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implementing procedures that will be used during an emergency to carry out each function.
See the outline for the NREP (Section A12.1) and elements of Section 4.2 indicated for related
guidance.
3.1 Notification, activation and request for assistance (see Element B4.6)
Describe the tasks and responsibilities for notification, activation, and deployment of the
local response jurisdiction or organization (see Element A2.13). Describe how decisions will
be made to activate or deploy the response upon notification of activation under the NREP
and include an emergency classification system to be used for prompt activation of response
consistent with that in the NREP. Describe the level of activation and immediate action to be
taken by various components of the response organization for each possible emergency class
(see Elements A2.1, A2.4), for requests for assistance (e.g. from a threat category I, II or III
facility) or for an event not addressed in the plan (see Element A2.13). Describe how national
authorities will be notified of an emergency. The call lists used for activation and
notifications should be part of the procedures. In local jurisdiction plans, describe the
arrangements to have a notification point available continuously (see Elements A2.1, A2.8) to
receive and react to a notification from a facility.
3.3 Emergency management
Describe the command and control system (see Element A1.4) used to manage the response
and the relationship to the NREP command and control system and, if appropriate, how it
will function in the event of simultaneous response at the local level by other organizations to
conventional emergencies or criminal activity (see Element A1.5). Plans for local
jurisdictions should provide for an incident commander (see Element B1.3) who will direct
the response under a unified command system (ICS) as described in Appendix 13. The
incident commander should operate from an incident command post (ICP) as described in
Appendix 14.
Include an overall management procedure for the incident commander that describes the
immediate actions for each type of emergency (e.g. general emergency or terrorist threat).
3.3 Performing mitigation
In local jurisdiction plans, describe the provisions for emergency service support to a threat
category I, II or III facility (see Elements A3.1, A3.4) and how this will be requested by, and
co-ordinated with, the facility.
3.4. Taking urgent protective action
In local jurisdiction plans describe the provisions, including those for the position in the
response organization responsible for making urgent protective action decisions promptly
(see Element A4.5) on the basis of classification (see Element A4.4) or environmental
measurements (see Element A4.5). The local plan should also describe the provisions for
implementing urgent protective measures that are consistent with the criteria in the NREP.
The plan should include a description of the emergency zones, and the criteria (in an
appendix) and organizational components responsible for implementing evacuation,
sheltering, implementing thyroid prophylaxis, protecting sources of food and water; imposing
restrictions on immediate consumption of produce from farms or gardens and of locally
produced milk; monitoring and decontaminating evacuees; care for evacuees; arrangements
for special facilities; and control of access to and restriction of traffic by air, water and rail.
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