Incident emergency management
Information:
Your community, a mid-sized town of 40,000 residents is facing a severe winter storm that will strike in the next 24 hours. Forecasted weather conditions include periods of high winds (30-40 MPH sustained winds with gusts to 50mph), heavy snowfall (up to 36” over 18 hours) with temperatures in the 20’s (F) during which the community will experience blizzard conditions.
Scenario:
You are the local Emergency Management Director and it is your job to staff your municipal Emergency Operations Center appropriately for the incident. The community has the following organizational entities (Departments) available locally: Police, fire, ambulance, public works, social services, health, finance and school system. As the Emergency Management Director you have contacts with the utility providers (telephone, cable, water, electricity) serving the community.
The assignment:
Draw up and post a list of individuals/positions who will work in the EOC, showing each individual’s assigned duties.