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Reunification TTX

Reunification TTX. St Pius School Urbandale, Iowa. Planning Approach Reunification Response Team Family Assistance Center. Project Overview. TTX Schedule. Cell phone etiquette Evacuation or shelter-in-place procedures Restroom locations. Administrative Remarks . Table Introductions.

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Reunification TTX

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  1. Reunification TTX St Pius School Urbandale, Iowa

  2. Planning Approach • Reunification Response Team • Family Assistance Center Project Overview

  3. TTX Schedule

  4. Cell phone etiquette • Evacuation or shelter-in-place procedures • Restroom locations Administrative Remarks

  5. Table Introductions Introductions

  6. It is September 2, 2020 at St Pius X School in Urbandale, Iowa. 11:00am. Sunny and 94 degrees. • A back door of the school was propped open because of excessive heat and an unidentified individual carrying a duffle bag walked into a rear hallway from the parking lot. • Loud “popping noises” and screams were heard coming from the hallway. The suspect entered classrooms one by one, firing a rifle indiscriminately at anyone he saw. Hearing the shots and screams, teachers and staff in other classrooms began turning off lights, barricading doors, and hiding their students while trying to keep them focused, quiet, and calm. Module 1:Initial Response

  7. Several of the fourth and fifth grade students were seen fleeing the building, some of them appear injured. • Local 9-1-1 operators received calls from teachers and staff inside the school. • Local law enforcement officials began arriving on scene within minutes of the first 9-1-1 call. Police quickly entered the building. Module 1: Initial Response (cont.)

  8. The shooter barricaded himself inside the front office conference room and saw the mounting police activity outside through the windows. Once multiple officers and vehicles began arriving, the shooter fatally shot himself. Law enforcement officers conducted a room by room sweep of the building and determined that the threat no longer existed. As rooms were cleared, students were moved to exits for evacuation. Module 1: Initial Response (cont.)

  9. Who is responsible for activation of the reunification plan? Where will key school leadership be positioned as evacuation and reunification processes are carried out? • What agency is responsible for identification of the reunification site? As a school administrator, how and when do you receive this information? • Who is responsible for communicating this information to parents? Is this information shared with public? When? Why? • How is the Reunification Response Team (RRT) contacted? Who initiates deployment? What is their anticipated response time? • What other personnel resources are required to be deployed/needed at the reunification site? How are they contacted? What are their anticipated response times? • How are children evacuated and moved to the reunification site? Who does the school/school district contact to request assistance with transportation? Were arrangements for this service completed in advance of this event? • Besides transportation, what resource gaps could limit your school’s ability to evacuate to the reunification site? Module 1: Initial ResponseOperational Coordination

  10. What is the role of law enforcement, if any, in the selection of a reunification site? • What is the role of law enforcement, if any, in the student evacuation process? Module 1: Initial ResponseOn -Scene Security, Protection, and Law Enforcement

  11. What critical decisions might need to be made at this point with regard to injured students and staff? • Who in your school district or school is responsible for making and coordinating these decisions? Module 1: Initial ResponseMass Care Services

  12. How does your school district or school issue alerts and other messaging? • How do you notify parents/guardians in an emergency? What do you tell them? • What individual (or position) coordinates and delivers your school district’s or school’s public messaging? Is this different in an emergency? Module 1: Initial Response Information Sharing

  13. 12:00pm - Evacuation commences as students and teachers board buses for the reunification site. Some of the older children are active on social media and texting parents and friends. Parents begin arriving at the school, but are directed to the reunification site by law enforcement officers positioned around the perimeter of the school. The traffic around the school is understandably congested. • At the reunification site, the RRT is setting up the various areas within the facility and attempting to manage the arrival of personnel and/or vehicular traffic. Anxious parents begin arriving, but students are still being loaded on buses back at the school and awaiting transport. Module 2:Activation/Establishment of Reunification Operations

  14. Do all members of the RRT know the process for establishment and operation of the reunification site? Will they have access to materials and equipment upon arrival? If not, where will materials and equipment come from? • What do you say to parents who arrive at site prior to set up and opening? How long do you anticipate set-up will take? Which team is responsible? Why? • Are parents aware of your reunification process prior to this event? If so, what, specifically have they been told? Module 2:Activation/Establishment of Reunification OperationsOperational Coordination

  15. How are RRT, parents, media, and bystanders arriving at the reunification site identified and appropriately directed? Are there measures you can take ahead of this event to improve this process? • Has the flow of vehicular traffic at the site been pre-determined? • What security measures would be implemented at the reunification site? Lacking LE resources, what measures might be conducted by RRT? Does this require any specialized training? Module 2:Activation/Establishment of Reunification OperationsOn-Scene Security, Protection, and Law Enforcement

  16. Has EMS been requested to deploy to the reunification site? Who does this? When? • Does the Fire Department have a role at the reunification site? If so, what is the role and is this a mass care function? Module 2:Activation/Establishment of Reunification OperationsMass Care Services

  17. How will site selection be communicated to parents? Whose responsibility is this? • What is the role of 211, if any? • Will the site location be made public? If yes, how will you coordinate delivery of the information? Whose responsibility is this? Module 2:Activation/Establishment of Reunification OperationsInformation Sharing

  18. 12:30pm - Buses are arriving at the Student Drop Off Area and students begin entering through the Student Entrance. Parents who have already checked in are waiting in the Parent Waiting Area and a line continues to form at the front entrance. Most of the people arriving to pick up students are patiently following directions while others are clearly impacted by anxiety and concern for their child. Module 3: Reunification Operations

  19. PARENT CHECK-IN – Red Team • For the parents checking in who are exhibiting signs of concern and anxiety, how might RRT personnel interactions help to reduce this anxiety? • What is the process for checking parents in? • What critical factors must you consider as parents begin to complete the check in cards? • How long do you anticipate it will take parents to complete the check in process? • What additional issues or challenges might you anticipate during this portion of the process? Module 3: Reunification OperationsOperational Coordination

  20. PARENT WAITING AREA – Yellow Team • What services do you anticipate parents will need while in the Parent Waiting Area?  Module 3: Reunification OperationsOperational Coordination

  21. STUDENT WAITING AREA – Yellow Team • What is the process for student check-in? • Who’s responsibility is this? • How will you obtain a student attendance list? • How do you confirm students are present in the Student Waiting Area? • What is the process for retrieving students from the Student Waiting Area? Module 3: Reunification OperationsOperational Coordination

  22. RELEASE DOOR – Green Team • What is the process for releasing a student to a parent or guardian? • Is it necessary to maintain a record of reunification information? (e.g., who, when, witness, etc.) • Is the information collected during the reuniting of families sufficient proof of properly documented reunification? Module 3: Reunification OperationsOperational Coordination

  23. NOTIFICATION TEAM – Light Blue Team Hospitalized Students • What is the role of the Notification Team? • Does this team provide information on hospitalized students? • Who determines which hospital is treating the children? • How is this information obtained? • Who coordinates information sharing with hospitals? • How is this information communicated with the school, parents, or guardians? Module 3: Reunification OperationsOperational Coordination

  24. NOTIFICATION TEAM – Light Blue Team Deceased Students • What is the role of the Notification Team? • With which agency does the RRT coordinate death notification? Module 3: Reunification OperationsOperational Coordination

  25. What is the anticipated level and types of law enforcement support at the reunification site? Module 3: Reunification OperationsOn-Scene Security, Protection and Law Enforcement

  26. What can RRT staff do to assist the students who arrive or become visibly upset during reunification? • How does the RRT staff provide information to families regarding services provided by the Family Assistance Center (FAC)? • How does the RRT staff communicate/coordinate with the FAC? • What coordination is required? • What responsibilities does RRT staff have for children who arrive with minor injuries? Mod 3: Mass Care Services

  27. Does the RRT have a role in releasing information to the media during reunification operations? If yes, what is the role? If no, whose role is it? Module 3: Reunification OperationsInformation Sharing

  28. 11:30pm – All but one student has finally been picked up/reunified with their parents/guardians. No parents/guardians remain at the site. Staff have been operating continuously, without down time, for almost 12 hours. Module 4: Deactivation of Reunification Operations

  29. In anticipation of deactivation, what action does the RRT take to address the needs of the remaining student? What would be in the best interest of the child? • Will you need to conduct a reunification operations after action meeting? If so, when will you conduct it? What should be the focus of your After Action Meeting? Who should be included in the meeting? • Who is responsible for breaking down the reunification site? What might these activities include? • Who do RRT staff notify of the deactivation of the reunification site? Module 4: Deactivation of Reunification OperationsOperational Coordination

  30. Are there on-scene security, protection and LE responsibilities during deactivation? • What do they include? • When do they end? Module 4: Deactivation of Reunification OperationsOn-Scene Security, Protection, and Law Enforcement

  31. What type of services, provided by the FAC, may be needed in the following days, weeks, and months? Module 4: Deactivation of Reunification OperationsMass Care Services

  32. How is this information regarding FAC services disseminated to families prior to leaving the site? Module 4: Deactivation of Reunification OperationsInformation Sharing

  33. What roles do the following entities have in the short and long-term recovery from this incident: • St Pius X School • Des Moines Diocese • RRT • Polk County Emergency Management • Urbandale Police Department • Urbandale Fire/EMS • 211 • Others? Module 4: Deactivation of Reunification OperationsCommunity Resilience

  34. End of Exercise

  35. This Hotwash aims to capture the following information based on observations made throughout the exercise: Overall strengths Overall areas for improvement Major takeaways and action items Hotwash

  36. Participant Feedback Forms • Thank you for your participation Closing Remarks

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