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Table of Contents
Introduction & Background 3
Mission 3
Exercise Design & Evaluation Plan 4
Capabilities 4
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 4
Demographics 5
Residential Campus Student Demographics (Fall 2013) 5
Exercise Overview 6
Exercise Design & Development Plan 6
Exercise Needs 6
Exercise Purpose 6
Exercise Scope 7
Exercise Objectives 7
Participants 7
Players 7
Moderator 7
Facilitator 8
Mediators 8
Scenario 8
Initial Scenario 8
Secondary Scenario 12
Exercise Development 13
Exercise Timeline 13
Milestones and Tasks 14
Evaluation Guides (EEGs) 14
Capability 14
Capability Outcome 14
Tasks 15
Public Education & Training 15
HSEEP Compliance 16
Planning & Organization 16
Observation & Data Collection 17
Analyze Data 17
Draft After-Action Report (AAR) 18
After Action Conference 19
Identify Improvements & Implementation 20
Finalize the AAR and IP 20
Track Implementation 20
Recruit/Assign/Train 21
Conclusion & Recommendations 21
Recommendations 23
References 24
Introduction & Background
Daytona State College Campus Safety team is a licensed security company that provides professional security services to the college. DSCCS team is based in Daytona Beach, FL. It has been serving the collage for the past five years. Our staff includes professionally trained and experienced personnel who are capable to address all types of cell phone bomb threat. Our team of professional provide Daytona State College with a discussion based exercise; a seminar/orientation covering preparedness for a possible cell phone bomb threat scenario. This exercise was developed solely for Daytona State College- Daytona Beach College. The information contained in this report shall be considered sensitive but unclassified (SBU) as weighted by the Homeland Security Act and regulations issued by the Department of Homeland Security. It is intended for the use by Daytona State College development of Emergency Preparedness Planning.
Interview Orientation
An overview or introduction- the purpose is to familiarize participants with roles, plans, procedures, and/or equipment. It can also be used to resolve questions of coordination and assignment of responsibilities. Orientations are led by a facilitator, who presents information and guides discussion. For this seminar to be effective and efficient the security department comes up with several reasons as to why security measures should be adhered to in the institution and this was informed to all members of the organization through posters and personal emails.
Mission
The mission of Daytona State College Campus Safety team is to provide the entire staff and students at the college with the knowledge, education, and capability to design, implement, and maintain security related issues whether through professional business environments or personal use mostly related with cell phone bomb threat. DSCC team promises to adhere to the guidelines of the emergency management process instituted by FEMA and all governing agencies encompassed in the United States of America.
Exercise Design & Evaluation Plan
Daytona State College Campus Safety team will provide The College with guidance concerning procedures and responsibilities for preparedness to cell phone bomb threat. Daytona State College Campus Safety team will clarify the exercise concept; establish the basis for the exercise, and the administrative structures that will be used to support cell phone bomb threat scenario.
Capabilities
The exercise will test specific functions relating to emergency preparedness capabilities through a discussion based seminar. The National Preparedness Guidelines (NPG) provides the FEMA Target Capabilities List (TCL) which set forth doctrine, priorities, and targets to guide capabilities-based preparedness for Federal, State, local, private sector, and nongovernmental jurisdictions and entities.
Daytona State College
Daytona State College Safety team is the world's largest and most prestigious college specializing in both Arts and Science courses. Daytona State College is an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian, coeducational college serving culturally diverse students seeking careers in arts and science related fields. Daytona State College is composed of the Daytona Beach College.
Daytona State College has traditional, residential colleges in Daytona Beach, Deland College, New Smyrna College, Deltona Center and Advanced Technology College. In addition, degree programs can be pursued via the Internet through Worldwide Online.
Exercise Name: Daytona State College cell phone Bomb Threat Seminar
Type of Exercise: Orientation Seminar
Exercise Start Date: 11-28-2013
Exercise End Date: 11-28-2013
Duration: 60 Mins
Location: Daytona State College
Sponsor: This exercise was sponsored by Daytona State College Campus Safety team
Funding Recipient: The exercise was designed to test functionality addressed in the Daytona State College Emergency Management protocols.
Exercise Design & Development Plan
Exercise Needs
The increasing cell phone bomb threat on colleges requires prompt action and constant preparedness. Such a hazard can have serious ramifications if not addressed, and must be given proper attention. This exercise will address preparedness in the event of a cell phone bomb threat being called in to Daytona State College.
Exercise Purpose
The purpose of this exercise is to provide participants with an opportunity to evaluate current preparedness concepts, plans, and/or capabilities for preparing to cell phone bomb threat in Daytona State College. The exercise will focus on department heads and phone operators, and will discuss actions necessary to save lives of college students, faculty, and staff. This will in turn educate staff and faculty, and help ensure business continuity in light of the college’s mission.
Moreover, this discussion-based seminar is intended to take place in a relaxed atmosphere in which participants enhance their understanding of emergency management and readiness to this specific man-made hazard.
Exercise Scope
The Exercise objectives focus on improving understanding of the preparedness for cell bomb threat scenario by identifying opportunities or problems, and achieving a change in attitude. This exercise will focus on the following objectives:
Exercise Objectives
• Construct a common framework of understanding among all department heads and phone operators
• Identify training needs within Daytona State College staff
• Discuss cell phone bomb threat checklist
• Evaluate employee’s understanding of this specific cell phone bomb threat scenario
Participants
Players
Players who will participate in the seminar are college safety staff, department heads, and phone operators who will receive the situation sequence presented by the mediator. The seminar will be played in a single phase where participants will receive training in the preparedness function in the event of cell phone bomb threat on the Daytona State College premises.
Moderator
The moderator of the exercise will be Daytona State College Campus Safety team.
Facilitator
The exercise will be facilitated by the Daytona State College President office.
Mediators
Daytona State College Campus Safety team will conduct the seminar.
Scenario
A bomb threat is called into Daytona State College.(The scenario will be facilitated utilizing a voice recording of a potential “call-in” bomb threat). As the threat is revealed, the operator will note anything about the caller and the background noise of the call itself.
Initial Scenario
A call is received:
Operator: “Hello, thank you for calling Daytona State College. How may I direct your call?”
Caller: “…um, I’d like to report a bomb on your college.”
Operator: “Excuse me!?”
Caller: “I said- there is a bomb in your school- and it will detonate in 20 minutes!”
Operator: “A bomb? What do you mean a bomb? Where?
Caller: “On your college” (Train sound in the background) “If I were you I wouldn’t fuck around!” (The caller hangs up)
Operator: “Hello? Hello?”
Discussion 1
As stated in Daytona State College’s emergency management plan, if a bomb threat is received via telephone follows these steps:
1. Remain calm.
2. Listen carefully. Try to keep the caller talking so that you can gather more information.
3. Use the Explosive Device Data Record information to question the caller in a polite and non-interrogative manner. Use any means, even humor, to prolong the conversation. This will provide a better chance to identify the voice and hopefully obtain additional information about a device, the validity of the threat, or the identity of the caller.
4. Upon completion of the call, immediately notify College Safety (226-SAFE or 911) and complete the Explosive Device Data Record as soon as possible while the incident is fresh in your memory.
5. If a threat has been received by another individual and he/she is relaying this information to you, use the Explosive Device Data Record to get as much information from them as possible.
(Note everything- number of people delivering threat, repeated phraseology, etc.)
IMMEDIATELY CALL COLLEGE SAFETY AT 226-SAFE or 911, and be sure to include the date, your phone number, your name, and your position.
Explosive Device Data Record
QUESTIONS TO ASK:
• When is explosive device set to explode?
• Where is it right now?
• What does it look like?
• What kind of explosive device is it?
• What will cause it to explode?
• Did you place the explosive device?
• Why?
• What is your address?
• What is your name?
THINGS TO NOTE:
• Sex of caller
• Race/Nationality
• Age
• Length of call
• Number at which call was received
o Time & Date
THINGS TO NOTE (cont.)
CALLER'S VOICE:
• Calm
• Angry
• Excited
• Slow
• Rapid
• Soft
• Loud
• Laughter
• Crying
• Normal
• Distinct
• Slurred
• Nasal
• Stutter
• Lisp
• Raspy
• Deep
• Ragged
• Clearing throat
• Deep breathing
• Cracking voice
• Disguised
• Accent
• Familiar
• If voice is familiar, who did it sound like?
BACKGROUND SOUNDS:
• Street noises
• House noises
• PA system
• Music
• Office machinery
• Factory machinery
• Animal noises
• Voices
• Static
• Clear
• Phone booth
• Other
THREAT LANGUAGE:
• Well spoken
• Educated
• Foul
• Irrational
• Incoherent
• Taped
(Note everything- number of people delivering threat, repeated phraseology, etc.)
IMMEDIATELY CALL CAMPUS SAFETY AT 226-SAFE or 911, and be sure to include the date, your phone number, your name, and your position.
Secondary Scenario
Operator: “Hello, thank you for calling Daytona State College. How may I direct your call?”
Caller: “…um, I’d like to report a bomb on your campus.”
Operator: “I’m sorry- it sounded like you said there is a bomb on campus?”
Caller: “I did- there is a bomb in your school- and it will detonate in 20 minutes!”
Caller: “Do you think this is game” (Train sound in the background) “If I were you I wouldn’t fuck around!”
Operator: “I’m not- I’m actually making myself a cup of coffee. Where is this bomb you speak of? In a bathroom, the ICI, hopefully it’s not in the office I’m in right now- cuz that would thoroughly piss me off- actually, if you haven’t planted it yet- I got an office you can put it in!”
Caller: (Laughter) “You dumb capitalists – you think it is all fun and games…you will see soon enough…”
Operator: “OK, OK- you got my attention! What do you want?”
Caller: “I want to see you all run like dogs trying to find your tails- (airplane taking off runway noise)
Operator: “So you are watching us? Hello? Hello?”
Phone hangs up!
Discussion 2
Utilizing Daytona State College’s device record approach, explain the flaws and successes of the second scenario; furthermore, discuss implementation of Daytona State College’s existing protocols and how improvements can be addressed for both scenarios.
Exercise Development
Exercise Timeline
The seminar should take 45 minutes to 1 hour in time to complete. The session will be followed with an evaluation, which will review the effectiveness of the seminar and the current plans, programs, policies and procedures for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
|Activity |Task |Task material |Relationship to Key Events in |
| | | |Workdays/Weeks |
|Exercise planning |Identify personnel for meetings |Personnel contacts |1 month before |
| |Finalize seminar materials and |Seminar materials |1 month before |
| |revisions | | |
|Exercise conduct |Conduct exercise |Exercise plan and controller |Exercise |
| | |manual | |
| |Conduct evaluation |Participants feedback and |After exercise |
| | |evaluation plan | |
|AAR/ Improvement plan |Develop AAR/IP |Final AAR/IP |1 week after exercise |
|Final AAR/IP |Final AAR/IP |Final AAR/IP |1 month after |
| |Lessons learned |Final AAR/IP |1 month after |
Milestones and Tasks
Tasks listed in the exercise are listed as follows: • Provide training for individuals on how to react to a phone call posing a bomb threat on Daytona State College. • Develop education programs to prepare phone operators for handling a bomb threat via a phone call. • Increase awareness of the issues and materials involved in dealing with a bomb threat situation. • Revise and maintain current checklist currently present at Daytona State College and its website. • Establish and maintain a process to evaluate preparedness for the scenario.
Evaluation Guides (EEGs)
Capability
The college provided tools online to educate its students, faculty, and staff on how to prevent, protect, mitigate, and prepare for a bomb threat. This requires a role for phone operators and personnel in charge in having situational awareness and knowledge in preparedness.
Capability Outcome
There is a structure and a process for ongoing collaboration between government and nongovernmental resources at all levels; volunteers and nongovernmental resources are incorporated in plans and exercises; the public is educated and trained in the four mission areas of preparedness; citizens participate in volunteer programs and provide surge capacity support; nongovernmental resources are managed effectively in disasters; and there is a process to evaluate progress: Activity: Prevent-Educate for awareness Activity Description: Develop plans and processes necessary to provide the foundation for programs that enhance reaction to cell phone bomb threat in terms of preparedness.
Tasks
• Training the individuals assigned to be aware and how to react to a phone call posing a potential bomb threat on Daytona State College, and how to report suspicious items and behavior. • Develop education programs to prepare phone operators for handling a bomb threat via a phone call. • Increase awareness of the issues and materials involved in dealing with a bomb threat situation. • Revise and maintain current standard operating procedures (SOPs), and emergency management plans (EMP) present at Daytona State College. • Establish and maintain a process to evaluate preparedness for the scenario.
Public Education & Training
In order to have an effective preparedness during or after a cell phone bomb threat, there is a strong need to establish awareness among students, staff and faculty in the college. That said, it can be achieved through announcements during the classroom lectures and through the college website where all members of the college can easily access in both email and black board. In addition, training is provided in the following scheme:
• Training will be provided by college safety for heads of the departments who will be responsible in overseeing training for the faculty and staff under their administration in mitigating, preparing for a cell phone bomb threat on college.
• The topic and content of the training courses will be from the materials and the courses provided by FEMA available online.
• The training will take place in two phases starting with departments’ heads, and then followed by training faculty and staff in their respective departments accordingly.
• The following FEMA ISP courses are recommended for department heads:
o IS 700A, National Incident Management System (NIMS) o ICS 100.HE, Introduction to the Incident Command System for Higher Education o ICS 200, Basic Incident Command System o G367: Emergency Planning for College Executives (Non-virtual)
HSEEP Compliance
Planning & Organization
In order to conduct a successful seminar exercise, planning and organizing the exercise is an important step. The exercise team should appoint the participant such as emergency program managers, exercise officers, training officers, and department heads. The exercise planning team has six responsibilities: • Appoint a Lead Evaluator. • Develop evaluation requirements. • Draft evaluation documentation. • Recruit, assign, and train evaluators. • Finalize an Evaluation Plan. • Conduct a Controller/Evaluator (C/E) briefing.
The lead evaluator should be one of the team planning members. In this scenario, DSCS team will be the lead evaluator. The lead evaluator should have the knowledge of the emergency management phases (prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery). The lead evaluator should be familiar with Daytona emergency management plan.
Observation &Data Collection
During the seminar, the lead evaluator will collect data involving all key players. The data should consist of:
• Issues identified by players. • How players make decisions. • Player roles and responsibilities. • Player coordination and cooperation. • Recommendations from the group.
All data and information collected is to be focused on a higher-level of capability involving issues directly related to the Daytona State College’s emergency management plan. The evaluator should keep a low profile during the exercise unless needed. (This is to clarify a situation). Furthermore, the evaluator should use the EEG that is modified for this type of exercise. The head of the college’s security and safety should explain the college’s emergency management plans involving a bomb threat.
Analyze Data
After the exercise is over, the evaluator should start analyzing the collected data to evaluate the ability of exercised functions. This is to ensure that the exercise objectives are met. Therefore, there are two meetings that should be conducted: the hot-wash(the evaluator and the controller meet - it is to be conducted shortly after the exercise ends -the meeting will allow the evaluator to compare notes, improve evaluation documents, and develop an overall scheme of capability) and a debriefing(a formal meeting following the four steps of data analysis, which are to identify issues, determine root causes, develop recommendations for improvement, and identify lessons learned). These meetings will provide fully analyzed data of the exercise, and a foundation for the After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP).
Draft After-Action Report (AAR)
All discussion-based exercises result in the development of an After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP). As mentioned earlier, a fully analyzed data will provide the foundation for the After-Action Report by identifying issues, determining root causes, developing recommendations for improvement, and identifying lessons learned. The lead evaluator will draft the AAR using the exercise event timeline, narratives, and Exercise Evaluation Guide (EEG) Analysis sheets. The information from the debriefing and Daytona State College emergency plans and procedures can be used to draft the AAR. The After-Action Report format can include (as FEMA suggests):
• Executive Summary
• Exercise Overview
• Exercise Goals &Objectives
• Analysis of Capabilities
• Conclusion
• Improvement Plan (IP) Matrix
After Action Conference
After completing the AAR draft, the exercise planning team with the lead evaluator should meet to conduct a dry run. This should be done before the full After-Action Conference to review the AAR draft and to ensure the accomplishment of the exercise goals and objectives.
Following these initial steps of the After-Action Conference (AAC), the exercise planning team with the lead evaluator should meet again for the actual After-Action Conference (AAC). The purpose of this meeting is to review and improve the AAR draft. This meeting will take a full day after several weeks from the end of the exercise. This conference should be conducted where the exercise took place.
The Improvement Plan (IP) is an important part that should be completed during the After-Action Conference (AAC). The meeting should discuss how to apply recommendations for improvement. The Improvement Plan (IP) matrix could be applied as a guide for completing the Improvement Plan (IP). The Improvement Plan (IP) matrix consists of nine steps as FEMA suggested which are:
• Capability • Observation Title • Recommendation • Corrective Action Description • Capability Element • Primary Responsible Agency • Agency Point-of-Contact (POC) • Start Date • Completion Date
Identify Improvements &Implementation
In this step, corrective actions should be generated from the Improvement Plan (IP) matrix. The corrective actions will address the recommendations such as the responsibilities and what to be implemented within a time frame. These corrective actions should be detailed in order to be effective. Some corrective actions will be limited to resources; therefore, short and long-term solutions should be provided to improve capabilities.
Finalize the AAR and IP
The exercise planning team should finalize the After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) by combining corrections and feedback provided by participants in the final plan. The exercise planning team should then confirm that the final AAR/IP has met the exercise objectives and goals. Once the exercise planning team validates the After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP), a helpful tool recommended by FEMA can be used as guidance to cover the following areas:
• Strategy development. • Exercise program planning. • Sharing of lessons learned with homeland security community partners. • Changes to plans, policies, and procedures. • Capability development and refinement. • Efforts to focus limited resources upon improvements in preparedness.
Track Implementation
Tracking the implementations and completion of corrective actions is the responsibility of the participants of the exercise. Participants should have points-of-contact (POC) for tracking these implementations.
Recruit/Assign/Train
All stakeholders and personnel that are involved in this exercise will be from Daytona State College staff. Responsibilities and duties are already listed at Daytona State College’s emergency preparedness.
Conclusion & Recommendations
According to Daytona State College’s emergency management plan, the purpose of a cell phone bomb threat plan is to establish the policy and procedures to be followed in the event of such a threat to the College. Whether this threat is received via telephone or through other means, quick, decisive action by all employees will help minimize potential loss of life, injury, destruction of college property, and disruption of scheduled activities.
Daytona State College clearly states that in the event this incident occurs, Daytona State College Safety Officers will work with Facility Management personnel to search and identify any suspicious packages or items construed to be of explosive nature. If an explosive device is found, the College Emergency Operations Team (U-EOT) will be activated and begin working towards facilitating and coordinating, updates and communication for all recovery plans related to the functional areas of the college.
In the event of a bomb threat the faculty, staff, and students should respond according to the information provided by any of the following:
• CodeRED
• Siren
• Emails
• College Website
• Verbal instructions
If an employee or student receives the actual bomb threat, they should respond as follows:
1. Call 386-226-7233(SAFE)or come to College Safety to report the incident
2. Evacuate the building when instructed by College Safety
3. Complete a bomb information report sheet that will be provided by College Safety
4. Await further orders from College Safety or the College Emergency Notification Systems
Emergency responders will have total control of the scene. If the situation dictates, the Incident Command System will be used as directed by the National Incident Management System. The college could also assemble the U-EOT if the situation escalates to make college related decisions.
Recommendations
1. DSCS team recommends emplacement of an alert system (i.e. intercom) that enables administration to quickly relay all information to the entire school at once. CodeRED, internet, and text messaging are not reliable in the event of a time sensitive situation.
2. DSCS team recommends better identification tracking devices (i.e. tracing devices) to monitor all telecommunication traffic coming in and from Daytona State College. This not only mitigates threats via telephone, it insures all phone operators are maintaining Daytona State College standards (voice recording and improvement plan evaluations).
3. DSCS team recommends all personnel responsible for answering telephones are first mandated to complete training in order to mitigate bomb threats and their adequate response.
References
Daytona State College (2013, september 12). Annual Security Report and Campus Safety Guide. Retrieved October 24rd , 2013, from Daytona State College Library : http://www.daytonastate.edu/campus_safety/files/Annual_Security_Report_2013_2014.pdf
Daytona State College (2013, June 10). Crime Reporting & Awareness. Retrieved October 24th, 2013, from Daytona state college library: http://www.daytonastate.edu/campus_safety/safety_education.html
Daytona State College (2013, October 11). Daytona State's Drug Policy. Retrieved October 24th, 2013, from Daytona State College Library: http://www.daytonastate.edu/campus_safety/drug_policy.html
Daytona State College (2013, October 14). General Campus Safety and Security Policies. Retrieved October 24th, 2013, from Daytona state college library: http://www.daytonastate.edu/campus_safety/safety1.html#report
Daytona State College (2013, October 09). TO REPORT A CAMPUS EMERGENCY. Retrieved October 24th, 2013, from Daytona state college library: http://www.daytonastate.edu/campus_safety/index.htm
