CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS Operational Overview The Starke County Board of Commissioners is ultimately responsible for protecting lives and property in an emergency or disaster. The Commission has granted the authority to act and make life saving decisions to the various public safety organizations within the county. They have further identified the County Emergency Management Director as the primary coordinator of these organizations in times of disaster. The Starke County Ingestion Pathway Plan is a portion of the overall Starke County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) and will be activated where there is a real or anticipated need. County CEMP Each agency is responsible for taking actions to identify their capabilities and resources to effectively respond to an ingestion pathway incident; The County utilizes the Emergency Support Function (ESF) concept, which groups specific agencies and departments into larger contingents for achieving coordinated response and recovery operations. Each ESF has a designated Primary Coordinating Agency responsible for communicating with supporting departments to secure resources and pass on critical incident information. The following ESFs are found in the Starke County CEMP: State of Indiana Emergency Support Functions ESF 1 – Transportation ESF 9 – Search and Rescue ESF 2 – Communications ESF 10 - Hazardous Materials ESF 3 – Public Works ESF 11 - Agriculture ESF 4 – Fire ESF 12 – Energy ESF 5 – Emergency Management ESF 13 – Law Enforcement ESF 6 – Mass Care ESF 14 – Long-Term Recovery ESF 7 – Resource Support ESF 15 – External Affairs ESF 8 – Health
Work with and coordinate the removal and disposal of contaminated goods and products to lessen or eliminate the impact of radiological contamination ESF-15 Public Information Seek out subject matter experts on the impact and issues surrounding Ingestion Pathway incident to develop messages and information to disseminate to the communities that are within the potentially impacted areas Coordinate with public information personnel from various response agencies from federal, state, local and private organizations to form, as required, a Joint Information Center to collect, process, and disseminate information Implement the required information releases that direct life safety issues such as alerts for food and water consumption as well as the potential for contamination to farm animals and crops Identify and prioritize potential issues or gaps in the current capability to collect, process, and disseminate information on ingestion pathway incident and work to find alternate means to resolve problem areas. Multi-Agency Coordination (MACS) General A MACS is a combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications integrated into a common system with responsibility for coordinating and supporting incident management activities. The primary functions of MACS include, but are not limited to: Support incident management policies and priorities Facilitate logistics support and resource tracking Inform resource allocation decisions using incident management priorities Coordinate incident related information Coordinate interagency and intergovernmental issues regarding incident management policies, priorities, and strategies Components of MACS With regard to the coordination of an Ingestion Pathway or radiological incident, the primary components of the MACS for Indiana shall include:
Lake County EMA & Lake County Sheriff’s Department Newton County EMA & Newton County Sheriff’s Department For incidents involving Dresden Station: IDHS Homeland Security District Coordinator for District # 1 Lake County EMA & Lake County Sheriff’s Department Newton County EMA & Newton County Sheriff’s Department For incidents involving the D.C. Cook facility: IDHS Homeland Security District Coordinators for Districts 1, 2 and 3 Elkhart County EMA & Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department Kosciusko County EMA & Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department LaGrange County EMA & LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department Lake County EMA & Lake County Sheriff’s Department LaPorte County EMA & LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department Marshall County EMA & Marshall County Sheriff’s Department Porter County EMA & Porter County Sheriff’s Department St. Joseph County EMA & St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department Starke County EMA & Starke County Sheriff’s Department Goshen City Police Department Michigan City Police Department For incidents involving the Palisades facility: IDHS Homeland Security District Coordinators for Districts 1 and 2 Elkhart County EMA & Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department LaPorte County EMA & LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department St. Joseph County EMA & St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department Michigan City Police Department
3 Determine major roadways and critical infrastructure that may require closure and the potential for detours and evacuations. Coordinate evacuation and shelter operations with ESFs 1 and 6 4 Request State and Federal assistance to support Ingestion Pathway response 5 Provide reporting to the County Commissioners and other key elected and appointed officials on the potential impacts to the public at-large 6 Maintain continual contact with essential county agencies and departments to ensure an accurate and timely Common Operating Picture is maintained 7 Support other critical public works and engineering missions and tasks, as need or required that relate to a Ingestion Pathway response Response Tasks – ESF 6 Mass Care Check Number Task Time Completed 1 Review the County Ingestion Pathway Plan and current procedures/guidelines to determine key priorities and potential missions and taskings 2 Determine the facilities, assets, personnel and equipment potentially impacted by the specific incident and begin developing contingencies for activating back-up resources
3 Determine major roadways and critical infrastructure that may require closure and the potential for detours and evacuations. 4 Support the movement of volunteer personnel and donated supplies for residents impacted by the Ingestion Pathway event. 5 Identify current mass care resources to determine gaps and shortfalls and secure alternate sources to fill those gaps. 6 Activate primary shelters, and if primary locations are not available, utilize secondary or implement mutual aid plans for shelter operations in other jurisdictions. Shelters established should consider functional and medical needs populations. 7 Provide information to response partners on current capabilities and other issues regarding mass care support to an Ingestion Pathway event. 8 Support other critical mass care missions and tasks, as need or required that relate to a Ingestion Pathway response Response Tasks – ESF 7 Resource Support Check Number Task Time Completed 1 Review the County Ingestion Pathway Plan and current procedures/guidelines to determine key priorities and potential missions and taskings
Ingestion Pathway Forms NUCLEAR EMERGENCY LABORATORY SAMPLE DATA SHEET Name of Individual Completing Sheet Type of Sample Lab ID # Arrival at ISDH Radiochemistry Lab Date Time Write the information present on the outside of the sample in the corresponding blanks below: 1. Collection Date 2. Sampling Point or Location Collection Time 3. Monitoring Team # 4 Sampling Size, including Units Complete the following for air filters: 5. Sampling Time 6. Average flow rate (cubic feet per minute – CFM) 7. Flow Rate Correction Factor 8. Filters present Particulate: Silverzeolite: 9 Volume of air sampled (Cubic Centimeters) Volume = CFM x Min x CF x 2.83e+4 = Cubic Centimeters 10. Analyses Requested by EOC: Gama Scans alpha beta 11. Forwarded to EOC Date Time 12. Received by EOC Date Time Master Sample Log
SAMPLING TEAM – REQUESTED SAMPLE LOG Comments (i.e. If milk, when milked and type of feed) Sampling Team Members: ______________________________________________________________________________ Team Leader Name:____________________ Organization:____________________________________ Actual Time of Collection Requested Time for Collection Collection Locations Type of Sample Date / Time Sampling Team Contacted Sample #