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Home My WebLink AboutLocal Emergency Planning Committee (2)LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2305 8TH AVENUE NORTH - BILLINGS, MT 59101 JOE MARCOTTE, CHAIR FEBRUARY 11, 2010 AGENDA AGENDA March 11, 2010 FIRE STATION #1 USE THE 2300 9TH AVENUE NORTH ENTRANCE 1:30 P.M. INTRODUCTIONS MINUTES QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT - - [Jim Kraft] Reports will be presented quarterly in the months of March, June, September, and December. COMMITTEE REPORTS 1) EXERCISE DESIGN COMMITTEE REPORT [Jeff Ashworth] 2) GRANTS SUBCOMMITTEE [Diane Lehm] 3) CAER I CITIZENS CORP COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE [Pam Sanderson] 4) HEALTH & MEDICAL ADVISORY GROUP (HMAG) [Debbie Hedrick] 5) CONFERENCE SUBCOMMITTEE [Paul Hutter] 6) COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE [Patrick O'Neill] 1. Big Sky 11 Consortium [Jim Kraft] 7) TRAINING SUBCOMMITTEE [Mike Glancy, Paul Dextras] • Training Sub-Committee reports suspended until further notice. Any up-coming training opportunities will be emailed to LEPC members as we hear about them. OLD BUSINESS 1. STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE (SNS) NEW BUSINESS 1. AGENCY EDUCATION SESSIONS (10 MINUTES) - U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MINUTES 1 LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2305 HT" AVENUE NORTH - BILLINGS, MT 59101 JOE MARCOTTE, CHAIR FEBRUARY 11, 2010 AGENDA OTHER BUSINESS MEETING DATES FOR 2010 [21D THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH @ 1:50 P.M. -UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED] JANUARY 1A.., = JULY 8, 2010 FEBRUARY 11, 2010 [I.PCOUC SAFETY CONFERENGE] AUGUST 12, 2010 MARCH 11, 2010 SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 APRIL 8, 2010 OCTOBER 14, 2010 MAY 13, 2010 pGR-11, 2010 [VETERANS DAY] NOVEMBER 18, 2010 NOVEMBER 1 JUNE 10, 2010 DECEMBER 9, 2010 * ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING-ELECTION OF OFFICERS FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MINUTES LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2305 8TH AVENUE NORTH - BILLINGS, MT 59101 JOE MARCOTTE, CHAIR MINUTES JANUARY 14, 2010 The meeting was called to order @ 1:30 p.m. INTRODUCTIONS AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSION ACTION STEPS 1 FUTURE EVENTS MINUTES Minutes from the previous meeting approved as amended. [Bikle/Ashworth] FINANCIAL QUARTERLY FINANCx REPORT [JIM KRAFT] Next quarterly REPORT At the December 2009 meeting, Jim reported that $15,249.18 is the balance in the LEPC account. report :March 2010 No expenditures and no revenues were received since the last report, except the in & out funding from a grant for the purchase of seating for the EOC. Question: Where does the LEPC funding come from? Jim reported that funding comes from the Annual LEPC/MSSC Safety Conference, various donations such as the annual donation from DPC and grants. COMMITTEE EXERCISE DESIGN COMMITTEE: [JEFF ASHWORTH, CHAIR] REPORTS OPERATION COYOTE 2010: Jeff reported this will be a full-scale HazMat exercise. The plan is to have Next Meeting: the City of Laurel, Laurel Police Department, Laurel Fire/Ambulance, Laurel Public Schools heavily February 17, 2010 involved in the exercise. Other agencies that are planning to participate are: AMR, American Red 9:30 a.m. Cross, and Billings Fire Department. Laurel School Admin Building, A table top exercise and two community meetings will be held in Laurel at the Laurel School 410 Colorado Administrative building, 410 Colorado. February 17 Table Top Exercise: Laurel School Admin bldg. 9:30am-12:00 noon March 13 Laurel Community Mtg: Laurel School Admin Bldg Operation COYOTE @ 6:30 p.m. The date for the exercise is May 5, 2010. Volunteer to assist with script writing are always welcome. Contact Jeff Ashworth at Lshworth a()dxpe.com or leave him a message at 406-247-2009. GRANTS COMMITTEE [DIANNE LEHM, CHAIR] PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN is scheduled for review. Dianne reported that they have received a grant to assist with the costs. RFP have gone out and it is expected to be completed by the end of January. LEPC will be asked to be involved in the plan update. FUEL REDUCTION GRANT We did not receive any additional funds. HAZARDS MITIGATION - FUEL REDUCTION GRANT - SUB-DIVISIONS: Still pending ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTER GRANT Process is Closed. Grant Applications must be submitted by individual departments. No word on whether or not any of the rural fire departments submitted grant applications. FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MINUTES LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2305 8TH AVENUE NORTH - BILLINGS, MT 59101 JOE MARCOTTE, CHAIR Jim Kraft reported that the Rural Fire Department Assistance Grant for Communications is still pending. YELLOWSTONE COUNTY OPERATIONS PLAN: The process will take approximately 18 months. COMMITTEE CAERICITIZENS CORPS [PAM SANDERSON] REPORTS In the absence of Pam Sanderson, Joe Marcotte reported that Pam is planning to have an LEPC related display at the 2010 Conference in February and to contact Pam if you have any questions or would like to contribute informational materials for the display. HEALTH & MEDICAL ADVISORY GROUP (HMAG) [DEBBIE HEDRICK] H1N1 clinics are now open to the general public. For more information please contact Riverstone Health. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE [PAUL NUTTER] NO REPORT COMMUNICATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE [PATRICK O'NEILL, Chair] Patrick O'Neill reported that the Communications Sub-Committee did not meet. BIG SKY 11 CONSORTIUM [JIM KRAFT] Jim Kraft stated that there is nothing new to report since the previous meeting. The weather continues impact the progress on the various tower sites. The Big Sky 11 members typically meet the 4th Thursday of each month. The next meeting is scheduled for January 28th. TRAINING SUB-COMMITTEE [MIKE GLANCY / PAUL DEXTRAS] ICS CLASSES: Joe reported that the ICS classes for Billings Clinic personnel are full due to an internal reassessment @ the Clinic of who on their staff needs to attend. NEW BUSINESS AGENCY EDUCATION SESSIONS (10 MINUTES) YELLOWSTONE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE [MIKE SCHIENO] Located in south central Montana, Yellowstone County is Montana's most populous with an estimated 139,936 residents in 2007, according to the Montana Department of Commerce. Deputy Schieno began with a brief overview of some of the responsibilities of the Sheriff's office which include the following functions and activities: ? Primary Law enforcement for the 2,635 sq miles of Yellowstone County ? Umbrella agency for the Yellowstone County Detention Center ? Accident and/or criminal Investigations ? Fire/Arson Investigations ? Responses requiring the use of BEAR, or "ballistic engineered armored response vehicle ? Search & Rescue [land & water] ? Public Education ? Crowd and/or traffic control at incidents ? Evacuation Control in the event of a manmade or natural disaster FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MINUTES LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2305 HT" AVENUE NORTH - BILLINGS, MT 59101 .10E MARCOTTE, CHAIR He then gave a brief summary on what it takes to become a Deputy and how the testing process works. SHERIFF'S DEPUTY RECRUITMENT & TESTING: The Montana Law Enforcement Testing Consortium (MTLETC) administers a written test and a physical abilities test in order to create a pool of candidates for the position of entry-level peace officer. The following agencies participate in this process: The cities of Belgrade, Billings, Bozeman, Chinook, Fairview, Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre, Helena, Laurel, Libby, Livingston, Miles City, Three Forks; and the counties of Lewis & Clark, Park, Sheridan, Valley and Yellowstone. The MTLETC will be conducting this testing in September of 2009 at three (3) locations around Montana. He also talked about the Sheriffs Reserve Deputy Program. SHERIFF'S RESERVE DEPUTY PROGRAM: The Sheriffs Reserve is a group of swom, part-time, volunteer citizens who assist the Sheriff in supplementing full-time sworn deputies, in performing the day-to-day delivery of law enforcement services and in emergencies. Reserve Deputies are commissioned only by the Sheriff and they are directly responsible to the Sheriff through a full-time swom deputy sheriff who will act as the Sheriffs Reserve Coordinator. Reserve Deputies have peace officer powers and authority to arrest only when authorized to be on duty and perform these functions as a representative of the Sheriff. To maintain the status of a Reserve Deputy with the Yellowstone County Sheriffs Office, a minimum of 8 hours of volunteer time per month is required. There are also paid duties available for Reserve Deputies who have fulfilled the minimum volunteer time requirement. When asked about the types of equipment Deputy's typically cant' with them on the job, Mike stated that they cant' and/are issued tactical vest, a radio, a firearm, with extra ammunition, pepper spray, taser, handcuffs. If you need the assistance of the Sheriffs Office, Yellowstone County has county-wide 9-1-1. There being no other business the meeting was adjourned @ 2:25 p.m. Reminder: The next meetinn will be March 22, 2010 A-1:30 p.m., FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MINUTES LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2305 8- AVENUE NORTH - BILLINGS, MT 59101 JOE MARCOTTE, CHAIR AGENCY EDUCATION SESSIONS SCHEDULE DATE AGENCY COMPLETED ??i6iFe,ZAA4 COMPLETED Der--em- ,e« 7 nnn V ASR" COMPLETED COMPLETED March 2010 US Postal Service April 2010 US Marshal's Service Ma 2010 S sco Food Service June 2010 Stillwater County Public Health Jul 2010 St. Vincent Healthcare & HELP Flight August 2010 RiverStone Health September 2010 National Weather Service October 2010 MSU-Billings Police November 2010 MSSC December 2010 Montana Arm National Guard January 2011 Montana Highway Patrol February 2011 Montana District V - DES March 2011 Lutheran Disaster Response A ril 2011 Lockwood Water & Sewer May 2011 Lockwood Fire Department June 2011 Laurel, City of - Police & Fire Ambulance Dept Jul 2011 HOPE Dogs August 2011 Hansers Automotive Se tember 2011 FBI October 2011 ExxonMobil November 2011 DXP - Safe Master December 2011 DPC January 2012 County Water District - Billings Heights February 2012 ConocoPhilli s March 2012 CHS Refine A ri12012 Business Watch Montana May 2012 Brennta Pacific June 2012 Billings Public Schools Jul 2012 Billings Clinic August 2012 Billings City of - Police Dept September 2012 Billings City of - Public Works October 2012 Billings City of - Fire Dept November 2012 Billings City of - Airport Fire Dept December 2012 Big S EDA January 2013 Baptist Disaster Relief February 2013 American Red Cross March 2013 American Medical Response April 2013 Advanced Care Hospital of MT FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MINUTES LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2305 HT" AVENUE NORTH - BILLINGS, MT 59101 JOE MARCOTTE, CHAIR ATTENDANCE RECORD - FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MEETING Present Name Company Federally Funded Yes / No Miles Travelled TOTAL ATTENDANCE Sommerville, Richard Advanced Care Hos 'tal of MT Syvertson, Suzanne Advanced Care Hos 'tal of MT Lambert, Loma Advanced Care Hospital of MT Gilbert, Steve Alternatives, Inc. No 2 * Gurchiek, L nd American Medical Response No 5 X * Westmoreland, Melody American Medical Response No 5 LaFur e, Stephen American Red Cross No 2 Washburn, Jill American Red Cross No 1 Edlin, Jim Baptist Disaster Relief X Lehm, Dianne Big Sky EDA - Project Impact No 1 Nordlund, Patty Big Sky EDA No Ban, Dan Billings, City of - Airport Fire 1 * Glancy, Mike Billings, City of - Airport Fire No 1 Gates, Mike Billings, City of -Airport Fire 1 Dextras, Paul Billings, City of - Fire 1 X Gibson, Kathy Billings, City of - Fire No 1 Larson, Terry Billings, City of - Fire No 1 Odermann, Frank Billings, City of - Fire Ye er, JoL nn Billings, City of - HRD Bedford, John Billings, City of - Police 5 * Krizek, Boris Billings, City of - Public Works X Workman, Gary Billings, City Public Works - Water No 3 X Marcotte, Joe Billings Clinic 1 Aders, Kathy Billings Public Schools X Turn uist, Bob Brennta Pacific, Inc. No 35 Cox, Meridith BusinessWatch Montana No Kimble, Brad CHS Refine - Laurel No 20 Lowe, Russ CHS Refine - Laurel No X Jurovich, George ConocoPhilli s No 1 * Taylor, Susan ConocoPhilli s No 1 Harmon, Jeff Conoco Pipeline No Sche le, Barbara Cooper Creative Ads No Nieskens, Duke County Water District of BI s Heights No 3 Barone, Christopher Dept of Homeland Security Yes X * Rosh, Ron DPC No X Ashworth, Jeff DXP - Safe Master No 1 * Drain, Kell ExxonMobil Refine No 3 Facer, Bill FBI Yes Cunningham, Jim Hansers Automotive No DeWitt, Susan HOPEDogs No Findley, Lyn HOPE [Animal Assisted Crisis Response] Dogs No 4 Vaught, Tana HOPE Dos No 6 FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MINUTES LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2305 8THAVENUE NORTH - BILLINGS, MT 59101 JOE MARCOTTE, CHAIR ATTENDANCE RECORD - FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MEETING Name Company Federally Funded Yes 1 No Miles Travelled TOTAL ATTENDANCE Reiter, Tim Laurel City of No 18 Yeager, Derrick Laurel Fire Dept Musson, Rick Laurel Police Dept No 18 X Lough, Maggie Lockwood Fire Council No 5 Hutton, Allan Lockwood Fire Dept X Rash, William Lockwood Fire Dept No 7 Woods, Wood Lockwood Water & Sewer Reed, Ton Lockwood Water & Sewer Haaland, Cliff Lutheran Disaster Response No Tone , Dan MT Dept of Labor/Safe Bureau Hanson, Charlie MT Dist. V DES Rep. Yes Baum, Craig Montana Highway Patrol No Bunch, Paul Montana Arm National Guard 5 Jones, Thomas Montana Arm National Guard Stephens, Claudia MT Migrant Council Yes 1 Hutter, Paul MSSC No Smith, Michael MSSC Davis, Adam MSU-Billings -Police Forshee, Scott MSU-Billings -Police Fachini, Susan MSU-Billings-Police Frieders, Thomas National Weather Service Thomas, Samuel One Eighty Communications Foreman, Mike OSHA 1 Harris, Hillary Riverstone Health No X Hedrick, Debbie Riverstone Health Juarez, Joshua Riverstone Health No Mullaney, Kristin Riverstone Health 2 X Neill, Greg Riverstone Health Yes 1 X Rapkoch, Arianne Riverstone Health Yes 1 Schneeman, Barbara Riverstone Health Allen, Richard Salvation Arm No 1 Bruckner, Ramona Salvation Arm No 2 Snyder, Jack Salvation Arm No 1 Jackson, Kevin Ma' Salvation Arm No 2 X Coble, T.C. St. Vincent HELP Flight 1 Dugan, Bill St. Vincent Healthcare 1 X O'Neil, Patrick St. Vincent Healthcare 1 Grim, Jill Stillwater County Public Health Yes 100 Kelly, Chuck S sco Food Service 4 Stanton, Paul Team Builder Inc. YBGR No 1 Shipley, Terry Transportation Security Adm FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MINUTES LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE 2305 8T" AVENUE NORTH - BILLINGS, MT 59101 JOE MARCOTTE, CHAIR ATTENDANCE RECORD - FEBRUARY 11. 2010 MEETING Name Company Federally Funded Yes / No Miles Travelled Attendance Total Ostermiller, Rod US Marshal's Service Wessel, Carol US Marshal's Service Yes 2 Weinreis, Shane US Water Rescue Dive Team No Haight, Rae Ann United States Postal Service Yes 1 Sanderson, Pam United Way Volunteer Center No 2 Washbum, Jill United Way / Red Cross West, Debbie United Way Ca ozi, H. Starr Volunteer - EOC X Bikle, Chuck YARES, Radio Club No 6 Gansel, Todd YARES, District Emergency Coord X Glass, Ron YARES, Radio Club No 6 X Stand, And YARES, Radio Club X Kraft, Jim Yellowstone Count DES Yes 1 X Winslow, Duane Yellowstone County DES- 1 Lu n, Janelle Yellowstone County GIS Mann, Shelli Yellowstone Lodging Assoc - Boothill Inn O'Donnell, Kent Yellowstone Co - Sheriff Paris, Daniel Yellowstone Co - Sheriff X Schieno, Mike Yellowstone Co - Sheriff SSG Chris Schuff 83rd Civil Support Team Sandbur , Tom 83rd Civil Su rt Team Verrill, Todd 83rd Civil Support Team TOTAL ATTENDANCE 22 FEBRUARY 11, 2010 MINUTES