The Louisiana Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a digital technology-based system that is used to distribute emergency messages to the public. This system has enabled many improvements in the provision of emergency information, such as providing state and local officials with a new method for quickly sending important local emergency information to a specific area. The EAS digital signal is the same signal that the National Weather Service (NWS) uses on NOAA weather radio (NWR), allowing EAS equipment to decode NWR signals in transmission stations and cable systems. This allows broadcasters and cable operators to relay weather warning messages from the NWS almost immediately to their audiences. The University of Southern Shreveport has established a chain of command that establishes the authority and responsibility of several people in order to create clear guidelines for responding to disaster and crisis situations.
The goal of this plan is to limit the loss of life and property in the event of an emergency or crisis that affects the operations of the University. These procedures apply to all University staff and properties owned or leased by the University. The emergency call system is designed to notify only those people who need to respond to a specific emergency. The REMS Technical Assistance Center website provides free resources, training, and technical assistance (TA) for schools and their community partners, including many tools and resources on emergency planning and responding to infectious disease outbreaks. The Shreveport Southern University Police Department is responsible for coordinating the preparation and ongoing updating of the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and its compatibility with those of federal, state, and local agencies. All public agencies in the United States use the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as a standard for emergency management for planned and emergency events.
Based on information obtained from relevant entities, the incident commander will initially declare the level of the emergency and may activate parts of the emergency operations plan as necessary to control the situation. Louisiana requires all public elementary and secondary schools to prepare, maintain, and implement a crisis management and response plan in order to ensure that all students, teachers, and school employees are in a safe facility and prepared to respond in the event of an emergency or disaster incident. In the event of an impending emergency, the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) will contact a designated emergency preparedness and recovery representative to remind them to complete and maintain an emergency preparedness and recovery panel. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have compiled a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and useful national emergency preparedness resources to help state, tribal, regional, and local survey agencies (SA) and health care providers develop effective and robust emergency plans and toolkits. The 6-step Access Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) process helps create plans that continuously build and promote safe and healthy school communities before, during, and after potential emergencies. The University Police Department will train personnel on how to use emergency notifications in order to carry out the Emergency Operations Plan. They will also be responsible for entering and maintaining emergency preparedness information for their LEA.
Associates are responsible for understanding their functions related to business continuity and emergency management. The Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) program has been activated in order to assess dialysis centers in potentially affected areas in relation to generators, alternative water supplies, education materials for patients, etc. The University will cooperate with federal, state, and local emergency management agencies as well as other response teams in order to develop, implement, and execute their emergency response plans.
