Emergency Response Center

The establishment of a separate air supply for spaces that have a critical function (e.g., cockpits, flight-control towers, emergency-response centers) and... 

To combat attacks with fast-acting agents in the terminals, continuous visual surveillance of densely populated areas and observation of behavior patterns may be as useful as any detector. The TSA should study the feasibility of the widespread deployment of surveillance cameras in populated areas, coupled with behavioral-pattern-recognition software, as an alternative to chemical agent detectors. Such cameras could also provide a dual-use value in improving the overall security environment. In addition, many critical nodes in the air transportation system (control rooms, emergency-response centers, and so on) are supplied with air that is recirculated from publicly accessible areas this makes them vulnerable to being disabled by the release of... 

To perform its functions under this Convention, the IAEA set up, at its headquarters in Vienna, an Emergency Response Center (ERC) for receiving, collating, and rapidly transmitting relevant information. Close co-operation with the World Meteorological... 

This DOT pamphlet is intended to accompany every transport vehicle that moves hazeurdous chemicals, be available in every fire house, on every fire truck, in every ambiilance, police car, police department and emergency response center in the nation. 

PROCEDURES AND STAFFING FOR REPORTING TO NRC EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER... 

In Sweden, the national ICE scheme is called ERC (Emergency Response Center). Under a formal agreement between the Swedish Chemical Industry Federation (Kemikontoret) and the Swedish Poison Information Center (GIC) in Stockholm, the center can be contacted in case of a chemical accident. The Poison Center provides only level-1 assistance. Information and advice are based on detailed knowledge of the health hazards of chemical products and appropriate first aid measures. The Poison Information Center has more than 30 year s experience in providing such advice, and chemical companies regularly supply them with updated information on their products. 

For this purpose and to facilitate the coordination of actions within the Secretariat, in 1986, the Agency s Emergency Response Center (ERC) was established and designated by... 

The system architecture utlized within the chemical detection, warning and reporting system installed at APG s CAS Y is based upon a simple star topology, consisting of a central hub with a suite of remote distributed processing nodes (see fig 1). The central hub contains the CPIMS as well as several components of the response subsystem. The equipment located within the central hub consists primarily of a telemetry interface and a central computer with display. All of this hardware is then tied into an uninteruptable power supply to support critical operations in the event of power loss. The central hub is usually located in a central operations or emergency response center. 

Relative locations of licensee emergency response centers 5.3-17... 

Reportable releases under CERCLA must be reported to the National Response Center, at (800) 424-8802. Reporting under EPCRA requires notifying the facihty s LEPC (or relevant local emergency response personnel if there is no LEPC) and the SERC of any state likely to be affected. If a faciUty is near the border of another state, that state may have to be notified as well. Notification is required to be immediate, which is usually defined as within 30 minutes of the release. State or local authorities may have additional or different reporting requirements. Eailure to report release in a timely manner can result in severe penalties from the regulatory authorities. 

State Emergency Response Commission Maryland Department of the Environment Toxics Information Center 2500 Broening Highway Baltimore, MD 21224 ... 

An Emergency Action Plan should be established, assigning an emergency control center and appropriate personnel for emergency response. Drills should be carried out to assure all personnel are familiar with these plans. 

Equipment and supply centers Medical emergency response Medical monitoring activities Sanitary facilities Supply, maintenance, and repair of communications, respiratory, and sampling equipment Maintenance and repair of vehicles Replacement of expendable supplies Storage of monitoring equipment and supplies—storage may be here or in an on-site field laboratory... 

Brown, D.F., A.J. Policastro, W.E. Dunn, R. A. Carhart, M. A. Lazaro, W. A. Freeman, and M. Krumpolc. Development of the Table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances for the 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook, Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL/DIS-00-1. October 2000. Buckles, L.C. and S.M. Lewis. "S-(2-Diisopropylamino-ethyl)0-ethyl methylphosphonothioate Stabilized with Soluble Carbodiimides," United States Patent 4012464, September 24,1965. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Case Definition Nerve Agents or Organophosphates." March 15,2005. 

Improvement Item EOC did not have press releases prior to distribution at CP. Hard copies of press releases were not initially distributed at press conferences. Unmanned radio stations limited ability for local alerts to be made. Initial notification did not go out through NOAA Weather Radio, although it was utilized later in the day. EOC (Emergency Operation Center) PIO (Public Information Officer) could not get response from PIOs at CP (Command Post) to coordinate messages for media at EOC. Citizens in shelters had no official information source. 

Center for Disease Control and Prevention Emergency Response Line. 1-770-488-7100. 

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