FEMA Higher Education Conference June 2011

Emergency Management at

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Massachusetts Maritime AcademyFounded in 1890One of nine Massachusetts State

CollegesOriginally for education of merchant

marinersMarine EngineeringMarine Transportation

Expanded programs intoMarine Environmental ProtectionFacilities EngineeringEmergency Management International Maritime Business

Technical Educational ProgramsRegimental Life Style

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Massachusetts Maritime AcademyEmergency Management Program Components

Educational Program Scientifically based curriculum Common 2 year curriculum

Common with Marine Safety and Environmental Protection

Provides for Community College articulation 6 week Sea Term in the first yearTwo Coops 6 weeks eachVarious Certificate Programs

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Emergency Management Education Program

Program sequencesNatural HazardsSocietal HazardsPublic HealthEmergency ManagementGIS in Emergency ManagementEmergency Management Exercises

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Massachusetts Maritime AcademyEmergency Management Educational Challenges

Coops Exercises

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Emergency Management Coop Experience

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Current RequirementsSix week coop after semester 5Practicum or an additional

coopConcerns

Relevancy to MajorEvaluations

What is the optimum coop experience?Current coop evaluation

Letter form the supervisorDaily LogEvaluation by a professorPresentation

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Past and current coops FEMA MEMA Oak Ridge Nuclear Local Fire and

Police State police Boston Hospitals Mass DPH Red Cross USCG NOAA International

Haiti (3 students)

Panama (possible)

China( Possible)

International Experience Haiti

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Haiti: 9 millionLocation: 4.5 hours from Boston by air.

PAP: 3-4 millionNGOs: < 10,000NGO pers: < 100,000

Ile-a-Vache: 7 hours from PAP; 20k people; no lights, no cars, no water, no sewage, no hospital.

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Goal: Conduct an Emergency Management assessment for Ile-a-Vache, Haiti in preparation for the development of a written emergency management plan. Method: Perform an on-site emergency management assessment using Disaster Risk Management principles, processes and methodologies developed through various emergency management organizations including The Red Cross, FEMA, CDEMA, CDERA, OAS, USAID, CARICOM and the Canada’s OCIPEP.

International Experience Haiti

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Future: Repeat July/Aug; Jan/Feb;

Who: 3-5 Emergency Management Environmental Protection

Facilities Engineering students

Challenges: Student volunteers; Staff Support time; Student costs;

Value to School/Students: Moderate to high;

Risks: Safety & Health: (Low to moderate).

International Experience Haiti

All Coop ConcernsRelevancy

Approve coops based on program and some course outcomes.

Coop must relate to a minimum number of program and course outcomes

EvaluationsEvaluate results to appropriate course and

program outcomes. Evaluate results on basic principles

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Proposed Coop Sequence for advanced students

1st Year January/February Sea Term port city EM systems

2nd Year January/February Volunteer/Social Service Agency July/August Social Service Full Time

3rd Year January/February Government Agency Full Time July/August Private Organization Full Time

4th Year January/February International Public or Private

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Proposed Coop Concerns

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Choosing StudentsTop five or six students ?

Awarding CreditOverall Program?Individual Coops?

EvaluationEvaluate results to appropriate

course and program outcomes. Evaluate results on basic principles

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Current Experience

Courses Introduction to Emergency

ManagementIntroduction to GIS Risk ManagementNatural HazardsEmergency Management OperationsIT in Emergency ManagementEmergency Management Capstone

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Exercises or Drills woven throughout the Emergency Management curriculum

Exercise Types Incident Commander

Incident Commander ObjectivesTeams of eightTactical Simulation

Players within a group find themselves facing one of several crises that have to be resolved by the proper application of the assets at their disposal.

Training tool for ICS A training tool intended to generate a good understanding of the Incident

Command system (ICS)/National Incident Management System (NIMS). Players need to pursue objectives that lead to success in both of

these avenues, in order to achieve success as defined by the NIMS.

After Action reports are required with both aspects being evaluated.

Training scenarios Risk Management Chemical Spill Scenario Natural Hazards Hurricane Scenario Operations School Shooting Scenario

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Exercise Types Incident CommanderIncident Commander Objectives

After Action reports are required with both aspects being evaluated.

Training scenarios Risk Management Chemical Spill Scenario Natural Hazards Hurricane Scenario Operations School Shooting Scenario

Locations 24 computer laboratory stations initial runs Emergency Management Simulator final run

6 closed rooms Helicopter Incident Command Post

Evaluations based on After Action Reports

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Exercise Types WebEOC

Carried out in the MMA Emergency Management Simulator in concert with the simulator program.WebEOC prescripted scenariosSimulator programming designed to mesh with WebEOC

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Advantages Easily customizable Develop system-generated inputs that are automatically

injected at specified intervals based on E Time Develop contingency inputs whose E Times cannot be

determined, but may be input later as exercise play unfolds Disable an entry from being posted Delay inject of a scheduled entry Selectively remove entries already posted to status boards Pause the simulation if drill play is temporarily suspended and

then restart once drill play is again underway Generate hardcopies of the timeline Archive the exercise intact

Evaluation Student evaluator decide on a team grade??

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Exercise Types WebEOC

Exercise Types Community Exercises and Drills

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Participation in Local Exercises Junior and Senior Emergency Management students acted as scribes in

the HERMES Tabletop exercise which was in Boston, MA September 15 2010.

HERMES Functional Exercise - One hundred and six MMA cadets played various roles in this exercise. Ten students were scribes, ten students were in the Terrorist Group X and the remaining students were the General Public.

Forty students participated in a Cape Cod Evacuation Exercise administered by the National Guard. It was joint training exercise at the Massachusetts Military Reserve with many participants.

The HHS (Department of Health & Human Services) / ASPR (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response) / OPEO (Office of Preparedness & Emergency Operations/ NDMS (National Disaster Medical System) MA-1 DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistance Team) had a joint mass casualty training exercise at the Massachusetts Military Reserve on June 4-6, 2010. Mass Maritime supplied many victim participants.

Evaluations: none

Massachusetts Maritime AcademyMarine Safety and Environmental Protection Department

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I will be happy to address any questions you have during this session or via email. Please feel free to offer any suggestions or comments.

Professor Malcolm MacGregormmacgregor@maritime.edu