2017 YEAR END REVIEW Issue 5

2017 Year End

Review

WHAT DOES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DO ALL YEAR?

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 2017. The various types of events and incidents include weather-related 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.

Who and What is WS/FC Emergency Management?

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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

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

Exercise & Drill Participation and/or Coordination by Name Style

Event Participation

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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 400 - November

All Hazards Situation Unit Leader (NC-964) – November

Granicus Software Training

Training Delivered or Coordinated

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2017 EMPG – Emergency Management Performance Grant

DPR 5 Communications Committee Grant for WSPD HDU

Complex Coordinated Terrorism Grant

*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

Grant Management & Execution

Course & Training Participation by EM Staff

INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CERTIFICATES AWARDED TO ROBERT REECE, MICHELLE BROCK & LEIGHA CORDELL FROM TEEX (TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICES)

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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

Emergency & Disaster Planning Assistance

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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 (www.readyforsyth.org )

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

Other EM Initiatives and Program Participation or Coordination *RED Indicates EM Program Coordination

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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 27101

(336) 917-7070

WSFCOEM@CITYOFWS.ORG