HomeMy WebLinkAboutLocal Emergency Planning Comm. m =.., ~, ~ ~' MAR 8 2004
Local Emergency Planning Committee j
o~ Ve,o~,stone Co~n~ CITY 0 F L^ U ~ E L
DATE: March 2, 2004
TO: Board of Counff Commissioners
. ~ Mayor ~k Tooley, Billings
Billings Ci~ Manager, Kristoff Bauer
Mayor Ken Olson, Laurel
Mayor John Hougardy, Broadview
Chuck M~ell, Coun~ Sherff
Dave Dill, MHP
Bill Facet, FBI
Ma~ Jochems, Billings Fire Chief
Ron Tussing, Billings Police Chief
K~in McGovern, Coun~ Public Wor~
Dave Mumford, Billings Public Wor~
Rick Musson, Laurel Police Chief
Ter~ Ruff Laurel Fire Chief
Steve Klotz, Laurel Public Wor~
Nicholas Wolter, CEO, DBC
Michelle Hood, CEO, St. Vincent Healthcare
Alan Bergemann, AMR
Lil Anderson, Health Officer, .YCCHD
Dr. Doug Moore, MedicaI Director, YCCHD
Anne Kindness, Manager, 911 Center
Jay Churchhill, Manager, ConocoPhillips Refine~
Bruce Brodie, Manager, E~onMobil Refine~
Pat Kimmet, Manager, Cenex Refine~
Duane Winslow, Assistant DES
Alan Riley, Chie~ Loc~ood Fire Dept
Adela Awner, American Red Cross
Kendall Merrik, Manager, Rimrock Mall
A coalition of Government and industry to provide for the safety of Yellowstone County residents,
2305 8th Avenue North * Billings * Montana · 59101 * (406)657-8423
RE: Full Scale WMD Exercise on March 21 & 22, 2004
You are cordially invited to attend/participate in a Full Scale Terrorism
(WMD) Exercise on Sunday afternoon, March 21, 2004from l:OOpm to
$:00ptn and Monday all day, March 22, 2004from 8:00atn to $:00pm at
the City/County EOC (basement Fire Station #1).
This V/MD Exercise will involve a simulated terrorist gas release on a west
end shopping mall on Sunday afternoon and a terrorist truck bomb
explosion at ConocoPhillips Refinery on Monday morning. Also on Monday
morning two other truck bombs intended for the other two refineries
diverted and drove to two high school parla'ng lots and the driver parked by
the school and then was an intruder in the schools. The schools will exercise
their disaster (crisis)plans for this exercise.
The EOC will be activated and it will be a crucial management component
in this exercise. You couM have a critical role in the EOC and the LEPC
(Local Emergency Planning Committee)'would like to offer this training so
you are better prepared when (and if) an actual event ocburred. In an actual
event you wouM be called to the EOC as needed. However, for this exercise
in order to save time and enhance the training, we are asking that you just
report to the EOC at the times mentioned above.
Since space is limited in the EOC, attendance is limited to yourself or one of
your key staff persons in your absence. Please RSVP to the DES Office
(236-2775) by March 17th, 2004.
Cc: LEPC Exercise Design Subcommittee (Cliff Haaland, Jeff Ashworth,
Charlie Hanson, Verne Petermann, Carl Zabrocki, Diana Grassel, Ron
Glass, Linda Schicktanz).
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