New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Chapter 20 - CIVIL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND DISASTER RELIEF › Part 2 - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN AND PROCEDURES MANUAL › Section 10.20.2.18 - EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES MANUAL

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
This procedures manual, developed by the emergency management
				  task force, is a guide for use by responsible state emergency response
				  personnel in managing, coordinating, and controlling a hazardous materials
				  accident. It defines procedures to be followed for central and on-scene
				  coordination by all state emergency response agencies. It is organized largely
				  by function and includes sections for carrier representatives and the first
				  responder.
A.
Notification:
Notification procedures are outlined in the Emergency
				Management Act and detailed here. They rely heavily on the two statewide
				communications systems operated by the New Mexico state police and the
				communications division of the general services department. Procedures:
(1) Driver shall notify nearest New Mexico
				state police district office.
(2)
				First responder shall notify nearest New Mexico state police district emergency
				response officer or Santa Fe control, communications division of the general
				services department.
(3) State
				police district emergency response officer or Santa Fe control shall notify
				state police emergency response officer in Santa Fe.
(4) State police emergency response officer
				shall notify for: agency, telephone, 24-hour:
(a) radioactive materials; radiation
				protection bureau.
(b) other
				hazardous materials; ground water quality and hazardous waste bureau.
(c) fire or flammable materials; state fire
				marshal.
(d) injuries or
				casualties; emergency medical services bureau.
(e) further identification of materials
				involved in accident; carrier, shipper.
(5) When other emergency functions are
				required, the state police emergency response officer shall notify:
(a) air transportation (types of aircraft
				listed under resources); agency: aviation division; state corporation
				commission; eastern New Mexico university; energy and minerals department;
				forestry division; game and fish department; highway department; New Mexico
				state university; state police;
(b)
				evacuation of residents; agency: civil emergency preparedness division;
				national guard; state school superintendent;
(c) evacuation of bedridden persons; agency:
				emergency medical services bureau;
(d) warning, traffic and crowd control, and
				law enforcement; agency: New Mexico state police;
(e) sanitation, public works, road closure,
				and alternate routes; agency: highway department;
(f) public health, environment monitoring,
				decontamination, and cleanup supervision; agency: radiation protection bureau;
				ground water quality and hazardous waste bureau;
(g) social services; agency: civil emergency
				preparedness division;
(h) backup
				support; agency: federal emergency management agency (region VI, Denton, TX);
				joint nuclear accident coordinating center (Albuquerque); U.S. environmental
				protection agency (national response center).