1. Emergency Preparedness and You:
Why are you involved?
Diane M Hughes
Director Emergency Preparedness at UAMS

2. Training Objectives:
You will learn the importance of Emergency Management
in your jobs
How to survive a disaster
Experience and understand what steps to take when you
are involved with an active shooter incident
Define various shooting situations
List measures that can be employed to reduce the effectiveness of an active shooter
Describe actions that can be expected from responding law enforcement officers
Safety tips

3. What is Emergency Preparedness?

4. Definition: Emergency preparedness is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Vision. Emergency preparedness seeks to promote safer, less vulnerable communities with the capacity to cope with hazards and disasters.

5. Know the risks Know your region
The consequences of emergencies can be similar, but knowing the risks in your region can help you better prepare
What is an Hazard Vulnerability Assessment?

8. Common misconceptions:
Most emergencies are short-lived
I won’t ever have to deal with an emergency where I live
There are a lot of emergencies I just can’t prepare for
Preparing takes too much time

9. Workplace Emergency
An unforeseen situation that threatens your employees, customers, or the public, disrupts or shuts down your operations, or causes physical or environmental damage.

10. Types of Emergency • Earthquakes • Hurricanes • Tornadoes
• Energy/utility outages
• Fire hazards
• Hazardous materials releases
• Terrorism

11. Emergency Preparedness
Essential elements of emergency preparedness planning:
• Identify hazards and assess risk.
• Assess capabilities and resources.
• Develop an emergency plan and procedures.
• Integrate the plan with the community plan.
• Conduct training.
• Public relations.
• Conduct Drills and Exercises.
• Develop Plan Audit Procedures.

12. Incident Command System
OPERATIONS
PLANNING
LOGISTICS
FINANCE/ ADMINISTRATION
SAFETY
INFORMATION
LIAISON
INCIDENT COMMANDER

14. Questions?