Tabletop Exercise Binge Drinking/Alcohol Poisoning

1. Tabletop ExerciseBinge Drinking/Alcohol Poisoning Division for Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, and Institutional Research

2. Rules of the Road • Creativity/Group Problem Solving • Use the knowledge and information available in the room • Active Thinking • Active Listening • Active Participation • Respect –challenge ideas, not people • Reality Check – make the exercise real for you.

3. Agenda • Introductions • Scenario • Description • Hot Wash (Debrief) • Action Planning

4. Introductions

5. The Exercise Continuum • Drills • Tabletop Exercises • Functional Exercises • Full-Scale Exercises

6. What is a tabletop exercise? • Simulates an emergency situation in an informal, stress-free environment • Initiates discussion of emergency guidelines • Focuses on training and familiarization with roles, guidelines, and responsibilities

7. How does a tabletop exercise work? • Scenario-based discussion, guided by a facilitator • Problems talked through without stress • Evaluators selected to observe and offer feedback on the proceedings • Policies, plans, and guidelines are updated

8. What determines the success of a tabletop? • A successful tabletop leaves participants with: • A positive learning experience • Organizational learning • Improvement Action Planning • More effective policies, plans, and guidelines • Improved preparedness

9. Exercise Guidelines • This exercise is designed to test the preparedness of the _____ to respond to a multi-agency, multi-site emergency event • Following the exercise, there will be a debriefing time or “Hot Wash” • Each participant will be given the opportunity to share his/her views on what worked well and what needs to be addressed in additional planning, training and/or drilling

10. Exercise Guidelines (continued) • _____ISD/college policy shall govern all activities relating to the emergency event. • The facilitator shall serve as the exercise referee and will provide any official interpretation of the exercise rules. • Although we will not actually be contacting them, ISD/college and outside resources are available to assist you.

11. Exercise Guidelines (continued) • From time to time, there will be injections to the scenario. These are intended to further assess response to the exercise scenario. • This is a learning experience.

12. Purpose • To examine current policies, procedures, resources and actions in the context to a response to alcohol abuse in a school/college setting • To promote greater understanding and ability to apply NIMS/ICS principles in a college setting • To make improvements as identified as an outcome of the exercise

13. Objectives • To evaluate policies and procedures • To evaluate command and control including communications procedures • To identify resources needed vs. available • To identify training needs • To identify needed improvements and create an action plan to address those needs

14. Demographic Overview • On this slide, add bullets of information about the demographics of your school/college, including but not limited to: • Number of schools/facilities • Types of schools/facilities • Athletic facilities • Student population • Employee population

15. First Responder Resource Overview • On this slide, add bullets of information about the first responder resources immediately available to your school/college, including but not limited to: • Police • Fire • EMS

16. Threat Assessment • On this slide, add bullets of information about the known threats to your school/college, including but not limited to: • Internal threats • External threats

17. Scenario • A party was held at a house just off campus grounds • The house is on private property that is adjacent to campus and not separated by a barrier • A 9-1-1 call for a medical emergency is made from the residence • A separate complaint call reports of a noise ordinance violation at the residence

18. Scenario – Part Two • Upon arrival police find the area outside and within the home filled with intoxicated people • Police and EMS find a student unconscious on the front porch. The student’s breathing is slow and irregular and he exhibits pale, blue tinged skin • A second student (female) is found in the front yard vomiting

19. Questions • What do you need to know? • How do you find the information? • What does your EOP direct? • What are you going to do? • Who do you notify?

20. Scenario – Inject 1(two hours later) • After initial response a total of five students and two non-students were transported to the local hospital with suspected alcohol poisoning • The police dispersed the party. Two intoxicated students were arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct • Local media responded to the scene of the party and filmed a report

21. Questions • What do you need to know? • How do you find the information? • What does your EOP direct? • What is your ICS team going to do? • How do you handle the media? • What are the key issues for school administration?

22. Scenario – Inject 2 (two days later) • One student has died from complications of alcohol poisoning • One student remains in the hospital • Local media has contacted the school/college asking for an interview as part of their expose’ on binge drinking on campus • Concerned parents are calling to ask what the school/college is doing about alcohol abuse on campus

23. Questions • What do you need to know? • How do you find the information? • What does your EOP direct? • What are you going to do? • What campus departments, offices and individuals are involved in this response?

24. Questions • What actions will you take? • Do you activate your school/college incident command? • What is your ICS structure? • What resources are needed? • Who is in charge of the response?

25. ICS Structure Questions • Who is the Incident Commander? • Who is the Public Information Officer? • Who is the Liaison Officer? • Who is the Operations Chief? • What other ICS positions will you activate and who will fill them?

26. Scenario – Inject 3 • A funeral service is being held for the deceased student • The local media expose’ suggested that alcohol abuse by students is a concern on your campus

27. Questions • What do you need to know? • How do you find the information? • What does your EOP direct? • What is your ICS team going to do?

28. Hot Wash • How well did your EOP operate and what actions will you take toward improvement? • How well did your ICS Team operate and what actions will you take toward improvement? • How well did your Communications Plan operate and what actions will you take toward improvement?

29. Hot Wash • What can be done to improve campus police/security operations? • What internal divisions were required to work together in this scenario? • What external agencies did the Liaison Officer need to work with in this scenario? • Are all necessary agreements in place to facilitate cooperation among agencies?

30. Action Plan The lessons learned during this table top exercise will lead to a college action plan to: • Keep Doing ______ • Stop Doing ______ • Start Doing ______

31. Conclusion The Texas School Safety Center, Division for Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, and Institutional Research is available for: • Training/Facilitation • Technical Assistance • Information

32. Contact Us Web: www.txssc.txstate.edu Phone: 877-304-2727