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Education Topics: Thursday, August 17 - Friday, August 18, 2006.
Mass Evacuation Planning
Everyone has evacuated the building. The crowd is in the street. Now what? Moving large numbers of people in a timely fashion is not as easy as you may think. The elderly. The physically challenged. Children. Get answers to questions you may not have considered. Learn how to anticipate and plan the logistics of mass evacuations and how to handle critical information needed to convince people in harms way that evacuation is necessary. Gain experience in calculating the size and number of facilities required to handle large numbers of people for extended periods of time. Learn how to implement safety and security protocols, in addition to planning for food and sanitation needs.
Crisis Communications
You depend on your cell phones, radios and pagers for information and communication. What do you do if they fail? What plans should already be in place? In a major crisis, we must go back to the basics. How will your messages and instructions get out during the critical hours before utility and cell companies are back on line? If you have ever wondered “what if?” then this is for you.
EMS Dealing with the Elderly and Hospitalized
There are several aspects to an evacuation that may not be realized as you start planning. What do you do when a hospital needs to evacuate an entire building? Public safety officials and first responders need to know how to react and, if necessary, use legal means to override evacuation resistance in the name of public safety. Finding patients with grave conditions in a hospital after a major evacuation or calamity is a situation no one wants to face. It is better to be prepared then to ask later, “How did this happen?”
High-rise Incident Command – Back By Popular Demand!
Learn tested, hands-on information and tactics about high-rise preparedness through inter-active workshops and demonstrations. The City of Chicago boasts one of the most expansive and intricate skylines in the United States. And while it’s gorgeous to look at, it poses very serious strategic and tactical challenges for emergency medical services and fire suppression.
Mutual Aid - Counting on Your Neighbors!
We prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Part of preparation is the ability to call on those in your region for aid when the need arises. How do you maximize these relationships in times of major duress? Are you mechanically and electronically compatible? Will you be able to share equipment, radios and manpower? Do you speak the same language in terms of acronyms and standard operating procedure? The questions have been asked – get the answers!