9 Chapter 9-Local Health Public Health Preparedness, Boise State University Emergency Management
Public Health Preparedness Central District Health Boise Idaho
09.10 Assignment: Central District Health Department’s Emergency Operations Plan-Link to Canvas Site
For this assignment, you will review the Emergency Operations plan for the Central District Health Department.
In addition to reviewing the sources, you will make a copy of the assignment worksheet and compose an essay which you will submit using the
Downloading and Saving Your Worksheet
Download the
09.10 Module 09 Worksheet-Central District Health Department’s Emergency Operations Plan.docx
and add your name to it. Then, save your worksheet to a folder for this course on your computer using the following naming convention: Mod_05Assignment_YourLastName_FirstNameInitial.
Reviewing The Emergency Operations Plan for Central District Health Department
Complete the Worksheet
Write your responses on your copy of the Assignment Worksheet. When you write your response be sure to address the requirements as described in the worksheet directions. After you write your responses, proofread it thoroughly making sure there are no spelling, grammatical, punctuation, or other errors. Also, make sure that the tone of your writing is professional in style, and that you add citations where appropriate.
Submitting Your Worksheet
To submit your Module 09 Assignment Worksheet, click on the assignment link below. Then, click on the Browse My Computer button and locate and select your completed Module 05 Assignment Worksheet to attach it to your assignment. Once your worksheet is attached, submit your assignment.
The Office of Public Health Preparedness at Central District Health (CDH) is charged with planning for, responding to, and recovering from, public health emergencies in Ada, Boise, Elmore and Valley counties. This charge includes helping our communities and families be prepared for just such an event. As an individual, there are many things you can do to help your family and community be prepared.
- Protect yourself against everyday health hazards such as excessive summer heat, freezing winter temperatures, influenza and West Nile virus.
- Learn more about the threats currently facing your community and our nation.
- You can take simple disaster planning steps now that can help prevent disease and injury during an emergency.
- Be informed of how your community is preparing and find ways to help.
CDH can be a valuable resource to get you started on making you, your family and the entire Treasure Valley more prepared for a public health disaster.[1]
The Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement is a critical source of funding for state, local, and territorial public health departments. Since 2002, the PHEP cooperative agreement has provided assistance to public health departments across the nation. This helps health departments build and strengthen their abilities to effectively respond to a range of public health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events. Preparedness activities funded by the PHEP cooperative agreement specifically target the development of emergency-ready public health departments that are flexible and adaptable.[2]
Public Health Ready Program
Program Description
Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is a criteria-based training and recognition program created by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help local health departments (LHDs) develop core public health, emergency preparedness competencies. This intensive 18-month program provides LHDs the structure to build training and preparedness capacity using a continuous quality improvement model.
Program Objectives
The goal of the PPHR program is to help LHD become more fully integrated into the response community and to be prepared to respond to any emergency. The PPHR program offers LHDs an opportunity to (1) build partnerships with state and federal leads, community response partners and other stakeholders; and (2) facilitate collaboration and team-building across the entire health department. At the end of the program, LHDs will have a written all-hazards response plan that aligns with national and federal standards.
Vision
Local health departments will be fully integrated into the response community and prepared to respond to any emergency.
Mission
To protect the public’s health and increase the public health infrastructure by building local health department preparedness capacity and capability with assistance from state health departments using sustainable tools to plan, train, and exercise a continuous improvement model.
PPHR Criteria
To meet the PPHR criteria, participants must create and implement an all-hazards preparedness plan, complete and maintain a training needs assessment and workforce development plan, and demonstrate readiness through an exercise or a real event. The PPHR criteria are updated regularly to align with federal guidelines and national initiatives, including:
- CDC Public Health Preparedness Capabilities (PHEP)
- Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) Standards and Measures
- Operational Readiness Review (ORR) tool
- Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
- ASPR Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) metrics.
The Criteria are divided into three (3) goals:
Goal I: All-Hazards Response Plan
Local health departments or regions must provide their all-hazards response plan as evidence for this goal. The plan must meet a number of standards, including describing the specific roles and responsibilities department or regional staff will have in a response. Some examples of sub-measures for this goal include Communications, Epidemiology, Mass Prophylaxis and Immunization, and Environmental Health.
Goal II: Workforce Capacity Development
Local Health Departments or regions must provide evidence of a training needs assessment and training plan based on this assessment. This training plan shall reflect the workforce capacity building goals within the department.
Goal III: Exercise/Real-Event
Local health departments or regions must provide evidence of an exercise they have conducted or a response to a real event they have participated in. This evidence is provided through either an after-action report or an incident action plan.
NACCHO recognizes that not all local health department are structured in the same way or are at the same level of readiness. Prospective applications should download the three (3) types of resources below to help them better understand their readiness in applying to PPHR.[3]
Since 2004, more than 500 LHDs have been recognized as meeting all the PPHR requirements individually or working collaboratively as a region.[4]
Crosswalk between Public Health Accreditation Board’s Standards and Measures and CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities
Introduction
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR) and Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (CSTLTS) collaborated to develop a crosswalk that highlights potential linkages between CDC’s public health preparedness and response capabilities and the population-based accreditation standards and measures for health departments established by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). The crosswalk can help health department preparedness and accreditation staff demonstrate specific examples of preparedness activities that help fulfill accreditation objectives and strengthen crosscutting health department performance improvement efforts.
This document illustrates the alignment between:
- PHAB’s Standards and Measures1 version 1.5 for voluntary accreditation of state, tribal, local, and territorial public health departments.
- CDC’s 2018 Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities: National Standards for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Public Health.2
Both sets of standards were initially released at approximately the same time (2010‐11), were developed, or supported by CDC, and have continued to evolve. The preparedness and response capability standards and the accreditation standards are designed to advance the quality, performance, infrastructure, and effectiveness of public health departments. However, each serves a unique purpose.
The Public Health Accreditation Standards and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities Crosswalk (Accreditation and Preparedness Crosswalk) is intended to assist public health department leaders, public health emergency preparedness program directors, and accreditation coordinators in recognizing areas where preparedness activities, procedures, and documentation might support PHAB accreditation efforts. Likewise, PHAB accreditation and quality improvement efforts may contribute to strengthening the capacity of public health departments to prepare for and respond to public health threats and emergencies.
BackgroundPublic Health Accreditation for Health Departments
PHAB is a nonprofit organization established in 2007, with funding from CDC and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to advance public health performance. PHAB oversees the voluntary national accreditation program for public health departments. The program’s goal is to improve and protect the public’s health by advancing the quality and performance of state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments.
The program was formally launched in 2011 after several years of field‐driven development and testing. The first health departments were accredited in 2013, and, as of July 2020, 82% of the U.S. population is served by an accredited health department.
National public health department accreditation was developed to improve service, value, and accountability to stakeholders. Accreditation can play an important role in standardizing public health practice, strengthening quality and performance, and driving change. PHAB accredits public health departments based on their conformity with an established set of standards. The PHAB Accreditation Standards are constructed on a framework of 12 domains, the first 10 of which are based on the 10 Essential Public Health Services.3 The domains and their associated standards and measures are intended to include the categorical work of a public health department but are not intended to be program specific. In 2011, PHAB released Version 1.0 of the Standards and Measures;4 these were updated in 2014 through Version 1.5. Most recently, PHAB released reaccreditation requirements.5
PHAB accreditation is awarded for a period of five years. During those five years, public health departments must submit annual reports describing how they are addressing priority areas for improvement. The requirements and process for reaccreditation have been designed to ensure that accredited health departments continue to evolve, improve, and advance, thereby becoming increasingly effective at improving the health of the populations they serve.
Since exploratory work on accreditation began in 2004, CDC has served as a funder and partner in developing, establishing, and continuously improving the national accreditation program. CDC supports accreditation to enhance accountability and quality across the public health enterprise. Given CDC’s mission and its commitment to excellence in public health, the agency plays an ongoing role in identifying connections and highlighting where accreditation standards bolster or reinforce programmatic efforts.6
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities
In 2011, CDC established the Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning, a set of 15 distinct, yet interrelated, capability standards designed to advance public health emergency preparedness and response capacity. These initial standards pioneered a national capability‐based framework that assisted jurisdictional public health departments in accelerating their emergency preparedness and response planning, prioritizing preparedness investments, and further formalizing jurisdictional Emergency Support Function #8 (ESF 8) roles in partnership with emergency management agencies.
To support an “everyday use” model, the capability standards are designed to improve day‐to‐day effectiveness for a stronger foundation from which to surge when an emergency occurs. Public health agencies are encouraged to strategically incorporate, when applicable, routine public health activities into demonstration projects that test and evaluate jurisdictional capability to respond to public health threats and emergencies.
In 2017, CDC embarked on an initiative to update, clarify, and streamline the capability standards. The initiative included establishing individual work groups for each of the 15 capabilities and four crosscutting work groups to address at-risk populations, tribal populations, environmental health, and pandemic influenza. CDC released the updated version of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities: National Standards for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Public Health in 2018. The updated capabilities better recognize the maturity and experience jurisdictional public health emergency preparedness and response programs have gained since 2011.7
History of Alignment between the Initiatives
An extensive history of collaboration exists between CDC staff supporting both public health emergency preparedness and response and public health department accreditation. This longstanding relationship exemplifies the continuing effort to strengthen connections, maintain congruency and alignment, and reduce or eliminate conflicting expectations. Following is a timeline of collaboration and coordination between the public health preparedness capabilities and PHAB accreditation efforts.
- 2011: CDC releases the public health preparedness capabilities, including citations throughout to the PHAB standards (then under development and testing).
- 2011: The PHAB program launches with input from CDC preparedness subject matter experts to finalize the preparedness-related PHAB standards and measures and selected terms in the PHAB glossary.
- 2011–2012: CDC develops an in‐depth crosswalk between public health preparedness capabilities and PHAB Standards and Measures Version 1.0.
- 2012: A PHAB-preparedness “think tank” is held to explore connections and discuss new synergies.
- 2014: CDC authors a peer‐reviewed publication highlighting connections between public health preparedness capabilities and PHAB standards.
- 2014: PHAB releases PHAB Version 1.5 Standards and Measures, including updates informed by the think tank, crosswalk, and CDC preparedness staff.
- 2018: PHAB releases PHAB reaccreditation requirements, with preparedness content informed by input from CDC preparedness staff.
- 2018: CDC releases updated public health preparedness capabilities, informed by comparative review with the PHAB standards by CDC accreditation staff.
- 2019: CPR and CSTLTS collaborate to develop a new crosswalk, highlighting both direct and indirect connections between preparedness capabilities and accreditation.
- 2020: CDC releases a new crosswalk of the updated preparedness capabilities and latest accreditation standards, the Accreditation and Preparedness Crosswalk.[5]
Boise State Emergency Management Department
Rave Guardian[6]
In an ongoing effort to maintain a safe and secure campus, Boise State University has added a new mobile safety app for the entire campus community: Rave Guardian. This free mobile safety app is available to anyone with a Boise State email address.
The app allows users to send anonymous text or photo tips to the Department of Public Safety for suspicious or criminal activities witnessed on campus. You can also set a safety timer to notify designated guardians while walking across campus or downtown. In addition, the “Call Public Safety” button will contact the Boise State University Department of Public Safety Communications Center (24/7) with the tap of a finger, providing the user’s information and GPS location while you are talking with our dispatcher.
The Boise State University version of the app is available for both iOS and Android devices.
Boise State University is a state-supported institution of higher education located within the city of Boise, Idaho. Campus properties encompass approximately 293 acres, which includes academic buildings, associated auxiliary facilities, and a considerable number of outlying residence-type buildings used for academic and associated purposes. Instructional, vocational-type, separate remote campuses and retail facilities are also maintained and operated in Boise and Nampa, Idaho.
At present, 19,744 students are enrolled at Boise State University, including 302 international students from 72 different countries. Additionally, the University employs 4,176 faculty and staff and 2,100 student employees.
BroncoAlert Information[7]
Find out what is going on during emergencies on campus
BroncoAlert is Boise State University’s emergency notification system to broadcast messages throughout the University. The Boise State Department of Public Safety Communications Center (208-426-6911) will only send messages through BroncoAlert for urgent situations that could impact the safety of lives and protection of property on or near campus.
BroncoAlert is a phone and text-based system allowing the university to proactively notify students, faculty, and staff when an emergency is taking place on or near campus. BroncoAlert will only be used in critical situations, including weather emergencies with the potential to affect health or safety.
Annual Security and Fire Safety Report[8]
The Boise State University Department of Public Safety produces an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report (ASR) in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The Clery Act requires higher education institutions to provide timely warnings of crimes that represent a threat to the safety of students or employees and to make public their campus security policies. The Clery Act also requires that crime data is collected, reported, and disseminated to the campus community as well as submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. The law is intended to provide students and their families, as higher education consumers, with accurate, complete, and timely information about safety on campus so that they can make informed decisions.
This is the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report for the Boise State University Main Campus, Center at CWI, College of Southern Idaho, Lewis-Clark State College, and Lewis-Clark State College at North Idaho College Campuses.
Each year, an email notification is made to all enrolled students, staff, and faculty that provides the website to access this report. Copies of the report may also be obtained at the Department of Public Safety substation located at 2245 University Drive or by email at publicsafety@boisestate.edu
The Boise State University 2022 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is provided to students, faculty, staff, and the public as part of Boise State University’s commitment to safety and security on campus, and in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. This report is prepared by the Boise State Department of Public Safety in cooperation with various Boise State departments, which provide annual updated information on their educational efforts and programs to keep the University safe and comply with the law. Statistics for crimes, arrests, and disciplinary referrals are collected from reports to the Department of Public Safety, Boise Police Department (BPD), Human Resource Services, the Office of the Dean of Students, the Office of Title IX and Institutional Equity, Athletics, other local law enforcement agencies, and campus community members designated as “Campus Security Authorities” (CSAs). This report is the Annual Security Report for the Boise State main campus and also for Boise State’s separate campuses, including Boise State’s presence at the College of Western Idaho, College of Southern Idaho, and Lewis-Clark State College at North Idaho College. Crime statistics for the separate campuses are collected from local law enforcement agencies as well as Boise State CSAs. This report is the Annual Fire Safety Report only for the Boise State main campus because Boise State does not own or control housing space at any of its separate campuses.
The information contained in this report is intended to provide education about the policies, procedures, and programs that exist to assist you in protecting your safety and well-being. It is also intended to inform the campus community and prospective members of the campus community about reports of crimes that occurred on or near certain properties Boise State owns or controls.
Department of Public Safety
The Department of Public Safety operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is staffed with both sworn and non-sworn personnel including trained professional Boise State Senior Security Officers (non-sworn) and City of Boise Police Officers who are contracted from Boise Police Department (sworn). The Department of Public Safety is comprised of two sections: Operations and Services. The Operations section is primarily responsible for overseeing Boise State’s security and police program and the Services section is primarily responsible for oversight of transportation and parking as well as integrated security technology information.
Boise State Senior Security Officers are responsible for building security and patrol, grounds security and patrol, parking enforcement, policy enforcement, citizen assistance, and emergency response. Senior Security Officers patrol the main campus, on-campus residence halls, and certain nearby off-campus University properties throughout the day, every day of the week. Senior Security Officers are certified in first aid, CPR, and AED. These officers also receive continual training throughout the year. Senior Security Officers do not carry firearms and do not have arrest authority. Additionally, Boise State utilizes contracted security services for events across campus. These private security companies provide both parking and event security services throughout the year.
Boise State University Hazard Mitigation Plan[9]
09.05 Discussion – Boise State Universities Hazard Mitigation Plan-Link to the Canvas Site
For this discussion, you will review the Boise State Universities Hazard Mitigation Plan. This is something that basically runs in the background to assure that the Boise State University Campus is safe and ready for emergencies.
Pre-Discussion Work
To begin this assignment, review the following resources:
- Read the portion of Chapter 9 in the Textbook on Boise State Universities Hazard Mitigation Plan
Drafting Your Response
Next, prepare your forum post by creating a Google document. On your document, answer the following questions:
- After Reviewing the table of contents, what is your impression of the plan?
- Were there risks that are on the plan that you did not expect to be considered in emergency planning for BSU?
- Reviewing the probability ratings in table 18.5 which item had a high probability that you did not expect to have that rating and why?
- Reviewing the hazard risk ranking in table 18.6, What is your impression of the way items ultimately ranked?
- What is your general opinion of the investigation?
Be sure to support your responses by referencing materials from this module. Also, once you have answered the questions, be sure to proofread what you wrote before you share it.
Discussing Your Work
To discuss your findings, follow the steps below:
Step 01. After you have finished writing and proofreading your responses, click on the discussion board link below.
Step 02. In the Discussion Forum, create a new thread and title it using the following format: Yourname’s and the topic of the discussion board.
Step 03. In the Reply field of your post, copy and paste the text of your composition from the Document you created.
Step 04. Add bolding, underlining, or italics where necessary. Also, correct any spacing and other formatting issues. Make sure your post looks professional.
Step 05. If you need to upload a document or image you can do so by clicking on the Upload image (photo image button) or Upload document (Document button) in the text editor and locating and selecting your document from your computer.
Step 06. When you have completed proofreading, fixing your post formatting, and attaching your file, click on the Post Reply button.
Disasters affect university campuses in the United States with high frequency, sometimes causing death and
injury, and always imposing monetary losses and disruption of the institution’s teaching, research, and public
service. Natural, human-caused, technological and public health hazards directly impact the safety and well-being
of university faculty, staff and students. They can result in loss of educational time for students and economic
hardship for the university and community. While most hazards cannot be eliminated, their effects can be
substantially reduced through comprehensive pre-disaster planning and mitigation actions. Boise State University
has prepared a hazard mitigation plan to assess hazard-related risks and identify mitigation projects that will assist
the university in preventing loss from future hazard events.
Boise State was previously included in the Idaho State Hazard Mitigation Plan prepared in 2013, and in 2016 the
University participated in a multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan prepared by Ada County and the cities and
special-purpose districts within the county’s borders. The current plan is Boise State’s first stand-alone hazard
mitigation plan. This plan is not intended to replace Boise State’s coverage under the Idaho State Hazard
Mitigation plan, but to work in conjunction with both the Ada County Hazard Mitigation plan and the Idaho State
Hazard Mitigation Plan.
The first step in developing this hazard mitigation plan was to establish a planning team to carry out the planning
process and a steering committee of University stakeholders to guide the planning team. The planning team
assembled a list of candidates representing interests within the planning area that could have recommendations for
the plan or be impacted by its recommendations. From these candidates, a steering committee was formed to
oversee all phases of the plan update. The members of this committee included faculty, facility managers,
students, state and local representatives and other stakeholders from the Boise State community.
Broad public participation in the planning process helped ensure that diverse points of view about the planning
area’s needs were considered and addressed. The public had opportunities to comment on disaster mitigation
plans during the drafting stages and prior to plan approval. The planning team conducted a survey on local
knowledge about hazards and mitigation, established a website to report on the plan’s progress, and launched a
variety of outreach activities to keep the campus community informed about the development of the plan.
The planning process was about two-thirds complete when the first cases of COVID-19 began to be reported in
Idaho in March 2020. The March Steering Committee meeting was postponed in response to a statewide stay-at-
home order. As COVID-19 impacts continued to rise, Ada County consistently reported among the highest
numbers in the state. From March through December, progression on the hazard mitigation plan was at a standstill
as the University dealt with the response to COVID-19. These impacts resulted in a gap in the planning process;
however, all required planning steps were still conducted by the University.
This plan is a total of 314 pages in length to address all the necessary details.
19.1 MISSION/VISION STATEMENT
Through a collaborative process during its May 10, 2019, meeting, the Steering Committee identified the
following mission/vision statement to direct the goal setting for this plan:
To increase our resilience to hazards in order to protect health safety and welfare and continuity of
operations for the Boise State community
19.2 GOALS
The following are the mitigation goals for this plan:
• Goal 1: Protect health and safety of the campus community (students, faculty, staff and visitors)
• Goal 2: Reduce future losses from hazard events
• Goal 3: Ensure continuity of operations
• Goal 4: Increase awareness of hazard/threat mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery
Achievement of these goals defines the effectiveness of a mitigation strategy.
19.3 OBJECTIVES
Each selected objective meets multiple goals, serving as a stand-alone measurement of the effectiveness of a
mitigation action, rather than as a subset of a goal. The objectives also are used to help establish priorities. The
objectives are as follows:
9. Take proactive steps to prevent loss of life, serious injury and/or property damage.
10. Improve warning systems and ability to communicate to the campus community during and following a
disaster or emergency.
11. Provide protection for existing structures, future development, services, utilities, and grounds to the
maximum extent possible.
12. Develop hazard-specific plans, conduct studies or assessments, and retrofit facilities to mitigate for
hazards and minimize their impact.
13. Prevent damage to campus critical facilities.
14. Protect IT and other campus critical infrastructure.
15. Develop and provide information to students, faculty, and staff about the types of hazards they are
vulnerable to, what the impact could be, where the University is at risk, and what they can do to be better
prepared.
16. Minimize the impact of hazard events by incorporating hazard mitigation and adaptation into other
existing planning endeavors
What follows is the table of contents of the plan. It is not expected that the reader will review all 314 pages.
Part 2. Risk Assessment
6. Active Threat …………………………………………………………………………… 6-1
6.1 General Background ……………………………………………………………….. . 6-1
6.1.1 Active Shooters ………………………………………………………………………. 6-1
6.1.2 Bomb Threats ………………………………………………………………………… 6-1
6.2 Hazard Profile ………………………………………………………………………….. 6-2
6.2.1 Threat Assessment and On-Campus Training …………………….. 6-2
6.2.2 Previous Events …………………………………………………………………….. 6-2
6.3 Exposure and Vulnerability ……………………………………………………… 6-2
6.4 Scenario…………………………………………………………………………………….. 6-3
6.5 Issues ………………………………………………………………………………………… 6-3
7. Air Quality ………………………………………………………………………………….. 7-1
7.1 General Background ………………………………………………………………….. 7-1
7.1.1 Monitored AQI Pollutants ……………………………………………………….. 7-1
7.1.2 AQI Levels ………………………………………………………………………………… 7-2
7.2 Hazard Profile ……………………………………………………………………………. 7-3
7.3 Exposure and Vulnerability ……………………………………………………….. 7-4
7.4 Scenario……………………………………………………………………………………… 7-4
7.5 Issues ……………………………………………………………………………….. 7-4
8. Civil Disturbance ………………………………………………………………………..8-1
8.1 General Background ……………………………………………………………………8-1
8.2 Hazard Profile ……………………………………………………………………………..8-1
8.2.1 Location ……………………………………………………………………………………. 8-1
8.2.2 Past Events and Future Frequency ……………………………………… ..8-2
8.2.3 Severity………………………………………………………………………………………8-2
8.2.4 Warning Time……………………………………………………………………………8-3
8.2.5 Boise State Policy …………………………………………………………………….8-3
8.3 Exposure and Vulnerability ………………………………………………………..8-3
8.4 Scenario………………………………………………………………………………………..8-3
8.5 Issues ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8-3
9. Cyberthreats ….…………………………………………………………………………… 9-1
9.1 General Background …………………………………………………………………… 9-1
9.1.1 National Governments ……………………………………………………………… 9-1
9.1.2 Terrorists …………………………………………………………………………………… 9-1
9.1.3 Industrial Spies and Organized Crime Groups ………………………… 9-1
9.1.4 Hacktivists ………………………………………………………………………………… 9-2
9.1.5 Hackers ……………………………………………………………………………………… 9-2
9.2 Hazard Profile ……………………………………………………………………………… 9-2
9.2.1 Location …………………………………………………………………………………….. 9-2
9.2.2 Frequency …………………………………………………………………………………. 9-2
9.2.3 Severity………………………………………………………………………………………. 9-2
9.2.4 Warning Time……………………………………………………………………………. 9-2
9.2.5 University Initiative to Address Cybersecurity ………………………. 9-3
9.3 Exposure and Vulnerability …………………………………………………………. 9-3
9.4 Scenario………………………………………………………………………………………… 9-3
9.5 Issues ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 9-3
10. Dam Failure ……..…………………………………………………………………….. …10-1
10.1 General Background …………………………………………………………………….10-1
10.1.1 Causes of Dam Failure ……………………………………………………………….10-1
10.1.2 Regulatory Oversight………………………………………………………………..10-1
10.2 Hazard Profile ……………………………………………………………………………..10-3
10.2.1 Past Events ……………………………………………………………………………….10-3
10.2.2 Location …………………………………………………………………………………….10-4
10.2.3 Frequency …………………………………………………………………………………10-4
10.2.4 Severity……………………………………………………………………………………. 10-7
10.2.5 Warning Time………………………………………………………………………….. 10-8
10.3 Exposure …………………………………………………………………………………….. 10-8
10.3.1 Population ………………………………………………………………………………… 10-9
10.3.2 Property …………………………………………………………………………………… 10-9
10.3.3 Environment ……………………………………………………………………………. 10-9
10.4 Vulnerability ……………………………………………………………………………….. 10-9
10.4.1 Population ………………………………………………………………………………… 10-9
10.4.2 Property …………………………………………………………………………………… 10-9
10.4.3 Environment ……………………………………………………………………………. 10-10
10.5 Scenario………………………………………………………………………………………… 10-10
10.6 Issues ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 10-10
11. Earthquake …………………………………………………………………………………… 11-1
11.1 General Background ………………………………………………………………………. 11-1
11.1.1 How Earthquakes Happen ………………………………………………………….. 11-1
11.1.2 Earthquake Classifications …………………………………………………………..11-2
11.1.3 Ground Motion ……………………………………………………………………………. 11-4
11.1.4 Effect of Soil Types ……………………………………………………………………… 11-5
11.2 Hazard Profile ………………………………………………………………………………… 11-6
11.2.1 Past Events ………………………………………………………………………………….. 11-6
11.2.2 Location ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 11-6
11.2.3 Frequency …………………………………………………………………………………….. 11-8
11.2.4 Severity…………………………………………………………………………………………. 11-19
11.2.5 Warning Time……………………………………………………………………………….. 11-20
11.3 Exposure ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11-20
11.3.1 Population ……………………………………………………………………………………… 11-20
11.3.2 Property ………………………………………………………………………………………… 11-21
11.3.3 Environment …………………………………………………………………………………. 11-21
11.4 Vulnerability …………………………………………………………………………………….. 11-21
11.4.1 Property …………………………………………………………………………………………. 11-21
11.5 Scenario……………………………………………………………………………………………. 11-22
11.6 Issues ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11-23
12. Fire ……..…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12-1
12.1 General Background …………………………………………………………………………. 12-1
12.2 Hazard Profile ……………………………………………………………………………………12-2
12.2.1 Fire Incidents ………………………………………………………………………………….. 12-2
12.2.2 Fire Safety Systems ……………………………………………………………………….. 12-2
12.2.3 Fire Suppression Responsibility ……………………………………………………. 12-4
12.3 Exposure and Vulnerability ………………………………………………………………. 12-4
12.4 Scenario………………………………………………………………………………………………. 12-4
12.5 Issues ……………………………………………………………………………………………………12-4
13. Flood …..…………………………………………………………………………………………………13-1
13.1 General Background ……………………………………………………………………………. 13-1
13.1.1 Measuring Floods and Floodplains …………………………………………………… 13-1
13.1.2 Floodplain Ecosystems ……………………………………………………………………… 13-2
13.1.3 Effects of Human Activities ………………………………………………………………. 13-2
13.1.4 Federal Flood Programs …………………………………………………………………….. 13-2
13.2 Hazard Profile ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 13-3
13.2.1 Principal Flooding Sources………………………………………………………………….. 13-3
13.2.2 Past Events ………………………………………………………………………………………… 13-4
13.2.3 Location ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13-6
13.2.4 Frequency …………………………………………………………………………………………… 13-9
13.2.5 Severity………………………………………………………………………………………………….13-9
13.2.6 Warning Time……………………………………………………………………………………….13-9
13.2.7 Natural and Beneficial Floodplain Functions ……………………………………..13-10
13.3 Exposure ………………………………………………………………………………………………….13-11
13.3.1 Population ……………………………………………………………………………………………..13-11
13.3.2 Property ………………………………………………………………………………………………..13-11
13.3.3 Environment ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 13-11
13.4 Vulnerability …………………………………………………………………………………………….13-12
13.4.1 Population ……………………………………………………………………………………………..13-12
13.4.2 Property ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13-13
13.5 Scenario……………………………………………………………………………………………………..13-13
13.6 Issues …………………………………………………………………………………………………………13-14
14. Hazardous Materials ….…………………………………………………………………………… 14-1
14.1 General Background …………………………………………………………………………………..14-1
14.2 Hazard Profile …………………………………………………………………………………………… 14-1
14.2.1 Location ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14-1
14.2.2 Prevention Measures ……………………………………………………………………………. 14-2
14.3 Exposure and Vulnerability ……………………………………………………………………… 14-3
14.4 Scenario…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14-3
14.5 Issues …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..14-3
15. Power Outage ……….…………………………………………………………………………………..15-1
15.1 General Back Ground …………………………………………………………………………………..15-1
15.2 Hazard Profile ……………………………………………………………………………………………..15-1
15.3 Exposure and Vulnerability ………………………………………………………………………..15-2
15.4 Scenario………………………………………………………………………………………………………..15-2
15.5 Issues ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………15-2
16. Public Health …….………………………………………………………………………………………..16-1
16.1 General Background …………………………………………………………………………………….16-1
16.2 Hazard Profile ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 16-2
16.2.1 Location and Severity ……………………………………………………………………………… 16-3
16.2.2 Planning Capability …………………………………………………………………………………. 16-3
16.3 Exposure and Vulnerability …………………………………………………………………………16-3
16.4 Scenario…………………………………………………………………………………………………………16-3
16.5 Issues …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 16-3
17. Severe Weather ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17-1
17.1 General Background …………………………………………………………………………………….. 17-1
17.1.1 Excessive Heat Events…………………………………………………………………………………. 17-1
17.1.2 Damaging Winds ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 17-2
17.1.3 Severe Winter Weather……………………………………………………………………………… 17-3
17.2 Hazard Profile ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17-5
17.2.1 Past Events …………………………………………………………………………………………………..17-5
17.2.2 Location ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17-7
17.2.3 Frequency ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. …17-7
17.2.4 Severity………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1 7-7
17.2.5 Warning Time……………………………………………………………………………………………….17-8
17.3 Exposure ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17-8
17.3.1 Population and Property ………………………………………………………………………………17-8
17.3.2 Environment ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17-8
17.4 Vulnerability ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17-8
17.4.1 Population …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17-8
17.4.2 Property ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17-9
17.4.3 Environment …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17-9
17.5 Scenario…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17-9
17.6 Issues …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………17-9
The Following is the risk ranking for items and prioritization.
Continuity of Operations Planning[10]
A Continuity of Operations Plan (CoOP) documents how the division or department performs essential operations in an emergency situation or during long-term disruptions, which might last from 2 days to several weeks. The plan identifies mission-critical functions, departmental communication methods, and alternate personnel, systems and locations. Each University division needs a CoOP to ensure the University can respond effectively to a variety of situations.
Creating a continuity of operations plan is a team effort and a guided process which will pull from your understanding of department operations with Emergency Management’s expertise in preparing for contingencies. The University has implemented a software product, Boise State Ready, that automates the CoOP process. Click the link below to access Boise State Ready.
Key Planning Principles
- The focus of a CoOP is on essential functions, not particular people. Essential functions and those who can fulfill those functions will change, depending on the situation.
- Plans will include how impacted students will continue to receive the services for which they have paid or reasonable financial compensation for those not received, where applicable.
- Plans will include adequate measures to protect student records in the event of closure or discontinuing a service.
- The functions of a department do not change in continuity mode. Departments not normally responsible for food, shelter, security, etc. do not need to plan to assume those responsibilities.
- A plan will not cover all contingencies. Good planning, however, will allow for good decision making in the midst of a crisis.
- The planning process is the most important aspect of the CoOP exercise, even more so than the final product.
- https://www.cdhd.idaho.gov/eh-php.php ↵
- https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/readiness/phep.htm ↵
- https://www.naccho.org/programs/public-health-preparedness/pphr#feature-resources ↵
- https://www.naccho.org/programs/public-health-preparedness/pphr#map ↵
- https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/readiness/00_docs/Accreditation_Preparedness_Crosswalk_112520_508.pdf ↵
- https://www.boisestate.edu/publicsafety-security/home/rave-guardian/ ↵
- https://www.boisestate.edu/publicsafety-emergencymanagement/ioem/broncoalert-2/ ↵
- https://www.boisestate.edu/publicsafety-security/campus-crime/annual-security-report/ ↵
- https://d25vtythmttl3o.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/50/2021/09/Hazard-Mitigation-Plan-2021_Final.pdf ↵
- https://www.boisestate.edu/publicsafety-emergencymanagement/ioem/continuity-of-operations-planning/ ↵
