LEPC Minutes
The Oxford
County Local Emergency Planning Committee met on Tuesday May 27, 2008 at the
Oxford County EOC in South Paris. The following were in attendance:
| Allyson Hill |
Oxford County EMA |
| Teresa Inman |
Oxford County EMA |
| Michael Hatch |
Stephens Memorial Hospital |
| Bruce Peters |
American Red Cross |
| Ellen Veazey |
American Red Cross |
| Jamie Robinson |
St. Lawrence & Atlantic |
| Brad Frost |
Paris Fire Department |
| Chris Moretto |
Med-Care Ambulance |
| Jay Bernard |
Maine Forest Service |
| Scott Parker |
Oxford County EMA |
| Alfred Riel |
Rumford Hospital |
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 4:04 PM by Chairman Scott Parker.
II. Approval of Minutes
Jamie Robinson moved to accept the minutes
and Michael Hatch seconded the motion. Vote: Approved
III. Old Business
a. NIMS
New NIMS Matrix has been adopted by the
State and will be the guideline for training and compliancy. A ICS 300 Class
will likely be scheduled in August for those who need to take it to become
compliant.
IV. New Business
a. Treasurers Report
Brad Frost motioned to accept the
Treasurers Report and Bruce Peters seconded the motion. Vote: Approved
b. Chemical Spill Report
No questions about the spill report.
c. Training Scheduled for
June/July August
The Rumford Valley Drill will be on June 1 at Rumford Power Associates. This
drill will cover their yearly exercise requirement that is mandated on all EHS
Facilities. Michael Hatch will be attending the Advanced Cameo class in Boston
and he will also attend the One Plan training along with Teresa Inman.
d. Exercise Programs –
SAD 72 Drill/June
Drill has been rescheduled until the 24 of June. Anyone who wishes to observe is
invited to attend. The school district has created a school plan collectively
and has involved a variety of players. All school districts have showed an
interest in doing some form of drill but need to schedule one.
e. Exercise Programs –
Western Maine Regional 2008 Exercise
Incident Command training as well as work with communications will need to be
worked on since completing the Functional portion of the exercise. Some issues
did come up during the exercise, but will be lessons to learn from.
f. Exercise Programs– EHS
Facilities
The Table Top for NewPage is scheduled for August and meetings will soon begin
for planning. Hebron Academy has just scheduled their Table Top for in
September.
g. Exercise Programs –
2009/2010 Schedule
The plan for the next year will be a Full Scale exercise in the center of the
county, a cross border Table Top with New Hampshire involving a dam breach, and
a cross county exercise that will go into 2010 that may involve a wildfire
scenario.
h. Membership – Chris
Moretto, Med-Care Ambulance
His membership letter was given to the group and it was approved to accept him
as a member. This will now be moved up to the SERC for vote.
i. Oxford County Tier II
Reporting Update
Tier II reporting has increased by 26% in the last year, which has also
increased our LEPC stipend amount. A list of new facilities is still be
gathered, and letters will be sent out with the state letters in the fall
informing new facilities of the requirements and reminding current facilities of
the reporting cycle. A class will be held in the Fall before Inventory Fees are
due to go over EPCRA and the reporting laws for everyone who may not be familiar
with them. A workshop will be held before Tier II reports are due to assist with
reporting.
j. EHS Plan Checklist
The checklist outlines the requirements of the contents of facility plans and
breaks them down by laws. Plan reviews for EHS Facilities will begin again in
the Fall.
k. CAMEO
Facilities have be plotted and linked
to their reports in the CAMEO system. The software has been placed on the IMAT
Truck and on Hazmat team computers. Mush interest in the program has been show
throughout the county, and classes may be in the works for training.
l. PSIC/SCIP Public
Safety Interoperable Communications Grant
The County will be switching to narrowband with a grant. Narrowband
communication will be in place by 2013. Only NIMS compliant towns will be
eligible to apply and applications must be in to the County EMA by July 1.
m. FCC Narrow Banding
Requirements
County Prime and Fire will be switching to Narrowband, EMA has packets available
with information on the narrowband switch.
n. CERT Jamboree
The Jamboree will be held in September and will cover basic CERT Training, IC
Classes, some more advanced classes for members and animal response classes.
o. Location and Timing of
Next Meeting
Paris Fire Department will be hosting the next meeting on July 29th at 4pm
p. Adjournment
Brad Frost motioned to
adjourn the meeting. Bruce Peters seconded the motion. Meeting Adjourned at 5:15
PM
Respectfully submitted,
Teresa
Inman
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Oxford County
