LANCASTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Presented By: Randall S. Gockley, Coordinator
STAFF & SUPPORT Co-Located with Co-Located with Lancaster County Career Staff 6 Career Staff 100’s Volunteer Staff 100’s Volunteer Staff College Intern College Intern
RESPONSIBILITIES MITIGATION PREVENTION PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE RECOVERY
ADMINISTRATION Communication with Emergency Services and General Public Grant Administration Daily Operation Functions Records Management Agency Support
OPERATIONS Information Technology Enhancements National Incident Management System (NIMS) State-of-the-Art Emergency Operations Center Knowledge, skills, and abilities in emergency, incident and resource management and planning. Systems – Flood Warning, Nuclear Power Plants Sirens, Emergency Alert System*, Alert & Notification Note: * - Systems Pending
PLANNING Use of All-Hazards Planning Responsible for more than 35 different plans. Involvement and maintenance with more than 550 individual facility plans. Assistance to local municipalities and other governmental agencies. Operations Security (OPSEC) For Official Use Only (FOUO)
TRAINING DIVISION Coordinate Training and Educational Programs Exercises with hands-on participation. Foster Inter-discipline Coordination Maintain Individual Training Records for more than 6,400 county personnel
HAZ MAT DIVISION 300+ Fixed Facilities (Reportable) 300+ Fixed Facilities (Reportable) 1,300+ Chemicals Reported 1,300+ Chemicals Reported – Flammable/Toxic/Corrosive – Contaminate the Environment – Harm the Public (YOU!) 165+ EHS Sites (3 rd in PA) 165+ EHS Sites (3 rd in PA) LEPC / Haz Mat 2 Liaison LEPC / Haz Mat 2 Liaison Training of Responders Training of Responders – (444 in 2008)
COLLABORATION Haz Mat 2 Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Citizens Corp. Volunteer Organization Active in Disasters (VOAD) County Animal Response Team (CART) Amateur Radio (RACES) County Rescue Task Force Numerous Others
PA TITLE 35 Requires every municipality and each county to have an EM organization.
Rules of Engagement County EMA involvement to provide assistance & support to a single municipality when requested.
Rules of Engagement Required to coordinate the response to any multi-jurisdictional emergency /disaster.
Natural Threats Flooding Tornados / Wind-Storms Earthquakes / Tremors Snow / Ice Events Thunderstorm / Lightning Droughts
Man-Made Threats Nuclear Power Nuclear Power Hazardous Material Releases Hazardous Material Releases Acts of Violence Acts of Violence Mass Casualty Incidents Mass Casualty Incidents Fires Fires Terrorism Terrorism
OVERSITE 24 hour Command Center to assure coordination from State and Federal Gov’t. 24 hour Command Center to assure coordination from State and Federal Gov’t.
SOUTH-CENTRAL TASK FORCE Lebanon County Dauphin County Perry County Cumberland County Franklin County Adams County York County Lancaster County
CHALLENGES Pandemic Farm “Process” By-Products Population Diversity Outreach – (Amish, other Cultures) New Crisis Response Special Needs Populations High Public Expectations Space Debris / Asteroids
LANCASTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY P O BOX 219 MANHEIM PA