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Emergency Management Introduction and Overview15 March 2016
Office of Emergency Management Environmental Health & Safety
What is Emergency Management?
• A comprehensive all hazard program to identify hazards and risks that may cause crises and– Reduce their probability– Decrease their impacts– Develop community resources & capabilities– Contain, control, and manage– Return the community back to “normal”
Prevention – Mitigation Phase
• Threat & Hazard Assessments
• Reduce Likelihood (Prevention)
• Reduce Impact (Mitigation)
Identification of Risks
• Cornell University is subject to an array of natural and human-caused hazards– Natural
• Flood, severe storm, infectious disease outbreak
– Human-caused accidents• Fire, utilities failures, hazardous material spill
– Human-caused intentional• Civil unrest, cyber attack, mass violence
All-Hazards Planning Approach• Hazard & risk agnostic
• Capabilities based
• Increases general preparedness – not just hazard specific preparedness
• Plans can include hazard specificguidance
• Hazard Analysis guides yourcapability development
Exercise Program• Multi-Year Training & Exercise Plan
• Test plans and procedures
• Identify gaps and areas for improvement– After Action Report– Improvement Plan
Response Phase
• Activate plans & procedures
• Manage incident response
• Apply resources
• Engage continuity plans
• All Hazards
• Capabilities based
• Contains– Roles
– Responsibilities
– Incident management structure
– Strategies
– Capabilities
Incident Activity Lifecycle
Start of Response
Operations
Response Activities
RecoveryActivities
ContinuityActivities
Start of ContinuityOperations
INCIDENTOCCURS
Demobilization
RecoveryBegins
ResponseEnds
Returning to Normal
Operations
RecoveryEnds
Time
Activ
ity L
evel
ContinuityOperations End
Incident Response
• Utilize University Emergency Action Guide
• Implement emergency plans– Emergency Responder Response Plans– Emergency Operations Plan– Continuity of Operations/Business Continuity
• Coordinated response– With other emergency responders– Utilize Incident Command System (ICS) &
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Routine Cornell Incidents
• Incident Command Structure aligns with incident size and scope
Incident/Unified CommandSafety Officer (Maybe)
Ops Logistics(Maybe)
• Law• Fire/Rescue• EMS• Shift Mechanic
Emergency Support Functions (ESF)• Transportation • Search and Rescue
• Information Technologies • Hazardous Materials Response
• Facilities • Animal Care
• Fire Services • Utilities
• Emergency Management • Law Enforcement & Security
• Housing • Government & Community Relations
• Dining • Communications
• Supply Management • Volunteer Management
• Health Services • Student & Community Crisis Support
• Emergency Medical Services
Incident Management Team Supporting Incident Command
Incident Management Team
(ESFs)
Coordinate Supportto Incident Site
Coordinate & SupportOff Site Activities
Command & Controlof Incident
Cornell Crisis Manager
Incident Command Post
Continuity of Operations (COOP)
• Develop strategies for common disruptions
• Maintain essential activities
• Identify deferred activities
Recovery Phase• Return to “normal”
or the “new normal”
• Recovery includes– Physical state
– Emotional state
– Financial state
• Blurring of recovery & mitigation