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Damage Assessment

• What is it?– Report of injuries, structural damage, & hazards in

your area.• Why is it needed?

– PANDA Incident Command provides local response• PANDA first-responders are likely to be the only assistance

available for the first 1 to 3 days.– Palo Alto EOC needs the “big picture”

• Coordinate overall response• Deploy limited professional resources• Request outside assistance & plan recovery

– Damage reports are rolled up to the County, State, and FEMA

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PANDA Mission

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Palo Alto Neighborhood Disaster Activities (PANDA)

• Response– Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)– Official Fire Dept. volunteers– 20+ hours of training in light medical, search & rescue, fire suppression, etc..– Report to PANDA Incident Command Post – Dispatched to neighborhoods

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PAN Mission

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Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN)

• Preparation– Community volunteers– 3-4 hours of training from PAN and Police Dept.– “Eyes and Ears” for PANDA in a disaster– Stay in their neighborhoods

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Disaster Response

PANAssess Damage

Report Damage

Update responding PANDA Teams

PANDAIncident Command

Consolidate district damage

Coordinate with EOC

Plan local response

PANDA Teams

Respond to Incident • Fire Suppression• Search & Rescue• Triage & First Aid

EOCEmergency Operations Center

Consolidate overall damage

Plan overall response

• Professional responders• Outside assistance

• Recovery plan

• Mutual Aid requests to / from other Santa Clara county cities• Aid requests to State and Federal authorities

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PAN Organization• Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinator (NPC)

– Coordinates information to/from neighborhood area.– “down-link” = talk to neighborhood– “up-link” = talk to Incident Command Post– NPC collects and sorts (triages) messages (from

BPCs)

• Block Preparedness Coordinator (BPC)– Responsible for 10-35 residences [and businesses]– Collects information about the status of their block– May use “low tech” comm, such as runners

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PANDA Field Teams

PAN Block Preparedness Coordinators (BPC)

PAN Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinators

(NPC)

PANDA Incident Command Post (ICP) at Fire Station

PAN / PANDA Communication

PANDA Incident Command Post (ICP) at Fire Station

PAN Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinators

(NPC)

PAN Block Preparedness Coordinators (BPC)

Palo Alto City Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

ARES/RACES Ham Radio

MURS Radio

FRS/GMRS Radio PANDA Field Teams

FRS/GMRS Radio

PANDAnet Ham Radio

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PAN / PANDA Assessment

• Joint effort– PAN BPCs survey their “blocks”.– PANDA teams survey areas not covered by

PAN.– PANDA Search & Rescue teams assess

damage on-site.

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Assessment Process• Survey entire assignment (block) ASAP

– A more urgent need may be around the corner.

• Report Critical Incidents Immediately– Threats to life and safety– Beyond your control– Require outside helpExamples:– Spreading fires– Trapped people– Immediate injuries– Gas leaks, downed power lines

• Record everything else & report later– Wait for the NPC (PAN) or ICP (PANDA) to ask for non-critical events– OR deliver completed forms to NPC (PAN) or ICP (PANDA)

Damage Assessment Form

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TIME ADDRESS / LOCATION FIRES HAZARDS STRUCTURES PEOPLE ** ROADS IC COMMENTS

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FOR USE BY EVERYONE PANDA form July 26, 2007 Summary of all hazards in area: Fill out this sheet on your way to the Command Post and give it to Incident Command. * for structure damage: L=light damage, M=moderate damage, H=heavy damage ** for people: number of people trapped or injured; minor (green), delayed (yellow), immediate (red), dead (black) Incident Command (IC): Choose an incident; put a slash (/) in the assignment completed column, copy the address/location to the incident name section on the

Incident Briefing sheet, and give Incident Briefing and Assignment Status to incident team leader. Copy the address/location to the Post-Incident Status sheet and enter the start time.

When an Assignment is Completed: Put a backslash (\) in the assignment completed column (X) and the incident end time on the Post-Incident Status sheet.

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Damage Assessment Form

• Same form used by PAN & PANDA to – Record– Communicate– Track

• Efficient – Record & move on– Report critical incidents immediately

(incidents beyond your control)

– Report non-critical incidents later– Communicate info left to right

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Fires / Hazards

• Fires– Burning / Out– Threatening to spread?

• Gas Leak– Can you smell gas?

• Water Leak– Is the road blocked?

• Chemical – Strange smell? / Unusual smoke?

• Electrical– Downed power lines?– Is the road blocked?

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Structural Damage• LightLight

– Broken windows / superficial damage– Fallen / cracked plaster– Minor damage to contents

• ModerateModerate– Visible signs of damage but structure still attached to

foundation.– Decorative work damaged or fallen. – Major damage to interior contents.

• HeavyHeavy – Partial or total collapse of structure– Structure no longer attached to foundation– Tilting / Obvious structural instability.– Hazards: Fire / Gas Leaks / Hazardous materials / Rising water

• How many? (multi-unit structures)

Light Damage

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Minor Content Damage

ModerateModerate DamageDamage

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Heavy Content Damage

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ModerateModerate Damage

Non-Structural (decorative) work has fallen

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Heavy Damage

Tilting

Total Wall Collapse

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PAN - People

• How many? – Trapped– Minor Injuries

• Cuts, bruises, sprains

– Immediate Aid Needed• Life threatening injuries• Shock, severe blood loss, breathing problems• Describe injuries in Comments column

– Dead

• Get the Big Picture– Rough numbers are okay

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PANDA - People• How many?

– Trapped– Minor Injuries

• Cuts, bruises, sprains– Delayed

• Injuries require treatment but not Immediate– Immediate

• RPM Criteria– Respiration – breathing faster than 30 breaths per minute.– Pulse – severe bleeding or blanch test (capillary refill) slower than

2 seconds.– Mental status – cannot respond to simple commands

• Examples: Shock, severe blood loss, breathing problems• Describe injuries in Comments column

– Dead• Get the Big Picture

– Rough numbers are okay

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Other Columns

• Roads – Access for emergency equipment?

• Assignment Completed– mark column “/” if you report immediately

• Comments– Describe injuries and other information to help

PANDA plan response.

• Use multiple rows on form if necessary