In case you haven't already seen this, the NRC has opened a public comment period on a supplement for the NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Revision 1, Supplement 3,...
The MN Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency has a Planner/GIS Specialist position open in the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program. This...
Colleagues, I was wondering if anyone has a nuclear power plant-related public education/information brochure that specifically addresses transient populations...
Spamming as requested! You may have seen this already... _______________________________ From: Tammy Taylor April 18, 2010 Subj: Planning Guidance for Response...
Good Morning all, I have run into a little bit of an issue. One of our jurisdictions wants to purchase a vehicle portal monitor before the end of the contract...
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Carol O'Claire
coclaire@...
May 11, 2010 2:47 pm
Has anyone received a request from a FEMA evaluator to demonstrate field activity while wearing full or partial PPE? If yes, did you put out a public notice...
From an e-mail I recently got: "... recently, the University of Virginia and Virginia Department of Emergency Management conducted a survey of 2,600 National...
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Michael L. Bear
MLBear@...
Jun 14, 2010 3:57 pm
We're looking at updating our alert and notification procedures for Lake Erie. I'm curious to know what methods have been used in the Great Lakes states and...
Mike, We use the USCG Captain of the Port (COP) to transmit a Notice to Mariners which includes broadcasting a message over Marine Band channels 16 and 22 for...
Mike: During the 15+ years I coordinated REP plans in Illinois before I retired, the Coast Guard was assigned and agreed to handle broadcast notifications to...
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Osman A. Osman
oao01@...
Jun 14, 2010 8:02 pm
I will be out of the office starting 06/13/2010 and will not return until 06/21/2010. I will respond to your message when I return. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This...
Minnesota uses the State Patrol (police) helicopters with back-up from the National Guard to notify boaters along the Mississippi River and park areas at a GE....
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Michael L. Bear
MLBear@...
Jun 18, 2010 8:24 pm
Kevin, Do the helicopters use PA systems or some other method to communicate with boaters? I've heard mixed reviews on the effectiveness of using PA systems on...
Yes they use a built in PA system that is designed for that function and FEMA evaluated the audibly and it was fine. Just not that it is a built in PA and not...
Did you all get the newest version (2) of the Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation, dated June 2010? I was just talking to someone who hadn't...
It is available on line at the following link (PDF). http://www.epa
gov/rpdweb00/docs/er/planning_guidance_for_response_to_a_nuclear_detonation_%...
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Michael L. Bear
MLBear@...
Jun 29, 2010 12:59 pm
Good morning, We're looking at the way we report our training in the annual letter of certification as we switch to a modular training format. How are you all...
Good Morning The attachment is what we use in Wisconsin. Our FEMA region seems to be ok with that log. Lori Hucek Director Kewaunee County Emergency...
Subject: HotSpot v2.07.1 Announcement The new version of the HotSpot Health Physics Codes, version 2.07.1, and User's Guide are available for download at...
Colleagues -- The following is posted on behalf of Dr. Craig Marianno at Texas A&M University: Currently there is a call for proposals from USDA asking for...
Colleagues -- Forwarded from another mailing list ... ======================================= http://preparedness.ideascale.com/ The National Dialogue on...
Colleagues -- This is a little off topic, but I thought I should share it. See http://www.nukeyourself.com/ -- a website advertising "Nuclear Energy Powder"....
Folks -- This list has been surprisingly quiet, given the recent and current events in Japan. I'm sure that's because we're all under orders not to say...
Jim, You comments are food for thought considering problems ORO's have had in the past with NRC and the current trend in rulemaking as it relates to ORO...
Carl -- I wonder if anybody has taken all the Japanese data coming out and done a (not so) quick and dirty calculation of thyroid doses out to 20 miles. I...
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Cynthia A. Costello
cac04@...
Apr 22, 2011 2:48 pm
All... One of our county reps had a question about using respirators for plume phase field teams. It's not currently part of our REP plan, and I don't believe...
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Apr 22, 2011 10:50 pm
Cindy -- In broad, general terms we don't plan to conduct field monitoring operations, at least during emergency phase, in areas in which the general public...
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Michael L. Bear
MLBear@...
Apr 25, 2011 7:40 pm
Cindy, Ohio's field teams don't use respiratory protection. It was decided years ago that they would inhibit the field teams ability to drive and communicate...
