3. Natural Disasters

5. Arizona Tornadoes Arizona has recorded more than 230 tornadoes since 1952. That means the state averages about four reported tornadoes each year.

6. Severe Weather Flash Flooding Winter Storms

7. Accidental Medical Emergency Confined Space Fire Chemical Release

8. Intentional act

9. Arizona Specific Hazards  Dam Failure  Electrical Outage  Extreme Heat

10. Flooding Wind Storms Wildfire

11. Are you Personally Prepared?

12. You are the Professionals

13. How will your organization communicate with your citizens during an emergency incident? How will your organization make sure that all elected officials get the same information about the incident in a timely and accurate manner? Can your organization make sure that all public and private partners get the same information? Has your organization identified everyone that will be involved in an emergency incident? Have those involved persons (including elected officials) received the FEMA recommended training? When was the last time that your organization had an exercise to prepare for an emergency? What technology does your organization use for emergency incidents? Have you performed vulnerability assessments on the critical infrastructure in your community?

14. Who should be involved in emergency preparedness in your organization? Mayor and Council City Manager and Division Heads

15. Police Fire Public Works

16. Do you have an EOC? Is it dedicated? Is it exercised? Does it have back up? Is it secured? Can it function 24 hours a day for 3 to 6 days?

18. Training National Incident Management System (NIMS) – IS-100: Introduction to Incident Command System – IS-200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents – IS-700: National Incident Management System, an Introduction – IS-800.b: National Response Framework (NRF), an Introduction – ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents – ICS-400: Advanced ICS Command and General Staff— Complex Incidents – ICS-402: ICS Overview for Executives/Senior Officials

19. NIMS Classes Who should to take NIMS and ICS training? Entry Level: FEMA IS-700, ICS-100 First Line, Single Resource, Field Supervisors: IS-700.A, ICS-100, and ICS-200 Middle Management: Strike Team Leaders, Division Supervisors, EOC Staff: IS-700.A, IS-800.B, ICS-100, ICS-200, and ICS-300 Command and General Staff; Area, Emergency, and EOC Managers: IS-700.A, IS-800.B, ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300 &ICS-400

20. Homeland Security & Emergency Management Building Block Approach

21. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program

22. How will you communicate with your citizens?

23. Can you talk to each other? Can your PD talk to your FD? Can the FD talk to Public Works? If the phones are down, are you down? Are the HAM radio operators set up in your EOC? Do you have satellite phones?

24. How will you communicate with your elected and appointed officials?

25. Is your EOC in a secure location? Do you have an identification system for entry? What happens to your security if the utilities fail? Do you have a back up system? Is your water distribution system secure? How will you handle traffic if the lights are out and there is a mass exodus? How will you shelter people in the event of a mass disaster? How will you fuel all of your vehicles to support your emergency? How do you secure the banks, credit unions, gas stations, super markets? What is your plan to get your infrastructure back up and operational? Generators, ice, food, shelter, pets, garbage, debris, medical……

26. Questions

27. Contact Information Marc Walker Marc.Walker@Arcadis-us.com 480-748-3752 Dan Couch Wer911tou@cox.net 602-909-1256