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Inside this issue:

Engaged Learning

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Business Continuity

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Grieving Behind the

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Ohio Fire & Rescue Officer

Development Conference

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Firefighter Silent Killer

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OSHA Workplace Violence

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National Professional Development Symposium

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Cleveland State University / Center for Emergency Preparedness Leaders in Ohio’s Emergency Preparedness for over 30 years!

Volume 1, Issue 17

SPRING 2015

Our PUCO Grant

Funded Training classes are FREE

to all public safety organizations!

Find out more at http://urban.csuohio.edu/cep

As you are all aware, the 2016 Republican National Convention will convene in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18-21, 2016. In preparation for this national event, we want to reach out to every community in Northeast Ohio and offer our Business Continuity and Emergency Planning certificate program. In addition to offering this program to the public sector, we also want to provide this to the private sector housing, entertainment, and business facilities.

Cleveland State University’s Center for Emergency Preparedness (CSU/CEP) has been a leader in providing quality emergency service training throughout the State of Ohio for over 30 years; currently educating over 10,000 adults annually. Our mission is to provide the highest quality,

hazardous material, homeland security, and business continuity training, taught by professionals in a way that utilizes industry standards, and best practices. Initiated over ten years ago, the CSU / CEP Business Continuity and Emergency Planning certificate program is one of the first and finest in the country.

PREPARING FOR A DISASTER

To help illustrate this program, we have provided you with two brochures. This program consists of six one-day courses all in an effort to heighten emergency preparedness and to continue business operations in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.

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PREPARING FOR A DISASTER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)

You might ask, “Why prepare?”

• Being prepared can reduce fear, anxiety, and losses that accompany disasters.Communities, families, and individuals should know what to do in the event of a fire andwhere to seek shelter during a tornado. They should be ready to evacuate their homes,take refuge in public shelters, and know how to care for their basic medical needs.

• People also can reduce the impact of disasters (flood proofing, elevating ahome or moving a home out of harm’s way, and securing items that could shake loosein an earthquake) and sometimes avoid the danger completely.

• Disasters disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives every year. Each disaster haslasting effects, both to people and property.

• If a disaster occurs in your community, local government and disaster-relieforganizations may be able to help you, but you need to be ready as well. Localresponders may not be able to reach you immediately, or they may need to focus theirefforts elsewhere.

• You should know how to respond to severe weather or any disaster that couldoccur in your area—earthquakes, extreme cold, flooding, or terrorism.

• You should also be ready to be self-sufficient for at least three days. This maymean providing for your own shelter, first aid, food, water, and sanitation.

Your organization is key to any safety and emergency response in the region. Being prepared within your organization and within your community is key to everyone’s success.

Our program consists of six critical components. Each class is 6 to 8 hours in length (depending on class size.) The six core classes are:

Information Security Crisis Communications

Personnel and Facility Security Emergency Response Procedures

Critical Incident Stress Management Organizational Recovery

Each class is built upon from one another, with the result of your community, being better prepared in the event of a tragic event or calamity. Our goal is to reach out to all of the counties, cities, villages, and townships in the Northeast Ohio region.

After reviewing the brochures, we ask that you contact our Business Associate, Mr. Patrick Mangan for additional information. You may contact Pat at p.mangan@csuohio.edu or 216-802-3382.

Please feel free to share this information with your community stakeholders. We understand your time is valuable and that the safety of your community is paramount. Please consider allowing us to help you meet this goal.

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In 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported over 23,000 significant injuries due to assaults in the workplace. Over 70 percent were in the healthcare and social service settings. Healthcare and social service workers are almost four times as likely to be

injured as a result of violence than the average private sector worker.

On April 2, 2015, OSHA kicked off National Workplace Violence Prevention month by releasing an update to its Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for

Healthcare and Social Service Workers.

OSHA’s updated violence prevention guidelines include industry best practices and incorporate the most effective way to reduce the risk of violence in a range of

healthcare and social service settings.

“It is unacceptable that the people who dedicate their lives to caring for our loved ones often work in fear of being hurt or killed,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occu-

pational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels. “Workplace violence is one of the most serious hazards facing healthcare workers in this country and this updated booklet will help employers and employees implement effective measures to reduce or eliminate

workplace violence hazards.”

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obtain the book

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Contact Information

Bernard W. Becker III, MS, Director Cleveland State University

Center for Emergency Preparedness

1717 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44115

b.becker64@csuohio.edu

(Office) 216-875-9860 (Fax) 216-687-2225

http://urban.csuohio.edu/cep

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Please visit our web site at www.urban@csuohio.edu/cep to find the class and programs you

and your organization desires. We employ over 40

subject matter experts in all fields of Emergency Service throughout

Ohio.

Preventing Work-Related Vehicle Crashes

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2015-111/pdfs/2015-111.pdf

UL Course on Residential Attic Fire Hazards

http://www.firecompanies.com/modernfirebehavior/AtticFiresOnlineCourse/story.html

Website Lets Loved Ones Know You’re Safe & Well

https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.safe.php

EMS Domestic Preparedness Strategy

http://www.nasemso.org/documents/NASEMSO-EMS-Domestic-Preparedness-Improvement-Strategy-29Jan2015.pdf

http://facnetwork.org/announcing-fire-adapted-communities-2015-field-guide/

Fire Adapted Communities 2015 Field Guide

http://online.fliphtml5.com/jncs/phcj/

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