Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Plan 2019 South Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee Prepared by the South Florida Regional Planning Council HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 2019 SOUTH FLORIDA LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE May 2019 Prepared by the South Florida Regional Planning Council HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 2019 SOUTH FLORIDA LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE DISTRIBUTION FORM PREPARED BY: SOUTH FLORIDA LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE DATE: REVISED: REVIEWED BY: DATE: COPY NO: __________________ ASSIGNED TO: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: FAX: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF FIGURES......................................................................................................................................... i LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................ i RRT/NRT-1 CROSS-REFERENCE ............................................................................................................ ii RECORD OF PLAN REVISIONS / LOG OF CHANGES .................................................................... vii DEFINITIONS ........................................................................................................................................ viii HAZ-MAT CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................... x ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................... xii 1.0 PLAN ORGANIZATION, OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE ........................................................1 1.1-a Responsibility for the Planning Effort ...........................................................................1 1.1-b List of Persons Receiving Plan and Plan Amendments ..............................................6 1.1-c Methods for Revising the Plan and Recording All Changes in the Plan ..................6 1.2 Emergency Planning Bases .............................................................................................6 1.3 Discussion of the Hazards Analysis Process .............................................................. 15 1.4 Assumptions ................................................................................................................... 29 1.5 Supporting Plans ............................................................................................................ 30 1.6 Authorities and References ........................................................................................... 31 2.0 EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ........................ 34 2.1 General............................................................................................................................. 34 2.2 Local Government Organizations and Responsibilities ........................................... 34 2.3 State Government Organizations and Responsibilities ............................................ 45 2.4 Federal Government Organizations and Responsibilities ........................................ 49 2.5 Facility Owners/Operators........................................................................................... 50 2.6 Volunteer Organizations ............................................................................................... 52 3.0 DIRECTION AND CONTROL .................................................................................................. 54 3.1 General............................................................................................................................. 54 3.2 Local Government Role ................................................................................................. 54 3.3 State Government Role ................................................................................................. 63 3.4 Federal Government Role ............................................................................................. 67 4.0 NOTIFICATION AND ACTIVATION ...................................................................................... 68 4.1 General ............................................................................................................................ 68 4.2 Warning Points ............................................................................................................... 68 4.3 Notification and Activation .......................................................................................... 71 4.4 Notification to the Public .............................................................................................. 80 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 5.0 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ....................................................................................... 85 5.1 General............................................................................................................................. 85 5.2 Coordination of Emergency Communications .......................................................... 85 5.3 Communications Systems ............................................................................................. 87 6.0 PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ....................................................................... 90 6.1 General............................................................................................................................. 90 6.2 Public Information Officer ............................................................................................ 90 6.3 Emergency News Facilities ........................................................................................... 91 6.4 Coordination of Media Releases .................................................................................. 93 6.5 Rumor Control ................................................................................................................ 94 6.6 Public Education and Availability of Records ........................................................... 94 7.0 EMERGENCY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT ................................................................... 106 7.1 General .......................................................................................................................... 106 7.2 Emergency Response Facilities and Personnel ....................................................... 106 7.3 Equipment and Resources ......................................................................................... 108 8.0 ACCIDENT ASSESSMENT ...................................................................................................... 119 8.1 General .......................................................................................................................... 119 8.2 Initial Assessment ....................................................................................................... 119 8.3 Assessment and Monitoring ...................................................................................... 120 9.0 EXPOSURE CONTROL FOR EMERGENCY WORKERS .................................................... 126 9.1 General........................................................................................................................... 126 9.2 Exposure Monitoring .................................................................................................. 126 9.3 Authorization of Exposure in Excess of Protective Action Guides ....................... 129 9.4 Decontamination .......................................................................................................... 131 10.0 PROTECTIVE ACTIONS .......................................................................................................... 134 10.1 General...........................................................................................................................134 10.2 Vulnerable Zones .........................................................................................................134 10.3 Levels of Concern .........................................................................................................134 10.4 Evacuation .....................................................................................................................135 10.5 Reception and Care ......................................................................................................141 10.6 Sheltering (in-place) .....................................................................................................142 11.0 MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPORT .................................................................... 144 11.1 General........................................................................................................................... 144 11.2 Medical Support ........................................................................................................... 144 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 12.0 RECOVERY AND RE-ENTRY .................................................................................................. 155 12.1 General........................................................................................................................... 155 12.2 Recovery ........................................................................................................................ 155 12.3 Re-Entry ........................................................................................................................