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SOM COOP Drill

SOM COOP Drill. August 10, 2013. Agenda. Objectives Process of the drill Scenario Drill Wrap-up. Objectives. Understand what is critical in an emergency situation Personnel Resources Communication Recovery. Objectives. What we are doing well? What processes can be improved?

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SOM COOP Drill

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  1. SOM COOP Drill August 10, 2013

  2. Agenda • Objectives • Process of the drill • Scenario • Drill • Wrap-up

  3. Objectives • Understand what is critical in an emergency situation • Personnel • Resources • Communication • Recovery

  4. Objectives • What we are doing well? • What processes can be improved? • What else did we learn? • Do we have any specific action items? • Next steps

  5. COOP Scenario • Monday, August 19, at approximately 8 AM, Richard Allen receives a call regarding an explosion in MR-4, presumably on the third floor. • Richard immediately leaves for the building and, en route, calls Steve Wasserman to share what he knows.

  6. COOP Scenario • Steve reports to the dean’s management team: • Supposition is construction workers renovating Dr. Kapur’s lab ignited a live gas line. • Police and firefighters are on the scene. • We do not know who may have been in the building at this hour.

  7. Discussion

  8. Richard Allen Update8:20 AM • Sprinkler system was turned off during renovations, allowing fire to spread. • Explosion broke out windows on three floors and may have damaged the ceiling above and floor below. • First responders have pumped water through the broken windows. • One moderate injury to a construction worker has been reported. He has been moved out.

  9. Richard Allen Update8:20 AM, cont’d • Dr. Nataro stores pathogenic bacteria in the freezer room above where there explosion occurred. • We don’t know if the freezers are contaminated or if bacteria have escaped.

  10. Discussion

  11. Update - 8:34 AMToxic Materials / Jurisdiction • Environmental Health & Safety is on the scene and appears to be arguing with the first responder re: who is in charge of assessing the facility for potential biological and chemical contamination. • Water from the fire hoses may have helped disperse toxic materials as far as the 4th floor lobby and possibly to other floors.

  12. Discussion

  13. Update - 8:56 AMResearcher Unrest • Researchers are now trying to enter MR-4 to assess the condition of the labs. • Others are attempting to retrieve personal effects that they left when they fled the building. • First responders are attempting to prevent these individuals from entering the building.

  14. Discussion

  15. Update – 9:13 AMEducation Disruption • A group of undergraduate students has arrived for their Neuroscience class. • They were turned away by first responders. • The faculty leader has not been located.

  16. Discussion

  17. Update – 9:18 AMLong-Term Effects • The fire has been extinguished. • “Do Not Enter” notices / tape have been posted around the building. • Initial reports indicate that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of MR-4 cannot be occupied – perhaps for several weeks. • No further updates re: potential biological and / or chemical contaminants.

  18. Discussion

  19. Wrap-Up • Did we have the right resources? • What worked well? • What would you do differently? • What are the next steps for the COOP team?

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