Community agencies types

A metliod for communicating each type of emergency to the public, tlie functional groups, and tlie responsible agencies... 

Trade secrets become unprotectable when they are found in the pubHc domain, are independentiy developed, or are disclosed out of confidence. Events of the latter type may occur in any number of controUed or uncontroUed situations. For example, a promotional event such as a trade show or a required disclosure to a governmental agency may result in disclosure of the trade secret. Further, pubHcations in journals or maga2ines which may be necessary to promote products may lead to a disclosure of trade secrets. Idle correspondence, conversations, or communications with sales associates, suppHers, or distributors may also result in disclosure of trade secret information. 

The planning must be comprehensive, community-based, include all types of agencies, and coordinated at the regional level. 

An absolute measure is one in which a simple count of events is recorded and reported. This would include the number of occurrences of a specific type of incident per year (e.g., release, loss of containment, fire) or activity (e.g., how many employees were trained, whether a mechanical integrity evaluation was conducted). Absolute metrics do not necessarily provide information on the quality of an activity or a change or trend in the activity over time. Absolute metrics also may be difficult to compare meaningfully across the organization. However, regulatory agencies and the public may be very interested in some absolute metrics. For example, the public wants to know the number of releases from a facility and the quantity of the release—particularly from a facility in their community. However, how a given release or a facility s release record compares with facilities outside the community may be of minimal, if any, interest. 

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