Local Emergency Planning Committee

Nashua LEPC Minutes December 6th, 2012 0 Panther Drive, Nashua, NH 03060 Attendees: Justin Kates Nashua Emergency Management Chris Stawasz AMR Ambulance Bill Lana Hillsborough County ARES Wayne Gibson Worthen Industries Mark Dorobiala Dartmouth-Hitchcock Kevin Moore Daniel Webster College Kevin Harvey 12th Civil Support Team Ed Lecius Nashua Police Department Andy Patrician Nashua Public Works Mark Hastings Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Patty Crooker Nashua Public Health Ross Dugas Nashua Risk Management Joe McDonald Rivier University Bill McKinney Nashua Building Safety Patti Rogers Nashua Mayor’s Office Mark Sousa Nashua Transportation Angelo Marino Nashua GIS Fran Dupuis St. Joseph Hospital Meeting started at 3:30pm Old Business: Nashua OEM is continuing to work with the Nashua Regional Planning Commission to tie all of the pieces discussed at the last four LEPC meetings together for the Hazard Mitigation Plan. Likely will be released in January of 2013. http://www.nashuarpc.org/hazardmitigation/nashua.html SMART Team Update: No NFR rep present. New Business: Justin and Patty discussed the possibility of combining the Public Health Regional Coordinating Committee Emergency Manager meetings with LEPC. Most of the same players are involved with both. Hurricane Sandy After Action Meeting went well, after action report will be produced in the next month. Information Sharing Focus Group met to discuss improvements to mapping system and Nashua Virtual EOC. Minutes have been attached for review. If you are interested in participating in this Focus Group, get in contact with Justin. Nashua OEM has an assistant working on the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Position Specific Guides. Bethany Jones will be getting in contact with individual agencies to complete PSGs for their positions in the EOC and elsewhere Nashua OEM met with Manchester Fire to discuss putting together an Incident Management Team to help provide support to either City during a localized event. Volunteer Programs: Daniel Webster College will be hosting CERT Training starting March 21st through May 4th, every Tuesday and Thursday night from 6:30p-7:30p. City will also be hosting a CERT class tentatively on April 20th, 27th, and May 4th. Training Opportunities: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program @ DES Portsmouth 1/12-1/13 MGT 315: Enhanced WMD Risk & Threat Assessment @ NH Fire Academy 01/16-01/17 MGT 405: Mobilizing Faith-Based Community Organizations in Preparing for Disasters @ Rivier University in Nashua 3/02 PER 229: Introduction to CAMEO @ NH Fire Academy 1/07-1/09 More Info: http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/fstems/training/schedtrdates.html Continuity of Operations Planning Made Practical February 14, 2012 DelValle Boston, MA MGT 348/PER 233: Medical Preparedness and Response to Bombing Incidents January 24 - 25, 2013, or February 12 - 13, 2013 DelValle Boston, MA More Info: http://delvalle.bphc.org/search/courses/ Exercises: Ed Lecius gave an overview of the exercise Nashua Police Department held on 11/19/12 Patty Crooker talked about the MACE Exercise to be held on January 22nd 2012. Internal exercise. Civil Support Team is looking at an exercise in August to test their capabilities. Will work with Nashua Fire to determine location and extent of exercise. SFC Kevin Harvey from NH 12th Civil Support Team gave a presentation on the capabilities and upgrades to the Civil Support Team Next LEPC meeting on January 3rd 2013 3:15pm