LEPC Minutes, July 29, 2008
The Oxford
County Local Emergency Planning Committee met on Tuesday July 29, 2008 at Paris
Fire Department in South Paris. The following were in attendance:
| Allyson Hill |
Oxford County EMA |
| Teresa Inman |
Oxford County EMA |
| Michael Hatch |
Stephens Memorial Hospital |
| Kara Walker |
Maine DEP |
| Dick Knight |
Oxford County ARES |
| Kevin Saisi |
Oxford County MRC |
| Brad Frost |
Paris Fire Department |
| Chris Moretto |
Med-Care Ambulance |
| Jay Bernard |
Maine Forest Service |
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 4:03pm by Vice Chairman Michael
Hatch.
II. Approval of Minutes
Allyson Hill moved to accept the minutes and Kara Walker seconded the
motion. Vote: Approved
III. Old Business
IV. New Business
a. Treasurers Report
Chris Moretto motioned to accept the Treasurers Report and Brad Frost
seconded the motion. Vote: Approved
b. Chemical Spill Report
Michael Hatch had questions about the spill in Bethel at a constructions site as
to whether the contamination was new or if they would be able to continue to
build at the site. Kara Walker will get us more information about the spill. The
question was also asked about where to dispose of mercury and Kara informed us
that Environmental Projects in Lewiston can dispose of it at a reasonable price
c. Training Scheduled for
August/September
NewPage and Hebron Academy Table Tops are scheduled and will satisfy
their yearly requirement to test their emergency plan. Teresa Inman will be
giving a presentation to the SERC on September 16 about the activities of the
LEPC. Stephens Memorial Hospital has also scheduled an evacuation drill for
August 21. Another ICS 300 and 400 class will likely be scheduled in the spring.
d. Exercise Programs –
2008 Western Maine Regional Exercise
Planning for an Incident Command Class is in progress and will be held in
mid-September. There is also going to be a small planning meeting for the
exercise in August to go over message traffic and controller injects.
Controller/Evaluator training will occur in September. The Final Planning
Conference will be held a week or two before the exercise.
e. Exercise Programs– EHS
Facilities
All EHS Facilities have been scheduled to exercise their plans this year
and have been incorporated into the County’s Exercise Plan. The only exceptions
to this are the FairPoint facilities, which have recently bought out Verizon.
Plan reviews will be conducted in the next few months.
f. Exercise Programs –
2009 Western Maine Regional Exercise
This exercise will be conducted in two portions. The first portion will
be the first responder response to a hazmat incident at the Oxford Plains
Speedway. This will involve a Mass Casualty Incident and Mass Decontamination.
The other portion will involve the setup of an acute care center for the
hospital at OHCHS. There will be two Table Tops and the Full Scale will be
broken into two days.
g.
Oxford County Tier II Reporting Update
RY2008 cycle will begin in October. A list is being gathered to identify
new facilities in our counties which we will then invite to an informational
workshop on the reporting process.
h. CERT Jamboree
The State has become involved in the planning process this year. We are
expecting twice as many people as last year and there are classes scheduled into
the evening on both days. There will also be credentialing for all members that
attend.
i. Location and Timing of
Next Meeting
Oxford County EMA will be hosting the next meeting at the County EOC on
September 30th at 4pm
j.
Adjournment
Brad Frost motioned to adjourn the meeting. Dick Knight seconded the motion.
Meeting adjourned at 4:50pm
Respectfully submitted,
Teresa
Inman
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Oxford County
