Bernards TownshipBernards Township

Office ofOffice of

Emergency ManagementEmergency Management

February 28, 2012February 28, 2012

BackgroundBackground

Established in each municipality Established in each municipality under Right to Know Actunder Right to Know Act

Municipal Coordinator appointed Municipal Coordinator appointed by mayorby mayor

Deputy Coordinator(s)Deputy Coordinator(s) LEPCLEPC

Phases of Emergency Phases of Emergency ManagementManagement PreparednessPreparedness

– Plans or procedures designed to save lives and Plans or procedures designed to save lives and to minimize damage when an emergency to minimize damage when an emergency occurs. occurs.

MitigationMitigation– Effort(s) to lessen the impact disasters have on Effort(s) to lessen the impact disasters have on

people and property. people and property. ResponseResponse

– Actions taken to save lives and protect Actions taken to save lives and protect property. property.

RecoveryRecovery– Activity intended to return vital life-support Activity intended to return vital life-support

systems to operation. systems to operation.

Emergency Operations Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)Plan (EOP)

16 Annexes16 Annexes

Alert WarningAlert Warning

Provides for alerting the emergency Provides for alerting the emergency management staff and warning the management staff and warning the public of an emergency or impending public of an emergency or impending emergency situation. Communications emergency situation. Communications ensures that procedures, expertise, ensures that procedures, expertise, and equipment are available and will and equipment are available and will allow for communications with all allow for communications with all involved agencies in an emergency. involved agencies in an emergency.

Alert Warning MethodsAlert Warning Methods

AM Radio StationAM Radio Station Message BoardsMessage Boards WebsiteWebsite News mediaNews media Local Access TVLocal Access TV Text AlertsText Alerts Facebook/TwitterFacebook/Twitter

Damage AssessmentDamage Assessment

Ensures that procedures are Ensures that procedures are available to provide preliminary available to provide preliminary estimates and descriptions estimates and descriptions

of the nature of the nature

and the extent and the extent

of damage of damage

resulting from resulting from

a disaster. a disaster.

Emergency MedicalEmergency Medical

Provides for medical care for the Provides for medical care for the civilian population, include triage civilian population, include triage and transportation and transportation

to hospitals.to hospitals.

Emergency Operations Emergency Operations CenterCenter Provides the assignment and Provides the assignment and

coordination of responsibilities for coordination of responsibilities for immediate and continued immediate and continued response to an emergency response to an emergency situation and enables direct situation and enables direct initiation of actions required to initiation of actions required to carry out emergency carry out emergency management functions. management functions.

Public InformationPublic Information

Provides for effective collection, Provides for effective collection, control, and dissemination of public control, and dissemination of public information in order to inform the information in order to inform the general public adequately of the general public adequately of the emergency conditions and available emergency conditions and available assistance while minimizing the assistance while minimizing the impact of misinformation, rumors, impact of misinformation, rumors, etc., in time of actual emergency etc., in time of actual emergency

EvacuationEvacuation

Provides for evacuation of people Provides for evacuation of people when natural or man-made when natural or man-made disasters of their impending disasters of their impending damage may necessitate such damage may necessitate such action. action.

Fire/RescueFire/Rescue

Provides for fire fighting services, Provides for fire fighting services, including the use of mutual aid including the use of mutual aid agreements with neighboring agreements with neighboring

jurisdictions and jurisdictions and

supplemental supplemental

assistance when assistance when

appropriate. appropriate.

HazmatHazmat

Provides coordination of Provides coordination of personnel, resources and experts personnel, resources and experts to effectively respond to a to effectively respond to a hazardous materials incident. hazardous materials incident.

Law EnforcementLaw Enforcement

Provides coordination of Provides coordination of personnel and resources needed personnel and resources needed to maintain civil order. to maintain civil order.

Public HealthPublic Health

Provides for emergency public Provides for emergency public health services during a disaster health services during a disaster including including sanitation, sanitation,

environmental environmental monitoring and monitoring and

disease disease control. control.

Public Works Public Works

Provides coordination and Provides coordination and resources necessary to make resources necessary to make effective emergency repair effective emergency repair

and maintenance and maintenance

of critical public of critical public

works facilities.works facilities.

RadiologicalRadiological

Provides for an effective radiological Provides for an effective radiological program designed to protect the program designed to protect the township from potentially township from potentially devastating effects of nuclear attack. devastating effects of nuclear attack. Includes procedures for monitoring Includes procedures for monitoring and predicting the effect of nuclear and predicting the effect of nuclear weapons and also includes weapons and also includes operational plans for operational plans for decontamination, if needed decontamination, if needed

Resource ManagementResource Management

Provides coordination of the Provides coordination of the materials, personnel, equipment, materials, personnel, equipment, funds and information for a funds and information for a disaster-response mission disaster-response mission including emergency purchase including emergency purchase procedures procedures

Shelter, Reception & Shelter, Reception & CareCare Provides for emergency mass Provides for emergency mass

shelter, and feeding as a result of shelter, and feeding as a result of an emergency situation. an emergency situation.

Social ServicesSocial Services

Provides emergency public Provides emergency public services during a disaster services during a disaster including, but not limited to, food, including, but not limited to, food, clothing, and counseling within clothing, and counseling within and outside of established and outside of established shelters. shelters.

TerrorismTerrorism

Identifying critical infrastructure, Identifying critical infrastructure, resources and preparedness resources and preparedness mechanisms in the event of a mechanisms in the event of a terrorist related attack.terrorist related attack.

Current FocusCurrent Focus

School CrisisSchool Crisis ShelterShelter Mass Inoculation (POD)Mass Inoculation (POD) COOP/COGCOOP/COG Community NotificationCommunity Notification

Typical Emergencies in Typical Emergencies in Bernards TownshipBernards Township Winter Storm/BlizzardWinter Storm/Blizzard Minor FloodingMinor Flooding Hurricane/Tropical StormHurricane/Tropical Storm Structure FiresStructure Fires HAZ-MAT IncidentsHAZ-MAT Incidents

EMAA Funding– $25,000

Christmas 2010 Snow– $108,000

Hurricane Irene– $42,000

October Snowstorm– RPA Submitted

ReimbursementsReimbursements

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