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Personal Preparedness – At Work, Home, and Elsewhere

February 2009

Presenters

• Bob Chaffee with CSU Training and Organizational Development - retired captain from CSUPD

• Corporal Scott Anthony and Commander Chris Wolf, CSUPD

WHY This Information?Why Now?

• “Anxiety is misdirected attention.”Shoma Morita, M.D.

• “Perhaps there is no property in which men are more distinguished from each other, than in various degrees in which they possess the faculty of observation. The great herd of mankind pass their lives in listless inattention and indifference as to what is going on around them, while those who are destined to distinction have a lynx-eyed vigilance that nothing can escape.”American jurist William Wirt

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Events Over the Last Several Years In the Fort Collins Area

Tornado in MayFlood of 1997SnowstormsPolice Impersonator Murder – Lacey Miller

Cell Phones and Driving (recent death of child)

WE NEED TO BE AWARE! SO DO OUR KIDS!

SWAT rescues toddlers from suicidal father BY TREVOR HUGHES • JANUARY 14, 2009

Just Review the Headlines

Car Jacking on East Mulberry

Mall Kidnapping

1 dead, 2 injured in Fort Collins shooting near CSUBy Nate Taylor • NateTaylor@coloradoan.com • January 14, 2009

Police arrest Loveland man, search for second suspect

LaPorte man faces charges of posing as officer in child abduction attempts

BY COLORADOAN STAFF • JANUARY 14, 2009

PLEASE DON’T GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION – CSU IS, BY AND LARGE, A VERY SAFE COMMUNITY AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT!Just like the Fort Collins and Larimer County Area

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I HEAR ABOUT TERRORISM ON THE NEWS – WHAT ABOUT HERE?

• There are NO known terrorist threats against Colorado State, nor the northern Colorado Region, but having our head in the sand wouldn’t be smart in the current world situation!

You know your building at CSU. Observe when you go into businesses or buildings Do YOU know where the ‘blue light’ phones, extinguishers, AEDs are in/near any building you enter for your safety?

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When You Call in an Emergency

• 5 Countywide P.S.A.P.s• CSU Dispatch will handle on campus calls

to 911 – stay on the phone with them!• Other agencies handle 911 calls in other

jurisdictions with ‘one touch’ transfers• Coordinate information with police and

responders when they arrive and YOUR FELLOW STAFF members so everyone knows what is happening and what to do

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The University, City, County and Preparedness

• Quick Look at the CSU EOP Web Site• Briefly Introduce the Emergency Management

Teams of each jurisdiction • The CSU Plan?•http://wsprod.colostate.edu/cwis86/EPR/EMT/PDF/Emergency%20Ops%20Preface.pdf• How Do People Get NOTIFIED and What About

Ongoing Info?

CSU Emergency Management Team

• What/Who is the E.M.T.?– They meet in the identified EOC (Emergency

Operations Center) during emergencies– They meet monthly for planning about

possible emergencies– Very similar to other jurisdictions

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CSU Operational Phases

• Readiness – Includes Analysis and Mitigation– Plan and PRACTICE!

• Response– Contain/Size Up– Tactics– Triage– Scene Control/Investigation– Cleanup and Debrief

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Family Preparedness IS IMPORTANT TOO!

• Go Kits• Telephone Listings• “Re-Group” sites and routes or GATHERING

POINTS• Food, medicine, water for

two weeks (pets too)

and PRACTICE!

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Family

• If YOU don’t know your family is safe, you won’t be able to concentrate on responsibilities here. . .

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Building Proctors are Prepared• Building Proctors go

through four levels of emergency awareness and preparedness – they’re a GREAT resource!

• Individuals should prepare for emergencies and how they and their families will be best protected!

• Proctors cover everything from the EOP, to pathogens, to ergonomics, to Right to Know information

The Building Proctor Role in a The Building Proctor Role in a NutshellNutshell

• You are one part of the umbrella that You are one part of the umbrella that defines CSU’s Response to an defines CSU’s Response to an Emergency.Emergency.

Media Relations

Emergency Management

PoliceFacilities Management

EHS

Finance

Building Proctors

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How About Travel to Work and In My Office??

• Shopping Areas

• Driving Safety and Car-Jacking Awareness

• S.T.O.P.

I Also Hear About Workplace Violence on TV!

• What to do with a threat or ‘hint’

• Your role and your supervisor’s

• Cases at CSU?

• EAP and other resources

• Early Intervention and employee hiring practices

• What about an armed person in my building??

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Other Issues We May Encounter

• Weather• CSU Has A

Weather/Snow Policy• Review and Discuss

Manual• Case Study – ‘Deep

Snow’• Intro ThorGuard

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What About Security at CSU?

• Review Key Policy and Lockouts

• Work Protocols and Habits (alone after hours?)

• Where is your PDA, cell phone, computer display?

• Habits, Lights and Reflections

• Home, Work, and Back

• Suspicious people/Activity???

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“It” CAN Happen Here!

Vocational Education Lightning Strike

July 1997 Flood

Colorado State University$125 million damage

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Pingree Park Fire, 1994

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Windsor, May 2008

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EVACUATE OR P.I.P.?

• In some situations, evacuation is NOT advisable

• Can you name a few?

• Does/will your plan account for this need?

• What about ‘head counts’ in this event?

• Practice, practice, practice

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ID TheftComputer/PDA/Cell Phone

SecurityKids

Parks and PlaygroundsAnimalsWeapons and Fireworks“Stranger Danger”

What Resources Are There?

• You can get the University’s Annual Safety Report at the Department of Public Safety and CSUPD Web Sites

• Call SafeWalk, 491-1156 if you’d like an escort from your car to office, office to parking area, etc.

• You can access sex offenders and other information at the Colorado State University Police Department

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY PUBLIC SAFETYhttp://safety.colostate.edu/http://police.colostate.edu/SafetyBooklet.htmhttp://police.colostate.edu/RAD1.htmENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES http://www.ehs.colostate.edu/WBuildSafety/Home.aspxLIGHTNING SAFETYhttp://www.ehs.colostate.edu/WLightning/Home.aspxLARIMER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYhttp://www.co.larimer.co.us/da/UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICEhttp://www.usps.com/IDENTITY THEFThttp://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oig/misused/idtheft.htmlNEIGHBOR RELATIONShttp://fcgov.com/neighborhoodservices/communityliaison.phpBOMB THREAT (SEE ‘SECURITY – PAGE 5)http://www.facilities.colostate.edu/files/forms/BPManual.pdf

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Thanks for your time