Radiation Technical Assistance Making an Impact Locally

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"Radiation Technical Assistance Making an Impact
Locally"

• Presenters Name
• HPS Chapter Name

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Challenge at Hand

• Who are you?
• What can You do for Me?
• Where have you been all these years?
• Why can we fit the needs of a response
  organization?

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Challenge at Hand-Success

• When can you talk about what you do?
• When IMMEDIATE DECISIONS are needed, how can I
  contact you?

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WHEN THE EXPERTS PANIC-THEY CALL THE FIRE DEPT.
Old Bumper Sticker
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Overview of First Responders and First Receivers
World
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Emergency Respondersare Called -

• When Normal Safeguards Have Failed
• When Deliberate Harm is Intended
• Terrorism
• Arson
• Revenge / Anger
• Loonies

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Rapid Violent Event

• Mass Confusion
• Lack of Information
• Psychological impact
• Death
• Injury
• Need for IMMEDIATE DECISIONS
• The Buck has stopped with YOU.

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People You Meet at the Scene

• Victims
• Responsible Parties
• Guilt
• Fear of Litigation
• Desire to Minimize or Conceal
• Other Responding Agencies

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People You Meet at the Scene

• People with Good Information
• People with Bad Information
• People with Issues
• The Problem is sorting them out

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How Do We Fit

• As Citizens of a Community
• As People that Understand the Issue
• After Gaining Trust
• As Subject Matter Experts
• Global View of the Phases

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Experts Must Understand Their Audiences Needs to
be Effective
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Quiz

• What is RAM?

• A. Truck with a Hemi
• B. Animal
• C. Random Access Memory
• D. Radioactive Material
• E. Rapid Access Mass Decon

• YESAll of the Above

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Planning Section Good Spot for a HP Type

• Certain Incidents or Events May Require the use
  of Technical Specialists who Have Specialized
  Knowledge and Expertise
• Assigned Wherever Their Services are Required

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Do You Understand Me

• Communication with Common Language is KEY to
  Success
• NO Acronyms
• NO Codes
• Ten Four Big Buddy
• Understand the Big Picture
• Quick - to the Point Solutions

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Ten Things Not to Say to a FR

• Sievert
• Gray
• Depth Dose Equivalent
• Let Me Think About That
• We Cant Do That
• You Cant Do That
• Committed Dose
• Effective Dose
• Be Gentle With The Equipment
• Discuss the Quantum Theory

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Get to Know Your Local Responders

• Fire
• Police
• EMS
• Lower the Better
• Offer Training Assistance
• Get to Know Local/State Assets and Response
  Organizations

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FEMA CERT Program

• Citizens Emergency Response Teams
• National Program
• Local Implementation
• Prepares Communities to Respond
• Training is Local by Local
• Emergency and Non-Emergency

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FEMA CERT Program

• Benefits
• Better Understanding of Community
• Potential Community Hazards
• Understanding Develops Perspective
• Improves Disaster Response
• More Hands Make Lighter Work
• Credentialing
• http//training.fema.gov/emiweb/cert/dir.asp

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State SERC / Local LEPC

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
  Act (EPCRA)
• Clean Air Act (CAA)
• SERC
• State Emergency Response Commissions
• LEPC
• Local Emergency Planning Committee

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Local LEPC Members

• Local Emergency Planning Committee
• Appointed by the SERC
• Must Contain Representatives from
• Local Officials
• Local Public Safety
• Local Public Health
• Local Emergency Management
• Local Hospitals
• Community Groups
• Facilities Subjected to EPCRA

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Local LEPC Activities

• Develop Emergency Plans
• Community Specific
• Prepare for And Respond to Chemical
• Annual Review of Plan
• Exercise the Plan
• Work with Facilities to Minimize Risk
• Inform Population of Chemical Risks
• http//www.rtknet.org/resources.php

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National HPS-HSC Activities

• Sub Committees
• First Response
• Medical Response
• Training
• Nuclear Weapons
• Dispersive Devices
• Cleanup
• Interdiction Security

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National HPS-HSC Activities
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National HPS-HSC Activities

• Develop Generic Presentations
• Work with Public Information Committee
• https//hps.org/membersonly/committees/pic/documen
  ts/
• Update Web Page
• Upcoming and Developing Issues
• Dispersive Devices
• Cleanup
• Interdiction Security

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National HPS-HSC Activities

• Special Session at annual
• Develop products for local members
• Develop Overview of next generation of NFPA and
  ASTM impacts
• Comment on CDC population monitoring
• Advertise the HPS in responder mags
• Responder Conferences

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Local Chapter Activities
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Summary

• Learn the Responders View of Incidents
• Get Integrated into Your Community
• Understand Your Audiences Needs
• Fast Breaking EventsFast Solutions
• Understand the Response Systems
• Learn the Systems
• Volunteer Your Expertise
• There is Always a Solution

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