Sam Martin Emergency Management Specialist Tucson Unified School District School Safety Arizona Twist on Customizing Emergency Plan Templates ADE Safe and Supportive Schools Conference ID: 490534
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Jeff Coleman – Director Sam Martin – Emergency Management Specialist Tucson Unified School District – School Safety
Arizona Twist on Customizing Emergency Plan Templates
ADE Safe and Supportive Schools Conference
December
4
, 2015Slide2
Tucson unified School District overview85 Schools or Program Sites15 Support Sites
49,500 students
6000 employees
250 Square Miles
330 Buses transporting 17,000 students daily
10 vacant closed schoolsSlide3
School Safety Overview 24/7 operation
staffed by:
5 Armed School
Safety Officers
4
Traffic Safety Officers
9
Armed
Uniformed Security Officers
2 Armed Emergency Management Specialists
5
Dispatchers
Key
Control
Office
4 Clerical Staff
200
Crossing GuardsSlide4
BackgroundHistorically our emergency planning function was with the District Risk Management Department.
School Safety practiced the plans, attended drills, and helped implement plans when needed.
Leadership, Risk Management and School Safety all recognized that this organizational separation of the same function was problematic. Slide5
BackgroundStarting in SY 14-15, the responsibility of creating and maintaining plans came to School Safety. Our District was operating on paper plans based on the 2006 ADE template.
A commitment was made to upgrade to the ADE 2013 template. Slide6
Creating an Emergency Management SectionIn SY 14-15 funding was obtained for an emergency unit.
Two Emergency Management Specialists were brought on to work on the transition to the 2013 template
An Office Assistant was hired to track the process.
The personnel got on board in the latter part of this same year, work really began in SY 15-16. Slide7
Early Obstacles to the planning ProcessGetting time with the Administrators was and continues to remain an issue.
Cooperation from other private and governmental agencies to arrange safe and size appropriate off site evacuation sites.
The Emergency Management Specialists soon recognized the ADE template may not be “one size fits all.” Slide8
E.R.P. Minimum requirements
National Incident Management
S
ystem
ICS
TRAINING
Emergency Response Plan (E.R.P.)
Purpose
Approval
Communication
Control
Coordination
Plan Development and Maintenance
Update Plan
Collaborate
Annual training
Practice
Additional
tools to aid in developing and implementing an ERP is found at
www.azed.gov/prevention-programs/resources/#11school
resourse.
Additional
tools to aid in developing and implementing an ERP is found at
www.azed.gov/prevention-programs
/resources/#11school
resourse.
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Changes and Challenges Developing best Practices
Research
What is our end-state product
Final product
Consistency in our decision process
Simplicity
Incorporate strategies that fit the needs of the School
Job Descriptions Slide10
EMERGENCY evacuation reunification process (E.E.R.P.)
Reunification sites
Cooperation with outside entities
Job Description
s
Efficiency
Accountability
Control movement
Response team
The more the merrier
Report
of the State‘s Attorney for the Judicial District of Danbury on the Shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School
http
://www.ct.gov/csao/lib/csao/Sandy_Hook_Final_Report.pdfSlide11
Emergency procedures
Hard Lock Down
Safety is everyone’s responsibility
Soft Lock Down
Precautionary measure
Evacuation
On or Off-Site
Shelter-in-place
Extreme weather, chemical
Reverse Evacuation
Do not walk backwards
Drop, Cover, Hold
Use this procedure during an
earthquakeSlide12
Training
Every staff member
Training is the key to Success
Conduct drills and evaluate
Set them up for Success, but also keep them honest
Do your job
Understanding what needs to happen
Not knowing what to do
One shot to get this right Slide13
Progress – Where are we at?28 schools have had staff trained in emergency procedures.
21 schools have set dates for training
.
43 schools have had their emergency plans updated
.
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schools have not been started
.
3 people have completed all of the FEMA online training. Slide14
It seemed like a daunting task…But you can do it!We are willing to help in any way we can, anything we have we’ll share with you.
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As a matter of fact, are you from southern AZ?We helped create a Southern AZ School Safety Preparedness Consortium
In conjunction with Pima County Emergency Management – Andrew D'Entremont
Network and share ideas
Next meeting is on 1-26-16
To get on the mailing list, contact us or Andy:
Andrew.D’Entremont@pima.govSlide16
ContactsSam Martin Phone: (520) 225-4936
Email:
samuel.martin@tusd1.org
Jeff Coleman
Phone: (520) 225-4924
Email:
jeffrey.coleman@tusd1.orgSlide17
Thanks!Questions?