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    February 2010  
 

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 January LEPC - Meeting Notes

Alan Lawson gave an update on recent happenings.  The National Weather service in Morristown has been holding weather briefings via web conferencing.  The ICE 2010 Exercise is February 10th 9:00-1:00.  It will involve EOC activations all across the 16 county region.  The exercise has been contracted out by the District 2 Homeland Security Office to General Physics.  It is a test of communications systems in our area. The scenario is an ice storm similar to the one in Kentucky last year.   We did not have any EOC exercises last year, but now we are doubling up.

Kimberly O'Neal said that Fort Sanders Regional has moved its ER entrance and signage is out.

Saturday, January 30th - Skywarn training will be held in the EOC. Tim Troutman from the National Weather Service will be teaching.

Mary Beth Birge - Red Cross update on Haiti.  The Navy has sent the US Comfort.
There are 30 ARC employees that will be assigned to assist.  There is a need for blood and medical supplies.  There were already 400 ARC volunteers in Haiti and thousands of Haitian volunteers.  Coordination of supplies has been a problem.  The Red Cross is encouraging a partnership with Pure Water.  $80,000 has been raised in Knoxville alone, 100 million nationwide. A lot of which came from the texting 90999 Haiti campaign.

Linda Murawski wanted to let everyone know that the New Emergency Management Disaster and Business Continuity Standard is available for free on the NFPA website.

Suzanne Rimmer from the University of Tennessee gave an update on the incident following Lane Kiffen's resignation.  There was a large crowd of students gathered and a mattress was set on fire.

Phillip Kirkland gave an update on DMAT.  DMAT-1 out of Chattanooga has not been deployed yet.  There are currently 500 DMAT/DMORT team members in Haiti.  Other teams are preparing to go.  They are usually sent on 2 week deployments.

Bob Murawski gave a brief update on the Y-12 exercise.  This years exercise scenario is a chemical incident that will affect a one mile radius.  The exercise in March will be 4-6 hours, Day 1 of chemical release with shelter being set up in Loudon County.  June will continue day 1 - about 4 hours and Oak Ridge Schools will be practicing their protection plans.  August will be Day 2.  The people who participated in Day 1 will return to the EOC and practice a shift change briefing and transition into recovery.

We would like to thank John and Jeff Sharpe from cCubed for being our speaker and breakfast sponsor.  cCubed has developed some new systems, both software and hardware, wi-fi, cameras and a new system called FRESCO - First Responder Emergency Call Out system.  It's primary use is to call in employees that are off duty, but there are many other uses such as meeting reminders, etc.  It is a text message to cell phone program that is web based.  Easy to use, Easy to maintain, very quick 15 second delivery and Inexpensive compared to other systems.  Knox County agencies/organizations were given a promotional price with no annual fees of less than $1000.  The system also offers a call back feature to let the message sender know that people have received the message and are responding.

 

It is TIER II reporting time again

Facilities covered by Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) requirements must submit an Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Form to the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), and the local fire department annually.

EPA developed Tier2 Submit software to help facilities prepare an electronic chemical inventory report. Knox County does accept Tier2 Submit.  Tier2 Submit can be downloaded for free from the EPA website.
http://www.epa.gov/oem/content/epcra/tier2.htm#tierii

Knox County does accept electronic filing of Tier II Reports.   Please send your report to Colin Ickes at cickes@cityofknoxville.org or call 215-1166 for more information.

LEPC Meeting
 

The LEPC meeting is held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 8 am.

 

Thursday

February 18, 2010

 

The meeting will be held at the EOC (Emergency Operations Center) at 605 Bernard Ave.



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Upcoming Events
 
Mark your calendars

 

Feb 18 - LEPC

 

Feb 22nd Monday

Nursing Home/Medical Facility Evacuation Course - 911 bldg

March 2-4 **

Understanding the Threat from International Terrorism - Instructor - Tony Lukin

 

March 3 -

DOE Plan Review (EOC)

 

March 10-11  **

CARVER Methodology - Vulnerability Assessments for Counter Terrorism Preparedness - Instructor - John Rose

 

March 11th Thursday

Nursing Home/Medical Facility Evacuation Course - 911 bldg

 

March 14 - Daylight saving time

 

March 17 - DOE Exercise

 

March 18 - LEPC

 

March 18 **

Domestic Terrorism & Psychology of Winning - Instructor, Ken King

 

March 20-21, 2010

American Humane’s Disaster Sheltering for Companion Animals Course

 http://www.vet.utk.edu/dart/index.php

April 1st Thursday

Nursing Home/Medical Facility Evacuation Course -911 bldg

 

April 2 - Good Friday

April 20 -

Communications Exercise

Chilhowee Park

 

May 17-21

Federal DMORT exercise in Knoxville

 

June 16 -

DOE Exercise Part II

 

 

** Contact Jenny Holden jholden@knoxcounty.org  215-1168