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WHAT DO FIRST RESPONDERS EXPECT DURING A SCHOOL INCIDENT?

Explore the expectations and preparedness of first responders during school incidents, covering prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery strategies. Discover potential threats ranging from natural to technological hazards, biological risks, and adversary-induced dangers. Enhance your understanding of the essential protocols for initial patient triage, patient care areas, apparatus staging, and demobilization in the event of emergencies. Learn from Fire Chief John Nohr of Clark County Fire & Rescue.

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WHAT DO FIRST RESPONDERS EXPECT DURING A SCHOOL INCIDENT?

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  1. WHAT DO FIRST RESPONDERS EXPECT DURING A SCHOOL INCIDENT? John Nohr Fire Chief Clark County Fire & Rescue

  2. Emergency Managers think about: • Prevention • Mitigation • Preparation • Response • Recovery

  3. What are our threats?

  4. Natural Hazards • Earthquakes • Severe wind • Tornadoes • Lightning • Hurricanes • Floods • Wildfires • Landslides/Mudslides • Tsunamis • Volcanic eruptions

  5. Technological Hazards • Explosions or accidental releases from industrial plants • HazMat release from within the school • HazMat release from highways or railroads • Radiological release from nuclear power plants • Dam failure • Power/Water failure

  6. Biological Hazards • Infectious diseases (influenza, TB, staph, meningitis) • Contaminated food outbreaks (salmonella, botulism, E.coli) • Toxic materials present in school labs

  7. Adversarial, Incidental, and Human-caused Threats • Fire • Active shooters • Criminal threats or actions • Gang violence • Bomb threats • Domestic violence and abuse • Cyber attacks • Suicide

  8. Prevention and Mitigation

  9. Preparation • Mass Casualty Incident training • MCI Kits • Evacuation plans • Buses

  10. First Responders want to stop forward progress of the incident

  11. Fire/EMS will work to make our issues safe

  12. Fire/EMS will work with Law Enforcement to preserve evidence

  13. We want to know that there is a plan And that the plan is being followed…..

  14. Initial Patient Traige • START- Simple Triage and Rapid Assessment • RPM- Respirations, Perfusion, Mental Status

  15. Patient Care Areas • Access Corridor • Triage (secondary) • Red • Yellow • Green • Black

  16. Apparatus staging area

  17. Ambulance access/egress corridor

  18. Demobilization • Can take minutes to days depending on the incident • Fire • Building collapse • HazMat release • Active shooter

  19. Recovery • Physical • Mental • Community

  20. Q&A John Nohr Clark County Fire & Rescue John.nohr@clarkfr.org

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