Mike Anderson GENERAL MANAGER SAFETY NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY Kevin Carr EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MANAGER PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS GAS Steve O Gorman SAFETY COORDINATOR NEW JERSEY NATURAL GAS NGA Fall Operations Conference 2018
Broader Perspective Full Scale Exercises Exercises: (Evaluate vs. Training) HSEEP Procedures & protocols (including PA program) Incident Command (Unified Command) Coordination with / between responders Link to other Initiatives Gas Leak Response Protocols NJ LDCs NJ Statewide Coordinated Gas Leak Response 911, Police, Fire, EMS, Gas LDCs & others Enhance gas leak coordinated response Life Safety - First Responders first then others Two Exercise Approaches Full Scale Exercise @ Fire Academy Training Facilities (NJNG) Full Scale Exercise @ Public Venues (PSE&G) 2
Exercise Players External 911 Centers Police Fire / EMS Others Internal Call Center / Dispatch Appliance service Distribution Actors Simulated Roles Excavator Homeowners / Residents Controller / Evaluators Core Group (Internal & External) Local Department Head and Engineer Public - Logistics Detail Site selection with Emergency Officials RPA / Operations / Communications Near-by parking & bathrooms Parks / Schools Notification to residents Hand Deliver Notification Letters Garbage & recycling Access (10AM start - end by Noon) Minimize impact (not evacuated) Designated Press Area Promote Damage Prevention & Gas Safety Press Controller 3
Culture Change Utility & Fire Service Working Together Life Safety First Responders Occupants Public Actions Evacuations Forcible Entry Ventilation Monitoring Structures 4
Typical Exercise Scenario / Features Excavator damage Call for excavator and / or homeowner Homeowners / residents Non-English speaking Child Re-enter after being evacuated Building 1% or greater open air reading Gas at other building foundations House has emergency generator (simulated generator) Located near a fire hydrant Remove from play (Police, Fire & Gas Responder) Building explosion 5
Objective Life Safety Terminology ( The Lawyers ) Gas ignition vs. Explosion Gas in building vs. potential explosive range Specific distances / guidance 100 meters / 330 feet or two similar structures Action levels - 1% gas open air inside a structure Our product our responsibility (oversight perspective) Actions to protect life All responders Working together Coordinated response Call Center 350-feet evacuation 6
Lessons Identified Gas Company Clear response expectations Training Practical response / actual use Responders first Accountability Clear communications / coordination Fire Department Bomb response vs. Fire Hot Zone definition (common to all responders) Access for gas equipment Police Department Evacuations / Evacuee oversight EMS Evacuee and responder care stand-off distance 7
Coordinated Response Working together to Protect Life 8
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Exercises 2015-2016 Aspects Varied locations Varied facility types External responders Call Center/ Dispatch & Operations involved Lessons Identified ICS Features needed Coordinated follow-up with other responders including standard response actions Identified gaps / enhancements broad perspective Work with others NJ Gas LDCs External Responders Promoted Damage Prevention & Gas Safety Gas District Exercise Field Location Outside Agencies Participating Date Conducted 1- New Brunswick 2- Plainfield 3- Orange 4- Burlington 5- Oakland 6- Audubon 7- Clifton 8- Summit 9- Trenton 10- Oradell 11- Harrison Gas Training Facility Silver Lake Edison Gas Training Facility Silver Lake Edison Oakley Terrace Nutley (Residential Dead End Street) Eagle Court Moorestown (Residential street Development) War Veterans Place Wanaque (Residential Dead End Street) Hampshire Avenue Audubon (Residential street) 10 Highpark Place Clifton (Residential street near a school) 10 Eliot Place Millburn (Residential Dead End Street near a school) 24 Lamont Avenue Hamilton (Apartment Complex) 1 Lincoln Drive Cresskill (High School) 191 Orange Street Newark Fire Training Center Simulated 80 Park Plaza Newark (24 Floor Office Building in a City) None 10-20-2015 Middlesex County OEM Official Nutley: Police, Fire & EMS (911 call part of the exercise) Moorestown: Police, Fire & EMS Wanaque: Police, Fire, EMS & DPW Camden County 911 Audubon Police & Bellmawr Fire Department 12-17-2015 3-7-2016 4-15-2016 5-11-2016 6-22-2016 Clifton: 911, Police & Fire 7-27-2016 Millburn: 911, Police, Fire & EMS, Middle School (notifications only) Hamilton: Police, Fire, EMS Mercer County Call Center Cresskill Police, Fire, EMS & High School (Facility/Staff Only) Building Owner(simulated), Newark Police, Fire, EMS 8-10-2016 8-24-2016 9-2-2016 10-26-2016 103 East 25 th Street Bayonne Bayonne: Police, Fire, EMS & 12- Jersey City 11/26/2016 NGA (Dead - 2018 end street FALL by OPERATIONS Tank farm) OEM CONFERENCE - SARATOGA, NY 10
Exercises 2017-2018 On-going Issues Special needs High rise facilities Malls Schools Other Responders? Pre-Plan Approach Greater District Involvement HSEEP Course ICS SMEs Local Response Training Manager Briefing Lessons Identified Shopping Mall Nursing Home School - Autistic Expanded Unified Command Hospital District Aspect Date Conducted 1- Audubon 2- New Brunswick 3- Plainfield 4- Harrison Woodbury residential street near electric transmission & rail line Edison residential Dead End Street- NG & Propane North Plainfield residential Dead End Street 80 Park Plaza, Newark PSEG General Office 25 floor office Building 6/27/2017 7/20/2017 8/29/2017 9/26/2017 5- Oradell Hackensack - Riverside Mall 10/24/2017 6- Orange Nursing Home - Montclair 3/26/2018 7- Summit TTX Early Nov. 2018 08- Burlington School - Bancroft 5/1/2018 9- Trenton College of NJ - Ewing 7/24/2018 10- Oakland TTX 7/6/2018 11- Clifton Hospital (TTX-w/ ERs) 9/24/2018 12- Jersey NGA City - 2018 FALL OPERATIONS TTXCONFERENCE - SARATOGA, Early Dec. NY 201811
Others? Emergency Mark-out NGA - 2018 FALL OPERATIONS CONFERENCE 12- SARATOGA, NY 12
Path Forward - Your Support Sharing information Lessons Identified Lessons Learned Information knowledge Coordinated Response Challenges: Special Needs / Special Facilities / Schools Non-intrinsically safe equipment / alarm systems High Rise / HVAC systems Hospitals / Nursing homes 13