# Presentation: 360586

## Site Tailoring a Coordinated Internal/External
Emergency Response Organization

**Emergency Response Organization**

## National Renewable Energy Lab

- Renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices
- Advance related science and engineering
- Transfers knowledge and innovations

## National Renewable Energy Lab

- Major Programs

- _Advanced Vehicle Technologies & Fuels_ (hybrid vehicles, fuels utilization)
- _Basic Energy Science_
- _Biomass_ (biorefineries, biosciences)
- _Building Technologies_ (building efficiency, zero energy buildings)
- _Electric Infrastructure Systems_ (distribution & interconnection, thermal systems, superconductivity)
- _Energy Analysis_
- _Geothermal Energy_
- _Hydrogen & Fuel Cells_ (production, storage, infrastructure & end use)
- _Solar_ (photovoltaics, concentrating solar power and solar thermal)
- _Wind Energy_

- NREL's renewable energy and energy efficiency research spans fundamental science to technology solutions. Major program areas are:

## National Renewable Energy Lab

- Current NREL Staffing:

**853**
**103**
**310**
**1266**

**Regular Employees**
**Research Associates****, ****Post-Docs, Students, etc.**
**Contract and Leased Workers**
**Total**

## National Renewable Energy Lab

**Colorado**
**National Wind Technology Center (305 Acres)**
**South Table Mountain Site **
**    ****(327 Acres)**
**Denver West Office Park**
**Joyce Street Facility**
**Refuel Facility (Denver)**
**Washington, D.C.**

**Golden**

**Denver**

- To Boulder

- CO 128

- Indiana St.

- 64th Ave.

- CO 72

- CO 93

- CO 58

- To Airport

- 68th Ave.

- I-70

- Exit 266

- Old Golden Rd.

- Washington St.

- Exit

**Joyce St.**

**Facility**

** **

**South Table Mountain**

- Exit

- 263

**Denver West**

- N

- Ward Rd.

**National**
**Wind**
**Technology**
**Center**

**Colorado Locations (west Denver metro)**

## National Renewable Energy Lab

**EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION**
**HAZARD ANALYSIS AND RISK ASSESSMENT**
- Graded approach to determine hazards within facility or operation
- Identify level of risk associated with hazards
- Implement controls for hazard(s) present
- Determine acceptable level of emergency response

## National Renewable Energy Lab

**INTERNAL VS EXTERNAL**
**EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION**
** **
**Review Pro’s and Con’s**
- Hiring and Training Employees
- Equipment Needs and Cost
- Knowledge of Site and Hazards
- Timing of Response
- Involvement in Planning
**NREL Determined Acceptable Response**
- Primary Responsibility to External Agencies
- Trained Internal Responders to Supplement External Responders

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**EXTERNAL RESPONDING AGENCIES:**
- Local Fire Authority
- Haz Mat Teams
- Local Law Enforcement
- Federal Agencies, as necessary

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INTERNAL RESPONDING TEAMS:

ES&H
SECURITY
BUILDING EMERGENCY COORDINATORS
FIRE MARSHAL TEAM
MEDICAL
SITE OPERATIONS
PUBLIC AFFAIRS 

**INTERNAL RESPONDING TEAMS:**
** **
- ES&H
- SECURITY
- BUILDING EMERGENCY COORDINATORS
- FIRE MARSHAL TEAM
- MEDICAL
- SITE OPERATIONS
- PUBLIC AFFAIRS

- National Renewable Energy Lab

## National Renewable Energy Lab

**EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER**
**	**
- NREL AND DOE REPRESENTATIVES
- PROVIDE SUPPORT AND CONCURRENCE
- DISSEMINATE STAFF AND PUBLIC INFORMATION** **

## Slide 11

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**Exercises:****	**

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