Leadership Project:

Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning Exercise Superstorm Scenario: Adult Residential Care Facility, Queens, NY

STEP 3: Participate in the Exercise and build an Exercise Report

Enter your observations in the template below.

DO NOT MODIFY THE TEMPLATE

Introduction

Be sure to use the provided Exercise Instructions and Participant Guide when conducting the exercise and preparing this report. As the Executive Director, you supervise a team of Department Directors that include:

Leadership Preparations

Regarding lessons learned, what leadership preparations for response and short-term recovery need to be implemented for future planning? (add rows as needed).

Leadership Preparations	In Which Department (or all)?
All Phases
Initial Response
Short-term Response

Leadership Changes

Based on your observations, to successfully lead in a crisis, what was learned about your leadership style that needs to change from your Personal Leadership History Report? Consider these changes using the skills, traits, and perspectives identified as critical in successful crisis management in the Week 8 lecture. You are not required to identify changes in each area. (add rows as needed).

Leadership Changes

Changes in Communications

Changes in Clarity of Vision and Values

Changes in Caring

Changes in Personal Example

Changes in Character

Changes in Competence

Changes in Courage

Changes in Decisiveness

Please help me finish the AAR for this hurricane scenario

Hurricane Chester has passed and left a large amount of damage in its wake. The storm surge has devastated areas of southern Brooklyn and Queens (where your facility is located), trees and signs are down all over the city, and Lower Manhattan and Midtown are a mess of broken glass and debris. Due to flooding, parts of the Belt Pkwy and FDR Drive are closed until further notice. Considerations: What critical operations will need to get back up and running as soon as the storm passes? What operations can be postponed or canceled for a time? 18 Promenade Rehabilitation and Health Care Center (PRHCC) Located ocean -front on a barrier island in the Rockaway Park section of Queens, NYC Address is 140 Beach 114th St, Rockaway Park, NY 11694 The building abuts an ocean -front boardwalk Seven -story concrete structure with brick veneer exterior Back -up generator and kitchen facilities are located on the first floor Stats: 104 nurses, 30 other staff, 202 residents, 240 beds The building is in a Hurricane Evacuation Zone 1; the highest risk zone PRHCC After Hurricane Chester Because the storm strengthened suddenly, neither the City nor the State authorities ordered patients be evacuated prior to the storm making landfall Part of the adjacent boardwalk was thrown into the building The first -floor windows, facing the ocean were blown in by a combination of the boardwalk debris and waves smashing into the building Flood water, debris, and waves washed through the first floor rendering the emergency backup generator and kitchen facilities badly damaged and unusable With no generator, all electrical power was lost for an extending period of time, and without kitchen facilities, the facility was rendering uninhabitable. Hurricane Sandy threw part of a Boardwalk against Promenade Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Rockaway Park, Queens. Many relatives are still looking for Promenade patients. Chang W.Lee/New York Times Sand-filled entryway of Promenade Rehabilitation & Health Center in Rockaway Park, Queens, after Sandy. Damage Assessment Wednesday, September 4, 10:00AM City agencies are conducting damage assessments and determining how long it will take to re-open major roadways, bridges,and public transportation systems. The Mayor announces that schoolsmany of which are currently serving as shelterswill not open until Monday,September 9th.

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