Emergency Management /

Active Shooter

Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA)

October 2014

INTRODUCTION

Two-part seminar focus.

Part 1, overview of emergency management / disaster response and recovery – your important role.

Part 2, active-shooter / violence – what you can do to prevent, prepare, survive.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM OVERVIEW

Cycle: Prevention / Mitigation, Protection, Response, Recovery

Tiered, local officials, responders, mutual aid, special teams

Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)

Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

Michigan Emergency Management Act, PA 390 & MEMP

MSP / EMHSD

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) /

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

National Response Framework (NRP)

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Infrastructure protection and

detection measures

Maintain critical water and

waste water systems

Incident Command System

(ICS)

Emergency Support Function

(ESF) #3

Participate in Unified Command

Representative in EOC

Technical Specialists and heavy

equipment operators

Evacuation

Damage Assessment

Debris Management

Restoration of essential

services

HAZARDS

Natural, Technological, Human-Caused

Tornado / Severe Thunderstorm

Flooding

Heat Wave

Winter Storm / Extreme Cold

Earthquake

Public health (Flu, Ebola)

Power Outage

Gas Leak

Fire

Hazardous Materials

Terrorism

Cyber

Flooding –

August 11-13, 2014

4.75 to 6.0 inches of

rain in a few hours…

Infrastructure failure and

natural sinkholes

ACTIVE SHOOTER

ACTIVE-ASSAILANT / THREATS

Review of previous incidents and recent events

Workplace violence

Crazies, criminals, and crusaders…

Terrorism and extremists

Targeted violence

Lone-wolf

Small team tactics – multiple attacks

Secondary devices or targeting responders (police, fire, EMS, public works, military, security)

Handguns, long guns, knives, automatic weapons, smoke, booby-traps, IED / bombs…

Bomb threats

Suspicious mail

ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE

Situational Awareness: Be Prepared, Be Vigilant, Be Resilient (be informed, stay calm, recognize, react, report…)

RUN (ESCAPE, evacuate)

HIDE (LOCKDOWN, cover and concealment)

FIGHT (last resort, only if necessary)

Call 9-1-1 (when it is safe to do so…)

What to report, what to do / not do

when police arrive…

Reunification, recovery

(defusing, crisis counseling / CISM)

Poster, further information,

video available on-line…

DOJ / FBI Active Shooter Event

Quick Reference Guide

DHS

Active

Shooter

Response

Poster FEMA / EMI / Independent Study Program On-Line Training Courses (free; obtain certificates)…

IS-906 Workplace Security Awareness IS-907 Active Shooter: What You Can Do

Suspicious mail

handling

Recognize, stay calm, react, report… Isolate DECON Routes of Exposure Time – Distance – Shielding Upwind – Uphill – Upstream

Cyber security

Computer networks

Wireless devices

SCADA

Critical

Infrastructure

National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)

Drinking Water and Waste-Water Systems

TERRORISM & EXTREMISM

Pre-Indicators Organized Terrorist Organizations Radicalized: Inspired Lone-wolf Crazies, Criminals, Crusaders… Eco-Terrorism (ELF, etc) Attacks on utilities (power and

water systems)

Michigan Intelligence Operations Center (MIOC) – Fusion Center

Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR)

L. Brooks Patterson Oakland County Executive

Gerald Poisson

Chief Deputy County Executive

George Miller Director, Department of Health & Human Services

Ted Quisenberry, PEM

Manager, Homeland Security Division

Mike Loper, PEM

Oakland County Homeland Security 1200 N. Telegraph Rd, Building 47W Pontiac, MI 48341 248-858-5324 (Office) 248-858-5300 (EOC) 248-858-5550 (Fax) loperm@oakgov.com