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Emergency Response Teams

Captain Erica Arteseros San Francisco Fire Department

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ERT

  • An incident response team or emergency response team (ERT) is a

group of people who prepare for and respond to any emergency incident, such as a natural disaster or an interruption of business

  • perations.
  • This team is generally composed of specific members designated

before an incident occurs.

  • Incident response team members ideally are trained and prepared to

fulfill the roles required by the specific situation

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FEMA recommended (source: Ready.gov)

Who needs training? What training should be provided?

All employees

  • Protective actions for life safety (evacuation, shelter, shelter-in-place, lockdown)
  • Safety, security, and loss prevention programs

Emergency Response Team (evacuation, shelter, shelter-in-place)

  • Roles and responsibilities as defined in the plan
  • Training as required to comply with regulations or maintain certifications (if employees

administer first aid, CPR or AED or use fire extinguishers or clean up spills of hazardous chemicals)

  • Additional training for leaders including incident management

Business Continuity Team

  • Roles and responsibilities as defined in the plan
  • Additional training for leaders including incident management

Crisis Communications Team

  • Roles and responsibilities as defined in the plan
  • Additional training for leaders including incident management
  • Training for spokespersons
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Disaster Assumptions

  • The number of injured will exceed the local ability to treat
  • City resources will be overwhelmed
  • Survivors will help
  • They will do what they know how to do
  • Generally, people don’t know much about
  • Lifesaving
  • Disaster Medicine
  • Post Disaster Survival
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Why a corporate program?

  • Culture of employee safety
  • Jurisdictional limitations
  • Partnership
  • Team building
  • Complement business continuity plans
  • Lives first, property second
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SWOT

  • Strengths: remember all the reasons why ERT
  • Challenges:
  • Staff time
  • Volunteer motivation
  • Perishable skills
  • Opportunities:
  • Employee benefits from training
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Getting Started

  • Identify the goals and objectives for the emergency response plan.
  • Define what your emergency response team is expected to do during

an emergency (e.g., evacuate employees and visitors, provide first aid, etc.)

  • Identify the members of emergency response teams
  • Identify any regulations covered by your plan (e.g., OSHA, fire code,

etc.)

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What is needed

  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Equip ERT members with the appropriate PPE.
  • All PPE should be kept in accessible locations for easy retrieval during an

emergency.

  • Regular maintenance of the equipment is important to ensure that it is in

good working condition at all times.

  • ERT should be sufficiently trained to don their PPE competently.
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What is needed

  • Emergency Response Equipment
  • Detection and mitigation equipment.
  • The equipment should be properly maintained to ensure optimal

performance during emergencies.

  • The ERT should be regularly trained to be proficient in the usage of the

equipment.

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What is needed

  • Emergency Communications Equipment
  • radio communication sets
  • Loudhailer
  • other equivalent form of communication tools
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Recruiting

  • Word of mouth
  • Friendly Competition
  • Assignment based on role in the Company
  • Incentives
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Training

  • Make training fun
  • Make training regular
  • Be inclusive
  • Make graduation special
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Curriculum

  • Emergency Kit/Business Inventory Resources
  • Basic First Aid for You and Your Co-Workers
  • Fire Suppression Exercises
  • Search and Rescue Techniques
  • Incident Command procedures
  • Terrorism-related events/Active shooter
  • Warnings and notifications
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Assigned Roles

  • Main leader
  • Senior Management
  • Key decision maker
  • Point of contact with government agencies/local jurisdiction
  • Authorize operation shutdown & evacuation
  • Incident Leader
  • Response Team leader
  • Link between Main Leader & ERT
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Assigned Roles

  • ERT members
  • Provide emergency response
  • Conduct evacuation
  • Implement In-Place Protection
  • Provide first aid
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Sample Structure

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Is your ERT ready?

  • Interview ERT to know
  • Their understanding of their individual role and functions
  • Their expected actions in the exercised scenario
  • The activation phase of the scenario is evaluated by interviewing any

company personnel on their knowledge of raising the alarm during an emergency

  • The ERT is also checked if they meet the minimum manpower

requirement and organization structure.

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ERT Exercise

  • Activation and response of ERT
  • Incident size-up
  • Fire fighting and mitigation operations
  • evacuation, medical treatment and security
  • Linking up with local jurisdiction responders upon arrival
  • Ongoing operations and recovery
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ERT Exercise

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Coordination with Local Jurisdiction

  • Coordinate in advance
  • Explore joint training and exercise options
  • Decide on agreed communication methods
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Program Success

  • Partners make better
  • Program Design
  • Job cards
  • Volunteer leadership
  • Consistency
  • Funding
  • Innovation
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Thank you!

Speaker:

  • Cpt. Erica Arteseros

Company: San Francisco Fire Department Contact Info: www.sfgov.org/sfnert Erica.Arteseros@sfgov.org 415-970-2022