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TABLE A14-II. DESCRIPTIONS OF RECOMMENDED EMERGENCY FACILITIES
AND LOCATIONS
Facility/
location Functions Characteristics
Assembly
point
Assistance
centres (e.g.
reception/
relocation
centres)
Control room
(CR)
Designated
hospital
Emergency
operations
facility (EOF)
Facility
medical
service
Incident
command post
(ICP)
Locations where non-essential personnel at
the facility are assembled; accounted for
and sheltered or evacuated (see Element
A4.7).
Used to provide members of the public
with financial and other assistance during
and after an emergency.
Operational control of the facility,
detection and classification of the
emergency, and activation of response
organization. Non-operational functions
should be transferred to other facilities as
soon as possible.
Provides treatment to exposed and/or
contaminated people as a result of the
radiation emergency at the facility.
Co-ordination of the on- and off-site
response to an emergency warranting offsite
protective actions. Typically staffed by
the director of the on-site response,
director of the off-site response and the
incident commander. When the incident
commander is present, this becomes the
incident command post (ICP) (see Element
A1.2).
Provide contaminated workers and public
(if applicable) with the first aid at the
facility and prepare them for transport to
the designated hospital.
Location of the incident commander and
other members of the unified command
and support staff (see Appendix 13).
Areas (one or more) within the facility
security boundary with sufficient room for onsite
non-essential (non-response) staff
(including construction workers or other nonpermanent
personnel). The location must be
easily accessible, provide some protection
from a release or exposure, and be
continuously monitored.
Activation time: within 15 minutes of
declaration of an emergency.
Locations determined at the time of
emergency that are easily accessible to the
affected public
Access to data needed to detect and classify
an emergency, and implement mitigation
actions; remain habitable during severe
emergencies 131 ; continuous monitoring of
radiation levels; and security to prevent
unauthorized access.
Provisions - made in advance - to treat
contaminated/exposed personnel from the
threat category I, II or III facility to include
provision for contamination control and
access to qualified personnel.
Access to the information required to coordinate
on- and off-site response decisions;
reliable communications with on- and off-site
response centres and organizations;
continuous monitoring of radiation levels;
security to prevent unauthorized access. If
located within the UPZ, provided with
sufficient protection to remain habitable 131
during a severe emergency or be provided
with a backup.
Activation time: within 1 hour of declaration
of a site area or general emergency.
Available 24 hours a day. Only first aid and
minimal provisions to prepare contaminated
victims for transport (e.g. wrap in blanks)
available.
It could be located in another emergency
facility (e.g. EOF or EOC). For threat
category I or II facilities, it most likely will be
located within the EOF. For other
131 This should include provision to monitor and control radiological exposures and contamination, to control other hazards
(e.g. heat, air quality) and to meet human needs (e.g. with food, water, and sanitary and sleeping arrangement) if the facility
may be isolated for an extended period during an emergency.
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