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Emergency Services Program

Welcome to RESIG's Emergency Services Program! Here you will find links to information that will help your school and district prepare for and respond to any of the 16 disasters, man-made or natural, that might occur here in Sonoma County.

About us
RESIG's Emergency Services Program had its roots in SchoolGuard, an Emergency Response and Crisis Management Grant Project funded by the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE). Awarded in the fall of 2004, the project brought $486,000 into Sonoma County's 253 public and private schools for preparedness programs.

In 2006, an additional USDOE grant was awarded to the five counties in Region 1: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, and Sonoma. As part of the Region 1 Grant, Sonoma County SchoolGuard continued to develop the twenty-on preparedness projects begun during the first grant.

As the Region 1 Grant wound down, RESIG's Joint Powers Board voted to make preparedness a priority by authorizing the creation of the Emergency Services Program. The program will be funded directly by the public schools in Sonoma County. Their vote of confidence in SchoolGuard programs means that staff, principals and superintendents will continue to have access to our programs and services.

How we can help

Documents

     •Customizable Standardized Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for        District Offices
     •Customizable Standardized EOP for School Sites
     •Disaster Service Worker FAQs
     •Pandemic Plan and Tool Kit
     •Crisis Response and Recovery Manual (the Crisis Intervention Team       appendix to the Standardized EOP)
     •Quick Reference Guide for Classrooms
     •Loss Recovery Resource Guide
     •Threat Assessment Checklist for Sonoma County Schools

Services

     •Basic Preparedness
     •Communications Assessment and Problem-solving
     •EOP Customization
     •Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Mitigation
     •Exercise Design, Facilitation and Evaluation
     •Emergency Supplies Assessment, Recommendations, and
      Purchasing Assistance
     •Disaster Plans for Special Needs Populations
     •Pandemic Influenza Planning
     •Student Release Procedures (coming soon)

Trainings

     •Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS)/Standardized      •Emergency Management System (SEMS)/National Incident       Management System (NIMS)
     •Functional ICS Training for School Emergency Teams
     •School CERT
     •Teen CERT

Recommend Training

The following trainings are offered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website: http://training.fema.gov/IS

For all response team staff:
IS 100 S.C.

For school administrators, principals and superintendents:
IS 100 S.C.
IS 200
IS 700

Additional Resources/Preparedness Information

www.sonomacert.com
This is the official website for all of Sonoma County's Community Emergency Response Team programs.

http://public-alert-radio.nws.noaa.gov/index.html
This website provides program information about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's (NOAA) Public Alert Radio School Distribution Program.

http://www.sonomacounty.redcross.org/
Our Sonoma County Chapter of the American Red Cross has a variety of basic and advanced preparedness information, materials, and classes for residents.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2005/15/
The electronic version of the U.S. Geological Survey's "Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country," an information rich resource about earthquake preparedness.

http://www.teamsafe-t.org/
A collaboration between the California Office of Emergency Services, the California Service Corps, and the American Red Cross to provide age-appropriate emergency information and a preparedness curriculum for school children K-12.

http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/default.aspx?PageId=2409
This website will take you to Citizens Organized to Prepare for Emergencies (COPE) the City of Santa Rosa's successful neighborhood preparedness program.

http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/dcdc/izgroup/ReadyCASchools/default.htm
The California Department of Health Services has created this website to help schools with pandemic influenza planning.

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
This is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' pandemic influenza website.

http://www.sonoma-county.org/des/
Here you will find the Sonoma County Department of Emergency Services website.

http://www.schoolguard.org/
This is the original SchoolGuard website.

http://www.oes.ca.gov/
This is California's Office of Emergency Services' website.

How to Contact us

Jeannie Goobanoff, Loss Prevention Director
(707) 836-0779, ext. 107
jgoobanoff@resig.org

Christine Dektor, Emergency Services Coordinator
(707) 836-0779, ext. 123
cdektor@resig.org

Erin Tarkhanian, Emergency Services Coordinator
(707) 836-0779, ext. 110
etarkhanian@resig.org