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Project PREPARE

Project PREPARE. A Briefing to the 2008 NRC-FEMA Scheduling Conference Attendees December 10-12, 2008 Alan Brinser Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Bureau of Plans. Pennsylvania EPZ Statistics. 5 EPZs (TMI, BVPS, SSES, LGS, PBAPS) >640,000 Affected Residents (EPZs)

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Project PREPARE

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  1. ProjectPREPARE A Briefing to the 2008 NRC-FEMA Scheduling Conference Attendees December 10-12, 2008 Alan Brinser Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Bureau of Plans

  2. Pennsylvania EPZ Statistics • 5 EPZs (TMI, BVPS, SSES, LGS, PBAPS) • >640,000 Affected Residents (EPZs) • 26 Risk and Support Counties • 147 Affected Municipalities (EPZs) • 58 Affected School Districts • 163 Schools (EPZs) • 8 Hospitals • 53 Personal Care Facilities • 273 Child Care Centers • 5 Affected Prisons (State & County) • 68 Children-Youth Facilities • 71 Mental Health Facilities • 236 Mental Retardation Facilities • -- Adult Day Care Facilities • -- Homeless Shelters/Missions • -- Migrant Workers Camps • 39 Reception Centers • 155 Mass Care Centers • 29 Mon/Decon Stations (EWs) • 57 Mon/Decon Centers (Public) • 17 MS-1 Hospitals

  3. Project PREPARE • Pennsylvania Radiological Emergency Preparedness and Response Effort • “All-Hazards” Emergency Planning for Businesses and Dependent Care Institutions; • builds on the successful REP EPZ Planning; • includes non-traditional REP facilities planning; and • will be expanded Commonwealth-Wide.

  4. Pennsylvania Statistics • 12.4 Million Residents • 67 Counties • 2635 Municipalities • 501 School Districts • 4200 Schools (Public) • 276 Hospitals • 1686 Personal Care Facilities • 4719 Child Care Centers • 90 Prisons (State & County) • 1807 Children-Youth Facilities • 1973 Mental Health Facilities • 5152 Mental Retardation Facilities • -- Adult Day Care Facilities • -- Homeless Shelters/Missions • -- Migrant Workers Camps

  5. Overview • Goals: • Overall Readiness • All Hazards • All Dependent Care Facilities • Approach: • Phase 0 (on-going) • Phase 1 (TMI Community) • Phase 2 (4 Other EPZs) • Phase 3 (Commonwealth-Wide)

  6. What’s Occurred So Far (Phase 0) • Regulatory Requirements Review/Gap Analysis • Inventory of Facilities by Type • Emergency Plan Tool Kit • Completed Day Care Site Assistance Visits; Survey Tool • Secure Funding Mechanism and Contract(s) • Penn State University contracted under supplemental Federal funding

  7. TMI EPZ Profile A Full Top to Bottom Review • Facility Inventory/Planning Initiative • Tools – Exelon • State Agency Plan Reviews • Regional Staff Identification

  8. Key Objectives of Phase 1 • Coordinated Special Needs Approach • Coordinated Emergency Plans, Protective Actions, Evacuation Routes, Host Facilities • Coordinated Communications & Outreach to Citizens • Long-Term Sheltering • Security for Evacuated Towns • Maintenance of Utilities (electric, water, sewer)

  9. Planning Elements • Planning Toolkit; Plan Updates • Plan Review Process; Initial/Repeatable • Possible assistance from Citizen Corps

  10. Planning Elements, continued • e.g., ensuring: • Evacuation routes are profiled correctly? • Vehicle/driver inventories are accurate? • Evacuation routes are away from (rather than toward) the hazard? • Adequate host facilities and long-term sheltering exists? • Security for the town(s) exists? • Utilities are maintained?

  11. The Four Stages of Phase 1 Finalize Tools or Enhance Tools Facilities Outreach: Submit Plans for Review or Embrace Toolkit* Plan Reviews & Comments State Employee and/or Citizen Corps Education for Plan Review *For facilities without current plans, the timeline will be one year.

  12. Summary • Goals: • Overall Readiness • All Hazards • All Dependent Care Facilities • Approach: • Phase 0 (on-going) • Phase 1 (TMI Community) • Phase 2 (4 Other EPZs) • Phase 3 (Commonwealth-Wide)

  13. QUESTIONS For more information and copies of our various planning “Tool Kits” consult our website www.PEMA.state.pa.us

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