The final paper is to act as a summation of the term’s study. We have covered a large number of aspects involved in determining the training needs, to designing the training program, to the delivery of the training. In this final paper I want to know how and if you could actually perform a requirements determination and then using that information, design a training program to deliver it.
I will give you a scenario of a situation and ask you to analyze the training needs, pick one training aspect and design a training program to address this specific aspect.
The deliverables will be discussed in further detail below, but one of the major items I am looking for is for you to describe to me in the document how you will perform each of the tasks. For example, document what you will do to determine the possible training objectives.
Background
This exercise is based on the National Planning Scenario for a Chlorine Tank explosion developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the federal interagency community. This exercise was developed by FEMA’s Private Sector Division in its Office of External Affairs.
In this scenario there will be an explosion on a rail car transporting chlorine to an industrial facility one evening, after 6pm. The explosion will release a large quantity of chlorine gas downwind of the site, affecting 100,000 people up to 25 miles away. Downwind populations will be required to either evacuate ahead of the plume or shelter in place. Two hospitals in the downwind area will require protective action.
Our organization and our employees will be threatened.
Community impacts we can expect:
Casualties: Dozens of fatalities; hundreds of severe injuries; thousands of hospitalizations
Evacuations/Displaced Persons:
100,000 instructed to temporarily shelter-in-place as plume moves across region
50,000 evacuated to shelters in safe areas
50,000 self-evacuate out of region
Contamination: Primarily at explosion site, and if waterways are impacted
Infrastructure Damage: Rail lines, nearby highway in immediate explosion area, and metal corrosion in areas of heavy exposure
Economic Impact: Millions of dollars
Recovery Timeline: Weeks
Emergency management is an organized process by which organizations and communities:
Prepare for and Protect against hazards.
Respond to emergencies that occur.
Recover from emergencies to restore the community to its pre-emergency condition.
Mitigate risks.
The degree to which emergency management is effective depends heavily on the emergency planning process.
The bullets here list actions an organization should take to prepare and protect its facilities and people. If a disaster occurs, an organization needs to ensure that its employees, customers, members, visitors are ready to get through it safely, and respond to it and recover from it effectively. An organization will need a plan for what it’ll do if essential services break down, a plan for contingencies. An organization should exercise the plan well before a disaster threatens. An organization ideally will work with local emergency managers and first responders to develop and exercise an Emergency Operations Plan.
To protect the population, local and state officials will have planned: alerts; activation and notification; traffic and access control; protection of special populations; resource support and requests for assistance; HazMat preparedness; and public information activities.
State agencies will be working to: Share situational awareness with stakeholders; Perform community outreach for evacuations and shelters as necessary; Protect the health and welfare of citizens.
FEMA & federal partners will be working to: Coordinate with states; Provide technical assistance to state and local responders; share situational awareness, Coordinate disaster declaration and subsequent funding and assistance if necessary.
1. Have a plan and prepare to activate it
2. Gather the planning team
3. Assess hazards, prepare facilities and employees
4. Establish evacuation and shelter-in-place plans
5. Stock and check supplies and first aid
6. Train Emergency Response Teams
7. Coordinate with local and state emergency managers
