FEMA Region X Monthly HAZMAT "Update"
Release Date: March 1, 1999
Release Number: R10-99-10
This monthly update is produced in an effort to keep hazardous materials program personnel up to date in the areas of exercises, training, and planning. If you have a contribution or wish other items posted in this "Update", please contact Mike Hammond at FEMA Region X headquarters at (425) 487 4775 or email at, mike.hammond@fema.gov.
This update is for the period of 3-1-99 to 6-1-99.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
"I believe the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction presents the greatest threat that the world has ever known. We are finding more and more countries who are acquiring technology - not only missile technology - and are developing chemical weapons and biological weapons capabilities to be used in theater and also on a long range basis. So I think that it is perhaps the greatest threat that any of us will face in the coming years." Secretary of Defense William Cohen, January 1997
WEB PAGE HIGHLIGHT (YOUR ADDITIONS ARE WELCOME)
R T K NET.
http://www.rtk.net provides free access to databases, documents, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development.
B.C. Ministry of the Environment
www.env.gov.bc.ca Provides a great deal of information on spills in Canada and other environmental related issues.
State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) & Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) MEETINGS
WASHINGTON
3-31-1999, Bellevue. In conjunction with a Statewide Emergency Preparedness conference and LEPC workshop.
OREGON
April 30, 1999, Salem, Quarterly
LEPC meeting
IDAHO
To be announced
ALASKA
4-13-99, Juneau, SERC
4-12-99, Juneau, LEPC planning meet
TRAINING CLASSES.
(CONTACT THE PROVIDER OR MIKE HAMMOND FOR MORE INFORMATION. COURSE DATES AND TIMES MAY CHANGE, BE SURE TO CHECK BEFORE THE CLASS
3-16-99 Incident Command System (ICS) Field Operatins/Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) Integration, Beaverton, OR
3-17-99 Camp Murray, WA. Y2K tabletop, WA State & FEMA
3-23-99 to 3-24-99. ICS Planning Section, Multnomah
County, Oregon
3-23-99 to 3-24-99. Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) First Responders/Pre-Hospital
Course, Hermiston, Oregon
4-13-99 to 4-17-99. Exercise Design and Evaluation,
Spokane, WA
4-14-99 to 4-14-99. Introduction to ICS, Washington
County, Oregon
4-27-99 to 4-29-99. ICS Information Officer, Hood River,
Oregon
5-7-99 to 5-9-99. Mitigation for Emergency Managers, Boise
5-17-99 to Effective Communication (Professional Development Series) [PDS] Richland, WA.
5-10-99 to 5-14-99. E227 Emergency Planning Course, Emmitsburg.
5-10-99 to 5-14-99. E362 Multihazard Safety Program for Schools, Emmitsburg
5-12-99 to 5-13-99. Mass Fatalities Incident, Twin Falls, ID
5-20-99 Developing Volunteer Resources. Richland, WA.
5-21-99 to 5-23-99. Exercise Design. Idaho Falls
5-17-99 to 5-21-99. Exercise Design & Evaluation, Bend, OR
5-27-99 ICS Field Operations/ECC Integration. Baker City, OR
EXERCISES
3-17-99 Camp Murray, WA. FEMA lead, Y2K tabletop
3-23-99 to 3-24-99. Y2K table top, FEMA at Seattle
3-30-99 Biological Terrorism tabletop, Portland, Army
5-10-99 to 5-14-99. CSEPP Umatilla required exercise
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TOP 20 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
According to the Agency for Toxic Substance & Disease Registry (ATSDR) these are the top 20 hazardous substances for 1997: Arsenic, Lead, Metallic Mercury, Vinyl Chloride, Benzene, PCB's, Cadmium, Benzo(a)pyrene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Chloroform, Aroclor 1254, DDT P'P', Aroclor 1260, Trichloroethylene, Chromium (+6), Dibenz[a, h]anthracene, Dieldrin, Hexachlorobutadiene, Chlordane. Study this for five minutes, and then we'll have a spelling test.
LATE BREAKING NEWS FLASH
March 15 - 18, 1999. Flathead Nation 6th Annual conference, Indian Nations and Local Communities HazMat Conference, Polson, Montana. Call Lloyd Jackson for details, (406) 675-2700, ext. 1222
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