SOUTH BRUNSWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT
ALL HAZARDS PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IntroductionPAGE
Incident Command System (ICS) all hazards plan ...... 3
CHAPTER I Definitions
Incident Command System...... 4
CHAPTER II Command
Activating the incident command system...... 5
Establishing a command post...... 6
Initiating the notification and mobilization of additional agency personnel...... 6
Obtaining support from other agencies...... 6
Establishing a staging area...... 7
Providing public information and media relations...... 7
Maintaining safety or all affected personnel...... 8
Preparing a documented after action report...... 8
CHAPTER III Operations Function
Establishing perimeters...... 9
Conducting evacuations...... 9
Maintaining a command post and scene security...... 9
Providing for detainee transportation, processing, and confinement...... 9
Directing and controlling traffic...... 9
Conducting post-incident investigations...... 10
CHAPTER IV Planning Function
Preparing a documented incident action plan...... 11
Gathering and disseminating information and intelligence...... 12
Planning post-incident demobilization...... 12
CHAPTER V Logistics Function
Communications...... 13
Transportation...... 14
Medical Support...... 14
Supplies...... 15
Specialized team and equipment needs...... 15
CHAPTER VI Finance/Administration Function
Recording personnel time...... 16
Procuring additional resources...... 16
Recording expenses...... 16
Documenting injuries and liability issues...... 16
ChapterVIIState of Emergency
Emergency Defined...... 18
Declaration...... 18
Local state of Emergency…………………………………………………………………………………………….18
Notification…...... 19
Opening…...... 19
Closing…...... 19
Resource Documents
South Brunswick Law Enforcement Annex...... 20
South Brunswick Evacuation Annex...... 21
Closing…...... 22
Closing…...... 23
Introduction
SouthBrunswickTownshipis 42 square miles. Our physical make-up is primary residential, secondary commercial warehouse, followed by a growing retail population. Our population is estimated at approximately 45,000 thousand with a daytime population swell over 100,000 thousand. We have four major highways that run through the township, Route 535, Route 130, Route 1, and Route 27. In addition the New Jersey turnpike has an exit that feeds into South Brunswick, Exit 8A and a Park and Ride terminal on route 130 South and Route 32.
The South Brunswick Police Department has eighty-two sworn officers. We are a full service policing agency with a part-time Emergency Response Team (ERT). Our agency has adopted the National Incident Management System (NIMS) philosophy and has institutionalized the Incident Command System (ICS). The ICS system is used to manage routine and emergency incidents and preplanned events. Supervisors and Command personnel are provided with both in-service and in-house training on the ICS system and its implementation.
The attached document is a plan to address “all hazards” using the Incident Command System (ICS).
Chapter I Definition
ICS is the system used for Commanding, Controlling, and Coordinating the efforts of individual officers or agencies as they work towards the common goal of stabilizing an emergency in an effort to protect life, property, and the environment.
CHAPTER II Command
- Activating the Incident Command System
1)Minor Incidents
It shall be the policy of the South Brunswick Police Department to implement and follow the Incident Command System (ICS) for all incidents. As the on-scene personnel assess the situation, expansion of the ICS shall occur.
2)Major Incidents
Critical incidents such as natural and man-made disasters, civil disturbances, mass arrests, bomb threats, hostage/barricaded person situations, acts of terrorism, and other unusual incidents shall require expansion of ICS to meet operational needs as necessary.
3)Pre-Planned Events
All pre-planned events shall have an Incident Commander assigned in advance. The Incident Commander is responsible for developing the ICS structure for the event and the accompanying Incident Action Plan and the Common Communications Plan, as appropriate.
The Incident Commander shall be responsible for the activation and expansion of the ICS structure. He shall expand the structure and be responsible for each of the five functions, Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration.
The Incident Commander has ultimate responsibility for the effective and safe execution of the five functions. He will perform the major ICS organizational functions of Operations, Logistics, Planning, and Finance/Administration until determining that one or more of these functions shall be delegated. When a determination has been made to delegate a function, a SECTION CHIEF shall be assigned.
4)Section Chief
The Section Chief for the Operations Section shall be assigned from the ranks of the Operations Division within the South Brunswick Police Department. The Section Chief shall be assigned starting with the Operations Captain, if the Captain is not available, a Lieutenant will be assigned, if a Lieutenant is not available, a Sergeant will be assigned. If a Sergeant is not available a senior officer will be assigned. Operation’s personnel shall become familiar with all terminology and requirements that fall under the Operation’s Function.
The Section Chief for Planning shall be assigned from the ranks of the Investigative Division within the South Brunswick Police Department. This Section Chief shall be assigned starting with the Investigative Captain, if the Captain is not available then, the Investigative Lieutenant shall be assigned, if the Lieutenant is not available then a Sergeant will be assigned, if a Sergeant is not available a Detective will be assigned.Investigative personnel shall become familiar with all terminology and requirements that fall under the Planning Function.
The Section Chiefs for the Logistics and Finance/Administration functions shall be assigned from the ranks of the Administrative Division. These Section Chiefs shall be assigned starting with a Captain and a Lieutenant, if not available, a Sergeant shall be assigned, if a Sergeant is not available, an officer from the division shall be assigned. Administrative personnel shall become familiar with all terminology and requirements that fall under the Logistics and Finance/Administrative functions.
- Establishing a Command Post
All incidents shall have a designated location for the Incident Command Post (ICP). The following shall be considered prior to establishing a Command Post.
1)There will be only one ICP for each incident
2)Initial location for the ICP should consider the nature of the incident
3)The ICP may be located in a vehicle, trailer, tent, or within a building.
4)On long-term incidents, it is desirable to provide an ICP facility which will provide adequate lighting and/or protection from the weather.
5)The ICP will be designated by the name of the incident.
6)Incident Command shall be carried out at the incident.
7)Position away from noise and confusion of incident.
8)Position outside of the present and potential hazard zone.
9)Position within view of incident (when appropriate).
10)Have the ability to expand as incident grows.
11)Identify location with banner or sign.
12)Announce ICP activation via radio or other communication so all appropriate personnel are notified.
- Initiating the notification and mobilization of additional agency personnel
The Incident Commander shall be responsible for determining if additional resources are required.
1)If needed, additional resources shall be called-in. If the incident is prolonged, the twelve hour scheduled shall be considered.
2)The Chief of Police will authorize implementation of the twelve hour schedule.
- Obtaining support from other agencies
If an incident is local and can be handled by local resources, the Incident Commander has the authority to utilize all available resources.
1)If an incident exceeds the limits of the township, the OEM coordinator shall be notified and additional resources coordinated through OEM.
2)In a police emergency, mutual aid may be called by the Shift Supervisor. Immediate notification shall be made up the Chain-of-Command.
3)Mutual Aid in an emergency will be drawn, as needed, from the following:
North Brunswick Township Police Department
East Brunswick Township Police Department
Monroe Township Police Department
Jamesburg Township Police Department
Cranbury Township Police Department
Plainsboro Township Police Department
Princeton Township Police Department
Franklin Township Police Department
- Establishing a staging area
If necessary, a staging area will be designated as a temporary location at an incident where personnel and equipment awaiting tactical assignments. The following consideration shall be taken into account prior to designating a staging area:
1)Shall be close to location of tactical assignments (within five minutes).
2)Shall be located out of any possible line of direct hazard effects to minimize risk.
3)Shall be relocated if necessary.
4)Shall have different access routes for incoming and outgoing resources.
5)Shall be large enough to accommodate available resources and have room for growth.
6)Shall be clearly marked.
7)Shall be located to minimize environmental damage.
8)Shall have an officer assigned for security,
- Providing public information and media relations
South Brunswick Police Department has two Public Information Officers (PIOs) and SouthBrunswickTownship has one PIO. In any event, one of these three PIOs will be assigned as the Information Officer and be responsible for developing and releasing information about the incident to the news media, to incident personnel, and to other appropriate agencies and organizations. The responsibilities of the Information Officer are as follows:
1)Determine from the Incident Commander if there are any limits on information release.
2)Develop material for use in media briefings.
3)Obtain Incident Commander’s approval of media releases.
4)Inform media and conduct briefings.
5)Establish staging area if needed.
6)Arrange for tours and other interviews or briefings that may be required.
7)Obtain media information that may be useful to incident planning.
8)Maintain current information summaries and/or displays on the incident and provide information on status of incident to assigned personnel.
9)Maintain Unit Log.
- Maintain safety for all affected personnel
If needed, a Safety Officer shall be assigned. The Safety Officer’s function is to develop and recommend measures for assuring personnel safety, and to assess and/or anticipate hazardous and unsafe situations. The Safety Officer is responsible for the following:
1)Participate in planning meeting.
2)Identify hazardous situations associated with the incident.
3)Review the Incident Action Plan for safety implications.
4)Exercise emergency authority to stop and prevent unsafe acts.
5)Investigate accidents that have occurred within the incident area.
6)Assign assistants as needed.
7)Review and approve the medical plan.
8)Maintain Unit Log.
- Preparing a documented after action report
An “After Action Report” shall be completed for each incident requiring the implementation of the “all hazards plan”.
1)To ensure an accurate and timely preparation of the After Action Report, the Planning Section Chief will be responsible for its completion.
2)The report shall include a summary of the incident, timeline of actions taken, resources used, personnel involved, outside agencies assistance, and conclusion.
CHAPTER III Operations Function
- Establishing perimeters
1)Responding personnel will establish an inner perimeter.
2)When the scene is stabilized the Incident Commander will have an inner and outer perimeter established.
- Conducting evacuations
1)When deemed necessary the Incident Commander may initiate evacuation of personnel.
2)The incident commander shall refer to the “evacuation annex” for guidance on evacuations.
3)When a “state of emergency” is declared, authorization for an evacuation shall be completed by the OEM coordinator.
4)Under a “state of emergency”, evacuations are mandatory under penalty of law
- Maintaining a command post and scene security
Maintaining security at the command post shall be a priority.
1)The Incident Commander will assess each Command Post and determine if barrier security and/or personal security is required.
2)If security is determined to be needed, the Incident Commander shall assign or delegate the responsibility to the Operations Section Chief.
- Providing for detainee transportation, processing, and confinement
If an incident requires transportation of detainee, the Operations Section Chief shall be responsible for the transportation, processing, and confinement of all detainees.
1)All processing shall be completed at South Brunswick Police Headquarters unless otherwise directed by an approved Incident Action Plan.
2)All transportations shall be completed with a marked police vehicle unless otherwise directed by an approved Incident Action Plan.
3)All detainees will be held at South Brunswick Police Department and then transported to the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Facility (MCACF) after processing.
- Directing and controlling traffic
Each incident shall be assessed for traffic flow.
1)If traffic flow is viable, the Operations Section Chief shall designate someone from the Traffic Bureau to develop a traffic plan and manage all traffic matters.
- Conducting post-incident investigations
At the conclusion of an incident, the Incident Commander shall assess the need for a post-incident investigation. If deemed necessary, The Operations Section Chief will be responsible for having the investigation completed.
CHAPTER IV Planning Function
The Planning Section Chief shall fall under The Investigation’s Command. They are responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination and use of information about the development of the incident and the status of resources. The major responsibilities of the Planning Section Chief are:
1)Review Common Responsibilities
2)Collect and process situation information about the incident
3)Supervise preparation of the Incident Action Plan (IAP)
4)Provide input to the Incident Commander and the Operations Section Chief
5)Chair planning meeting and participate in other meetings as required
6)Reassign out-of-service personnel already onsite to Incident Command System organizational positions as appropriate
7)Establish information requirements and reporting schedules for Planning Section Units (e.g. resources, situation units).
8)Determine the need for any specialized resources in support of the incident.
9)If requested, assemble and disassemble strike teams and task forces not assigned to operations.
10)Establish special information collection activities as necessary (e.g. weather, environmental)
11)Assemble information on alternative strategies.
12)Provide periodic predictions on incident potential
13)Report an significant changes in incident status.
14)Compile and display incident status information.
15)Oversee preparation and implementation of the demobilization plan.
16)Incorporate plans (e.g. traffic, medical, communications, site safety) into IAP
17)Maintain Unit/Activity log.
- Preparing a documented incident action plan
Action planning is an effective management tool involving two essential items:
1)A process to identify objectives, priorities, and assignments related to emergency response or recovery actions.
2)Plans which document the priorities, objectives tasks, and personnel assignments associated with meeting the objectives.
Incident action plans are required for each operational period. (An operational period is the length of time scheduled for the execution for a given set of operational actions as specified in the action plan.) Incident action plans may be either verbal or written.
Written incident action plans are required for:
1)Any multi-agency and multi jurisdictional incident.
2)Complex incidents
3)Long term incidents when operational periods would span across shift changes
The format for an incident action plan shall include the following elements:
1)Incident objectives and priorities (overall, what do we want to achieve)
2)Primary and alternative strategies (as appropriate) to achieve incident objectives. (What are the ways in which we can achieve the objectives? How do the strategies compare in safety, speed, environmental impact, cost etc.? Is current resource availability a limiting or dictating factor in strategy selection?)
3)Tactics appropriate to the selected strategy (given a selected strategy, what are the specific tactics necessary to implement the strategy?)
4)The kinds and number of resources to be assigned. (determined by the tactics to be used)
5)The operations tactical organization necessary for selected strategy and tactics. (can include describing the incident geographically or functionally)
6)Overall support organization including logistical, planning and finance/administration functions.
7)A communications plan.
8)Safety Messages.
9)Other supporting documentation needed, e.g. an incident map, showing access, key facilities etc., a medical support plan etc.
- Gathering and disseminating information and intelligence
The Planning Section is responsible for obtaining and disseminating information and intelligence to the Incident Commander. They collect, processes, and organize ongoing situation information; prepares situation summaries; and develop projections and forecasts of future events related to the incident.
In addition they prepare maps and gather and disseminate information and intelligence for use in the IAP. This unit may also require the expertise of technical specialists and operations and information security specialists.
- Planning post-incident demobilization
The Planning Section is responsible for post-incident demobilization. The Demobilization Unit develops an Incident Demobilization Plan that includes specific instructions for all personnel and resources that will require demobilization.
1)This unit should begin its work early in the incident, creating rosters of personnel and resources and obtaining any missing information as check-in proceeds.
Note that many city- and county-provided resources, because they are local, do not require specific demobilization instructions. Once the Incident Demobilization Plan has been approved, the Demobilization Unit ensures that it is distributed both at the incident and elsewhere as necessary
CHAPTER V Logistics Function
The Logistics Function shall fall under the Administrative Command.The Logistics Section meets all support needs for the incident, including ordering resources through appropriate procurement authorities from off-incident locations. It also provides facilities, transportation, supplies, equipment maintenance and fueling, food service, communications, and medical services for incident personnel. The logistics Section Chief shall be responsible for the following:
- Communications
1)The Communications Unit develops the Communications Plan (ICS205) to make the most effective use of the communications equipment and facilities assigned to the incident, installs and tests all communications equipment, supervises and operates the incident communications center, distributes and recovers communications equipment assigned to incident personnel, and maintains and repairs communications equipment on site.