ROLE OF CSEPP

© 1999 Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation CA95

ROLE OF CSEPPROLE OF CSEPP

© 1999 Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation

OBJECTIVE

CA96

• Identify the major emergency planning steps to protect individuals in the event of a chemical warfare agent accident


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


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


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


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


CSEPP PROTECTIVE ACTIONS

• Two basic protective actions– evacuation

– sheltering-in-place

• People take these actionsto protect themselvesafter receiving warning

CA101

Evacuation

Shelter-in-place


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


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

CA103


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

CA104


EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• Decision-making process normally responsibility of elected officials; normally county commissioners– may be shared with other agencies or department heads

CA105

County commissioner(s) normally responsible for emergency response decisions


EMERGENCY PLANNING ZONES

Source of release

IRZ

PAZ

PZWind direction

Plumepathway


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


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


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


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


• System must be reliable and capable of instantaneous activation

CA111

ALERT AND NOTIFICATION

Alerting phase: Attract attention of public

Notification phase: Communicate protectiveaction information


NOTIFICATION METHODS

• EAS as part of commercial broadcast radio stations• Combination of broadcast over radio, television, and

cable television

CA112

Broadcast of warning


IRZ NOTIFICATION METHODS

• Combination of indoor and outdoor warning

• Outdoor electronic sirens with voice capabilities

• Indoor alerting devices

Omni-directional siren

Tone alert radio


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


TRAFFIC AND ACCESS CONTROL

• Quick control of access into affected areas• Mass evacuation, control of traffic crucial to timeliness

and efficiency of evacuation


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

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