2017 YEAR END REVIEW Issue 5

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1 2017 YEAR END REVIEW Issue Year End Review WHAT DOES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DO ALL YEAR? Who and What is WS/FC Emergency Management? Emergency management is the practice of dealing with and preventing or avoiding risk. Agencies for emergency management are found at all levels of government. Emergency management has four main phases and types of activities for which it engages; these activities include mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Mitigation is the effort to prevent incidents from becoming disasters and working to lessen the overall effects of disasters. Overall, mitigation activities tend to be long-term efforts for reducing or eliminating risk. Preparedness encompasses activities that prepare an area for potential hazards and should include a thorough understanding of activities needed within the area to help the preparedness efforts. Response is the actual response by an emergency management agency during an event, incident, or disaster. Finally, recovery is the collection of activities that are implemented after an incident to help an area recover. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management s main purpose is to establish and coordinate activities involving mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Currently, there is one Emergency Management Director, three Coordinators, and one Administrative Assistant. There is always one individual on-call; the Director and Coordinators alternate the responsibility of assigned on-call. The Office of Emergency Management is located in the Forsyth County Public Safety Center at 301 N. Church Street in Winston-Salem. Emergency Management services were required for 60 emergency incidents and/or planned events in The various types of events and incidents include weatherrelated events; multiple transportation incidents; multiple hazardous material spills and/or releases; VIP visits; three Joint Operations Center activations; and a limited, or partial, Emergency Operations Center activation involving the Forsyth County Incident Management Team. This year s largest project for Emergency Management was the move of the EM offices, in order to co-locate them with the newly upgraded Emergency Operations Center. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management activities in 2017 include: emergency incidents; exercise participation; training participation; training, events & exercise coordination; grant management & execution; emergency & disaster planning; new offices and EOC upgrades; and emergency program coordination.

2 2017 YEAR END REVIEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Issue 5 2 Exercise & Drill Participation and/or Coordination NC Emergency Management WebEOC Exercise Monthly Statewide and county-wide VIPER (Voice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders) Communications Tests Monthly UNCSA EOC Tabletop January Forsyth County IMT WebEOC TTX - January WSSU Tabletop Exercise June Forsyth County WebEOC TTX for Public Health - July Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN) Table Top Exercise WFBMC August Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN) Table Top Exercise THPC September UNCSA Hurricane Exercise October Triad Healthcare Preparedness Coalition TTX for CRS facilities October Triad Healthcare Preparedness Coalition TTX for CRS facilities November Smith Reynolds Airport Tabletop Exercise November UNCSA (2018) Full Scale Exercise Planning WSSU (2018) Full Scale Exercise Planning Event Participation Winston-Salem Public Safety Media Briefings - Monthly 2017 Piedmont Fire Expo January NC Emergency Management Forum January & July NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services ESF-11 Conference March NC Emergency Management Association Spring NC CERT Conference May ARES Field Day June Guns N Rose EOC Activation August Great American Solar Eclipse August Dixie Classic Fair September/October NC Emergency Management Association Fall Conference October Trunk-Or-Treat at Belews Creek FD October NCEM Central Branch Annual Meeting December Leadership Winston-Salem December

3 2017 YEAR END REVIEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Issue 5 3 Training Delivered or Coordinated Technical Support for WebEOC in Forsyth County - January ICS 400 January ICS Refresher UNCSA January Ropes, Knots & Mechanical Advantage for LAR (NC-PEART-02) - February Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Awareness or Critical Infrastructure (AWR- 213) - February Jurisdictional Threat & Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (MGT-310) February Critical Asset Risk Management or Enhanced Threat & Risk Assessment (MGT-315) February Advanced Critical Infrastructure Protection (MGT-414) - March Basic Skywarn/Weather Spotter Training March Advanced Skywarn/Weather Spotter Training March ICS 300 March ICS 400 March Pre-Hospital Care of Envenomations & Field Response (NC-PEART-11) April Basic Animal Rescue & Equipment Awareness (NC-PEART-05) May ICS/EOC Interface May NC Local Incident Management Team (NC-IMT) June Animal Behavior & Handling (NC-PEART-12) August NCEM Access & Functional Needs Workshop (NC-2282) and Vulnerable Populations Considerations for Shelter Planning August Introduction to CAMEO Suite (PER-229) August Physical & Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure (MGT-452) August Basic Public Information Officer (G-290) September ICS 100 September ICS 200 September Hazardous Materials Response for First Responders In-Service Training September ICS 100 September ICS 200 September Hazardous Materials Response for First Responders In-Service Training September Basic CERT October North Carolina Emergency Management Academy 101 October ICS 700 November ICS 800 November ICS 100 November ICS 200 November ICS 300 November ICS November All Hazards Situation Unit Leader (NC-964) November Granicus Software Training

4 2017 YEAR END REVIEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Issue 5 4 Grant Management & Execution 2017 EMPG Emergency Management Performance Grant DPR 5 Communications Committee Grant for WSPD HDU Complex Coordinated Terrorism Grant Course & Training Participation by EM Staff *Numbers indicate the number of EM staff in attendance Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Awareness February 3 Enhanced Threat and Risk Assessment February 3 Family Assistance Centers in Mass Fatality Incidents Workshop/TTX February 1 POD Operations NC February 1 Advanced Critical Infrastructure Protection March 3 NCEM New Coordinator/Employee Workshop March 1 Floodplain Administrators Workshop April 1 Pre-Hospital Care of Envenomations & Field Response April 2 WebEOC Resource Tracker Demo (Central Branch) May 3 Duke Energy Line Truck Demonstration May - (All Staff) Access & Functional Needs Training June 2 Emergency and Disaster Mgt Webinar June 1 DPH Pod Evaluator Training June 1 All Hazards Finance/Administration Unit Leader July 1 CRS Preparing for Verification Visit Webinar July 1 NCEM Access and Functional Needs Workshop August 3 CWS Panel Interview Training August 2 Physical and Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure August 3 National Flood Insurance Program Mountain Summer Workshop August 1 North Carolina Emergency Management Academy 101 October 2 All Hazards Situation Unit Leader November 3 Field Liaison Officer November 1 City of Winston-Salem Career Builder Mentoring Year-round 1 City of Winston-Salem Career Builder Training Series Year-round 1 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CERTIFICATES AWARDED TO ROBERT REECE, MICHELLE BROCK & LEIGHA CORDELL FROM TEEX (TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICES)

5 2017 YEAR END REVIEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Issue 5 5 Emergency & Disaster Planning Assistance Citizen Fire Academy Presentation City of Winston-Salem University County-wide Solar Eclipse Planning Dixie Classic Fair DPH/DSS Winter Preparedness Presentation DSS Emergency Plan Enrichment Center Family Assistance Center Meeting DSS Forsyth County Animal Response Team (CART) Kernersville Safety & Wellness Fair Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center Emergency Preparedness Planning NC Disaster Preparedness Region 5 Planning No Animal Left Behind presentation at the NCEMA Fall Conference in Sunset Beach, NC North Carolina School Risk Management Program PEART presentation for NC CERT conference in Morganton, NC PEART presentation for NC Animal Federation in Greensboro, NC Piney Grove Nursing & Rehab Emergency Preparedness Planning/Tabletop Regency Care Emergency Preparedness Planning/Tabletop Resource typing via NCEM (Swiftwater Teams, Peer Support) Salem Academy/College, UNCSA, WSSU Crisis Mapping Approval Salemtowne Residential Living Emergency Preparedness THPC Presentation CRM Facility Requirements Tornado Drill Evaluation Whitaker Elementary Trinity Glen Emergency Preparedness Planning Various Incident Action Plans WSFC Schools District Safety Team

6 2017 YEAR END REVIEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Issue 5 6 Other EM Initiatives and Program Participation or Coordination *RED Indicates EM Program Coordination 9/11 Public Safety Challenge CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Program City of Winston-Salem Service Excellence COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disasters) Crisis Mapping & Crisis Mapping Team EM Student Mentorship ESF-11/ Animal Care Statewide Working Group (PEART) Forsyth CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) Team & Peer Support Forsyth County Fire/Rescue Association & Chief s Council Forsyth County Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Forsyth County IMT Steering Committee Forsyth County Incident Management Team (IMT) Forsyth County LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) Forsyth County Public Safety Communications Working Group Forsyth Crisis Communications Team Forsyth/Guilford Joint LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) FTCC, NCEM & local EM Partnership for course delivery International Association of Emergency Managers Mentor for CEM applicants MapForsyth GIS Working Group National Preparedness Month NC DOT Interagency Planning/Incident Review NCEMA Training Committee Chair NCEMA Strategic Planning State-wide EM 101 training development and implementation via NCEMA NFIP/CRS (National Flood Insurance Program/Community Rating System) Northern Piedmont Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (7 counties) PEART (Piedmont Emergency Animal Response Team) Program Public Safety Agency Coordination of Mass Violence/Active Shooter policies Ready FORSYTH Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Picasa) Ready FORSYTH website ( ) Safe Kids SOAR/YouthBuild SWAW (Severe Weather Awareness Week) Triad Healthcare Preparedness Coalition Triad Healthcare Preparedness Coalition Steering Committee Walkertown High School Public Safety Academy WebEOC training development and implementation (Forsyth County-specific) Winston-Salem/Forsyth County EM Advisory Council

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8 2017 YEAR END REVIEW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Issue 5 8 NC DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & CONSUMER SERVICES RECOGNIZED PEART FOR ASSISTING ANIMALS AND CITIZENS DURING HURRICANE MATTHEW IN 2016 EM OFFICES & EOC FORSYTH COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER 301 N. CHURCH STREET WINSTON-SALEM, NC (336) WSFCOEM@CITYOFWS.ORG