INTEGRATED CONTINGENCY PLAN Maneuver Training Center

Table 7 - Responsibilities
Person, Organization,
or Agency
First Responder,
Awareness Level
On-Scene Commander
(OSC)
Fire Department
Authorities, Responsibilities, and Duties
spills.
• Ensure that the On-Scene Commander (OSC) and appropriate agencies are notified
if facility personnel cannot adequately respond to a spill.
• Coordinate spill response activities with available, trained personnel.
Responsibilities to maintain ICP include:
• Report Plan modifications within 6 months of significant facility changes, but no
later than three years.
• Request Plan modification within 6 months of significant facility changes.
• Ensure copies of the Plan are distributed to appropriate personnel at the facility and
authorized emergency response agencies who request it.
• Ensure facility personnel have been appropriately trained.
• Perform inspections.
• Review the Plan once every five years.
Primary responsibilities include:
• Initiate evacuation, if necessary. Contact response personnel, if necessary.
• Assist the Discoverer and MTC-Fort Pickett Environmental Coordinator in the event
of a release.
• Stop spill flow when possible without undue risk of personal injury.
• Contain the spill using spill response equipment or whatever means is readily
available without undue risk of personal injury.
• Make spill scene OFF LIMITS to unauthorized personnel.
• Restrict all sources of ignition when flammable/ combustible substances are
involved.
• Report to the OSC upon his/her arrival to the scene.
• Assist MTC-Fort Pickett Environmental Coordinator in completing spill report
forms, as required.
The senior fire official (Fire Chief) on the scene will be the initial OSC. The OSC
assumes the primary responsibility for actions following a spill and coordinates spill
response activities with available, trained personnel.
Primary responsibilities include:
• Coordinate spill response activities with available, trained personnel.
• Request the deployment of spill response team.
• Direct the spill response efforts.
• Coordinate requirements from the on-scene control group for materials, personnel
and equipment.
Primary responsibilities include:
• Act as the initial OSC until the appointed OSC is on-site.
• Immediately respond to spills as necessary to protect life and property with due
regard to the environment.
• Provide technical assistance to the OSC concerning response to, and handling of,
combustible or flammable substances.
• Provide personnel as required for the Response Team.
• Maintain protective clothing and equipment for response personnel within the Fire
Department.
• Request the preplanned response operations center to request medical assistance if
injuries are reported.
MTC – Fort Pickett
Integrated Contingency Plan
Blackstone, Virginia
October 2009 Page 48