Employee Resources

 

Secretary Deb Haaland visits with Acadia staff in June 2021

NPS Photo by Jay Elhard

Welcome

Acadia staff and partners may reach this page by typing either of these two URLs:

www.nps.gov/acad/employees
go.nps.gov/AcadiaEmployees

Please continue to check the Current Conditions page for alerts related to dangerous conditions, extreme weather, roads and facilities closures:

www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/conditions
go.nps.gov/AcadiaAlerts

If assigned, Acadia staff should continue to monitor secure messaging from "Send Word Now" texts and emails.

Other important links:

• NPS Employee Resources
• NPS Concessioners Risk Management Page
• CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response
  Coping with a Disaster or Traumatic Event: Take Care of Your Emotional Health

 

In An Emergency:

This page is where park staff and key stakeholders, including volunteers, concessioners, and partners, will know to look for time-bound information specific to emergent or important events that require communication and coordination. Any information posted here is non-sensitive and does not need to be restricted to an internal audience.

 

Emergency Operations Plan

Acadia National Park has an Emergency Operations Plan designed to prepare employees to respond to natural and manmade events. It defines general employee roles and responsibilities and establishes an Incident Command System when merited. The incident objectives for each scenario focus on restoration of essential functions while keeping the health and safety of employees, visitors, and the public paramount. Managers of each park division are responsible for familiarizing their employees with the plan.

Many emergency incidents have response characteristics in common:

• Establish all Command and General staff positions immediately.

• Establish an Incident Command Post

• An evacuation area will be determined by the Incident Commander and may vary in accordance with the nature of emergency.

• All employees identified by their supervisors will respond to the designated Incident Command Post to receive orders and assignments. Likewise, they will pass on assignments to the staff available to them.

• Evaluate access and minimize unauthorized access to the scene and establish a Media Area away from the Incident Command Post and away from the scene.

• All resource requests outside of Acadia National Park staff must go through the Acadia National Park Dispatch Center, [phone].
  

Emergency Operations Plan Responses have been prepared for the following circumstances:

• Aircraft Accidents

• Active Shooter

• Bomb Threat

• Communications (Emergency Comms/Notifications)

• Dam Failures

• Emotionally Disturbed Person

• Government Shutdown

• Hazardous Materials or Oil Spills

• Hostage or Barricaded Subject

• Major Illness, including Pandemics

• Mass Casualty

• Natural Disasters: Earthquake/Landslide

• Natural Disasters: Floods

• Natural Disasters: Hurricanes

• Natural Disasters: Storms Winter/Other

• Natural Disasters: Tornados

• Natural Disasters: Tsunamis

• Power Outages

• Rabid Animals

• Robbery

• Search/Missing Person

• Structural Fires/Explosions

• Terrorist Attacks

• Wildland Fire

• Workplace Violence

 

Acadia Visitor and Resource Rules & Safety

• Superintendent's Compendium

• Safety

• Leave No Trace

• Carriage Road Rules and Safety

Getting In (Fees, Passes, Reservations)

• Park Passes

• Vehicle Reservations

Getting Around

• Maps of Acadia

• Island Explorer

• Accessibility

 

Park Orientation and Training Resources for Acadia Staff, Volunteers and Partners

Acadia National Park is a popular and diverse national park with a rich cultural history and wide array of opportunities to interact with nature. It is a complex place to visit and experience. So, what is some of the most important information you need to know? Where can you find the information, you need? This page is here to guide you through that process. It is designed to offer resources to enhance your knowledge and comfort level throughout your season.

Key Things to Know About the Park’s Purpose and Goals

• Acadia Foundational Document

• Park Partners

A Selection of Natural and Cultural Park Information

• A Few Acadia FAQs

• Nature

• Environmental Threats

• Wabanaki Heritage

• Becoming a National Park

• Acadia Geology

• Schoodic

• Isle au Haut

 

Other Videos Worth Watching

 

Duration:

4 minutes, 8 seconds

Though Acadia is well known for its landscapes and natural history, it also has many rich layers of significant cultural history. Wabanaki people have lived here for as long as 10,000 years, and many continue to call this place home, or feel connected to it from afar. In partnership with the Abbe Museum, Acadia National Park, and sponsored by Dawnland, LLC, the Cultural Connections in the Park program hosts free public events every Wednesday from late June through September.

 

Duration:

5 minutes, 39 seconds

While the transportation planning process is intended to do many things, one of the main goals always needs to be to protect the incredible resources of Acadia.