Emergency Management Scenario One
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Emergency Management Scenario One
SEVERE WEATHER FLOOD
Major portions of the city have been affected by sudden severe weather with hail and heavy rains. These
have caused the North River to flood parts of the City of Mertzville. These incidents are reported across a
large scale area. You have received an emergency declaration from your Mayor and are asked to
immediately respond and implement the Incident Command System (ICS) and emergency management
response.
Overview: The North River flows south through the City of Mertzvile. This river flows through the entire
town. This includes flowing past an industrial business park where several manufacturing plants and
wherehouses store various dangerous chemicals and much of the cities food storage, and the cities
vibrant downtown riverfront district, which includes, shopping, restaurants, and condominiums. This
severe flooding has caused the North River to displace all businesses within one block of the river and
some residences in the downtown riverfront area.
The North River has not flooded in over 100 years and this event was unplanned. Your learning team
assignment requires a response plan to the flooded area along with the coordination and implementation
of a disaster response. As part of this assignment your learning team must:
Create a 1050-1400 word detailed executive summary and operations plan detailing:
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Initial response
Incident management/establishment including ICS Org. Chart
Demobilization of resources
Restoration
Recovery approach to the North River flood emergency management scenario
Create a 15-20 slide PowerPoint presentation detailing your learning teams’ initial emergency response,
incident management (ICS) establishment, and overall approach to the emergency management
scenario. Your presentation must include the following:
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An overview of the emergency management incident
Initial response, roles, and assignment of first responders (patrol officers, fire, ems)
The full range of Incident Command System (ICS) including:
o command, structure, sections, positions, and roles.
o All positions must be documented by title, role, and assignment, with assigned personnel for
each position.
o You must have all roles included in a proper detailed organization chart.
Public information statement
Social media approach and information dissemination
Traffic plan
Evacuation plan
Medical plan
Demobilization plan
Mitigation concerns must be addressed with an area recovery plan
Answer the following questions at the end of your presentation:
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Should there be national standards for emergency management operations plans at large-scale
sporting events?
How do you notify citizens or give better response and evacuation instructions?
How do you deal with internal communications of those working in the explosive environment and
may not be able to utilize radios/communication equipment?
What are your plans for documenting the event for future training and response approaches?
How can training be improved for better response to future emergency preparedness and
incidents?
You have the flexibility to improvise or realistically create information or details not included in the
emergency management materials. Critical elements of this assignment focus on your team’s ability to
understand differing ways and means to apply the emergency management process and approach to
safely manage critical incidents. These incidents often involve tough decisions including assignments,
personnel, equipment, training, and other factors affecting employees. See the attached map for basic
references and planning.
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Running head: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DRILL PART II
Emergency Preparedness Drill Part II
Learning Team, A
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Erik Burks
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B. The Initial First Responders' Response and Approach: Roles and Assignments of
EMS team, Patrol Officers, Fire Team (Ryan)
The primary objective includes actions taken to save lives, preventing further damage to
property and lives further downstream from the chemical leakages-evacuations, leading
the affected to safety, putting out the fire while providing medical intervention to the
injured.
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In the initial response phase, the primary activities at this phase includes mobilization of
the right emergency services and the first responders to the flooded areas. The initial
response will be made up of the emergency services personnel who include the police,
the fire teams, and the ambulance crew.
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The response is guided by the primary objectives of this phase which in saving lives and
the prevention of further damages as a result of the floods. The control of the flood
impacts which includes the chemical leakages to avoid further impact downstream. It will
involve putting action in the preparation plans.
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Other critical activities of this stage include carrying out assessment of the extent of
damage, carrying out search and rescue operations, control of fire, and ensuring that the
victims are led out of harm’s way to safety and that they are attended to by healthcare
personnel, they are getting all the medical attention needed as first aid in designated
location and for critical cases they are rushed to healthcare facilities for more
interventions.
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The organizational response at this stage which according to the impact of the flooding
rank as a significant disaster and so it relies on the existing emergency management
organizational system as well as process that rely on the guidelines of the Incident
Command System (ICS) and the Federal Response Plan (FRP).
B. The Incident Management: ICS Command, Structure, the Positions, and Roles
including draft ICS Org. Chart (Brandon)
The Incident Command System (ICS) is a key feature of the National Incident
Management System (NIMS). ICS is designed to enable effective and efficient domestic
incident management by integrating a combination of facilities, equipment, personnel,
procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure.
This standardized management tool facilitates major functional areas to aid in structure.
Command, structure, positions and roles are all a combination of involved factors
developed to assist important factors involved in incident complexity.
a. “Structurally, Command comprises Incident Commander (IC) and the
Command Staff” (Walsh et al., 2012). The Command Staff has the
responsibility for the overall management of the incident. Where IC is the
person responsible for all aspects of an emergency response; developing
objectives, managing operations, and applying effective resources. Which can
also be structured in single or unified command. Single command is the
command function within a single jurisdiction. There is a single IC with the
sole responsibility of the incident strategies and management. Unified
Command (UC) is a multijurisdictional incident where multiple agencies are
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responsible for coordinating, planning, and addressing the incident. The
Command Staff positions are based on whether the Command function is
single or unified, but are identified as the Public Information Officer, Safety
Officer, and Liaison Officer.
b. “The Incident Command System (ICS) is normally structured to facilitate
activities in five major functional areas: command, operations, planning,
logistics, finance and administration” (FEMA, 2018). With Intelligence and
Investigations sometimes listed as a sixth functional area. Not all of the ICS
positions need to be activated during each incident. Within the Operations
Section, the primary structures are Branch Director, Division or Group
Supervisors, Strike Team and Task Force Leaders, and Single Resource
Leader.
c. Positions- Levels within the ICS organization, district titles, standardized
position titles. At each level within the ICS organization, individuals with
primary responsibility positions have district titles. This aids in distinguishing
a common standard and consistency.
Organizational Level
Incident Command
Command Staff
General Staff (Section)
Branch
Division/Group
Unit
Strike Team/Task Force
Title
Incident Commander
Officer
Chief
Director
Supervisor
Leader
Leader
Support Position
Deputy
Assistant
Deputy
Deputy
N/A
Manager
Single Resource Boss
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d. Roles- Responsibilities of Incident Commander, Operations Section Chief
(OPS), Division Supervisor, Group supervisors, Single Resource Leader, and
Task Forces and Strike Teams.
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References
FEMA. (2018). Incident Command System Resources. Department of Homeland Security.
Retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/incident-command-system-resources
University of Phoenix. (2018). Week Five Material: Emergency Management Scenario One.
Retrieved from University of Phoenix, CJA/375-Interagency Communication course
website.
Walsh, D. W., Christen, H. T., Callsen, C. e., Miller, G. T., Maniscalco, P. M/. Lord, G. C.,
Dolan, N. J. (2012). National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice (2nd
ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
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