Emergency response activation

For example, one section of the contractor s SSAHP for Site F required personnel to evacuate the site during an emergency, while other sections of the plan indicated that personnel may respond to spills, leaks, or fires. Neither contractors SSAHPs at Sites C or G identified the individuals responsible for coordinating emergency response activities. 

Staying informed of emergency response activities and knowing when it is safe to exit the building... 

The investigation team must realize that some of the data collected will not reflect the condition of the equipment immediately after the occurrence. Emergency response activities and post-event stabilization of the system may have altered much of the data. For example, the as-found position of every valve should be recorded. However, some valves will have been operated during emergency response or mitigation activities thus, their position at the time of the incident may not be able to be determined with complete certainty. 

Timing of occurrences Location of personnel Environmental conditions Positions of personnel and victims Anything moved/repositioned Emergency response activities Indicators of conditions Actions of other people Training and preparation Histories of similar incidents Information gaps Inconsistencies in data Management and staff involvement Possible causal areas... 

Promptness is critical in order to minimize disturbing the data however, in no case should emergency medical treatment or emergency response activities be delayed by any photographic activity. 

Initiate and maintain communication with other emergency response activities as appropriate to your management responsibilities. 

Additionally, during emergency response activities, staff needs to be provided with a method to communicate with their families. It is most difficult for staff to concentrate on an emergency response functional role while worrying about the safety of their family. Making provisions for family communication will result in a more focused workforce for response activities. 

The use of simulators for training can be expensive and labor intensive, however, the value that it brings to emergency response activities is considerable. 

Specific capabilities of individual team members must be kept in view and the job of emergency response activities may be assigned accordingly. 

Sprensen, J.H. (2005) Preparedness for Biological Emergencies, WMO Workshop on Development of Scope and Capabilities of Emergency Response Activities, 7-9 December 2004, Geneva, CBS-DPFS/Wshop/ERA-DSC/INF.l... 

The committee also examines how emergency response professionals estimate the potential population exposure from a chemical event, reviews emergency response activities and public responses, and discusses how the events are communicated to local news media and interested citizens groups. These communications have important implications, since they affect how political leaders, regulators, and the general public view the chemical demilitarization program. 

Major differences between PARs and PADs should be reviewed and discussed between Tooele County and DCD EOC personnel to achieve mutual understanding of the situation at hand, and to facilitate coordinated emergency response activities, when required. Consensus regarding the final PAD is preferred, where possible. 

The following regulations and resources may be useful in planning emergency response activities ... 

DOE 0 151.1A, Chapter III, sec. 5.a (1) 4.3.5 All individuals involved in re-entry shall receive a hazards/safety briefing prior to emergency response activities consistent with Federal, State, and local laws and regulations. 

The EMSUP and the SNL/NM IC coordinate all emergency response activities within TA-V. The EMSUP is vested with the authority to direct such activities until the SNL/NM IC assumes control (if done), except those determined by the senior-on-sc ne Protective Force supervisor to be security related. For those cases, the Protective Force organization assumes control, and the IC, EMSUP, and other TA-V emergency staff will provide support. 

The problems of hazardous waste extend back many years. What to do with waste already disposed of also became a national issue. The result was the development of a Superfund. Contributions by both government and private industry created a source to cover the cost of cleaning up the worst of the many hazardous waste sites of the past. Industry contributed 75% of the initial 1.6 billion fund. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), passed in late 1980, took action to clean up some hazardous waste sites. The act also addressed liability. It stated that those causing or contributing to a release or threatened release from an inactive hazardous waste site shall have strict, joint, and several liability for cleanup, containment and emergency response activities at the site. Liable parties included generators and transporters of the waste and owners and operators of the disposal site. 

The Canada/U.S. Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan is the basis for aU contingency planning and emergency response activities along the maritime boundaries of the United States and Ctmada and includes the following areas the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the Beaufort Sea, the Dixon Entrance of the Pacific Coast, and the Great Lakes. 

Employees and volunteers must be trained to perform their jobs and fulfill their responsibilities in a safe manner. Training requirements may be required by state law or imposed by local regulation. These regulations may cover anyone who is expected to participate in emergency response activities. In addition, steps should be taken to ensure that the training participants understand and can function with the training that they have received. 

The medical provider should retain records of the original training, licenses, update courses, and certification of all employees participating in the delivery of occupational health services, including first aid, CPR, and/or emergency response activities. 

Immediate Consequences (Stage One). The initial explosion results in 250 fatalities on-site, most of whom are contract employees 100 people are killed off-site. 1,000 people are injured on-site and 2,000 are injured offsite. The number of fatalities and injuries on-site severely compromises the ability of the facility to implement any emergency response activities. Most windows in the nearby vicinity are broken, destroying the capability for many to shelter in-place. 

A place reserved in the SERF is intended to readily give information on specific capabilities of individual team members regarding emergency response activities. 

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