Transcript Regional Hazardous Materials/WMD Response Teams

State of Idaho Regional Special
Assests
Jefferey G. Rylee
Haz Mat Operations Officer
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
Historical Perspective
RCRA – Resource Conservation Recovery Act
 CERCLA – Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act “Superfund”
 SARA – Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act

EPCRA – Emergency Planning Community Right to Know Act
 HazWoper – Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response
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Idaho Historical Perspective
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1991 – Idaho Hazardous Substance Response Act
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SERC – State Emergency Response Commission is authorized to
create and establish Regional Hazardous Materials Response
Teams
Goal – Strategically locate three regional teams –
Northern, Southeast, & Southwest
 “The teams will be called into action to assist local
governments in the mitigation of emergencies involving
hazardous substances that go beyond local response
capabilities.
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Facts about Idaho
Largest State in U.S. – 83,557 sq. miles
 Altitude: Low – 738 ft. to High – 12,662 ft.
 3,100 miles of whitewater river miles
 Largest unroaded(wilderness) area in lower 48
states – Frank Church River of No Return
Wilderness – 2.3 million acres
 63% of Idaho is public land managed by feds
 Population: 1.3 million (2002)
 13th
Idaho’s Major Industries
Manufacturing – Electronics & computer equip,
food processing, lumber & wood products,
chemicals & allied products
 #2 Agriculture
 #3 Tourism
 #4 Mining
 #1
Other Idaho Facts
 World’s 1st
nuclear power plant, INL, near Arco
 Atomic
Energy Commission offered the town of Arco
electricity generated by atomic energy in 1953.
prototype of “Nautilus” 1st nuclear sub – built
and tested in Idaho desert
 “Gem State” – 72 types of precious & semiprecious stones
 Idaho Seaport – Lewiston
 1953
Region 1 – North Idaho
 Kootenai
County Fire & Rescue
 Counties: Benewah, Bonner Boundary, Kootenai,
Shoshone
 Population: 179,140 (13.6%)
 Chem Facilities: 206 (11.9%)
 Land Area: 7,662 sq. miles (9.3%)
Region 1 – ITRT (Idaho Technical RescueTeam)
 Coeur
d’Alene Fire Department
Region 1 Bomb Squad
 Write
MOU with Spokane City/County for
assistance
 Contract with State BHS to respond and receive
cost recovery
Region 2 – North Central Idaho
 Lewiston
Fire Department
 Counties: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez
Perce
 Population: 99,163 (7.5%)
 Chem Facilities: 171 (9.9%)
 Land Area: 13,351 sq. miles (16.1%)
Region 3 – Southwest Idaho
 Nampa/Caldwell
Fire Departments
 Counties: Adams, Canyon, Gem, Owyhee, Payette,
Washington
 Population: 200,563 (15.2%)
 Chem Facilities: 207 (12%)
 Land Area: 12,060 sq. miles (14.6%)
Region 3 Bomb Squad
 Nampa
City Police Department
Region 4 – Southwest Idaho
 Boise
Fire Department
 Counties: Ada, Boise, Camas, Elmore, Valley
 Population: 358,705 (27.1%)
 Chemical Facilities: 431 (24.9%)
 Land Area: 10,788 sq. miles (13%)
Region 4 – ITRT (Idaho Technical Rescue Team)
 Boise
Fire Department
Region 4 Bomb Squad
 Boise
City Police Department and support from
Ada County
 Sheriff’s Office
Region 5 – South Central Idaho
Valley Emergency Response Team – 6 FDs
 Counties: Blaine, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome,
Lincoln, Minidoka, Twin Falls
 Population: 163,623 (12.4%)
 Chem Facilities: 291 (16.8%)
 Land Area: 10,433 sq. miles (12.6%)
 Magic
Region 5 Bomb Squad
 Twin
Falls City Police Department
Region 6 – Southeast Idaho
Fire Department – 1st State RRT
 Counties: Bannock, Bear Lake, Butte, Bingham,
Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, Power
 Population: 157,524 (11.9%)
 Chem Facilities: 246 (14.2%)
 Land Area: 11,449 sq. miles (13.8%)
 Pocatello
Region 7 – Northeast Idaho
 Idaho
Falls/Jefferson Central Fire Departments
 Counties: Bonneville, Clark, Custer, Fremont,
Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison, Teton
 Population: 161,822 (12.3%)
 Chem Facilities: 177 (10.2%)
 Land Area: 17,006 sq. miles (20.6%)
Region 6 & 7 – ITRT (Idaho Technical Rescue Team)
 Pocatello
Fire Department
 & Idaho Falls Fire Department
Region 7 Bomb Squad
 Idaho
 Set
Falls Police Department:
up capacity appropriate to need
 Contract with State BHS to respond and receive cost
recovery
Other Idaho Response Assets
Idaho State Police
 101st Civil Support Team
 INL Oversight Program
 Various Enhanced local areas: Valley, Blaine counties
 EOD Military teams: Yakima, Mt. Home, Fairchild
 IIMAST – Idaho Incident Management and Support Team
– Type 3 AHIMT
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Team Organization
Department Based – Full time & Part time
 Bomb Squads – Law Enforcement Based
 State Supports with equipment, training, &
reimbursement through Bureau of Homeland
Security (formerly Bureau of Hazardous Materials)
 Teleconference meetings
 Team Leader meetings
 Contracts
 Fire
APE (Apparatus, Personnel,
Equipment
APE (Apparatus, Personnel,
Equipment
Emergencies
Idaho Hazardous Materials/WMD
Incident Command and Response
Support Plan