Milan Area Schools Milan Area Schools Table Top ExerciseTable Top Exercise

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Milan School DistrictMilan School District

SituationSituationDate: November 18, 2004

Time: 8:45 A.M.

Conditions: An unusual weather front has developed over Michigan with temperatures at 40 degrees above zero, with a 8 mile an hour wind out of the East. Heavy rains are falling with a threat of street level flooding.

Provided Information:

• All schools are open for students arrival.

• School buses are running on schedule.

• All teachers and support staff are reporting for work as scheduled.

Special SituationSpecial Situation Time: 9:15 A.M.

Secretary at Paddock Elementary School receives a phone call from an individual stating that he has placed a bomb at the school and that the bomb will explode within the hour.

Secretary notifies the principal of the phone call and 911 calls are placed to the police department.

Special Situation - ContinuedSpecial Situation - Continued A primary search of the

building and grounds by the custodian has discovered a suspicious package near the gas meter.

It is determined that the School will be evacuated according to plan.

State Police Bomb squad has been notified and is enroot. Expected arrival time is 1 hour 45 minutes.

UPDATEUPDATE The Catholic Church The Catholic Church

is unavailable for is unavailable for lodging students as lodging students as there is a funeral there is a funeral luncheon and luncheon and reception scheduled reception scheduled for 10:00 A.M.for 10:00 A.M.

The Community The Community Center is Center is unavailable as there unavailable as there is a quilt show set is a quilt show set up and there is no up and there is no available room.available room.

Evacuation issuesEvacuation issues

Where Where Shelter in PlaceShelter in Place Transportation IssuesTransportation Issues

Special SituationSpecial Situation Time: 9:30 P.M. Time: 9:30 P.M. Location: Milan Middle SchoolLocation: Milan Middle School

Situation: The school secretary has Situation: The school secretary has received a phone call stating that a received a phone call stating that a bomb has been placed at the school and bomb has been placed at the school and that the device will detonate at 9:30 that the device will detonate at 9:30 a.m.a.m.

Following procedure the principal and Following procedure the principal and the police department are notified of the the police department are notified of the incident.incident.

A suspicious device is located near the A suspicious device is located near the gas main that leads into the building. gas main that leads into the building.

It is determined that an evacuation of It is determined that an evacuation of the school should be initiated.the school should be initiated.

State Police Bomb Squad has been State Police Bomb Squad has been notified and is responding to the scene. notified and is responding to the scene. Expected arrival time is 1 hour and 30 Expected arrival time is 1 hour and 30 minutes.minutes.

Situation ContinuedSituation Continued

Milan High Milan High School Notified School Notified of evacuation of evacuation plans and must plans and must provide shelter provide shelter for additional for additional students.students.

Special SituationSpecial SituationUp DateUp Date

TIME: 11:00 A. M. TIME: 11:00 A. M.

Milan Police/Fire Departments have Milan Police/Fire Departments have been informed by CSX that a freight been informed by CSX that a freight train has derailed North East of the train has derailed North East of the intersection of Dexter and Wabash intersection of Dexter and Wabash Streets. The train was carrying Streets. The train was carrying chemicals and release of chemicals chemicals and release of chemicals has occurred and is blowing West.has occurred and is blowing West.

Special SituationSpecial SituationUp DateUp Date

TIME: At 11:00 A. M. The emergency dispatch office receives a

report of a train derailment and dispatches the local fire department and police unit.. The first units on the scene confirm a train derailment and advise the dispatch office that all responding units will be held for quite some time.

Some of the derailed cars have vapor clouds coming from their domes. Within minutes, the leaking vapors are visible.

Police / Fire InformationPolice / Fire Information

• At 11:15 A.M.

• Fire Department Reports that the locomotive and the next 18 of the 87 total railcars has left the tracks.

• The derailed cars include six flatcars carrying lumber, four boxcars with unknown contents, three boxcars carrying tires; six tank cars with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) UN 3310, two tank cars sulfuric acid UN 1831.

Milan Area MapMilan Area Map

Milan High

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Train WreckSimons

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Special SituationSpecial Situation Time: 11:15 Time: 11:15

School’s main office School’s main office secretary receives a frantic secretary receives a frantic call from one of the teachers call from one of the teachers in the gym. The teacher in the gym. The teacher reports that students in her reports that students in her class are having trouble class are having trouble breathing, and between her breathing, and between her coughs, says that at least coughs, says that at least four students are vomiting. four students are vomiting.

The secretary quickly calls The secretary quickly calls 9-1-1 for help and tries to 9-1-1 for help and tries to contact the principal via the contact the principal via the school’s intercom as he was school’s intercom as he was not in the office at the time not in the office at the time of the call. of the call.

Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions

What are the immediate actions the What are the immediate actions the school should take in the event of a school should take in the event of a CBRNE incidentCBRNE incident• Who should take them?Who should take them?• What are the schools priorities? Rank What are the schools priorities? Rank

them.them. To emergency respondersTo emergency responders

• What type of information will the What type of information will the responding agencies need from the responding agencies need from the schoolschool

Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions

What type of communication system What type of communication system or policy does the school district or policy does the school district have in placehave in place• Inter-campus communicationInter-campus communication• Campus to bus communicationCampus to bus communication

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

Are there any immediate protective Are there any immediate protective measures the school should take measures the school should take (e.g., evacuation, shelter –in-place, (e.g., evacuation, shelter –in-place, etc)?etc)?• Who will make this decisionWho will make this decision

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

How will the school account for How will the school account for persons inside the school and on persons inside the school and on campus groundscampus grounds• How long will the process take?How long will the process take?• Who will do it?Who will do it?

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

How will the school disseminate How will the school disseminate timely information to the parents and timely information to the parents and the communitythe community• Who will do it?Who will do it?

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

If the school evacuates:If the school evacuates:• Are there enough busses to transport Are there enough busses to transport

students?students?• If needed, where will the school obtain If needed, where will the school obtain

additional busses?additional busses?• Where will students be taken?Where will students be taken?• How will parents be notified?How will parents be notified?• How will the school provide food, water How will the school provide food, water

and medication?and medication?

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

Which local, state or federal agencies Which local, state or federal agencies and private organizations are likely and private organizations are likely to respond?to respond?• How will the school coordinate and How will the school coordinate and

communicate with all of them?communicate with all of them?

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

Do school personnel understand the Do school personnel understand the concept of:concept of:• Incident ManagementIncident Management• Incident CommandIncident Command• Unified CommandUnified Command• NIMSNIMS

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

Do school officials understand what Do school officials understand what happens in the “decontamination” happens in the “decontamination” process?process?• To emergency respondersTo emergency responders

Explain the “decon” procedureExplain the “decon” procedure Explain what will be expected of school staff.Explain what will be expected of school staff.

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

How will students be released to How will students be released to parents?parents?• What are the notification procedures?What are the notification procedures?• Where is the assembly area?Where is the assembly area?

Does the School have Does the School have • A designated assembly or staging area?A designated assembly or staging area?• A planned and alternative evacuation A planned and alternative evacuation

route?route?

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

Is there a plan or policy in place for Is there a plan or policy in place for after-incident or stress debriefing?after-incident or stress debriefing?• To include school personnel?To include school personnel?• To include response personnel?To include response personnel?• To include parents/students?To include parents/students?