OKI HAZMAT CONFERENCE / TRAINING

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1 LEPC Meeting Dates January 8, 2014 March 12, 2014 May 14, 2014 July 9, 2014 September 10, 2014 November 12, 2014 Meetings will occur at 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Spring 2014 OKI HAZMAT CONFERENCE / TRAINING OKI Hazmat Conference 2014 in Cincinnati, Ohio The Hamilton County LEPC in conjunction with the Greater Cincinnati Hazmat Unit will host a Hazmat Conference/Training for the Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana region, September 15th and 16th The conference will be held at the Anderson Center, Anderson, Ohio. This conference will target 1st Responders, emergency managements, health departments and private industry with a variety of classes to be conducted. Further information will be distributed on this conference in the near future. Good bye Clint...Bonjour Eric On Sber 1, the INEOS ABS pl change in upper management. Clint Herring, the Site Director since January

2 Mid-Valley Pipeline Leak Hamilton County Emergency crews responded to a reported crude oil release in Colerain Township, Hamilton County Tuesday, March 18th, in a wooded ravine in a wetland area of Oak Glen Nature Preserve. The leak was from a 20 pipeline belonging to Sunoco Logistics/Mid-Valley pipeline. Sunoco Logistics emergency response crews and contractors, as well as local, and state and federal emergency response crews were at the scene. Hamilton County EMA/LEPC were actively involved in this incident. The crude oil release was contained by the Sunoco Logistics emergency response crews and contractors. The pipeline was immediately shut down remotely on either side of the release area. There was reported to be a release of 240 barrels (10,000 gallons/38,000 liters) of crude oil. Crews vacuumed oil that had leaked from the pipeline into a wetland area. Cause of the spill is unknown and under investigation. The Mid-Valley pipeline is part of the company s Midwest system that runs about 1,000 miles from Longview, Texas to Samaria, Michigan, providing crude oil to a number of refineries, primarily in the U.S. Midwest.

3 Public Service Announcement Reminder for Severe Weather

4 Hamilton County EMA Citizen Early Warning Notification System Information and Emergency Warnings update Hamilton County EMA has installed 129 sirens and upgraded 63 with 2 voice sirens located along the Banks riverfront. The new siren system provides 100% outdoor warning notification coverage to our residents. Remember, sirens are meant to be heard when outdoors. With the assistance of the National Weather Service, we are getting better at predicting severity of storms and are able to provide warnings with more advanced notice. Occasionally, tornadoes develop so rapidly that little, if any, advance warning is possible. Our residents can receive warnings while outdoors as well as indoors. We recommend a number of methods that are free to our citizens. The Hamilton County Smartphone APP will notify you of a tornado warning only. You will also receive emergency information pertaining to that emergency directly to your APP. Nixle which is a press release and notification system that we use to notify residents of pertinent and timely information/ warnings. Just text the word HCoNotify to to start receiving messages to your cell phone. You can cancel at any time and you don t have to be a resident of Hamilton County. Residents of Hamilton County can also sign up with HyperReach to receive early waning notifications vial their cell phone, and land lines. To register, go to and click on the scroll Early Notification, or scan the QR code.

5 Citizens Without Internet Access Registration Form

6 Citizen Early Warning Notification System Smartphone APP and Nixle Alerts

7 Hamilton County LEPC 2014 Table Top Exercise Hamilton County LEPC conducted a Table Top Exercise Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Sharonville, Ohio Fire Department. A broad spectrum of Hamilton County, state, city, and supporting public and private partners participated in this exercise. This exercise was sponsored by the Hamilton County LEPC and the State of Ohio Emergency Response Commission (SERC). This exercise consisted of a scenario of a truck containing a mixed load of chemicals crashes along a major transportation corridor in northern Hamilton County. It involved the core capabilities of: Operational Coordination, Public and Private Services and Resource, Threat and Hazard Identification, Public Information and Warning, On Scene Security and Protection. The objectives were Ohio Hazardous Materials Objectives #4-Emergency Operation Centers, #5-Resource Management, #8-Population Protective Actions, #9-Emergency Public Information, and #10-Traffic and Access Control.

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