Emergency Response Plan:
(5) Information Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination

The Planning Section is responsible for information collection when the ERT and EOC are activated. The critical information needs are:

• Type of incident, including initial hazard and cascading effects (actual and potential)
• Location(s) affected and how
• Number of people affected and their characteristics (residents, children, disabilities and/or medical needs as appropriate)
• Number of casualties (injured/killed) and transport location as applicable
• Expected duration of incident
• Expected consequences of incident including academic and/or business impacts
• First responders and staging area(s)
• St. John Fisher University responders and actions

Sources of information include:

• Reports from University community to Safety and Security Dispatch Center
• Social media postings (monitored by PIO) (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
• County OEM information on WebEOC system
• News reports from local and/or national media (web, TV, print, radio)
• Reports for Operations Section staff working the incident
• Information from first responder command post
• Information from CCTV gathered by Safety and Security

In addition to general information gathering described above, the following sources are used for hazard-specific information:

• National Weather Service
• National Hurricane Center
• National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
• Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• NYS Department of Health

Emergency Response Team Handbook Revised and Updated: January 2020