Reviewing Facility Plans

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Reviewing Facility Plans

• How do we manage plans required by MRSA 37B
  Section 795

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Why do we plan?

• Reduce and manage risk
• Increase worker safety
• Protect our neighbors
• Reduce liability
• ITS THE LAW

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Maine State law

• The operators of any facility where any extremely
  hazardous substance is present in a quantity
  above the threshold planning quantity are subject
  to the following Written plans
  Annual test Emergency response
  equipment

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Written Plan

• Identify the facility emergency coordinator and
  that person's alternate Who is
  tasked with developing the plan and providing
  assistance to the LEPC regarding the
  plan Who is the
  alternate Are there work and 24 hr
  phone numbers available

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Written plan

• Describe the emergency warning systems and list
  nearby emergency and health personnel
  What systems are in place to warn employees of a
  danger List of EMS/Fire/Police
  who provide coverage along with numbers other
  then 911 Are there on site medical
  persons What hospitals/medical centers
  may be used to treat employees who may be injured

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Written Plans

• Describe employee training and testing programs
  What level of training do
  employees receive How often
  How are they tested and how/where is it
  documented

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Written Plans

• Describe available response equipment and
  protective garments What response
  equipment is on site Where is it
  located What PPE is
  available Where will additional
  equipment and PPE come from

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Written Plan

• Describe emergency health treatment procedures
  including notification, facility evacuation and
  community evacuation and shelter-in-place
  procedures Emergency health
  treatment MSDS Notification of event
  AR-1 form Facility evacuation
  Existing fire evacuation plan Community
  evacuation / Shelter in Place Existing County
  EMA/LEPC plans

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Written Plans

• Identify transportation routes and transportation
  methods for extremely hazardous substances
  How does the material get to
  you What mode(s) of transportation are
  used You already have this information
  from Tier 2 reporting

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Written Plans

• List the names of all companies providing sudden
  and non sudden accidental coverage to the
  facility Who provides insurance
  coverage Who provides spill clean
  up Phone numbers and Points of Contact

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Written Plans

• List any mutual aid agreements between the
  facility and emergency responders or public
  safety agencies Do you have agreements
  in place Does the agreement specify who
  will provide what service If no
  agreement are your local responders trained to
  deal with an emergency at your facility

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Annual Test

• An annual test demonstration and annual review
  must be held by the facility owners or operators
  to ensure public health and safety
  Document results Who was
  involved Any lessons learned

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Emergency response equipment

• The operators of facilities covered under this
  subchapter shall, through mutual aid agreements
  with a committee or local emergency response
  officials, provide for use by emergency
  personnel, primary response equipment which shall
  at a minimum include protective clothing and
  breathing apparatus necessary to contain or
  extinguish releases of substances handled by
  their facility

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Key points

• Written plans can be part of another plan
• Integrated Contingency Plan
• Coordinate activities with local responders
• What does your municipal or county emergency plan
  say
• Share the work and coordinate activities with
• Local public safety
• Hospital Municipal/County EMA Other
  facilities

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Q A Time

• Thank you for coming and there are a number of
  follow on sessions that will provide detailed
  information on exercising plans along with a
  myriad of other topics that will allow you an
  increased awareness of emergency preparedness
  issues and give you the tools to continue
  improving your emergency and preparedness plan(s).