IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Emergency Management

David M. Barber, Emergency & Business Continuity Planner

Jan/10	Tue	01:30PM-03:00PM	4-231
Jan/11	Wed	09:30AM-11:00AM	4-149
Jan/18	Wed	06:30PM-08:00PM	4-153
Jan/26	Thu	12:30PM-02:00PM	4-370, location changed to larger venue

Enrollment: sign up preferred, walk-ins accepted as space allows
Limited to 48 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

This session will feature the history of violence in institutions of higher education; the training efforts of the MIT police Department with other agencies in response to violent intruders; the nationally recognized "Run, Hide, Fight" video; and MIT specific information on emergency preparedness, response and reaction to violent intruders on our campus.  To sign up for any sessions, please contact David Barber at dbarber@mit.edu and include which one of the sessions you would like to attend.

Sponsor(s): Emergency Management , Campus Police
Contact: David Barber, W92-129, 617 253-8022, DBARBER@MIT.EDU

Andrea Finnin, CERT Program Manager

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/29
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Must be a member of the MIT community.

Thank you so much for being interesting in joining MIT’s Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT)!  Ultimately we hope to build a presence in all main campus buildings, so that in the event of an emergency we have a network of people in place that can help to manage the event on location until disaster responders arrive, or to evacuate the building if necessary.  To do this we first need to build a capable team, and that's where you come in!

Started in the 80’s in California, CERT is a program whose main mission is to do the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people.  Information about the mission and background of CERT and some CERT FAQ’s can be found on FEMA’s website.

The full training manual is available for review and download online. Binders with all course materials will be provided to participants.

This training material was developed by FEMA and it takes 20 hours to complete.  The training covers the following segments:

One – Disaster Preparedness

Two – Fire Safety

Three – Disaster Medical Operations 1

Four – Disaster Medical Operations 2

Five – Search and Rescue

Six – CERT Organization and Disaster Psychology

Seven – Terrorism and CERT

Eight – Course Review and Exercise

Sponsor(s): Emergency Management
Contact: Andrea Finnin, N52-413, 617 258-7366, ANDREAF@MIT.EDU

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Disaster Preparedness

Jan/10

Tue

01:00PM-03:30PM

N52-419D

• Roles and Responsibilities for Community Preparedness
• Elements of Disasters and Their Impact on the Infrastructure
• Personal and Organizational Preparedness:  How you can prepare in advance to improve the quality of your survival and to reduce the damage from hazards.
• Role of CERTs:  CERT organization, disaster and non-disaster roles, and laws that protect disaster workers from liability.

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager

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Light Search/Rescue & CERT Organization

Jan/11

Wed

01:00PM-03:30PM

N52-419D, May reschedule based on class availability.

•  Light Search and Rescue Operations:   
•      Search and Rescue Sizeup
•     Conducting Interior and Exterior Search Operations
•     Conducting Rescue Operations:      
•           Lifting
•          Leveraging
•          Cribbing
•          Victim removal
• CERT Organization:
•       Rescuer Safety
•       Documentation
•       Team Organization

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager

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Fire Safety

Jan/12

Thu

01:00PM-03:30PM

N52-419

• Fire Chemistry: How fire occurs, classes of fire, and choosing the correct means to extinguish each type of fire.
• Fire and Utility Hazards
• CERT SizeupFire Sizeup Considerations
• Portable Fire Extinguishers
• Fire Suppression Safety: How to decide if you should attempt to extinguish a fire; how to approach and extinguish a fire safely
• Hazardous Materials

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager

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Disaster Medical Operations 1

Jan/17

Tue

01:00PM-03:30PM

N52-419

• Life-Threatening Conditions: How to recognize and treat an airway obstruction, bleeding, and shock.
• Triage: Principles of triage and how to conduct triage evaluations.

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager, David Barber - Emergency & Business Continuity Planner

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Disaster Medical Operations 2

Jan/19

Thu

01:00PM-03:30PM

N52-419

• Public Health Considerations
• Functions of Disaster Medical Operations
• Disaster Medical Treatment Areas
• Patient Evaluation: How to perform a head-to-toe assessment to identify and treat injuries.

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager, David Barber - Emergency & Business Continuity Planner

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Disaster Medical Operations 3

Jan/24

Tue

01:00PM-03:30PM

N52-419

Basic Treatment - How to:

• Treat burns     
• Dress and bandage wounds     
• Treat fractures, dislocations, sprains, and strains     
• Treat hypothermia     
• Treat heat-related injuries     
• Control bleeding     
• Treat bites and stings

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager, David Barber - Emergency & Business Continuity Planner

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Disaster Psychology

Jan/26

Thu

01:00PM-03:30PM

N52-419D

• Disaster Psychology: The psychological impact of a disaster on rescuers and victims and how to provide psychological first aid.
• Caring for Yourself, Your Buddy, and Victims: Steps one can take individually and as part of a CERT before, immediately following, and after a disaster.

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager

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Final Exercise

Jan/31

Tue

01:00PM-03:30PM

N52-419D

This session is our culminating exercise.

Andrea Finnin - CERT Program Manager