Transcript SOM COOP Drill - University of Virginia School of Medicine

SOM COOP Drill
August 10, 2013
Agenda
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Objectives
Process of the drill
Scenario
Drill
Wrap-up
Objectives
• Understand what is critical in an emergency
situation
– Personnel
– Resources
– Communication
– Recovery
Objectives
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What we are doing well?
What processes can be improved?
What else did we learn?
Do we have any specific action items?
Next steps
COOP Scenario
• Monday, August 19, at approximately 8 AM,
Richard Allen receives a call regarding an
explosion in MR-4, presumably on the third
floor.
• Richard immediately leaves for the building
and, en route, calls Steve Wasserman to share
what he knows.
COOP Scenario
• Steve reports to the dean’s management
team:
– Supposition is construction workers renovating Dr.
Kapur’s lab ignited a live gas line.
– Police and firefighters are on the scene.
– We do not know who may have been in the
building at this hour.
Discussion
Richard Allen Update
8:20 AM
• Sprinkler system was turned off during
renovations, allowing fire to spread.
• Explosion broke out windows on three floors
and may have damaged the ceiling above and
floor below.
• First responders have pumped water through
the broken windows.
• One moderate injury to a construction worker
has been reported. He has been moved out.
Richard Allen Update
8:20 AM, cont’d
• Dr. Nataro stores pathogenic bacteria in the
freezer room above where there explosion
occurred.
– We don’t know if the freezers are contaminated or
if bacteria have escaped.
Discussion
Update - 8:34 AM
Toxic Materials / Jurisdiction
• Environmental Health & Safety is on the scene
and appears to be arguing with the first
responder re: who is in charge of assessing the
facility for potential biological and chemical
contamination.
– Water from the fire hoses may have helped
disperse toxic materials as far as the 4th floor
lobby and possibly to other floors.
Discussion
Update - 8:56 AM
Researcher Unrest
• Researchers are now trying to enter MR-4 to
assess the condition of the labs.
• Others are attempting to retrieve personal
effects that they left when they fled the
building.
• First responders are attempting to prevent
these individuals from entering the building.
Discussion
Update – 9:13 AM
Education Disruption
• A group of undergraduate students has
arrived for their Neuroscience class.
• They were turned away by first responders.
• The faculty leader has not been located.
Discussion
Update – 9:18 AM
Long-Term Effects
• The fire has been extinguished.
• “Do Not Enter” notices / tape have been
posted around the building.
• Initial reports indicate that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
floors of MR-4 cannot be occupied – perhaps
for several weeks.
• No further updates re: potential biological and
/ or chemical contaminants.
Discussion
Wrap-Up
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Did we have the right resources?
What worked well?
What would you do differently?
What are the next steps for the COOP team?