Operations involves the response to many incidents. This responsibility is met using full-time employees with dual roles and a volunteer staff of 20 individuals. Hazardous Materials Awareness level training is provided on a yearly basis to fire, ambulance, law enforcement and public works personnel. Resources are used in planning, training, technical assistance, and providing instrumentation to support the development of radiological protecting systems. Wiscasset, the shire town of Lincoln County, houses Maine's only nuclear power plant.
Training is conducted yearly and federally mandated drills are held on a bi-yearly basis.