NERT College Disaster Operations

1. NERT College Disaster Operations Disaster Operations - ICS Command Staff Workshop 300-3 Refer to Field Operations Guide, Chapter5

2. Field Operations Guide • Field Operations Guide or FOG • Is NERT’s guide for disaster operations • You will see references to it throughout the training

3. NERT Personal Response • Take care of self and family • Assess damage to your building • Put on safety gear • Assist your immediate neighbors • Record all the actions you take • Record condition of neighbors and buildings FOG-pp. 7-8 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

4. WalkSlooooooowly Go To the Staging Area • Collect your Go Kit • Go to your neighborhood staging area • Note neighborhood conditions on your way to the staging area • Damage assessment form (or form 100) FOG-p. 8 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

5. At the Staging Area • Initiate Incident Command • select ICS section leaders • set up the physical layout of staging area • determine resources and needs • start Neighborhood Emergency Plan if there is one • Collect the staging area kit • Inform your EDCC when your NERT team is ready to begin operation • Use whatever means available FOG-p. 13 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

6. Task Force Leader – The Boss • Person in charge; has overall responsibility for team’s response • Sets objectives and priorities • Has overall responsibility at the incident FOG-p. 11 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

7. Task Force Leader Checklist • Delegate or assign roles as people arrive • ICS Section Chiefs • Staging Area Gatekeeper • Safety Officer • Information Officer • Prioritize responses based on available information and resources • creates Task Force Action Plan • follow Neighborhood Emergency Plan (if there is one) • Initiate response FOG-p. 14 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

8. Planning & Intelligence – The Thinkers • Collects and assesses information; maintains communications • Develops the Task Force Action Plan • Tracks situation status, maps incidents • what has happened • how many are injured • what is damaged FOG-p. 11 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

9. P&I Checklist • Prioritize and assess reported incidents • map incidents • Communicate assessment to Task Force Leader and to EDCC • major injuries, immediate fire, urgent, widespread utility status, impending danger, response capability • Set up radio – tune to EAS • find out locations of shelter and mass care facilities and their readiness • Coordinate with Logistics to fulfill communications needs FOG-p. 14 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

10. Logistics – Hunters & Gatherers • Maintains resource status of personnel and material • what resources are committed or available • Provides support to meet incident needs • personnel • communications • transportation • shelter, food, and water for incident personnel • tools and equipment • medical for incident personnel only FOG-p. 11 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

11. Logistics Checklist • Determine neighborhood resources • Personnel and skills – assemble teams • Equipment • Water and food • Sanitation and shelter • Priority roles to fill are • Staging area gatekeeper • Runners and communicators • Establish treatment area for NERT teams • medical area is for NERTs only FOG-p. 15 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

12. Operations - Doers • Conducts tactical operations to carry out the Task Force Action Plan • Develops the tactical organization and prioritizes response efforts • Directs all tactical resources and dispatches teams • Communicates with dispatched teams FOG-p. 11 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

13. Operations Checklist • Establish staging area layout • assign Staging Area Manager • maintain unit log and check in/out • Brief response teams on assignments • neighborhood injury and damage assessment • major injury triage and disaster medicine in the field • utility shutoff • search and rescue (S&R) • Dispatch teams as instructed • confirm if reporting person is going with the team • receive and debrief returning teams • inform Planning & Intelligence FOG-p. 15 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

14. Administration - Bookkeepers • Identify and track property loaned or borrowed • Collect all documentation – from all sections • May support Operations in tracking response teams FOG-p. 12 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff 14

15. Administration Checklist • Establish procedures for record keeping and collection with section chiefs • Set up incident files • Check records for completeness • Track receipt of reimbursable items FOG-p. 16 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

16. Safety Officer • Monitors safety in the staging area • Assesses and corrects hazards • Develops safety procedures • May stop or prevent unsafe acts on own authority FOG-p. 12 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff 16

17. Public Information Officer • Assembles information which can be given to media • Releases information only as directed or approved by the Task Force Leader • Provides local information to neighborhood residents • Escorts news media if in staging area FOG-p. 12 NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

18. Exercise • Provide information to the neighbors? • Communicate with CCSF Emergency Services? • Survey the neighborhood to record damage? • Search house by house for gas leaks or other potentially dangerous situations? • Confine and care for loose pets? • Provide first aid as needed? • Care for neighbors whose homes are damaged? • Prioritize the actions of neighbors? • Organize teams for response in the neighborhood? • Keep track of the problems and incidents in the neighborhood? • Document all response actions? • Oversee the entire neighborhood response? NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff

19. Thank You We would like to thank those who contributed to this presentation: • the SF Fire Department • the Department of Emergency Management • NERT volunteers NERT Disaster Operations #3-Command Staff