ITS Appendices - Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization

WORKSHOP NOTES
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Group #1 – Bomb threat at the RCA Dome
• Dome Control, the internal emergency management, would respond to the incident from
its Emergency Command Center. Dome Control would contact other agencies, such as:
Indianapolis Police Department (IPD), Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD), Indianapolis
DPW, FBI, CSX Rail, ISP, and emergency medical services (EMS), through the use of
900 MHz radios and telephone.
• Upon receiving the call, Dome Control would enact its emergency response plan and
investigate.
• Dome Control has pre-planned messages that it would disseminate to evacuate the
building.
• Dome Control would contact INDOT to facilitate evacuation.
• The media would be informed of the situation through radio scanners.
• IPD would provide on-site traffic control.
Group #2 – HAZMAT rollover at the I-65/70 North Split
• ISP and INDOT would work together to detect and respond to the incident.
• ISP and INDOT would use the Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS), an
automated paging system. ATIS includes contact lists that would be used depending on
the particular type of incident.
• A number of agencies would be involved in a HAZMAT spill, such as: IFD (HAZMAT
Team), IPD, Emergency Management, Environmental Management, and DPW; Marion
County Sheriff; EMS, public officials, and schools.
• Most agencies have 800 MHz radios, and use mutual aid channels to communicate.
• Dispatch centers coordinate incident communications, and then relay appropriate
channel to field units.
• CHEMTREK, a national chemical database, would be consulted to determine response.
• An overall command post would be set up to manage the incident.
• There are many HAZMAT teams in the region, but some surrounding counties only have
one. Mutual aid agreements help to provide necessary response.
• Computer-aided dispatch helps to identify incident jurisdiction.
Group #3 – Tornado approaching the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS)
• The National Weather Service would send out an “all points bulletin” to dispatch
facilities.
• The IMS Emergency Operations Center (EOC) would direct response activities. All
participating agencies would be represented in the EOC, including: INDOT (Hoosier
Helpers), IPD, IFD, Marion County Sheriff, ISP, and Speedway Police. EMS would also
be notified. The Statewide Emergency Management Agency would be notified when
local response options had been exhausted.