Coordinate with local plants,
businesses or other facilities that have hazardous material and
obtain information as allowed by Community Right to Know or
SARA
Title III (Code of Federal Regulations).
Provide an avenue for such facilities to report chemical spills
(i.e., 9-1-1).
Coordinate with local broadcast media to ensure timely and
accurate
Emergency Alert System activation.
Coordinate with
Chemtrec (800-262-8200) for timely information regarding
spills.
Coordinate with schools, daycare centers, hospitals, etc. in
proper precautions and emergency actions prior to a chemical
spill or accident.
Coordinate and plan at least one
exercise (table top or practical) every six years or participate
in an actual incident.
Coordinate with local planning
boards and inspections departments regarding building codes and
code enforcement to minimize potential release of hazardous
materials.
Coordinate with State Title III Compliance department.
Conduct hazard analysis of
vital facilities and the impact of a major chemical spill on
one or more of those facilities.
Procure or produce
information pamphlets for distribution to the public as
appropriate.
Coordinate with the facility for response and information.
Establish or facilitate joint
incident command with each extremely hazardous materials (EHS)
facility.
Establish or facilitate joint incident command with agencies
likely to respond, such as fire departments, regional hazmat
teams, etc.
Determine the availability of shelters and obtain shelter
agreements if the Red Cross (or other agency) has not.
Coordinate with Red Cross, public agencies and/or the Salvation
Army for shelter operations.
On
order,
evacuate affected areas with assistance from response or
predetermined evacuation forces.
Establish
communications with responding agencies.
Establish traffic control and security with
law enforcement.
Through communications with responding agencies determine as
quickly as possible:
The location of any
established command post:
Has incident command been
established? If not, establish incident command.
Has the incident commander
been appointed or assumed command? Who is it?
Have incident communications
been fully established?
What is the two way radio
frequency being used by incident command?
Number of killed or injured.
General boundary of the
affected area.
The general extent of
damages.
The general extent of power
or other utility disruption.
Immediate needs of response
forces.
If voluntary evacuations of
the population have begun.
Location of any triage area.
Location of any congregate
care area established or ad hoc.
Evaluate overall county situation (i.e., Are roads blocked?
What is the weather and what effect will it have?).
Establish communications with the facility reporting the spill
or leak.
Request a technical liaison from
the facility, report to the EOC (or command post).
Establish communications with the State.
Request hazardous materials team response if appropriate.
Establish communications with and
request a liaison from State transportation and electric,
telephone and gas utilities as necessary.
Establish communications with area schools, medical facilities
and/or businesses that might be affected.
Establish ongoing
reporting from the response forces, private agencies and
utilities.
Establish command post(s) as
needed.
Coordinate
with Red Cross (or designated lead agency) the opening of
appropriate number of shelters in the appropriate areas,
based on
shelter procedure or guideline.
Conduct first staff briefing as
soon as practical after EOC activation.
Gather damage
assessment information (public,
housing,
business) from damage assessment teams.
Obtain information from technical sources regarding health
effects duration.
Obtain information from Red Cross (or designated lead agency) regarding number of shelterees and
support necessary for continued operation.
Obtain from Red Cross (or designated lead agency) an estimated
duration period for continued
shelter operations, if any.
Obtain information from utilities regarding outages, length of
repair, safety, etc.
Assess citizen /
community needs for individual assistance and/or public
assistance.
Activate local unmet needs committee if appropriate.
Gather
financial information from the Finance Officer.
As
appropriate, gather additional information to include:
Personnel that responded
and the time involved in the response.
Time sheets or time logs.
Supplies used.
Contracts issued.
Purchase orders issued.
Any
other expenditures.
Damages to public buildings, equipment, utilities, etc.
Loss of life or injury of
any responder.
Documents
regarding economic impact.
Notation:
It most cases the
person responsible for the chemical leak or spill is responsible
for cleanup and all costs associated with response as well.
Volunteer resources and expenses may not be reimbursable unless
under contract.
Develop
or generate reports for the following, as appropriate:
FEMA
State
Local
elected officials
County/City
/Town Managers
Others
requiring or requesting reports
Coordinate recovery organizations including federal and state
agencies and private or volunteer relief organizations.
If a Presidential declaration of
disaster is made, file "Request for Public Assistance" to apply
for assistance as soon as possible with the proper state or
federal agency.
Ensure public
officials are made aware of the assistance application process,
if applicable.
Ensure the
general public is made aware, through the public information
officer, of the assistance application process, if applicable.
Perform an
incident critique as soon as possible with all possible response
organizations.
Review agency
and self performance.
Review the
weaknesses of the plan.
Correct
weaknesses.
Implement
hazard mitigation or modify hazard mitigation plan accordingly.
Brief elected
officials with updated information and disaster recovery
progress.
*** End Fixed Facility
Hazardous Materials Checklist ***
Last updated: May 08, 2008
