Rome-Floyd Rome-Floyd CountyCountyLEPCLEPC

January 2008January 2008

ci·vil·ian ci·vil·ian •(sĭ-vĭl'yən)(sĭ-vĭl'yən) n.n. • A person following the pursuits of civil A person following the pursuits of civil

life, especially one who is not an active life, especially one who is not an active member of the military, the police, or a member of the military, the police, or a belligerent group. belligerent group.

• A person who does not belong to a A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular group or engage in a particular activity. particular activity.

• A specialist in Roman or civil law.A specialist in Roman or civil law.

Happy New YearHappy New Year

• Agency slideshow during lunchAgency slideshow during lunch• GuestsGuests• Review of membership and purpose of LEPCReview of membership and purpose of LEPC• Membership FormsMembership Forms• Quick review of Committee Bylaws Quick review of Committee Bylaws • Elements of Chemical Response PlanElements of Chemical Response Plan• Community role in EPCRACommunity role in EPCRAGoals: Complete Contingency Response PlanGoals: Complete Contingency Response Plan and Increase industry attendanceand Increase industry attendance

LEPCLEPC

• Local Emergency Planning Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) are planning Committees (LEPCs) are planning entities created by state and local entities created by state and local governments in response to the governments in response to the federal EPCRA.federal EPCRA.

LEPC DutiesLEPC Duties

• Must develop a chemical emergency Must develop a chemical emergency response planresponse plan

• Review it at least annuallyReview it at least annually• Provide information about chemicals Provide information about chemicals

in the community to citizens. in the community to citizens. •   Develop plans with stakeholder Develop plans with stakeholder

participation. participation.

The LEPC membership The LEPC membership must must include :include :

• Elected state and local officials Elected state and local officials • Police, fire, civil defense, and public Police, fire, civil defense, and public

health professionals health professionals • Environment, transportation, and Environment, transportation, and

hospital officials hospital officials • Facility representatives Facility representatives • Representatives from community Representatives from community

groups and the mediagroups and the media

R-FC LEPC Bylaws R-FC LEPC Bylaws (2004)(2004)

Purpose:Purpose:

develop, maintain and improve develop, maintain and improve guidelines among the member guidelines among the member organizations for mutual assistance, organizations for mutual assistance, cooperation and assemble the cooperation and assemble the necessary equipment and material to necessary equipment and material to combat emergency incidents.combat emergency incidents.

R-FC LEPC Bylaws R-FC LEPC Bylaws (2004)(2004)

MembershipMembership

• Public and private organizations Public and private organizations operating in or about Floyd County operating in or about Floyd County

• Or those with a related operational Or those with a related operational interest in the committeeinterest in the committee

• Any member may withdraw with 15 Any member may withdraw with 15 day written noticeday written notice

R-FC LEPC Bylaws R-FC LEPC Bylaws (2004)(2004)

• One representative of each member One representative of each member organization.organization.

• Each member may designate 2 alternatesEach member may designate 2 alternates• Chair and Vice Chair to serve 1 year or Chair and Vice Chair to serve 1 year or

successive terms. successive terms. • Secretary and Treasurer should be Secretary and Treasurer should be

appointed. All to be appointed in January.appointed. All to be appointed in January.• One meeting per quarter at minimum with One meeting per quarter at minimum with

minimum of 10 business days advance minimum of 10 business days advance notice.notice.

R-FC LEPC Bylaws R-FC LEPC Bylaws (2004)(2004)

• Consider and adopt a public relations Consider and adopt a public relations contingency plan with spokesperson to contingency plan with spokesperson to represent the committee to the mediarepresent the committee to the media

• May create standing or temporary May create standing or temporary subcommittees to address specific areas of subcommittees to address specific areas of concern. concern.

• Decisions on operations, policy and bylaws Decisions on operations, policy and bylaws and expenditures of the Committee shall be and expenditures of the Committee shall be by vote: (51% =quorum) of voting members. by vote: (51% =quorum) of voting members.

• Rules and procedures amended from time to Rules and procedures amended from time to time by a majority action of the membership.time by a majority action of the membership.

R-FC LEPC Bylaws R-FC LEPC Bylaws (2004)(2004)

ProcedureProcedure::• Chairperson to assemble and Chairperson to assemble and

maintain lists with assistance of maintain lists with assistance of members:members:

– Material and equipmentMaterial and equipment each is each is willing to make available to willing to make available to members in the event of an members in the event of an emergencyemergency

– PersonnelPersonnel – voluntarily supplied if – voluntarily supplied if specialized equipment is suppliedspecialized equipment is supplied

R-FC LEPC Bylaws R-FC LEPC Bylaws (2004)(2004)

ProcedureProcedure::

– Authorized Contact Lists Authorized Contact Lists - names, - names, titles, telephone numbers of titles, telephone numbers of responsible personnel authorized to responsible personnel authorized to request /release material and request /release material and equipment.equipment.

– Other sources of material and Other sources of material and equipment- equipment- members should prepare members should prepare and maintain similar lists and and maintain similar lists and contacts of known available resourcescontacts of known available resources

Community role in Community role in EPCRAEPCRA

• What is EPCRA?What is EPCRA?

• The Emergency Planning and The Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, is Community Right-To-Know Act, is also known as SARA Title III.also known as SARA Title III.

• EPCRA was passed by U.S. Congress EPCRA was passed by U.S. Congress in 1986 after a chemical disaster in in 1986 after a chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, raised concerns about Bhopal, India, raised concerns about a lack of planning and preparation a lack of planning and preparation for a similar accident in America. for a similar accident in America.

Community role in Community role in EPCRAEPCRA

• EPCRA is designed to inform EPCRA is designed to inform communities about chemicals and communities about chemicals and chemical hazards present and chemical hazards present and transported in the community, transported in the community, involve the community in developing involve the community in developing emergency planning and response, in emergency planning and response, in helping identify facilities that might helping identify facilities that might be subject to the law, and assuring be subject to the law, and assuring implementation of the EPCRA lawimplementation of the EPCRA law. .

Community role in Community role in EPCRAEPCRA

• Facilities that have spilled Facilities that have spilled hazardous substances, or that store, hazardous substances, or that store, use, or release certain chemicals are use, or release certain chemicals are subject to various reporting subject to various reporting requirements. requirements.

• All of this information is made All of this information is made publicly available so that interested publicly available so that interested parties may become informed about parties may become informed about potentially dangerous chemicals in potentially dangerous chemicals in their communitytheir community..

Ideal elements of a Ideal elements of a community emergency community emergency

response plan response plan (EPA)(EPA)• Identify facilities and routes of extremely Identify facilities and routes of extremely

hazardous substanceshazardous substances• Develop emergency response procedures, Develop emergency response procedures,

on and off siteon and off site• Communication between community and Communication between community and

facility emergency coordinators to facility emergency coordinators to implement the plan implement the plan

• Develop emergency notification proceduresDevelop emergency notification procedures• Decide on method to determine the Decide on method to determine the

probable affected area and population .probable affected area and population .

Ideal elements of a Ideal elements of a community emergency community emergency

response plan response plan (EPA)(EPA)

• List emergency equipment and List emergency equipment and facilities and the persons responsible facilities and the persons responsible for themfor them

• Develop outline of evacuation plansDevelop outline of evacuation plans• Develop and maintain a training Develop and maintain a training

program for emergency respondersprogram for emergency responders• Develop methods for exercising Develop methods for exercising

emergency response plansemergency response plans

AccidentsAccidents Do Do HappenHappen

• A chemical accident is reported in A chemical accident is reported in the United States an average of 21 the United States an average of 21 times a day. times a day.

• One in twenty of the chemical One in twenty of the chemical accidents that occurred in the accidents that occurred in the United States resulted in immediate United States resulted in immediate injuries, evacuations or deaths. injuries, evacuations or deaths.

HMEP GRANTSHMEP GRANTS

• U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation to make grants to states to help fund to make grants to states to help fund hazmat-related planning and hazmat-related planning and training activities.training activities.

• The HMEP Grants program’s The HMEP Grants program’s authorizing legislation requires that authorizing legislation requires that state grantees pass at least 75 state grantees pass at least 75 percent of all Planning funds percent of all Planning funds received to LEPCs.received to LEPCs.

HMEP fundingHMEP funding

• This can take place via disbursement of This can take place via disbursement of Training funds to LEPCs, but is more Training funds to LEPCs, but is more commonly achieved by allocating the commonly achieved by allocating the funds to one or more state-level training funds to one or more state-level training providers, such as the state fire academy, providers, such as the state fire academy, which then offers training courses to which then offers training courses to local responders. local responders.

• USDOT $ maybe available for FSE w/ USDOT $ maybe available for FSE w/ HazmatHazmat

20TH ANNUAL NASTTPO CONFERENCE ANDHMEP GRANTS ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP

April 8-11, 2008Savannah, Georgia

                                                                                                                                                                         

Floyd ExerciseFloyd Exercise

• Table Top updateTable Top update• Planned Functional ExercisePlanned Functional Exercise

Citizen Corps / CERTCitizen Corps / CERT

• Current CERT class graduates 2/2Current CERT class graduates 2/2• Next Classes mid AprilNext Classes mid April• Course refreshers and Course refreshers and

enhancementsenhancements• Bilingual community involvement Bilingual community involvement • Textbooks vs. FOGsTextbooks vs. FOGs• Recent Supplies: portable misting Recent Supplies: portable misting

rehab fans, MREs, triage flagsrehab fans, MREs, triage flags

Pan FluPan Flu

• One stop resource : One stop resource : www.fluwikie.comwww.fluwikie.com

Upcoming Meetings and Upcoming Meetings and EventsEvents

• 2/21 Next LEPC Meeting2/21 Next LEPC Meeting– Uvanney Alford- Uvanney Alford- ODP Noble Training ODP Noble Training

CenterCenter

Upcoming TrainingUpcoming Training

• First Responder Training (Dr. Asbury)First Responder Training (Dr. Asbury)

Free Free to local public safety/respondersto local public safety/responders

$75 Book purchase$75 Book purchase with registration with registration and professional CPR requiredand professional CPR required– March 3rd- 15March 3rd- 15th th

– Mon- Friday 6p- 9pm plus Sat(x2) 9am-Mon- Friday 6p- 9pm plus Sat(x2) 9am-1pm1pm

– 40 hour commitment40 hour commitment– Professional CPR offered 2/23 Professional CPR offered 2/23

What is Synergy?What is Synergy?

The cooperative action of The cooperative action of discrete organizations such that discrete organizations such that the total effect is greater than the total effect is greater than the sum of the two effects taken the sum of the two effects taken independently;independently;

Announcements ?Announcements ?