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"Radiation Technical Assistance Making an Impact Locally"

"Radiation Technical Assistance Making an Impact Locally". Presenters Name HPS Chapter Name. 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?. Challenge at Hand-Success.

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"Radiation Technical Assistance Making an Impact Locally"

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  1. "Radiation Technical Assistance Making an Impact Locally" Presenters Name HPS Chapter Name

  2. 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?

  3. Challenge at Hand-Success • When can you talk about what you do? • When IMMEDIATE DECISIONS are needed, how can I contact you?

  4. Old Bumper Sticker WHEN THE EXPERTS PANIC-THEY CALL THE FIRE DEPT.

  5. Overview of First Responders and First Receivers World

  6. Emergency Respondersare Called - • When Normal Safeguards Have Failed • When Deliberate Harm is Intended • Terrorism • Arson • Revenge / Anger • Loonies

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

  8. People You Meet at the Scene • Victims • Responsible Parties • Guilt • Fear of Litigation • Desire to Minimize or Conceal • Other Responding Agencies

  9. People You Meet at the Scene • People with Good Information • People with Bad Information • People with “Issues” • The Problem is sorting them out

  10. 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

  11. Experts Must Understand Their Audiences Needs to be Effective

  12. Quiz • A. Truck with a Hemi • B. Animal • C. Random Access Memory • D. Radioactive Material • E. Rapid Access Mass Decon • What is RAM? • YES……All of the Above

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Ten Things Not to Say to a FR • Sievert • Gray • Depth Dose Equivalent • Let Me Think About That • We Can’t Do That • You Can’t Do That • Committed Dose • Effective Dose • Be Gentle With The Equipment • Discuss the Quantum Theory

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

  17. FEMA CERT Program • Citizen’s Emergency Response Teams • National Program • Local Implementation • Prepares Communities to Respond • Training is Local by Local • Emergency and Non-Emergency

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. National HPS-HSC Activities • Sub Committees • First Response • Medical Response • Training • Nuclear Weapons • Dispersive Devices • Cleanup • Interdiction & Security

  23. National HPS-HSC Activities

  24. National HPS-HSC Activities • Develop Generic Presentations • Work with Public Information Committee • https://hps.org/membersonly/committees/pic/documents/ • Update Web Page • Upcoming and Developing Issues • Dispersive Devices • Cleanup • Interdiction & Security

  25. 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

  26. Local Chapter Activities

  27. Summary • Learn the Responder’s View of Incidents • Get Integrated into Your Community • Understand Your Audience’s Needs • Fast Breaking Events…Fast Solutions • Understand the Response Systems • Learn the Systems • Volunteer Your Expertise • ……There is Always a Solution…… Photo by Capt Cadd CA

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