Crisis Management Team Exercise 8 9 16 Organizational

Crisis Management Team Exercise 8 -9 -16

Organizational Chart

Crisis “Crisis is a process of transformation where the old system can no longer be maintained”. Natural disaster Technological Crisis, Power outage Strike, Protest Workplace Violence

OBJECTIVES 1. Operate under the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and test Campus Crisis Response Team’s Readiness. 2. Test capabilities of the Emergency Notification System. 3. Coordinate executive decision-making given limited information. 4. Discuss how we will communicate with the campus. 5. Discuss policies for: a. Campus evacuation. b. Managing the press c. Handling psychological issues

What is N. I. M. S? What is the National Incident Management System (NIMS)? NIMS is a national approach to incident management that is applicable at all jurisdictional levels and across functional disciplines. It is intended to: • Be applicable across a full spectrum of potential incidents, hazards, and impacts, regardless of size, location or complexity. • Improve coordination and cooperation between public and private entities in a variety of incident management activities. • Provide a common standard for overall incident management.

MUNSTER FLOOD 2008

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing” Theodore Roosevelt

Crisis Leadership Exercise

Tornado Came through our campus at 12: 42 pm West to East Extensive damage to Tech building only No power. Web is down. We sent out a Rave Alert Me message minutes before Tornado. Reports of at least one dead. Several injured.

Continued…. Some EMS on scene. Damage widespread through La Porte County. Our CERT TEAM members have been alerted. We have asked off duty police officers to come to campus. More are coming from Hammond campus.

Faculty and staff are flooding the PUNWPD with phone calls stating they are trapped in Tech Building and they are smelling gas. They also report that they have several injured students. Emergency Responders will have difficulty getting to campus. There are many downed trees, wires etc… on Highway 421

WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? Are non -PUNW Emergency Responders aware of Location of Buildings? How will they know where to respond? Where will Emergency responders stage their vehicles? Where will we evacuate the students and faculty to?

SEARCH AND RESCUE WHO WILL PERFORM? CERT… PD… Volunteers? Faculty are Calling us for advice? Parents will be showing up looking for students… Where do we stage media?

Where will we collect casualties? What hospital will they be transported to? Where can we temporarily house faculty staff and students? Who has lists of students/classrooms/faculty? How do we determine who is missing?

Public Information What information will be given out? What should be kept confidential? During a multi-agency incident who will represent each agency in a news conference? media updates? How do we balance the public’s right to know and the media releases necessary to managing the incident? How do we anticipate media’s need for specific types onf information?

More Public Info. If the media wants to interview a “Ranking Campus Official”, Who do we put on the firing line? How do you prepare them? How often will you provide situation updates? What messages should the University be starting to prepare: To faculty, students, parents, general community? Does the face of the campus spokesperson change as we move toward the end of the first 24 hours?

What will we use as a temporary classroom building with TECH building out of service indefinitely? Will we close the other buildings on campus? For how long? Can we use internet based classes? Students that are recuperating? What are our strategies and priorities for returning the campus to normal operations? When will we reopen?

Questions?