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R. Stewart Yeaton
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Town of Epsom NH Tornado
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Calls for Assistance Tree into a house Wires Down Building Collapse
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Area Command with Divisions Sleepy Hollow Ln Baker Ave Route 4
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14 Sleepy Hollow Ln
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Lake Site Dr
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Mutual Aid Staging Areas Epsom Fire Department Staging Officer Coordination of incoming units Reassignment of units to areas of needs
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Types of Units Ambulances Rescues Engines Police National Guard offered by Gov. Lynch Special requests- i.e.. Pontoon boats as ferries for personnel and tools Fire Marshals Office Division of Forest and Lands- Saw Crew
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Timeline of events Initial calls for help came in at 11:50am All Incidents were under control at 21:30 PM Over 40 Calls during the next week for related incidents Heart Attack Explosion with burns from propane tank
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Propane Tank explosion
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Timeline Continued 2 motorcycle accidents both fatal due to traffic issues along highway Swift water rescue of kayaker caught up in debris in river
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The aftermath After the tornado and the calls The decision was made to keep Fire Department personnel ready for emergencies and not to get involved with the extended clean up
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Point Of Distribution Getting everyone together to plan, review and edit the POD plan Bringing all POD towns together to assign responsibilities and duties before incident First responders and area professionals have been able to work towards goals i.e. Shelter Groups can work together on local issues as they have a current working group Over the past 6 months we have been meeting and planning to solidify the ICS process within the POD structure
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POD Continued Updating the MOU and addressing agreements and responsibilities and realistic plans on what each community can offer.
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2006 to Present Floods Tornado Ice storms What is next (Pandemic)?
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