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On-Scene Coordinator Readiness Training Program
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February 4-7, 2008 |
San Diego, California
Tech Zone
| For further information or questions about the Tech Zone, please contact Carolyn Pitera, Tetra Tech, by telephone at (703) 390-0621 or by e-mail at carolyn.pitera@ttemi.com. |
The Tech Zone offers demonstrations of various technologies that OSCs use in emergency response and removal actions. ERT's Technical Services will be available to help OSCs gain access to EPA's Remote Access and Virtual Private Networking Services. The Tech Zone will be open from Monday, February 4 through Thursday, February 7, 2008.
Descriptions of the exhibits will be posted to this site as they become available. Please visit this site often for updates
Emergency Response Technical Group
The mission of the Emergency Response Technical Group (ERTG) is to enhance the emergency response planning, preparedness, and technical capabilities of On-Scene Coordinators to respond to chemical, biological, or radiological incidents, including weapons of mass destruction. A main objective of the ERTG is to ensure consistency with the National Approach to Response (NAR) by improving emergency response consistency through cross-regional coordination, information sharing, standardization of procedures, and the interoperability of equipment among EPA offices and Regions. ERTG has developed response tools and guides including the national Emergency Response Equipment List and associated standard operating guides. Other documents include air and water decision trees. Come to the ERTG booth to learn more about ERTG work products and pick up copies, or learn where you can find resources online.
Point of contact: Nancy Jones, Emergency Response Technical Group
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Environmental Response Training Program
As part of EPA's comprehensive program for protecting the public and the environment from hazardous materials, the Technology Innovation and Field Services Division of the Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) has developed the Environmental Response Training Program (ERTP). The courses in this program are designed for personnel who respond to emergencies or who investigate and clean up abandoned hazardous waste sites.
The courses developed by EPA's Environmental Response Team and presented by contract personnel last from 1-5 days. These courses emphasize the practical application of lecture material through problem-solving sessions, case studies, demonstrations, and exercises using field instruments.
Point of contact: Bruce Potoka, EPA Environmental Response Team
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EPA Environmental Response Team Technical Services
Stop by the ERT Tech Zone exhibit and learn about the variety of software tools and web-based applications ERT has available to assist OSCs and field personnel in managing and performing site-related duties. Support staff will be on-hand to provide a more in-depth review of all of the ERT desktop and on-line tools, including Scribe, RCMS, TrainTrax, OSC Web-Sites, and WebEOC.
In addition, there will be Internet access available at the ERT Tech Zone for conference participants to check their e-mail and other remote access needs."
Point of contact: John Gilbert, EPA Environmental Response Team
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EPA Office of Research and Development - National Homeland Security Research Center
Resources and Research: National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC)
The EPA National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) manages, coordinates, and supports a wide variety of homeland security research and technical assistance efforts. NHSRC develops reliable, responsive scientific expertise and resources used to prevent, prepare for, and recover from public health and environmental emergencies. Research and development efforts focus on five primary areas: assessing the risk of human exposure to contaminants; decontamination of buildings and outdoor environments; protection of the nation's drinking water resources; tools for emergency responders and local governments; and testing and evaluation of technologies that show potential for homeland security applications.
In addition to literature describing NHSRC's research and resources, several tools will be available for demonstration at the booth.
A mobile biological lab, an effort between NHSRC and Lawrence Livermore National Lab, may also be present in the outside space as well.
More info can be found at www.epa.gov/nhsrc.
Point of contact: Charlena Yoder, EPA National Homeland Security Research Center
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EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
The mission of the Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (TIFSD), is to advocate more effective, less costly approaches (i.e. "smarter solutions") by government and industry to assess and clean up contaminated waste sites, soil, and groundwater. Working with other federal agencies, states, consulting engineering firms, responsible parties, technology developers, and the investment community, TIFSD provides robust technology and market information and works to remove policy and institutional impediments related to the deployment of these technologies. The scope of the mission extends to Superfund sites, corrective action sites under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), underground storage tank clean-ups, state voluntary clean up programs and Brownfields. Technologies of interest are for field sampling and analysis and management (treatment and containment) of contaminated soil and groundwater.
Point of contact: Cheryl Johnson, EPA Office of Superfund Remdiation and Technology Innovation
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Homeland Security Division/NCERT
Established in 2001, EPA's National Counter-terrorism Evidence Response Team (NCERT) provides law enforcement response personnel and support for incidents or sites that contain chemical, biological, or radiological hazards and have a link to terrorism or environmental crimes. NCERT supports Special Agents, OSCs, and the other EPA Special Teams. Additionally, NCERT provides extensive law enforcement liaison contacts and law enforcement coordination capabilities to any incident.
While not traditional first responders, NCERT members endeavor to achieve initial on-site response within 12 hours, 24/7, 365 days a year. NCERT members have extensive knowledge of investigations involving EPA programs and operations. They are specially trained to provide threat/risk assessments, downrange forensic evidence collection at high hazard crime scenes and incidents of national significance, and force protection to EPA OSCs, EPA Special Teams, and other agencies.
Point of contact: Kurt Grunert/Andrea Abat, EPA National Counter-terrorism Evidence Response Team
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Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment (MARSAME)
Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Assessment of Materials and Equipment (MARSAME) is a supplement to MARSSIM (Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual) providing information on planning, conducting, evaluating, and documenting radiological disposition surveys for the assessment of materials and equipment. MARSAME is a multi-agency consensus document that was developed collaboratively by four Federal agencies having authority and control over radioactive materials: Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The objective of MARSAME is to provide a multi-agency approach for planning, performing, and assessing disposition surveys of materials and equipment, while at the same time encouraging an effective use of resources.
Point of contact: Kathryn Snead, EPA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
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NARFCON (NAR-4) Telecommunications Group
What can NARFCON do for you?
- Learn about your radio equipment (Motorola HT 1250s, Motorola XTS 5000, Encrypted Radio communication).
- Learn how to use Radio programming software.
- Learn how to Front Panel Program a new frequency into your XTS radios.
- Get a copy of latest Radio Quick Start Guides.
- Learn how to set up and connect to Satellite Internet. Learn about what additional equipment is available to borrow:
- UHF radios, Portable Repeaters
- Latest Blackberry
- Learn about using Radios with Scott SCBA.
Point of contact: Jeff Rodin/Rich Fetzer, NARFCON
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Nuclear & Radiological Field Training Center Oak Ridge, TN
The Nuclear and Radiological Field Training Center serves as the premiere training venue for Federal, state, and local organizations to detect, prevent, or mitigate the effects of nuclear and/or radiological incidents or attacks.
Point of contact: Don Bowes/Sharon Disney, Y-12 National Security Complex
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Partnership with Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
EPA's Environmental Response Team is working closely with the Chemical Biological Applications and Risk Reduction (CBARR) Business Unit of U. S. Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) and has achieved great success in producing technical and scientific literature. CBARR established a panel of experts in the field of biological detection and investigated numerous commercially available biodetectors. The result was a very well received technical report.
CBARR experts gave critical guidance in preparing the Hart Senate Building's clean-up plan after anthrax contamination. Without CBARR's help, ERT would have been unable to obtain hand-held assay kits and code key for anthrax detection for this cleanup.
CBARR also prepared technical information briefs on Travel-IR detector, Laser Interrogation of Surface Agents (LISA Technology), Ruggedized Advanced Pathogen Identification Device (RAPID), and Eclox-M Rapid Water Quality Test Kit.
CBARR prepared ERT Technical Bulletins on biological hazards from smallpox and anthrax and is currently preparing a similar bulletin on ricin.
CBARR provided assistance when ERT Removal Action Branch wanted to dispose of 1960s era grenade- and gun-shot-style tear gas canisters. CBARR again provided invaluable guidance for safe and proper detonation/disposal of M-69 and M-52A munitions with toxic components.
In December 2007, ECBC hosted EPA Special Teams' workshop at Edgewood.
Point of contact: Uday Mehta, US Army
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Peer Support & Critical Incident Stress Management Team
EPA recognizes the potential for exposure to highly stressful and even traumatic events as a result of emergency response work. To assist responders, the Agency provides a network of trained peer OSCs, other EPA support personnel, and mental health professionals, who understand the nature of the job and can provide stress management assistance in person or over the phone during particularly difficult responses and other high stress experiences. Also, the Team is expanding the stress management services it provides to include animal assisted crisis response at major disasters. Information about the team, contact information for team members, stress management information, and a dog that is used to assist in crisis response are available at the exhibit.
Point of contact: Jan Shubert, EPA Office of Emergency Management
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Radiological Emergency Response Team
EPA's Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) Radiological Emergency Response Team (RERT) is one of the EPA Special Teams under the NCP, specializing in radiological emergency response. The RERT booth will feature equipment from the "National Buy," including the Radeco H-810 air sampler that samples airborne radioactive materials and the Ludlum 3030 alpha beta counter, which is used to count the samples. This exhibit also includes a setup of the air monitor and digital calibration unit, and a properly established counting system with appropriate radiological controls in place.
The RERT booth will have copies of EPA's new pocket-sized guide, Communicating Radiation Risks: Crisis Communications for Emergency Responders, which was developed for responders communicating with the public and the media - or advising those who do - during a radiological incident. The RERT booth will be collocated with the booths of the Environmental Response Team and National Decontamination Team. OSCs are invited and encouraged to stop by, pick up a guide, and receive training on - or a review of - the equipment.
Outdoors, you can tour a RERT Mobile Environmental Radiation Laboratory (MERL), a Sample Prep Lab (SPL), the Scanner Van and an Enhanced Radiological Ground Scanner (ERGS).
Point of contact: Sara DeCair/Gregg Dempsey, EPA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
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Tennessee Valley Authority Resource Management
The Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Resource Management business provides professional consultation services. Services include environmental, consultation, assessment, remediation, integrated resource management, and environmental information management products and services.
Point of contact: Jerry Liner, Tennessee Valley Authority
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The National Decontamination Team
The National Decontamination Team (NDT) is dedicated to providing decontamination expertise, especially related to chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants that can be used as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, the team provides scientific and technical assistance related to the decontamination of buildings, building contents, public infrastructure (including water systems, power plants, and mass transit), agriculture, and associated environmental media (air, soil, and water). The NDT is composed of a staff of experts in the fields of industrial hygiene, health physics, emergency medicine, environmental science, structural and industrial engineering (HVAC), toxicology, analytical chemistry and biochemistry. The team is available to support OSCs under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The 2008 NDT OSC Readiness exhibit depicts the range of scientific and technical resources available to OSCs involved in hazardous materials responses and remedial operations. The NDT assists OSCs with decontamination plans, as well as interpretation of policy and research issues. The team also promotes decontamination readiness of OSCs and the larger response community through training, exercises, and planning. Working with EPA's other Special Teams (the Environmental Response Team (ERT), the National Counter-Terrorism Evidence Response Team (NCERT), and the Radiological Emergency Response Team (RERT)); the National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC); other agencies; and research groups, the NDT bridges research and response by identifying research needs and assisting with the implementation of newly developed methods and field tools. At this year's 2008 OSC Readiness Training, members of NDT will provide technical support in the Tech Zone, as well as assistance to OSCs who are testing a database on the new internet-based EPA Emergency Response Portal.
Point of contact: Lynn Seel, EPA National Decontamination Team
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The National Incident Management System Integration Team
The National Incident Management System/Incident Command System (NIMS/ICS) display will provide updated information on policy and guidance documents, as well as any available field guidance documents.
Point of contact: Roberta Runge, EPA National Incident Management System Integration Team
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The Rapid Assessment Tools (RAT)
Rapid Assessment Tools (RAT) was developed for Superfund site assessments and to assist in real-time continuous collection of field data. RAT integrates data retrieval geographic positioning systems (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS), mapping, and analysis through an interface that requires no post-processing of GPS and GIS data. RAT does not require a user to purchase or license the software. It has the following capabilities:
- Produces data that can be exported to most other GIS mapping systems.
- Prints or saves screen outputs in a standard output file type.
- Maps and records continuous streams of external data merged with GPS locations.
- Saves data streams and processes them in a compatible format to be used in other modeling applications.
Point of contact: Brian Cooper, EPA Region 5
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The Training Exchange and Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Training Forum
The OSWER Training Coordination Team operates the Training Exchange (Trainex) web site in partnership with EPA headquarters and regional offices, the Interstate Technology Remediation Council (ITRC), and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The Trainex site includes information and schedules for deliveries of more than 450 training courses related to hazardous waste cleanup and site and incident management for staff from EPA, other federal agencies, and states. Approximately 7,000 visitors each month access Trainex for on-line registration, logistics information, interactive courses and Internet seminars, and for links to other EPA and non-EPA Web sites that provide information on training. Training topics include Superfund, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), oil, emergency response, counter-terrorism, enforcement, community involvement, environmental public health, and water security. Training is provided through regional courses; workshops; and conferences, including CERCLA Education Center (CEC), Environmental Response Training Program (ERTP), and Community Involvement University (CIU) courses, as well as Regional training opportunities.
Members of the OSWER Training Coordination Team are knowledgeable about all the offerings and can assist with scheduling and logistics for new courses. Names and contact information are available at www.trainex.org.
Point of contact: Gary Turner, EPA Office of Superfund Remdiation and Technology Innovation
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise
The United States Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) military and civilian
engineers, scientists, and other specialists work hand-in-hand as
leaders in engineering and environmental matters. Approximately 32,000
civilians and 650 military men and women compose USACE's diverse workforce
of biologists, engineers, geologists, hydrologists, health physicists,
natural resource managers, and other professionals who provide quality
responsive engineering services to the nation. The efforts of the
USACE include: planning, designing, building, and operating water
resources and other civil works projects (navigation, flood control,
environmental protection, disaster response, and more); designing
and managing the construction of military facilities for the U.S.
Army and the U.S. Air Force; and providing design and construction
management support for other defense and federal agencies. More information
about USACE is available at http://www.usace.army.mil/,
and the USACE Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise at http://www.environmental.usace.army.mil/index.html.
Point of contact: Ric Hines, US Army Corps of Engineers
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U.S. EPA Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center
EPA's Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center can provide fast and effective assistance in dealing with the people problems that impede progress. Some common issues include:
- Unwilling owners who prevent access to sites.
- PRPs who can not agree on cost allocations.
- Local and state agencies who can not reach consensus with the plan.
- Communities who do not support your action or are confused about risk.
- Internal team dissension.
We can help by providing professional conflict resolution specialists who have the expertise and experience in breaking through these barriers. Our contract is independently funded, fast, and easy to use, and is available to all programs throughout the agency. Stop by our table in the Tech Zone to learn more about how we can reduce your stress level!
Point of contact: Deborah Dalton, EPA Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center
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U.S. EPA Environmental Response Team: Anything, Anytime, Anywhere
Overview of Emergency Response air monitoring and consultation, innovative technologies, IT services, risk evaluations, remedy consultations, site investigations, oil spill counter-measures, geo-physical surveys, fate and transport dynamics, ground water investigations, Dive Team Operations, and portable mobile laboratories' experience.
Point of contact: Harry Compton, EPA Environmental Response Team
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