Resources
Mutual Aid Agreement Samples
Institutions are strongly encouraged to have signed a mutual aid agreement, between its host city, county, and other campuses, which share a common region.
Federal Emergency Management Institute
The Emergency Management Institute under FEMA provides training programs online and through Independent study for first responders and other community members.
Planning and Managing Security for Major Special Events
The Planning And Managing Security For Major Special Events document provides useful information for planning special events. Guidelines are presented that are useful for all size events and agency sizes. The document was developed by the Institute for Law and Justice under the guidance of the COPS Office, US Department of Justice.
Georgia Public Safety Training Center Calendar
GPSTC Training Calendar and online registration area.
Other Resources
Avian Flu
Protecting Employees from Avian Flu Viruses - U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Disaster Mental Health
Georgia Disaster Info is a comprehensive disaster mental health website sponsored by the Georgia Department of Human Resources using federal funds from the Community Health Preparedness Program, and developed by the University of West Georgia.
Disaster Recovery Services Vendors
Emergency Response Plans
The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) maintains a web site of crisis/emergency response plans from various higher education institutions from around the country.
Flu Pandemic Planning
Pandemic Planning Resources for Universities and Colleges - This site, put together by the School of Public Health at the University of Albany (New York), provides links to a variety of planning resources geared towards higher education. These resources include checklists, sample plans, and discussion-based exercises that can be used to simulate a response to a pandemic.
Colleges and Universities Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist - This checklist was developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a framework to help colleges and universities develop and/or improve plans to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic.
http://www.pandemicflu.gov - Get Informed. Be Prepared. One-stop access to U.S. Government avian and pandemic flu information. Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Georgia Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Standard Operating Plan - This plan was written to address the threat of a possible future influenza pandemic affecting Georgia. The plan includes an initial threat analysis and a broad series of guidelines for action in case the influenza pandemic threat is realized.
Pandemic Influenza Planning Resources from UNC-Chapel Hill - These resources, provided by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, include a fill-in-the-blanks Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), as well as UNC’s Pandemic Influenza Plan and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) policy.
Georgia Emergency Operations Plan (GEOP)
On February 14, 2006, Governor Perdue signed an Executive Order authorizing the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) to direct and coordinate state-wide emergency and disaster planning and operations. The Order also established the Georgia Emergency Operations Plan, or GEOP, as the framework for operations for emergencies or disaster that occur anywhere within the state of Georgia.
Developed by GEMA, the GEOP is a comprehensive plan to ensure mitigation and preparedness, appropriate response and timely recovery from natural and manmade hazards which may affect the residents of Georgia.
The GEOP includes fifteen specific Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) that would be required during an emergency or disaster, such as transportation, communications, mass care and housing, and public health and medical services. Specific state agencies or organizations have been assigned to serve as primary or secondary support functions within each ESF. The primary state agency or organization for each ESF is responsible for developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in coordination with other supporting agencies and organizations.
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
The Secretary of Homeland Security released the National Incident Management System (NIMS) in March 2004. The purpose of NIMS is to provide a consistent, nationwide template to enable Federal, state, local, and tribal governments and other non-governmental organizations to work together to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of cause or severity.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD- 5), Management of Domestic Incidents, requires all federal departments and agencies to adopt and implement NIMS, and requires state and local jurisdictions to implement NIMS to receive federal preparedness funding. Although colleges and universities are not first response organizations, they are important components within their local communities. For that reason, FEMA’s NIMS Integration Center highly recommends that educational institutions be involved in their community’s emergency planning process, and that those persons with emergency responsibilities at the college or university work with the community’s emergency response community and know about NIMS and ICS. Additionally, colleges and universities that receive federal preparedness assistance through grants, contracts, or other activities must have adopted NIMS as of October 1, 2004.
FEMA offers several online training course on NIMS and other emergency management issues through their Emergency Management Institute.
FEMA Independent Study Program: IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS): An Introduction
This course introduces NIMS and takes approximately three hours to complete. It explains the purpose, principles, key components and benefits of NIMS. The course also contains “Planning Activity” screens giving you an opportunity to complete some planning tasks during this course. The planning activity screens are printable so that you can use them after you complete the course.
For more information about NIMS, please visit these external web sites: