neighborhood disaster preparedness presenters annette ashton al dorsky ken dueker january 9, 2008
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NEIGHBORHOODDISASTER
PREPAREDNESS
Presenters
Annette Ashton
Al Dorsky
Ken Dueker
January 9, 2008
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AGENDA
• Setting the Stage
• Palo Alto Neighborhoods
• Neighborhood Preparation
• City Perspective
• Q & A
Changing the role of citizens from Changing the role of citizens from victim to partner during disastersvictim to partner during disasters
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SETTING THE STAGECITY OF PALO ALTO OVERVIEW
During an emergency, City staff will respond to events in the following order of priority:
• Life & safety
• Property protection
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The Palo Alto Problem
• The daytime population in Palo Alto is well over 100,000. And add another 35,000 for normal Stanford campus population – can be up to an additional 100,000 during Stanford Football.
• 61,200 PA residents in 27,000 single and multi-family dwellings in 30 neighborhoods over 26 sq. mi.
• There are roughly 6,000 business with ~100,000 employees. Some are (should be) disaster resources.
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RESPONSE CAPABILITIES
• There are only 32 firefighters on duty on any given day. (It takes appx. 15 -20 firefighters to respond safely to one full-structure incident.)
• There are only 8-10 police officers on duty on any given day.
• There are 40 Utilities operational personnel for Electrical Operations and 30 in Water, Gas, and Wastewater.
• There are 40 Public Works operational personnel
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CORE GOALS
• The City wants residents and businesses (etc.) to be resources, not victims.
• PEOPLE, not plans in a binder, are the key to response and recovery. Must have COMMUNICATIONS to achieve.
• Community can provide information to City:
• Initial Damage Estimate• Transportation Status• Incident Reporting
• Resource Sharing
“Eyes and Ears” Function
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FULLY-IMPAIRED SCENARIO
• Absence of (reliable) infrastructure: phone & Internet out
• Emergency Public Information (Community Alerting and Notification System-CANS)
• Neighborhood Communication
• Link to government must follow span of control
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Communications Links
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Incident Command Post (ICP) at Fire Station
Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinator
Block Preparedness Coordinator
Palo Alto City Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
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PAN (Palo Alto Neighborhoods)
DISASTER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OBJECTIVES
• Prepare neighbor-to-neighbor, block-to-block,
• Community-to-community
• Develop standards (best practices) across the city
• Decide how to communicate up the line as well as receive information down the line
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PAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Survey Residents on the need for timely communications
• Pandemic Influenza briefing 2/1/07
• PAN web site on Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Information http://www.PANeighborhoods.org/ep
• Develop roles of Block & Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinator
• Emergency Preparedness Faire at July 4 Chili Cook-off
• Discussion of neighborhood issues with the City of Palo Alto
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WHY SHOULD RESIDENTS ORGANIZE/PREPARE?
• Risk is ever-present.• Natural disaster: earthquake, flood• Terrorism/Criminal Acts: bombing, shooting, etc.• Fires• Accidents, chemical spill, technological failures• Disease - pandemic influenza
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STEPS FOR BEING PREPARED
Make a Family Disaster Plan
Build a Kit: Water, food, shelter, medications; KZSU 90.1 FM
Get TrainedFirst Aid, CPR
Volunteer: Block Preparedness Coordinator, CERT, Red Cross, HAM etc.
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BLOCK PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR
Social
Information Sharing Emergency/DisasterCrime
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BPCKEY ACTIVITIES
• Meet your neighbors• Create a neighborhood list for use in activity planning
and emergencies. Provide each neighbor with the list.• Distribute information from the Neighborhood & the
City; communicate needs, issues upwards to Neighborhoods to City/Council
• Coordinate with Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinator
• Communication node for emergency/disaster• Plan an event once a year• Build a kit• Use your own ideas and creativity
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NEIGHBORHOOD PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR
KEY ACTIVITIES• Coordinate emergency/disaster preparation for
the neighborhood.
• Serve as a communication node for your Neighborhood
• Point of contact during a disaster
– Coordinate BPCs & Disaster Communications
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ROLES BPC & NPC vs. PANDA PANDA BPC & NPC
Coordinator
Number 600 trained 1000-2500 needed
Disaster Service Worker
Yes Future ?
Administered by PA Fire Department Neighborhood
In an emergency Reports to PANDA trailer first (but can assist neighbors on way in)
Stays in block/neighborhood
Training 20-hour Course BPC 3 hours (4 for NPC)
Training by Fire OES PAN with help of PAPD
Communication role
RACES Ham from PANDA Trailers to EOC; FRS channel 5 in field
FRS & runners connect BPCs to NPCs; Ham & runners connect NPCs to PANDA Trailers
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BPC & NPC TrainingCore Modules
• NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION
• COMMUNICATIONS– COMM I– COMM II (NPC only)
• Damage Assessment
• Total 3 hours for BPC training (4 hours for NPC)
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BPC & NPC TrainingOPTIONAL MODULES
• OPTIONAL – Neighborhood Watch
• FUTURE– Red Cross (CPR, First Aid)– Animal Care– Sensitivity Training– ICS (Incident Command System)– FEMA (Dealing with government agencies)
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MAPS
• A detailed map of the City of Palo Alto is available
• Each neighborhood can prepare a detailed map of its own neighborhood and each block in its neighborhood from a disc that will be provided.
• Help will be available if needed
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swimming pool
BLOCK
Fire hydrant
NEIGHBORHOOD
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PROOF OF CONCEPTWhy Have BPCs & NPCs?
• A good example of what NPCs and BPCs can accomplish was the neighborhood participation in the Golden Guardian exercise of Nov. 14, 2007
• Neighborhood participation was designed to simply test the capabilities of internal communications
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GOLDEN GUARDIAN DRILLNOVEMBER 14, 2007
• Overall neighborhood participation exceeded expectations
• Variety of communications used: FRS, phone (cell and landline) and runners
• Neighborhoods able to report # people attending concert and # people with symptoms within 40 minutes of CANS alert
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NEXT STEPS
• Commit your neighborhood to participate
– Identify, recruit, and train NPCs and BPCs
– Encourage CANS sign-up
– Appoint a representative to PAN EP Committee
– Participate with PAN in city wide drills
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NEIGHBORHOODCOMMITMENT
• Sign the attendance sheet – Information, news– Training – Events
• Contact: [email protected] [email protected]– Key Neighborhood Contact
• DON’T BE ON YOUR OWN - JOIN USDON’T BE ON YOUR OWN - JOIN US
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City of Palo Alto Perspective
Kelly Morariu Assistant to the City Manager
Sheryl ContoisDirector, Police Technical Services
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DON’T BE ON YOUR OWNDON’T BE ON YOUR OWN
JOIN US.JOIN US.
Changing the role of citizens Changing the role of citizens
from victim to partner during disastersfrom victim to partner during disasters