ hour • Step 4 – Light search and rescue • Step 5 – Send available RAs and students to the CP

20. Step 1: Account for residents • Save your own life. • Evacuate residents to the evacuation spot • RAs takes roll • What if a resident can’t be moved? • Trapped under debris? • In a safe spot but injured?

21. Step 2: Triage Areas • Light damage: superficial or cosmetic damage. • Broken windows, fallen plaster, etc. • Moderate damage: questionable structural stability • Fractures, tilting, foundation movement or displacement • Heavy damage: obvious structural instability • Partial or total wall collapse, ceiling failures.

22. Light

23. Moderate

24. Heavy

25. Step 2: Triage Victims • I - Immediate • The victim has life threatening (airway, bleeding, shock) injuries that demand immediate attention to save his or her life. • Take immediate victims to the Command Post. • D - Delayed • Injuries do not jeopardize the victim’s life if definitive treatment is delayed. • Leave victims in the triage area. • Dead • No respiration after two attempts to open airway (CPR is not given in a disaster environment) • Move these victims to the morgue area.

26. Step 3: Report • One RA from each building or associate pair reports to the command post • Bring checked off rosters to account for everyone • Bring RA Log Sheet so injured or trapped residents can be tracked and building damage can be assessed • Keep reporting to Command Post every ½ hour

27. Example RA Log

28. Step 4: Conduct Light Search and Rescue • The most important person is YOU. • Rescue the greatest number of people in the shortest amount of time • Rescue lightly trapped victims first • Be alert for hazards • Use safety equipment • Rotate teams

29. Step 4: Conduct the Rescue • Call Out • Be Systematic • Listen Carefully • Triangulate • Use the Buddy System • Mark Searched Areas • Create a Safe Area

30. Step 4: Conduct the Rescue: Medical Operations Process (If Needed) • Conduct triage evaluations • Treat life threatening conditions 1st • Not Breathing • Open the airway, try twice • Severe Bleeding • Pressure and elevation • Mental State/Slow Blanch • Treat for shock

31. Step 5 • Send available RAs and students to the Command Post for further instructions.

32. Response • Initial Response • Opening an Operation Center • Elements • Easy access to area of disaster • Facilities • Calling in appropriate staff • Incident Commander

33. Response • Organizing Resources • Assessment Process • Floor Plans • Runners • Documentation • Dealing with Media • Handling New Developments

34. Response • Clean Up Begins • Bags, boxes • Laundry Services • Disaster Clean Up Services • Student Relocation—Working Through Emotions • Present Options • Allow as many choices as possible

35. Response • Safety Issues • Security • Ice • Settling in for the Night • Temporary Water • Dealing with Winter Conditions

36. Recovery Before After

37. Recovery Before After

38. Recovery Before After

39. Recovery Before After

40. Recovery Lessons Learned • Be prepared is not just a Boy Scout Motto • Plan for things to go wrong • Earthquake training works for floods • Dry Socks make a huge difference

41. Q & A