December 9, 2015
Our Condolences to San Bernardino
Our sincere condolences go out to the families, friends and co-workers of the victims of the attack on the San Bernardino County Social Services staff on December 2nd. This sad and tragic event is numbing to the members of our public entity community that work so diligently to protect and care for our constituents.
As a member of the EIA, horrific events like this are viewed not only from a humanistic perspective, but also as a matter of coverage for loss and from a risk management perspective. The County staff and the City’s affected safety officers will be handled through the EIA’s Excess Workers’ Compensation program. Counseling will be available to employees through the County’s Employee Assistance Program, and the EIA’s provider, Managed Health network, will assist if additional services are needed.
Critical incident management is imperative in these situations and as risk managers, there is much that we can do to assist if we are prepared. On December 11th, the EIA’s Executive Committee will meet to review and discuss critical incident services which have been investigated by staff over the last few months. The investigation of services went through a formal RFP process, and has led to recommended services to be provided to EIA members both pre and post incident. If approved by the Executive Committee, a series of regional workshops and webinars will commence beginning in January 2016.
Our thoughts and condolences to those affected, and together, we hope to be able to assist.
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