April Raulerson, FPEM
Kate Hardie
September 27th, 2011
LIFE @ UCF
Emergency Preparedness
 Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) for
Hazardous Materials
 Public Safety Training Exercises
 Statewide Regional Evacuation Study (SRES) Program
What is an LEPC?
 LEPCs support the Emergency Planning Community
Right-to-Know Act
 Broad based membership
 Compliance Assistance
 First responder
training program
 HazMat exercises
 Public education
Creation of LEPCs
 Bhopal Incident – December 1984
 Methyl isocyanate
 Union Carbide Plan
 Killed at least 10,000
 More than 500,000 survivors with medical problems
 EPCRA - 1986
 SERC
 LEPC
EPCRA
 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA) of 1986 (EPCRA) was created to help communities
plan for emergencies involving hazardous substances
 The Act establishes requirements for federal, state and local
governments, Indian tribes, and industry regarding emergency
planning and "Community Right-to-Know" reporting on
hazardous and toxic chemicals
 The Community Right-to-Know provisions help increase the
public's knowledge and access to information on chemicals at
individual facilities, their uses, and releases into the
environment.
 There are four major provisions of EPCRA:
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Emergency Planning (Sections 301 – 303)
Emergency Release Notification (Section 304)
Hazardous Chemical Storage Reporting (Sections 311 – 312)
Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (Section 313)
SERC
 Establishing procedures for receiving and processing
public requests for information collected under
EPCRA
 Reviewing local emergency response plans
 Designating local emergency planning districts
 Appointing a Local Emergency Planning Committees
(LEPC) for each district
 Supervising the activities of the LEPC
LEPC
 LEPCs must develop an emergency
response plan, review it at least annually
 Provide information about chemicals in the
community to citizens
 The LEPC membership must include (at a minimum):
 Elected state and local officials
 Police, fire, civil defense, and public health professionals
 Environment, transportation, and hospital officials
 Facility representatives
 Representatives from community groups and the media
Compliance Assistance
 How to Comply Workshops
 Tier 2 Forms and Annual Registration
 Reporting Spills – most common violation
 Risk Management Program – 112r
HazMat Training
 First Responder HazMat Training
 Refresher courses
Shelter in Place Education
 Public Education
 What to do during a chemical emergency
Exercises
 What are exercises?
 Discussion-based
 Operation-based
 Why do we have exercises?
 Improve coordination
 Develop plans and policies
 Test procedures, equipment
Planning Exercises
 Planning team
 Determines objectives, scenario, and participating agencies
 Who else is involved in exercises?
 Actors
 Facilitators
 Controllers
 Evaluators
 Observers
 Players
HazMat Exercise
 LEPC completes a biannual exercise to test and update
our planning document
 Most recent exercise in April 2011 in Seminole County
Public Safety Exercise
 CDC Community Reception Center Drill – July 2011
Public Safety Exercise
 Tri County VOAD Whole Community Exercise – June 2011
Statewide Regional Evacuation
Study
 Study began in 2007
 Completed August 30th, 2010
 8 Volume Study
Statewide Coordination
 Florida Division of Emergency Management
 11 Regional Planning Council
 Florida Department of Community Affairs
 Florida Department of Transportation
 NOAA/NHC
 National Weather Service
Regional Coordination
 East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
 Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia
County Emergency Management and GIS
Departments
 FDOT District 5
 Metroplan Orlando
 Space Coast TPO
 Volusia MPO
 National Weather Service – Melbourne Office
Purpose
 Statewide Consistency in data, format, and
methodology
 Updated Behavioral Survey
 Update Transportation Analysis and Clearance
times – Wilbur Smith Associates
 New Lidar Data/New SLOSH Basin
 Consistent Storm Tide Analysis model
 New Digital Storm Tide Atlases
 Dashboard User Interface - TIME
Volumes
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Vol. 1 - Technical Data Report
Vol. 2 – Regional Behavioral Analysis
Vol. 3 – Behavioral Survey Report (Kerr and Downs)
Vol. 4 – Evacuation Transportation Analysis
Vol. 5 – Evacuation Transportation Supplemental Data
Report
 Vol. 6 – Emergency Management Evacuation Tool Kit
 Vol. 7 – Storm Tide Atlas
 Vol. 8 – Methodology of Evacuation Transportation
Modeling
Vol. 1 – Technical Data Report
 Executive Summary
 Demographics and Land Use
 Hazards Analysis
 Behavioral Analysis
 Vulnerability Analysis
 Shelter Analysis
 Evacuation Transportation Analysis
Data
 Critical Facilities
 Shelters
 Evacuation Routes
 Future Land Use
 Storm Tide Analysis
 Consistent Small Area Data from 2006, 2010 and
2015
 Regional and Statewide Consistency - data
sources, symbology, queries
LiDAR
 Light Detection
and Ranging
SLOSH
 Cape Canaveral
SLOSH Basin
A computerized model developed by the National
Weather Service (NWS) to estimate storm surge
heights and winds resulting from historical,
hypothetical, or predicted hurricanes.
Surge Zones
Vols. 2 &3 – Behavioral Study and
Analysis
 Statewide Surveys
 Behavioral
Assumptions
 Evacuation
Participation Rate
 Evacuation
Timing
 Evacuation
Refuge
 Evacuation
Destination
 Vehicle Use
Behavioral Study
Behavioral
Study
Behavioral
Study
Behavioral Study
Vol. 4 - Evacuation Transportation
Analysis
 Existing and Future Networks
 Base and Operational Scenarios
 Clearance Times
 To Shelter
 In-County
 Out-of-County
 Regional
Vol. 5 – Evacuation Transportation
Supplemental Data Report
Prepared by Wilbur Smith and Associated,
contains the model run inputs and outputs
and serves as the source data for the
Evacuation Transportation Analysis
Vol. 6 – Emergency Management
Evacuation Tool Kit
 Locally Selected Data, Tables, Charts, Maps
 Quick Reference Guide
New Clearance Times – 2010
Evacuation
Level A Base
Scenario
Clearance Time to Shelter
Brevard County
13.0
Lake County
13.0
Orange County
12.5
Osceola County
12.5
Seminole County
12.5
Volusia County
13.0
In-County Clearance Time
Brevard County
13.0
Lake County
13.5
Orange County
13.0
Osceola County
13.0
Seminole County
13.0
Volusia County
14.0
Out of County Clearance Time
Brevard County
13.5
Lake County
13.0
Orange County
12.5
Osceola County
12.0
Seminole County
12.0
Volusia County
14.0
Regional Clearance Time
ECFRPC
14.5
Evacuation
Level B
Base
Scenario
Evacuation
Level C
Base
Scenario
Evacuation
Level D
Base
Scenario
Evacuation
Level E
Base Scenario
13.0
13.0
12.5
12.5
12.5
13.0
13.0
13.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
13.0
13.0
14.5
13.0
13.0
12.5
13.0
17.5
16.5
17.0
17.0
14.0
16.5
13.0
13.5
13.0
13.0
13.0
14.0
13.0
14.0
13.0
13.0
13.0
14.5
13.5
15.0
13.5
13.5
13.0
15.5
17.5
17.0
17.5
17.5
14.5
18.0
14.0
14.5
14.0
14.0
13.5
14.5
14.0
14.5
14.0
14.0
13.5
14.5
14.0
15.5
14.0
14.5
14.0
15.5
17.5
22.0
18.0
18.0
17.5
24.0
14.5
14.5
15.5
24.0
Vol. 7 – Storm Tide Atlas
 Digital/Hard Copy
 Geopdf enabled with links
and data
 Text and Points of Reference
Table
Vol. 8 – Methodology of Evacuation
Transportation Modeling
 Methodologies
 Model Assumptions
 Transportation Interface for Modeling Evacuations (TIME)
Thank you!
 Questions
April Raulerson and Kate Hardie
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Altamonte Springs, Florida
(407) 262-7772