Idaho Hazardous
Materials/WMD
Incident Command &
Response Support Plan
How the Plan Works
• Is it a Haz Mat /EOD/WMD or the threat
thereof?
• If yes, the Incident Commander calls:
– Local Dispatch or
– State Communications at
• 1-800-632-8000
• (208) 846-7610
What Is State Comm?
Idaho State Communication Center
•EMS Bureau
•Division of Health
•Department of Health and Welfare
 Emergency dispatch center serving the state of Idaho
 Dispatch center for multiple agencies
 Emergency notification center
 Resource center for local, state and federal resources
Emergency Dispatch Center
 1978
 26 Mountain Top Repeaters
 VHF & 700 Frequencies
 Dispatch 22 EMS units throughout Idaho
 Statewide monitoring of EMS and Hospitals
 Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD)
Dispatch of Agencies
• Idaho
Transportation
Department (ITD)
• Department of
Environmental
Quality (DEQ)
• Environmental
Protection Agency
(EPA)
• Bureau of Homeland
Security
• SO Search and
Rescue Teams
• Regional HazMat
Response Teams
• Department of
Agriculture
• Department of
Juvenile
Corrections
Dispatch of Agencies Continued
• Medicaid Ambulance
Authorization
• Idaho National
Laboratories
Oversight Protection
(INL-OP)
• State Aeronautics
• 101st Civil Support
• State Public Health
• District Public Health
• State Laboratories
• Critical Incident
Stress Management
Teams (CISM)
• Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
• Regional Bomb
Squads and military
EOD
Emergency Notifications
• Primary state warning point for National Alert
Warning System (NAWAS) part of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Emergency Alert System (EAS) activation point
• Public Health Emergencies
• Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass
Destruction
• National Weather Service - Severe Weather and
Fire Warnings
• State Highway closure and openings
• INL emergency notifications
• Railroad and Dam incidents
Resource Center
• Ability to contact state and federal agencies 24
hours a day
• TDD-TTY capabilities
• Language Line
• Teleconference Bridge
• Multi-agency coordination during incidents
• Communications with 44 County Sheriff Offices
• Communications with Tribes
• Communications with Idaho State Police (ISP)
statewide
• Communications with neighboring states
Back to - How the Plan Works
• State Communications then notifies
Communications Moderator
• Bureau of Homeland Security (BHS) Haz
Mat Duty Officer & the DEQ
Environmental Coordinator
• Communications Moderator &
Environmental Coordinator set a time for
a conference call if needed, typically within
10 to 15 minutes.
How the Plan Works
• Initial conference call will include:
– Communications Moderator – BHS
– Environmental Coordinator - DEQ
– Incident Commander or other local
representative
– Regional Response Team that covers
that jurisdiction
– Health District
How the Plan Works
• If Radiological, call will include State
of Idaho, DEQ, Radiological Support
• If Explosives, a bomb squad will be
included.
• If military ordnance, a military EOD
group will be included
• If WMD, call will also include:
– FBI
– Idaho State Police
– Public Health
– 101st Civil Support Team
How the Plan Works
• Conference call will determine
type and scope of incident.
• Assistance that may be needed.
(Note: We cannot authorize a
team to respond for clean-up)
• Classification of incident.
How the Plan Works
• If additional assistance or advice
is needed, additional agencies
may be added to the call, or
additional calls may take place.
• State Communications performs
incident notifications based on
classification.
Call Received by State Comm or
NRC Report
YES
HAZ MAT INCIDENT
Called
in by
Locals?
State Comm notifies Local 1st
Responders & LERA
NO
State Comm notifies the BHS HMDO & DEQ
Environmental Liaison –describes nature of incident.
Time is set for conference call.
State Comm notifies agencies for call: BHS,
DEQ, IC, RRT, RBS, HD, EOD, etc.
POTENTIAL WMD
State Comm notifies agencies for WMD call:
BHS, DEQ, FBI, ISP, CST, HD, State Lab, etc.
Conference
call –
resources sent
- classification
Additional
support
State Comm Performs
Incident Notifications
Regulatory
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Title 39 Health And Safety Chapter 71
Hazardous Substance Response Act
39-7101 thru 39-7115
Revised in 2009 to include “threat of a
release” due to explosive and white
powder incidents. Revision became
effective July 1, 2009
15.13.02 Hazardous Substance
Response Rules
• Describe in additional detail the sections
of the statute.
• Signed and became effective March 26,
2010
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
• Copies of the Statute – Rules – and
Haz Mat plan are available on our Web
Site:
http://www.bhs.idaho.gov/
Jefferey G. Rylee
Haz Mat Operations Officer
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
Historical Perspective
• RCRA – Resource Conservation Recovery Act
• CERCLA – Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability Act
“Superfund”
• SARA – Superfund Amendment
Reauthorization Act
– EPCRA – Emergency Planning Community Right
to Know Act
– HazWoper – Hazardous Waste Operations and
Emergency Response
Idaho Historical Perspective
• 1991 – Idaho Hazardous Substance Response
Act
– SERC – State Emergency Response Commission is
authorized to create and establish Regional
Hazardous Materials Response Teams
• Goal – Strategically locate three regional
teams – Northern, Southeast, & Southwest
• “The teams will be called into action to assist
local governments in the mitigation of
emergencies involving hazardous substances
that go beyond local response capabilities.
Facts about Idaho
• 13th Largest State in U.S. – 83,557 sq.
miles
• Altitude: Low – 738 ft. to High – 12,662 ft.
• 3,100 miles of whitewater river miles
• Largest unroaded(wilderness) area in lower
48 states – Frank Church River of No
Return Wilderness – 2.3 million acres
• 63% of Idaho is public land managed by
feds
• Population: 1.3 million (2002)
IDAHO TOUCHES SIX STATES AND A
FOREIGN COUNTRY:
• WASHINGTON
• OREGON
• NEVADA
• UTAH
• WYOMING
• MONTANA
• CANADA
Idaho’s Major Industries
• #1 Manufacturing – Electronics &
computer equip, food processing, lumber
& wood products, chemicals & allied
products
• #2 Agriculture
• #3 Tourism
• #4 Mining
Other Idaho Facts
• World’s 1st nuclear power plant, INL,
near Arco
– Atomic Energy Commission offered the
town of Arco electricity generated by atomic
energy in 1953.
• 1953 prototype of “Nautilus” 1st nuclear
sub – built and tested in Idaho desert
• “Gem State” – 72 types of precious &
semi-precious stones
• Idaho Seaport – Lewiston
Region 1 – North Idaho
• Kootenai County Fire & Rescue
• Counties: Benewah, Bonner Boundary,
Kootenai, Shoshone
• Population: 179,140 (13.6%)
• Chem Facilities: 206 (11.9%)
• Land Area: 7,662 sq. miles (9.3%)
Region 1 – ITRT (Idaho Technical RescueTeam)
• Coeur d’Alene Fire Department
Region 1 Bomb Squad
• Spokane City/County Bomb Squad
• Contract with State BHS to respond
and receive cost recovery
Region 2 – North Central Idaho
• Lewiston Fire Department
• Counties: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah,
Lewis, Nez Perce
• Population: 99,163 (7.5%)
• Chem Facilities: 171 (9.9%)
• Land Area: 13,351 sq. miles (16.1%)
Region 3 – Southwest Idaho
• Nampa/Caldwell Fire Departments
• Counties: Adams, Canyon, Gem,
Owyhee, Payette, Washington
• Population: 200,563 (15.2%)
• Chem Facilities: 207 (12%)
• Land Area: 12,060 sq. miles (14.6%)
Region 3 Bomb Squad
• Nampa City Police Department
Region 4 – Southwest Idaho
• Boise Fire Department
• Counties: Ada, Boise, Camas, Elmore,
Valley
• Population: 358,705 (27.1%)
• Chemical Facilities: 431 (24.9%)
• Land Area: 10,788 sq. miles (13%)
Region 4 – ITRT (Idaho Technical Rescue Team)
• Boise Fire Department
Region 4 Bomb Squad
• Boise City Police Department and
support from Ada County
• Sheriff ’s Office
Region 5 – South Central Idaho
• There is no RRT in this region!
• Magic Valley Emergency Response Team –
6 FDs has an Operational Level Response
• Counties: Blaine, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome,
Lincoln, Minidoka, Twin Falls
• Population: 163,623 (12.4%)
• Chem Facilities: 291 (16.8%)
• Land Area: 10,433 sq. miles (12.6%)
Region 5 Bomb Squad
• Twin Falls City Police Department
Region 6 – Southeast Idaho
• Pocatello Fire Department – 1st State
RRT
• Counties: Bannock, Bear Lake, Butte,
Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida,
Power
• Population: 157,524 (11.9%)
• Chem Facilities: 246 (14.2%)
• Land Area: 11,449 sq. miles (13.8%)
Region 7 – Northeast Idaho
• Idaho Falls/Jefferson Central Fire
Departments
• Counties: Bonneville, Clark, Custer,
Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison,
Teton
• Population: 161,822 (12.3%)
• Chem Facilities: 177 (10.2%)
• Land Area: 17,006 sq. miles (20.6%)
Region 6 & 7 – ITRT (Idaho Technical Rescue
Team)
• Pocatello Fire Department
• & Idaho Falls Fire Department
Region 7 Bomb Squad
• Idaho Falls Police Department:
– Set up capacity appropriate to need
– Contract with State BHS to respond and
receive cost recovery
Other Idaho Response Assets
Idaho State Police
101st Civil Support Team
INL Oversight Program
Various Enhanced local areas: Valley, Blaine
counties
• EOD Military teams: Yakima, Mt. Home,
Fairchild
• IIMAST – Idaho Incident Management and
Support Team – Type 3 AHIMT
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Idaho State Police
• ISP Hazardous Materials/Commercial Vehicle
Unit:
• 20 Officers
• Equipped with Ludlum 2241 meters
• Regularly conduct radiological inspections
at INL on shipments of radiological waste
bound for WIPP site in New Mexico
• MERRTT training
• ISP Haz Mat Technicians – 6 officers
• Radiological Technician Specialist training
through TEPP
• Homeland Scurity Rad Technician at
Nevada Test Site
101st Civil Support Team
• On orders, the 101st WMD CST deploys to support
civil authorities at a domestic CBRN incident site
by identifying CBRN agents/substances, assessing
current and projected consequences, advising on
response measures, and assisting with appropriate
requests for additional support.
• Key concepts:
Work for civil authority (IC) – not in charge of incident
Focus on CBRN – “E” not a bomb squad
Mission is domestic
Full time team – full time effort
All hazard response support measures – Natural
Disaster, etc
– Preventative missions – Joint Hazardous Assessment
Team (JHAT)
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Deployment Approval Process:
Tiered Response Model:
Federal Response
FBI, DOE, EPA
State Response
ISP, RRT, CST
Local Response
Police, Fire, EMS
WMD Incident
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
State Com Classification Call
CST CDR screens request
Governor, CG, CofS approves
SITREPs to JOC
SITREPS migrate to NGB
Chemical Detection:
70% COTS
- Multi-RAE
- Area RAE
- HAZMAT ID
- RAID-M 100
- HAZCAT
- JCAD
- M256 Kit
- Color metric tubes
- HAPSITE SMART (GC/MS)
Biological Detection:
Presumptive or Predictive Only Field Testing
- ALS is ISSO certified
- HHA tickets
- Microscope (Florescent)
- Mobile PCR (Wet Reagent)
** Confirmatory analysis must be done with culture at fixed LRN site
Is it there and is it viable….?
Radiological Detection:
- DETECTIVE EX (G, N Isotope ID)(HPGe)
- LUDLUM 14 C (Activity Counter and Survey
Probe)
- IDENTIFINDER (limited G, N isotope ID)(NaI)
- PDR -77 & 2 (A, B, G Radiation)
- Dosimetry (TLD and electronic)
DEQ INL Oversight Program
• State program – performs independent
monitoring of radioactivity released from
DOE’s INL.
• Funded under a grant provided by DOE
through the Environmental Oversight and
Monitoring Agreement with Idaho.
• Includes: 3 Health Physicists, 1 certified
Health Physicist, and equipment capable of
varying roles in radiation detection.
Idaho Incident Management and
Support Team (IIMAST)
• All Hazard Incident Management Team
• Type 3
• Made up of individuals statewide
Team Organization
• Fire Department Based – Full time & Part
time
• Bomb Squads – Law Enforcement Based
• State Supports with equipment, training,
& reimbursement through Bureau of
Homeland Security (formerly Bureau of
Hazardous Materials)
• Teleconference meetings
• Team Leader meetings
• Contracts
APE (Apparatus, Personnel,
Equipment
Emergencies
Region 1 – RRT1, RBS, ITRT1
LEGEND:
RRT – Regional Haz Mat Response Team
RBS – Regional Bomb Squad
ITRT – Idaho Technical Rescue Team
IIMAST – Idaho Incident Management & Support Team
Region 2 – RRT2
IIMAST – statewide team
Region 7 – RRT7, RBS, ITRT 3B
Region 3 – RRT3, RBS
Region 6 – RRT6, ITRT 3A
Region 4 – RRT4, RBS, ITRT 2
Region 5 – MVERT, RBS
QUESTIONS???