Local Emergency Planning Committee

Nashua LEPC Minutes December 1st, 2011 177 Lake Street, Nashua, NH 03060 Attendees: Justin Kates Nashua Emergency Management Rick Wood Nashua Fire Marshal Eric Jackson Stabile Companies Chris Stawasz AMR Scott Cote SNHMC Mark Hastings SNHMC Mike Findley Nashua Building Inspector Tom Crear Green Briar Keith Enright Daniel Webster College John Clark Daniel Webster College Joe McDonald Rivier College James Hazlett NH Red Cross Chris Lessard Nashua School District Wayne Gibson Worthen Industries Fran Dupuis St. Joseph Hospital Ray McDannell Nashua Police Ed Lecius Nashua Police Michael Flaherty Greater Nashua Mental Health Center Susan Mead Greater Nashua Menthl Health Center Tom Galligani Nashua Economic Development Lisa Fauteux Nashua Public Works Bill Lana Hillsborough ARES Fletcher Seagroves Hillsborough ARES Lance dePlante Hillsborough ARES  Mark Dorobiala Dartmouth-Hitchcock Gene Heighton Nashua MRC John Lavigne HL Turner Group Meeting started at 3:15pm Presentation on Nashua River Flood Mitigation Project by: Tom Galligani - City of Nashua Economic Development Eric Jackson - Stabile Companies John Lavigne - HL Turner Group Committee Reports: Volunteers (COAD/VOAD/Citizen Corps): Justin Kates and Marc Slater from Nashua COAD met with Dom DiNatale at VolunteerNH to talk about the development of a Citizen Corps Council in the City of Nashua. Large need for volunteers during the October Snowstorm. SMART Report: Rick Wood gave report on SMART. Participated with the Civil Support Team in exercises. No responses. Planning a Hazmat Tech class for January. Public Information: Looking at developing a Facebook and Twitter account for emergency management. People during October storm were interested in receiving information on incident via social media. Old Business: Starting work on the Emergency Operations Plan. Will be meeting with each discipline to look a a standard format for the new Emergency Operations Plan. Will be meeting with many of the Non-governmental organizations that have responsibilities as part of the plan. New Business: October Snowstorm - Storm was an extremely large response. Critical Infrastructure without power was a major issue during the storm. OEM will be meeting with PSNH to talk about some of that. No agencies reported any issues or concerns. After Action Meeting will be held soon. Family Emergency Preparedness Day 2012 - Looking at holding an event during the National Preparedness Month in September 2012. Would be a fair at a mall or other location with responder vehicles, booths by non-profits, training, etc. Looking to educate citizens on emergency preparedness kits and plans to try and resolve some of the rush to food markets and gas stations after the storm as seen during the October Snowstorm. State Training and Exercise Workshop - Looking at a few Statewide exercises for 2012. Shelter exercise will be one of the major exercises to test how many volunteers necessary to open up shelters. If Nashua responders are interested in exercises, let Justin Kates know so that he can work with HSEM Training and Exercise LEPC participants asked for a potential host for next meeting. Next meeting on January 5th 2012.