The Butler County Emergency Management Agency

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The Butler County Emergency Management Agency

• 315 High Street
• Suite 670
• Hamilton, OH 45011
• 513-785-5810
• Fax [phone]

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Director

• William Ray Turner
• joined the Agency in 1998
• spent prior 10 years working for KyDES
• a graduate of Owsley County High School and
  Eastern Kentucky University
• lead the response to thirteen separate
  Presidential Disaster Declarations which included
  floods, tornados and winter storms
• a leader in the effort to gain passage of the
  Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) by
  the Ohio Legislature

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Assistant Director

• Karen Preston
• Joined the agency in 2000
• Graduate of Eastern Kentucky University

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Sue Isaacs

• Ms. Isaacs has been with the Butler County
  Emergency Management Agency since March 1, 1997.
  
• responsibilities include the data entry for the
  "Chemical Inventory Reports
• issuance of all purchase orders and bill paying

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Leslie Bailey

• the newest member of the BCEMA team joining the
  agency in January of 2002
• a 1990 graduate of New Miami HS and attended
  Wright State University

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BCEMA Executive Committee

• Dennis Conrad, Reily Twp. Trustee
• David Young, Ross Twp. Trustee
• Courtney Combs, Butler County
• Commissioner
• Karl Dillhoff, Morgan Township Trustee
• Len Endress, Chief Oxford Fire Department

• Tim Derickson, Hanover Township
• Trustee
• Stephen Sorrell, City Manager
• City of Hamilton
• Bill McIntire, Wayne Township
• Trustee
• Mark Sutton, Fairfield Township
• Trustee

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History of Emergency Management

• Began as Civil Defense in the 1950s
• In the 1970 became know as Disaster Services
• Evolved into Emergency Management in the early
  1990s

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Integrated Emergency Management System
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Preparedness

• Preparedness means to have plans or preparations
  already made for reacting promptly and
  effectively to save lives and help
  response-and-rescue operations, before an
  emergency. 

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Response

• Response begins as soon as a disaster is detected
  or threatens.  It involves mobilizing and
  positioning emergency equipment and getting
  people out of danger.  It also means providing
  needed food, water, shelter, medical services,
  and bringing damaged services and systems back on
  line.   Local responders, government agencies,
  and private organizations take action.

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Recovery

• Recovery is actions taken to return to a normal
  or even safer situation, following an emergency
  or disaster.  Recovery includes getting financial
  assistance to help pay for repairs.  
• Recovery can be short-term and long-term.  Short
  term recovery is the restoration of vital
  services and facilities to minimum standards of
  operation and safety. 

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July 2001 Flood

• SBA 63 homeowners --1,495,900
• SBA 11 businesses -- 306,100
• State Individual Assistance -- 47 homeowners --
  240,633
• FEMA Pubic Assistance
• 1,000,000

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Mitigation

• Mitigation is the cornerstone of emergency
  management. It's the ongoing effort to lessen the
  impact disasters have on people and property. 
  Mitigation involves keeping homes away from Flood
  Plains, engineering bridges to withstand
  earthquakes, creating and enforcing effective
  building codes to protect property from disasters
  -- and more.

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Who We Serve

• Butler County
• Population 332,807
• Households 123,586
• 470 Square Miles

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Political Jurisdictions

• 13 TOWNSHIPS
• Ranging from West Chester population 54,895 to
  Reily population 2,568
• 7 CITIES
• Ranging from Sharonville population 2,226 (in
  Butler County) to Hamilton population 60,690
• 6 VILLAGES
• Ranging from Jacksonburg population 67 to New
  Miami population 2,469

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What We Do

• Develop, review, and enhance the County's
  disaster preparedness and recovery plans for a
  Integrated Emergency Management System.
• Distribute those plans on a County-wide basis.
• Operate, maintain, and enhance the County's
  Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
• Manage and coordinate County-wide response to,
  and recovery from, natural and technological
  disasters.
• Coordinate the County's disaster
  response/recovery needs with state and federal

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Some Accomplishments

• EMA Offices
• Emergency Operations Center
• Additional Staff

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Emergency Operations Room

• Wired for Data
• Dedicated Phone Lines
• Multi-Media
• 21 Workstations

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The Communicator

• Makes 1000 30 second phone calls per hour
• Faxes 600 1 page faxes per hour
• Mapping capability
• Pre Fix or Zip

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Communication and Command Trailer
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Hazardous Materials Training

• Over 40 course delivered in 2001
• Reaching over 800 emergency responders

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Emergency Management Training

• Damage Assessment
• Exercise Design
• Emergency Operation Center
• Debris Removal
• Applicants Agent
• OSCAR

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Domestic Preparedness Training

• DP Awareness
• DP Operations
• WMD for Public Works
• Specialized Equipment Training

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Emergency Management Exercises

• Aircraft Disaster
• Anthrax
• Hazardous Materials
• Sarin
• Flooding

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Outdoor Warning Sirens

• April 1999 30 sirens
• Today over eighty outdoor warning sirens in
  operation

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Information Management

• The Communicator
• New Computers
• EAS
• Websites
• Phones

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Butler CountyHazardous Materials Response
Cooperative

• All Jurisdictions
• All 23 fire Departments
• HazMat Teams from
• City of Hamilton
• City of Middletown
• West Chester Twp.

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The Butler County Local Emergency Planning
Committee

• The Butler County Local Emergency Planning
  Committee (BCLEPC) is one of 87 Ohio Local
  Emergency Planning Committee's which were
  established pursuant to Section 301of the Federal
  Title III, Superfund Amendments
  andReauthorization Act, commonly known as the
  Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
  Act of 1986 (EPCRA). 

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EMA/LEPC

• The Butler County Emergency Management Agency
  provides administrative staffing for the LEPC
  under a contractual agreement.  Through the EMA
  staff the Butler County LEPC's tracks over 400
  facilities which annually notify under the
  requirements of EPCRA, and this data is available
  for public inspection. 

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Responsibilities of the LEPC

• The BCLEPC is comprised of members representing
  several occupational categories elected local
  officials law enforcement emergency management
  fire fighting first aid health local
  environment hospital transportation electronic
  media print media community groups facility
  owners and operators subject to EPCRA interested
  citizens and non elected local officials.

• The LEPC prepares local hazardous materials
  emergency plans that indicate the facilities that
  use, produce, or store extremely hazardous
  substances within the county serve as the
  repository for local reports filed under EPCRA
  and direct local EPCRA implementation activities
  and perform associated outreach functions to
  increase the awareness and understanding of and
  compliance with the EPCRA program.

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Some of the Butler County LEPC's accomplishments
include

• 1.  Developing the Butler County Hazardous
  Materials Emergency Plan.2.  Creation of the
  Butler County Hazardous Materials
  Cooperative.3.  Providing training for
  hazardous materials emergency first response
  personnel.4.  Developing and analyzing
  hazardous materials response team needs.5. 
  Developing and holding public and private sector
  hazardous materials emergency exercises.6. 
  Assisting public and private facilities with
  chemical emergency preparedness planning.

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Butler CountyEmergency Management Agency

• 315 High Street
• Suite 670
• Hamilton, OH 45011
• 513-785-5810
• Fax [phone]
• turnerwr_at_butlercountyohio.org
• www.butlercountyohio.org/ema