HomeMy WebLinkAbout851094.tiff RESOLUTION
RE: APPROVE DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN FOR TOWN OF PIERCE
AND AUTHORIZE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN
WHEREAS , the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County,
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home
Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the
affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with a Disaster
Emergency Response Plan for the Town of Pierce for review and
approval, and
WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to
approve said Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the Disaster
Emergency Response Plan for the Town of Pierce be, and hereby is,
approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chairman be, and
hereby is, authorized to sign said Plan.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made
and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 30th day of
October, A.D. , n1985`.1 ` BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Weld County Clerk and Recorder
and Clerk to the Board 15:c1\-line J nson, Chairman
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: C.W. irb _
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County Attorney
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851094
DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN
PIERCE, COLORADO
Disaster Emergency Response Plan
Pierce, Colorado
Table of Contents Page
CONCURRENCE
TABLE OF CONTENTS ii
BASIC PLAN 1
RESPONSIBILITIES 1
NOTIFICATION 1
ACTION 1
EVACUATION 5
TACTICAL COMMAND POST 5
STABILIZATION 6
RECOVERY 7
CALL UP LIST OF THE ACTION AGENCIES 8
CALL UP LIST OF ASSISTANCE AGENCIES 9
CALL UP LIST OF THE NEWS MEDIA 10
PRELIMINARY PUBLIC INFORMATION CHECKLIST 11
TACTICAL COMMAND POST ORGANIZATION CHART 12
DISTRIBUTION LIST 13
MAP 14
CALL UP LIST IN CASE OF TRANSPORTATION INCIDENTS 15
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PIERCE DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN
I. General
A. This Disaster Emergency Response Plan will be followed in the event of
i) An act of God.
ii) A hazardous material incident.
iii) Civil disorder or
iv) Bomb threat.
II. Area of Responsibility
A. The general area of responsibility for this plan is limited to the city
limits of the Town of Pierce.
III. Mutual Aid Area of Responsibility
A. Mutual aid will be requested from the Weld County Sheriff's Office,
the Colorado State Patrol, other law enforcement agencies within Weld
County, and other fire departments within Weld County, as available.
B. Requests from other agencies will be made upon need assessment by the
on scene supervisor, a representative of the Weld County Sheriff's Office.
IV. Notification
A. Notification of a disaster will normally originate from one or more of
the following agencies:
1. Colorado Division of Disaster Emergency Services
2. Weld County Emergency Management
3. Weld County Sheriff's Office
4. Colorado State Patrol
5. Ault/Pierce Fire Department
B. Advance notice will be given when possible, however, most notification
times will be form zero to twelve hours of anticipated disaster.
V. Action
A. Upon notice of disaster conditions, all action agency heads or their
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designees will immediately meet at the primary command post--The Pierce
Town Hall; or at a Secondary Command Post--the Ault/Pierce Fire Department;
or the Third Command Post--the Highland Middle School. In the event that
none of the three designated command posts may be utilized, due to the
circumstances surrounding the disaster incident, an alternative command
post will be selected by the On Scene Supervisor of the Pierce Emergency
Services Group.
B. The location of the command post will be determined by the type and size
of the disaster.
C. Responsibilities and Action Agencies shall include, but may not be limited
to the following:
1. The Weld County Commissioners
a. Coordinating all efforts in Weld County with Federal, State, and
Local agencies involved in the disaster.
2. Weld County Communications and Emergency Management (Dispatch)
a. Coordinating notification and communications within Weld County,
to the State of Colorado, and Emergency Serivces Group of Pierce.
b. If disaster is outside the city limits of Pierce or of a large
scale, coordinating related disaster emergency function as out-
lined in the Weld County Emergency Operations Plan to include
the establishment of emergency reception and sheltering of persons
evacuted from a contaminated or affected area, emergency welfare
assistance, Red Cross liaison, etc.
3. Chairman of Pierce Emergency Services Group (Police Commissioner)
a. Coordinating all efforts within the city limits of Pierce with
any action agency involved in the disaster.
4. Ault/Pierce Fire Department
a. Responsible for all fire fighting; search and rescue and other
duties as deemed necessary by the command post.
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b. Initiate Disaster Signal - two (2) continuous minutes of siren.
5. Weld County Sheriff's Office
a. Warning of affected population.
b. Enforcing evacuation orders.
c. Maintaining law and order to include security of controlled area.
d. Control of traffic.
e. Search and rescue operations.
f. Coordinating liaison.
6. Colorado State Patrol
a. Respond and assist upon request in areas not precluded by Statues.
1. Traffic control
2. Communications
3. Hazards materials
7. Highland School District
a. Providing lodging and food facilities as deemed necessary.
b. Other assistance as needed (buses, etc.)
8. North Weld Volunteer Emergency Team (EMT's)
a. On scene medical care.
b. Assignment of cases to participating hospitals.
D. General
1. All agencies are assigned specific responsibilities as follows:
a. Developing and maintaining internal plans.
b. Maintaining current alerting procedures and phone numbers required
to mobilize their emergency response personnel.
c. Developing and establishing operating procedures necessary to
perform their functions.
d. Training their emergency response personnel in the provisions of
this plan and internal operating procedures.
e. Participating in joint training and exercises to test the validity
of this plan, and improve the response of action personnel,
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E. A call-up list of the action agencies is contained herein as en-
closure (1) .
F. After the action agencies have assembled, the following agencies shall
be notified, as deemed necessary by the command post. In that instance
an emergency exists and plans for disaster control have begun.
1. The Colorado Division of Disaster Emergency Services.
2. Weld County Road Department
3. Colorado Division of Highways
4. Colorado State Health Department
5. Weld County Health Department
6. Weld County Red Cross
7. Salvation Army
8. North Colorado Medical Center
9. Memorial Hospital
10. Weld County Ambulance Service
11. Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital (Fort Collins)
12. St. Lukes Hospital (Radioactive Incident)
13. Memorial Hospital of Laramie County (Cheyenne)
14. DePaul Hospital (Cheyenne)
15. F.E. Warren Air Force Base
16. Weld County Ham Radio Association
17. Greeley Gas Company
18. Home, Light and Power Company
19. Mountain Bell Telephone Company
20. Weld County Communications
G. A call up list is contained herein as enclosure (2)
VI. Evacuation
A. Public Alert
1. If the city emergency siren has not already been sounded, it will be
activated upon order from the Emergency Management Director.
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2. Depending on advance knowledge of the disaster conditions, the
Weld County Sheriff's Office, Colorado State Patrol, Ault/Pierce
Fire Department (whichever is deemed applicable) will attempt to proceed to
the specified area and alert the residents of the impending disaster.
3. The tactical command post shall appoint a public information officer
to deal will all media, and at their order he/she shall contact
the media and request they announce the d sister conditions, order
or evacuation or other special instructions.
a. The Public Information Officer will keep the media updated on
the actions and conditions of the disaster, when practical.
b. A call up list is contained herein as enclosure (3) .
VII. Tactical Command Post
A. Location of command post herein contained in action phase of this
plan.
B. Responsibilities
1. Correlate, evaluate, and estimate the scope of the disaster.
2. On the basis of the estimate, the tactical command post will de-
termine the precise areas to be evacuated and direct the evacuees
to the proper shelter.
3. An estimate of the total population in the evacuation area will be
calculated by the command post based upon reports from personnel
in the field (and the Weld County Planning Department. )
4. Appoint an appropriate representative to arrange for and coordinate
all transportation in the evacuation area.
5. Appoint an appropriate representative to coordinate food and lodging
needs (possibly utilize ARC) .
6. Establish the absolute deadline hour for all persons to evacute
the suspected disaster area.
a. If possible, after deadline of evacuation, law enforcement,
and Fire Department personnel will make a house-to-house check
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to be sure everyone has left the area.
b. Any person found in the area where a disaster is expected will
be advised to leave immediately. If the individual(s) refuse
to leave, the officers shall offer assistance and advise
where they can be reached should said individual decide to leave
voluntarily.
7. On the basis of all available information, determine all access roads
into and out of the area expected to be affected by the disaster.
8. With the assistance of the appropriate highway and road departments,
the command post will arrange for barricades and detours.
Traffic will be directed away from the area expected to be affected
by the disaster.
a. Upon final deadline for evacuation, access to the effected areas
maybe prohibited.
9. Certain key roadblocks will be manned as appropriate and where
directed by the command post.
10. As deemed necessary the Emergency Operations Center for the State
of Colorado, is to be kept informed by a situation report (through
Weld County OEM).
IIX. Stabilization
A. The tactical command post will keep a close check on the emergency
conditions and keep all concerned parties advised of the expected
duration of the emergency.
B. The American Red Cross, the Ham Radio Operators Association, and the
Salvation Army will handle all emergency family notification of safe and
well messages for stranded persons.
IX. Recovery
A. The Emergency Management Director will declare an end of the disaster and
cause the all clear signal to be sounded after receiving reports from
the field that the disaster is over.
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March 1, 1984
ENCLOSURE I
Call up list of the Action Agencies
1. Ault/Pierce Volunteer Fire Department 911
2. Colorado State Patrol 353-1151
3. Highland School District 834-2839
4. North Weld Volunteer Emergency Team (EMT) 834-2031
5. Pierce Emergency Services Group (Home)
(Work)
Chairman of Health and Safety (Home)
(Work)
Mayor (Home)
(Work)
6. Weld County Ambulance Service 911
7. Weld County Emergency Management 356-4000, ext. 4247
Lea Ekman (home) 352-6410
8. Weld County Commissioners 356-4000, ext. 4200
9. Weld County Sheriff 356-4000,ext. 4620
March 1, 1984
ENCLOSURE 2
Call up list of Assistance Agencies
I. Medical Facilities
1. DePaul Hospital (Cheyenne) (307)632-6411
2. F.E. Warren Air Base (307)775-1110
3. Memorial Hospital (Greeley) 352-3123
4. Memorial Hospital of Laramie County (Cheyenne) (307)634-3341
5. North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley) 352-4121
6. Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital (Ft. Collins) 482-4111
7. St. Luke's Hospital (Denver) 839-1000
II. Public Utilities
1. Greeley Gas Company 352-7171
2. Home, Light, Power 454-2191
3. Mountain Bell Telephone (AT&T) 1-555-1621
III. Transportation Agencies
1. Colorado Division of Highways 353-1151
2. Union Pacific Railroad 352-2121
3. Weld County Engineer 356-4000, ext. 4750
IV. Volunteer Organizations & Public Health
1. American Red Cross 352-7212
2. Colorado Dept. of Health 1-388-6111
3. Salvation Army 353-1441/353-0521
4. Weld County Health Dept 353-0540
5. Weld County Ham Radio Association
March 1, 1984
ENCLOSURE 3
Call up list of the News Media
I. Newspapers
1 . Associated Press 1-825-0123
2. Greeley Tribune 352-0211
3 . North Weld Herald 454-2011
4. United Press International 1-321-2234
II . Radio Stations
1 . KCOL 1-482-5991
2. KERE 1-534-5373
3. KFKA 356-1310
4. KGRE 356-1452
5. KNOW 1-266-2611
6. KLZ 1-759-5666
7. KTCL 1-493-5330
8. KUAD 686-2791
9. KYOU 356-1450
10. KOA 1-861-4444
III . Television Stations
1 . KBTV 1-266-3601
2. KMGH 1-292-3456
3. KCNC 1-861-8111
4. KWGN 1-222-9525
5. KYCU (307)632-5842
PRELIMINARY PUBLIC INFORMATION CHECKLIST
1. What kind of disaster control?
2. What day and time did the disaster occur?
3. What type of disaster is it?
4. Were there injuries or fatalities?
5. Types of injuries?
6. Who is in charge?
7. What area is affected?
8. Evacuation necessary?
9. Over which routes?
10. Were will evacuees be taken?
11. How long will evacuation orders be in effect?
12. Participating agencies?
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Highland School District 834-2839
Highland Elementary School 834-2853
Weld County Sheriff's Office 356-4000
Weld County Emergency Management 356-4000
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CONCURRENCE
This emergency plan had been developed in order to provide for a coordinated
response to a disaster or other emergency in the Town of Pierce.
We, the undersigned, hereby concur in the provisions of this plan and direct
each department, agency, or employee or ou respective organizations who have
responsibilities delegated in this plan, be prepared to discharge that responsi-
bility when this plan is implemented.
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