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Emergency Preparedness East Central Florida Regional Planning Council

Emergency Preparedness East Central Florida Regional Planning Council. April Raulerson, FPEM Kate Hardie September 27 th , 2011 LIFE @ UCF. Emergency Preparedness. Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) for Hazardous Materials Public Safety Training Exercises

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Emergency Preparedness East Central Florida Regional Planning Council

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  1. Emergency Preparedness East Central Florida Regional Planning Council April Raulerson, FPEM Kate Hardie September 27th, 2011 LIFE @ UCF

  2. Emergency Preparedness • Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) for Hazardous Materials • Public Safety Training Exercises • Statewide Regional Evacuation Study (SRES) Program

  3. What is an LEPC? • LEPCs support the Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act • Broad based membership • Compliance Assistance • First responder training program • HazMat exercises • Public education

  4. Creation of LEPCs • Bhopal Incident – December 1984 • Methyl isocyanate • Union Carbide Plan • Killed at least 10,000 • More than 500,000 survivors with medical problems • EPCRA - 1986 • SERC • LEPC

  5. EPCRA • Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986 (EPCRA) was created to help communities plan for emergencies involving hazardous substances • The Act establishes requirements for federal, state and local governments, Indian tribes, and industry regarding emergency planning and "Community Right-to-Know" reporting on hazardous and toxic chemicals • The Community Right-to-Know provisions help increase the public's knowledge and access to information on chemicals at individual facilities, their uses, and releases into the environment. • There are four major provisions of EPCRA: • Emergency Planning (Sections 301 – 303) • Emergency Release Notification (Section 304) • Hazardous Chemical Storage Reporting (Sections 311 – 312) • Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (Section 313)

  6. SERC • Establishing procedures for receiving and processing public requests for information collected under EPCRA • Reviewing local emergency response plans • Designating local emergency planning districts • Appointing a Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPC) for each district • Supervising the activities of the LEPC

  7. LEPC • LEPCs must develop an emergency response plan, review it at least annually • Provide information about chemicals in the community to citizens • The LEPC membership must include (at a minimum): • Elected state and local officials • Police, fire, civil defense, and public health professionals • Environment, transportation, and hospital officials • Facility representatives • Representatives from community groups and the media

  8. Compliance Assistance • How to Comply Workshops • Tier 2 Forms and Annual Registration • Reporting Spills – most common violation • Risk Management Program – 112r

  9. HazMat Training • First Responder HazMat Training • Refresher courses

  10. Shelter in Place Education • Public Education • What to do during a chemical emergency

  11. Exercises • What are exercises? • Discussion-based • Operation-based • Why do we have exercises? • Improve coordination • Develop plans and policies • Test procedures, equipment

  12. Planning Exercises • Planning team • Determines objectives, scenario, and participating agencies • Who else is involved in exercises? • Actors • Facilitators • Controllers • Evaluators • Observers • Players

  13. HazMat Exercise • LEPC completes a biannual exercise to test and update our planning document • Most recent exercise in April 2011 in Seminole County

  14. Public Safety Exercise • CDC Community Reception Center Drill – July 2011

  15. Public Safety Exercise • Tri County VOAD Whole Community Exercise – June 2011

  16. Statewide Regional Evacuation Study • Study began in 2007 • Completed August 30th, 2010 • 8 Volume Study

  17. Statewide Coordination • Florida Division of Emergency Management • 11 Regional Planning Council • Florida Department of Community Affairs • Florida Department of Transportation • NOAA/NHC • National Weather Service

  18. Regional Coordination • East Central Florida Regional Planning Council • Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia County Emergency Management and GIS Departments • FDOT District 5 • Metroplan Orlando • Space Coast TPO • Volusia MPO • National Weather Service – Melbourne Office

  19. Purpose • Statewide Consistency in data, format, and methodology • Updated Behavioral Survey • Update Transportation Analysis and Clearance times – Wilbur Smith Associates • New Lidar Data/New SLOSH Basin • Consistent Storm Tide Analysis model • New Digital Storm Tide Atlases • Dashboard User Interface - TIME

  20. Volumes • Vol. 1 - Technical Data Report • Vol. 2 – Regional Behavioral Analysis • Vol. 3 – Behavioral Survey Report (Kerr and Downs) • Vol. 4 – Evacuation Transportation Analysis • Vol. 5 – Evacuation Transportation Supplemental Data Report • Vol. 6 – Emergency Management Evacuation Tool Kit • Vol. 7 – Storm Tide Atlas • Vol. 8 – Methodology of Evacuation Transportation Modeling

  21. Vol. 1 – Technical Data Report • Executive Summary • Demographics and Land Use • Hazards Analysis • Behavioral Analysis • Vulnerability Analysis • Shelter Analysis • Evacuation Transportation Analysis

  22. Data • Critical Facilities • Shelters • Evacuation Routes • Future Land Use • Storm Tide Analysis • Consistent Small Area Data from 2006, 2010 and 2015 • Regional and Statewide Consistency - data sources, symbology, queries

  23. LiDAR • Light Detection and Ranging

  24. SLOSH • Cape Canaveral SLOSH Basin A computerized model developed by the National Weather Service (NWS) to estimate storm surge heights and winds resulting from historical, hypothetical, or predicted hurricanes.

  25. Surge Zones

  26. Vols. 2 &3 – Behavioral Study and Analysis • Statewide Surveys • Behavioral Assumptions • Evacuation Participation Rate • Evacuation Timing • Evacuation Refuge • Evacuation Destination • Vehicle Use

  27. Behavioral Study

  28. Behavioral Study

  29. BehavioralStudy

  30. Behavioral Study

  31. Vol. 4 - Evacuation Transportation Analysis • Existing and Future Networks • Base and Operational Scenarios • Clearance Times • To Shelter • In-County • Out-of-County • Regional Vol. 5 – Evacuation Transportation Supplemental Data Report Prepared by Wilbur Smith and Associated, contains the model run inputs and outputs and serves as the source data for the Evacuation Transportation Analysis

  32. Vol. 6 – Emergency Management Evacuation Tool Kit • Locally Selected Data, Tables, Charts, Maps • Quick Reference Guide

  33. New Clearance Times – 2010

  34. Vol. 7 – Storm Tide Atlas • Digital/Hard Copy • Geopdfenabled with links and data • Text and Points of Reference Table

  35. Vol. 8 – Methodology of Evacuation Transportation Modeling • Methodologies • Model Assumptions • Transportation Interface for Modeling Evacuations (TIME)

  36. Thank you! • Questions April Raulerson and Kate Hardie East Central Florida Regional Planning Council Altamonte Springs, Florida (407) 262-7772

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