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Appendix C: Emergency Response and Emergency Preparedness
Pages 173-178

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... Indeed, an effective emergency response involves linked onsite and offsite emergency response organizations that perform emergency assessment, hazard operations, population protection, and incident management actions. On the basis of federal guidance for nuclear and chemical emergency preparedness (USNRC/FEMA, 1980; NRT, 1987, 1988)
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From page 174...
... In fact, major disasters involve both quantitatively larger and qualitatively different demands that arise from tasks that are not performed, and resources that are not available, during routine operations. Thus, emergency planners need to follow a systematic process that develops accurate assessments of incident demands and community capabilities, identifies the gaps between demands and capabilities, and develops a strategic plan for reducing this gap (Lindell and Perry, 2007)
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From page 175...
... examination of hazardous materials -- handling firms in Los Angeles, California, found that all facilities in the study were more likely to engage in hazard assessment and emergency preparedness measures than hazard mitigation measures in the year after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Moreover, they substantially increased their implementation of hazard mitigation measures such as plant site, plant design, process modification, external hazard protection, chemical substitution, and administrative controls during that time period.
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From page 176...
... , as well as organizational outcomes such as the quality, timeliness, and cost of products such as hazard/vulnerability analyses, community capability assessments, emergency plans and procedures, training programs, and risk communication programs. SUMMARY Effective emergency response requires pre-incident emergency preparedness to ensure that onsite and offsite emergency response organizations have adequate staffing, training, and resources.
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From page 177...
... However, chemical facility designers need to consider the potential for ISD strategies to transfer risks from communities surrounding fixed-site facilities to those on transportation routes where the lower quantities released are likely to be at least partially offset by lower levels of emergency preparedness. REFERENCES Belke, J
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From page 178...
... 2001. Community innovation in hazardous materials management: Progress in implementing SARA Title III in the United States.
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Key Terms

  • emergency response
  • effective emergency
  • organizational emergency
  • emergency planning
  • community emergency

  • preparedness programs
  • incident management
  • offsite emergency
  • emergency management
  • maintaining emergency

  • emergency assessment
  • hazard operations
  • response organizations
  • response functions
  • chemical facilities

  • operations plans
  • population protection
  • hazardous materials
  • emergency responders
  • facility emergency

  • emergency plans
  • emergency operations
  • organizational size
  • hazard mitigation
  • major disasters

  • mitigation measures
  • management agency
  • northridge earthquake
  • plant conditions
  • facility personnel


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