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ROLE OF CSEPPROLE OF CSEPP
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OBJECTIVE
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• Identify the major emergency planning steps to protect individuals in the event of a chemical warfare agent accident
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CSEPP
• Established to provide a consistent framework for emergency planning for states and communities at all 8 installations
• Each community potentially affected by a chemical warfare accident is responsible for deciding how to prepare for possibility of a release of chemical warfare agent
• Defines comprehensive scope for decisions and defines elements that State and local decision-makers should address
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CSEPP
• Jointly managed by the Army and FEMA• FEMA has authority, responsibility, and accountability
for working with State and local governments to develop off-post preparedness
• Army maintains original role for chemical stockpile storage and disposal and for on-post emergency response
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SIGNEDMEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
1997• Identifies specific Army and FEMA responsibilities• Defines areas where each agency can provide expertise• Outlines where cooperation between agencies will
result in more efficient use of personnel and material resources
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BASIC GOAL OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM• Protection of people
– stimulate prompt and effective actions by public critical to achieving goal
– select basic protective actions
– other activities help implement protective actions once selected
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CSEPP PROTECTIVE ACTIONS
• Two basic protective actions– evacuation
– sheltering-in-place
• People take these actionsto protect themselvesafter receiving warning
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Evacuation
Shelter-in-place
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EMERGENCY PLANNING
• Seeks to anticipate possible emergencies and resources needed at time of emergencies
• Identifies available resources and resource shortfalls so deficiencies can be eliminated or reduced
Emergency planning is crucial for effective protective actions
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CRITICAL COMMAND AND
CONTROL FUNCTION• Provide timely and accurate public alert, notification,
and information to get quickest public response• Other functions (e.g., medical assistance, mass care)
can be provided initially by local resources and augmented later
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE
• Emergency response officials must quickly decide which protective actions are appropriate for different portions of affected area– make complex decision within tight time constraints
• Emergency response plan should strive to simplify decision process and reduce time devoted to decision process– careful analysis and pre-established criteria for selecting
appropriate protective action needed before emergency situation
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE
• Decision-making process normally responsibility of elected officials; normally county commissioners– may be shared with other agencies or department heads
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County commissioner(s) normally responsible for emergency response decisions
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EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONES
Source of release
IRZ
PAZ
PZWind direction
Plumepathway
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IMMEDIATE RESPONSE ZONE(IRZ)
• Most critical for protective action decisions because of close proximity to accident
• Less than 1 hour to respond during windspeed of 3 meters per second (6.7 mph)
• Approximately 10 km (6 miles)from stockpile storage location– boundaries adjusted for
political boundaries, natural features, and population distribution
Stockpile StorageLocation
IRZApprox.
10 km
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PROTECTIVE ACTION ZONE(PAZ)
• Less than 5 hours to respond during windspeed of 1 to 2 meters per second(2.2 to 4.4 mph)
• Approximately 18 to 35 km (11 to 22 miles) from stockpile storage location
• Public officials would likely have time to confer on appropriate protective action decisions
IRZ
PAZ
Stockpile Storage Location
Approx.
18-35 km
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PRECAUTIONARY ZONE (PZ)
• Can be established– in case of catastrophic
accident
– as host area for evacuees
• Offers advantages of time, distance, and multiple options
IRZ
PAZ
PZ
Stockpile Storage Location
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PROTECTIVE ACTION DECISIONS
• Choices must be weighed against realistic considerations– time
– weather conditions
– highway conditions
– public’s general state of readiness
• Chemical Event Emergency Notification System greatly helps in selecting protective actions– allows community officials to react quickly
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• System must be reliable and capable of instantaneous activation
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ALERT AND NOTIFICATION
Alerting phase: Attract attention of public
Notification phase: Communicate protectiveaction information
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NOTIFICATION METHODS
• EAS as part of commercial broadcast radio stations• Combination of broadcast over radio, television, and
cable television
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Broadcast of warning
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IRZ NOTIFICATION METHODS
• Combination of indoor and outdoor warning
• Outdoor electronic sirens with voice capabilities
• Indoor alerting devices
Omni-directional siren
Tone alert radio
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PAZ NOTIFICATION METHODS
• Primary systems– electronic broadcast media
– EAS
• Supplemental systems– sirens for selected urban
residential areas
– indoor warning for selected institutions and public congregation facilities
Media broadcast
Warning for institutions
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TRAFFIC AND ACCESS CONTROL
• Quick control of access into affected areas• Mass evacuation, control of traffic crucial to timeliness
and efficiency of evacuation
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EVACUEE SUPPORT
• Various activities designed to process and accommodate evacuees
• Plan for receiving potentially contaminated– train evacuation and mass care personnel to recognize signs
and symptoms of agent exposure
• 2 primary components:– reception - process of receiving and registering evacuees,
determining needs, and assigning appropriate resources
– mass care - providing shelter, food, family reunification, limited medical care, and social services