Emergency Response Plan:
(5) Information Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination
The Planning Section is responsible for information collection when the ERT and EOC are activated. The critical information needs are:
- Type of incident, including initial hazard and cascading effects (actual and potential)
- Location(s) affected and how
- Number of people affected and their characteristics (residents, children, disabilities and/or medical needs as appropriate)
- Number of casualties (injured/killed) and transport location as applicable
- Expected duration of incident
- Expected consequences of incident including academic and/or business impacts
- First responders and staging area(s)
- St. John Fisher University responders and actions
Sources of information include:
- Reports from University community to Safety and Security Dispatch Center
- Social media postings (monitored by PIO) (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
- County OEM information on WebEOC system
- News reports from local and/or national media (web, TV, print, radio)
- Reports for Operations Section staff working the incident
- Information from first responder command post
- Information from CCTV gathered by Safety and Security
In addition to general information gathering described above, the following sources are used for hazard-specific information:
Emergency Response Team Handbook Revised and Updated: January 2020