RESPONSE ORGANIZATION

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RESPONSE ORGANIZATION

• Response implementation
• Organize
• Evaluate situation
• Develop plan of action
• Make preliminary off-site survey
• Make initial on-site reconnaissance
• Modify original plan of action
• Complete planned cleanup and restoration

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KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Establish a chain-of-command
• Assign job functions/duties
• Develop personnel requirements
• Establish internal communications

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PERSONNEL

• Project leader/on-scene coordinator/incident
  manager
• Safety officer
• Scientific advisor
• Field leader
• Public information officer
• Security officer
• Record keeper
• Operations officer

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PERSONNEL (CONT)

• Team leaders
• Financial officer
• Logistics officer
• Medical officer
• Note
• Project leader/on-scene coordinator/incident
  manager and safety officer are required by
  29 CFR 1910.120

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ON-SITE PERSONNEL

• Project team leader
• Prepares and organizes work plans, site safety
  plan, and field team
• Directs response operations
• Ensures that the work plan is completed and on
  schedule

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ON-SITE PERSONNEL (CONT)

• Safety and health officer
• Recommends stopping work when conditions warrant
• Selects personal protective equipment and takes
  care of storage/maintenance
• Confirms team members suitability for work based
  on physicians recommendation
• (Cont)

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ON-SITE PERSONNEL (CONT)

• Safety and health officer (cont)
• Coordinates emergency medical care
• Monitors on-site hazards and conditions

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ON-SITE PERSONNEL (CONT)

• Field team leader
• Responsible for field team operations
• Executes work plan and schedule
• Enforces site control and safety
• Documents field activities and sample collection

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ON-SITE PERSONNEL (CONT)

• Scientific Advisor
• Advises on field monitoring, samples collection
  and analysis, scientific studies, data
  interpretation and remedial plans

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ON-SITE PERSONNEL (CONT)

• Public information officer
• Releases information to news media and public
  concerning site activities

• Logistics/equipment officer
• Plans and mobilizes facilities, materials and
  personnel required for response

• Record keeper
• Maintains official record of site activities

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ON-SITE PERSONNEL (CONT)

• DECONTAMINATION OFFICER

• Sets up decon lines
• Controls decon of all equipment, personnel and
  samples
• Ensures that all required equipment is available

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ON-SITE PERSONNEL (CONT)

• Entry team/work party
• Safely completes the on-site task
• Complies with site safety plan
• Notifies safety officer of unsafe conditions

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ON-SITE PERSONNEL (CONT)

• Security officer
• Manages site security

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AS-NEEDED PERSONNEL

• Firefighters
• Bomb squad/explosion experts
• Environmental scientists
• Hazardous chemical expert
• Industrial hygienists
• Toxicologists

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EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION

• Designate leader
• Determine objectives
• Establish authority
• Develop policy and procedures
• Assign duties
• Plan and direct operations
• Establish internal communications
• Manage resources