2018 YEAR END REVIEW Issue 5 2018 Year End Revie€¦ · 2018 YEAR END REVIEW Issue 5 • Introduction to WebEOC in Forsyth County (FOR-WEBEOC-01) -February • PEART (Piedmont Emergency

2018 YEAR END REVIEW Issue 5

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2018 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 74 emergency incidents and/or planned events in 2018. The various types of events and incidents include weather-related events; multiple transportation incidents; multiple hazardous material spills and/or releases; VIP visits; a Joint Operations Center activation and 4 limited, or partial, Emergency Operations Center activations involving the Forsyth County Incident Management Team and EOC staff.

August Vernon was appointed as the Director of Emergency Management in August. He specializes in terrorism response, incident command/management, crisis management, emergency management and mass violence/active shooter response.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management activities in 2018 include: emergency incidents; exercise participation; training participation; training, events & exercise coordination; grant management & execution; emergency & disaster planning; 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

• NCEM Hurricane Exercise

– April

• Triad Healthcare

Preparedness Coaltion

(THPC) - Medical Surge

Table Top Exercise (TTX) –

April

• Winston-Salem State

University (WSSU) Full

Scale Exercise – March

• UNC School of the Arts

(UNCSA) Full Scale

Exercise – May

• Forsyth County WebEOC

TTX - August

• Radiation Injury

Treatment

Network (RITN) Table Top

Exercise WFBMC – August

• THPC Whitaker Care Full

Scale Exercise – October

• Smith Reynolds Airport

Tabletop Exercise –

November

Exercise & Drill Participation and/or Coordination


• 2018 Piedmont Fire Expo –

January

• NC Emergency

Management Forum –

January & July

• SOAR/Youth Build

Graduation – February

• Black History Month

Celebration – February

• Stokes County Schools

Retired Employees -

February

• NC Emergency

Management Association

Spring Conference – March

• M/WBE Mixer – April

• LDS Volunteer Fair – April

• Union Cross Elementary

Public Safety Fair - May

• NC CERT Conference –

May

• Hurricane Preparedness

Week – May

• NWS Tropical Workshop -

May

• ARES Field Day – June

• Carolina Brotherhood 2018

Ride - July

• National Night Out -

August

• Dixie Classic Fair –

September/October

• Clemson vs. WFU -

October

• Billy Joel Concert at BB&T

Stadium - October

• NC Emergency

Management Association

Fall Conference – October

• Leadership Winston-Salem

– December

• Winter Weather

Preparedness Week –

December

• Door Wars (Forsyth County

ES Comms vs. EM) -

December

• Winston-Salem Public

Safety Media Briefings -

Monthly

Event Participation


• Introduction to WebEOC in Forsyth County (FOR-WEBEOC-01) -February

• PEART (Piedmont Emergency Animal Response Team) Orientation (NC-PEART) - February

• North Carolina Emergency Management Academy 102 – March

• Co-Location Shelter Fundamentals (NC-0229) - March

• ICS-300 - Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents (G-

300) – March

• ICS-400 - Advanced Incident Command System Command and General Staff -

Complex Incidents (G-400) – March

• Introduction to WebEOC in Forsyth County (FOR-WEBEOC-01) - April

• Introduction to WebEOC in Forsyth County (FOR-WEBEOC-01) - May

• Trench & Confined Space Awareness for Animal Response (NC-PEART-14) -

May

• CERT - Community Emergency Response Team Basic Training Class (NC-317) -

June

• Basic Large Animal Rescue (LAR) & Equipment Awareness (NC-PEART-05) –

June

• Introduction to WebEOC in Forsyth County (FOR-WEBEOC-01) - July

• Forsyth County WebEOC TTX (FOR-WEBEOC-TTX-01) - August

• HazMat & Decontamination Awareness for Animal Rescue (NC-PEART-07) -

September

• Hazardous Materials Response for First Responders In-Service Training (FOR-HAZMAT-01)– September

• Hazardous Materials Response for First Responders In-Service Training (FOR-HAZMAT-01)– September

• Introduction to WebEOC in Forsyth County (FOR-WEBEOC-01) - October

• North Carolina Emergency Management Academy 101 – October

• ICS-300 - Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents (G-300) –

October

• ICS-400 - Advanced Incident Command System Command and General Staff -

Complex Incidents (G-400) – October

• Introduction to WebEOC in Forsyth County (FOR-WEBEOC-01) – November

• Basic Public Information Officer (PIO) (G-290b) – November

• Joint Information Center/Joint Information System (JIC/JIS) Planning for Tribal,

State & Local PIOs (G-291) – November

• Introduction to WebEOC in Forsyth County (FOR-WEBEOC-01) – November

• Hazardous Materials Response for First Responders In-Service Training (FOR-

HAZMAT-01) – December

• Walkertown High School Fire/Public Safety Academy – Throughout school year

Training Delivered or Coordinated


• 2018 EMPG – Emergency Management Performance Grant

• DPR 5 Communications Committee Grant for WSPD Hazardous Device Unit

• DPR 5 CAST (Companion Animal Shelter Trailer) for Animal Services

• Complex Coordinated Terrorism Grant

*Numbers indicate the number of EM staff in attendance

• City of Winston-Salem Career Builder Mentoring – January through June – 1

• Ready Rating Workshop – February – 3

• Compressed Modular Emergency Radiological Response

Transportation Training (CMERRTT) – March – 2

• City of Winston-Salem Sexual Harassment training –

April – 4

• Trench & Confined Space Awareness for Animal Response (NC-PEART-14) - May – 1

• Type 3 All Hazard Incident Management Team Course (0-305) – June –

1

• All Hazards Safety Officer Course (NC-954) – June – 1

• The Essentials of Community Cybersecurity (AWR-136) – June – 1

• Community Preparedness for Cyber Incidents (MGT-384) – June – 1

• Community Cybersecurity Exercise Planning (MGT-385) – June – 1

• Social Media Engagement Strategies (PER-343) – June – 1

• Family Assistance Centers in Mass Fatality Incidents Workshop/TTX

(NCPHPR-003) – July – 3

• NC Functional Assessment Support Team (FAST) Training (NC-2283)

– July – 3

• FEMA Public Assistance Grants Portal & Delivery Model Training (NC-

3000) – July – 2

• Community Rating System (CRS) Preparing for Annual Recertification

Webinar – July – 1

• National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Basics – August – 1

• Intro to CRS (Community Rating System) – August – 1

• CRS Flood Insurance Program – August – 1

• Forsyth County WebEOC TTX (FOR-WEBEOC-TTX-01) – August – 2

• HazMat & Decontamination Awareness for Animal Rescue (NC-PEART-07) – September – 1

• Managing Floodplain Development through NFIP (NC959) - November – 3

• Map Gallery local GIS training – November/December - 2

Grant Management & Execution

Course & Training Participation by EM Staff


• Alexander Youth Network

• Bunker Hill UMC

• Clemmons Kiwanis

• CWS Wellness Class – Disaster Prep Presentation

• City of Winston-Salem University

• Dixie Classic Fair

• Forsyth County DSS Emergency Plan

• Forsyth County Animal Response Team (CART)

• Jefferson Middle School Flood Gate Project

• Kerner Ridge Assisted Living

• Monarch – Highland Avenue

• Monarch – Choice at the Ridge

• NC Disaster Preparedness Region 5 Planning

• NC DOT – Business 40 Shutdown

• North Carolina School Risk Management Program

• Resource typing via NCEM (WSFD Swiftwater

Team)

• SOAR – Successful Outcomes After Release

• Regional Threat Hazard Identification & Risk

Assessment (THIRA) Planning

• Trinity Glen Emergency Preparedness Planning

• Various Incident Action Plans

• WFU Billy Joel Planning

• Wilson County EMS Promotion Panel

• WS/FC Schools District Safety Team

Emergency & Disaster Planning Assistance


• 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 Mentoring

• 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 Emergency Services Staff Meetings

• 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 Academy – NCEMA

• NFIP/CRS (National Flood Insurance Program/Community Rating System)

• NISC – National Information Sharing Consortium

• NOAA/NWS Weekly Weather Briefing Webinar

• 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

• Verizon Prioritization

• 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

http://www.readyforsyth.org/


Mel Sadler Event - January Women’s March – January

Type 3 IMT FEMA Course – June WebEOC TTX (Fair IAP) - August Hurricane Florence - September

Business 40 Closure / Multi-Agency Coordination Center MACC Activation – November Quarterly Meetings

Women’s March – February

WebEOC TTX (Fair IAP) - August Hurricane Florence – September

Hurricane Michael - October Business 40 Closure / MACC Activation – November

Hurricanes Florence & Michael AAR - December

Forsyth County Incident Management Team Activities

Forsyth County Emergency Operations Center Activations




Mel Sadler served the City of Winston-Salem for more than 30 years, passing away as the Emergency Management Director on January 4, 2018. To honor Mel and his family, the Incident Management Team developed an Incident Action Plan for the funeral and procession and operated a Command Post in Wake Forest University’s EOC during Mel’s funeral. A multi-agency Honor Guard presented colors and escorted the family throughout the service. Mel’s presence and stoic character are greatly missed in the EM office and EM community.

Melton J. Sadler, III


EM OFFICES & EOC

FORSYTH COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY

CENTER

301 N. CHURCH STREET

WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27101

(336) 917-7070

[email protected]

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2018 YEAR END REVIEW Issue 5 2018 Year End Revie€¦ · 2018 YEAR END REVIEW Issue 5 • Introduction to WebEOC in Forsyth County (FOR-WEBEOC-01) -February • PEART (Piedmont Emergency