State Assistance with OffSite Response IssuesOpportunities

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State Assistance with Off-Site Response
Issues/Opportunities

• Thomas S. Hughes, CEM
• State Training Officer
• Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
• Bureau of Plans and Training

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State Training Mission

• What Develop implement a local, county, and
  state multi-hazard radiological response program
• Why Enhance the capacity of response and support
  agencies to respond to any radiological hazard
• How
• Equipment Acquisition
• Technical Assistance
• Coordinated Training
• Support for local, state and federal exercises

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Building Capacity
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DEVELOPING RPS WITHIN IEMS
Local, County, State Federal resources
Multi-year development plan
Evaluation
Emergency Operations
Mitigation Efforts
Capability Assessment
Hazard Mitigation
Hazard Identification
Meeting the Challenge Through Partnership
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Equipment Support

• Increase response capacity to all Radiological
  Hazard Response through
• Direct funding to purchase equipment (WMD,
  Hazmat, and REP Funding)
• Equipment operation and maintenance training (REP
  and Hazmat, MSCAP)
• Statewide caches of pre-positioned equipment
  (PARAP Concept)
• DPETAP (GenPhysics) Specialized Equipment Training

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Mobile Technical Assistant Teams Provide

• Services
• Operator training
• Maintenance training
• Calibration training
• Equipment decon training

• Equipment Training
• Detection
• Decontamination
• Personal Protection training
• Specialized Equipment

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State Training Exercise Support

• Increase response capacity to all Radiological
  Hazard Response through
• Direct Training PEMA Sponsored
• Local Level Community College System
• Traditional FEMA Training (RERO, ARIO, T-t-T)
• Statewide caches of pre-positioned equipment
  (PARAP Concept)
• EMA Certification Program
• Institution of HSEEP

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US DHS ODP Guidance

• Volume 1-4 have now been delivered - Evolve
• Program will consist of 4 main documents
• Volume 1 Program Overview Doctrine
• Volume 2 Exercise Evaluation Improvement
• http//www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/hseep.htm
• Volume 3 Exercise Development Manual
• Volume 4 Sample Exercise Documents Formats
• Can be found at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp
• Course Catalog can be found at this site or by
  contacting your County/Regional Terrorism Task
  force or Laura Turnbull-Peters _at_ PEMA
  717-651-2119 or lturnbull-_at_state.pa.us

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County EMC Deputy Basic Certification

• Appointment
• PEMA Program Orientation
• Duties and Responsibilities
• Initial Damage Reporting
• ICS/EOC Interface
• Multiple Death Response
• Hazardous Weather/ Flooding
• PEMA On-line 1 Emergency Response to
  Terrorism
• PEMA On-line 2 Emergency Services Act of 1978

• FEMA IS-1 EM Program Mgr
• FEMA IS-195 now 200 (ICS)
• FEMA IS-275 EOCs Role
• FEMA IS-5 Hazmat Orient.
• Basic Computer Course
• Written Exam
• Functional Exercise
• Written Endorsement
• Quarterly Training Requirement

PEMA On-line 3 Elected Officials Course
available
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County EMC/Deputy EMC Advanced Certification

• 1 yr After Appointment
• Leadership
• Effective Media Relations
• Emergency Planning
• Exercise Design Evaluation
• Unified Command
• FEMA IS-3 Radiological Emergency Preparedness
• Program Review by PEMA Regional Office Staff
• Written Endorsement
• Quarterly Training Requirement

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County EMC/Deputy EMC Professional Certification

• 1 year after Advanced
• 1 Federal Resident Course
• FEMA IS-513 The Professional in Emergency
  Management
• FEMA IS-288 Role of Voluntary Agencies in
  Emergency Management
• FEMA IS-301 Radiological Emergency Response
• FEMA IS-15 Special Event Contingency Planning for
  Public Safety Agencies
• FEMA IS-7 A Citizens Guide to Disaster
  Assistance
• Written Endorsement
• Quarterly Training

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REGIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM TASK FORCES
ERIE
Northwestern PA ERG
North Central Counterterrorism Task Force
TIOGA
SUSQUEHANNA
POTTER
McKEAN
BRADFORD
TIOGA
WAYNE
WARREN
CRAWFORD
Northeast PA ERG
FOREST
WYOMING
ELK
CAMERON
SULLIVAN
PIKE
VENANGO
LACKAWANNA
LYCOMING
Northwest Central PA ERG
MERCER
CLINTON
LUZERNE
CLARION
East Central PA CTTF
MONTOUR
JEFFERSON
MONROE
CARBON
LAWRENCE
COLUMBIA
BUTLER
UNION
CENTRE
CLEARFIELD
South Central Mountain TTF
NORTHUMBERLAND
NORTHAMPTON
ARMSTRONG
INDIANA
LEHIGH
SNYDER
BEAVER
MIFFLIN
SCHUYLKILL
Southwestern PA Emergency Response Group
JUNIATA
ALLEGHENY
DAUPHIN
CAMBRIA
BLAIR
BERKS
BUCKS
PERRY
LEBANON
MONTGOMERY
WESTMORELAND
Southeast PA RTF
HUNTINGDON
South Central PA RCTTF
WASHINGTON
PHILA-DELPHIA
CUMBERLAND
BEDFORD
LANCASTER
FULTON
CHESTER
DELAWARE
FAYETTE
GREENE
SOMERSET
ADAMS
YORK
FRANKLIN
05/19/00
PEMA-BOP
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National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
Center for Domestic Preparedness
New Mexico Tech
Texas AM Univ
Nevada Test Site National Exercise, Test
Training Center
Louisiana State Univ
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CoMNET and Live Response Programs

• Consequence Management, News, Equipment and
  Training (CoMNET)
• News-magazine program
• Multiple news and feature stories
• Nuts and bolts information
• Live Response
• Audience call-in program
• Panel of response experts
• 4th Wednesday of each month, 2-3pm EST
• Available through various networks (EENET,
  FETN/LETN)
• Webcast at http//terrorism.spjc.edu/webcast.html