ML20083N342
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| Issue date: | 04/16/1984 |
| From: | Broome L, Gregory J, Dante Johnson, Lunsford P, Mcswain W, Needham P, Neves J, Phillips B, Pugh J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED, GASTON COUNTY, NC, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC, NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF, SOUTH CAROLINA, STATE OF |
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4 QTED CORRESPONDENCE DOLKETED T3HRC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND L E OA r FnCE OF SECRETAP?.
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) 50-414 (Catawba Nuclear Station, )
Units 1 and 2) )
APPLICANTS' TESTIMONY ON EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 North Carolina (James Edward Neves, J.T. Pugh, III)
South Carolina (J. Gregory, Jr. , P.R. Lunsford, W.M. McSwain, Gaston County (Bob E. Phillips)
Mecklenburg County (Lewis Wayne Broome)
Red Cross (Dennis Johnson)
Salvation Army (Philip Needham)-
April 16, 1984
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< A 1 TESTIMONY OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 2 (JAMES EDWARD NEVES AND J.T. PUGH, III) ON 3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 4 Background Information on Mr. Neves 5 Q. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?
I 6 A. My full nama is James Edward Neves. (JEN) 7 Q. WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS AND YOUR JOB 8 DESCRIPTION AT THIS TIME?
9 A. I am the Regional Director of the State Division of 10 Social Services for the Western Region of North 11 Carolina which covers the 34 western counties 12 including Mecklenburg,. Union, Gaston, and Stanley.
13 My business address is Department of Human Resources, 14 Western Regional Office, Division of Social Services, 15 Building 17, Black Mountain, North Carolina 28711.
16 (JEN) 17 Q. WOULD YOU PLEASE SUMMARIZE YOUR JOB-DUTIES?
18 A. My job is to oversee a staff in 'the regional office 19 and outL of our stations throughout tdie 34 counties 20 who supervise for the state ~the county-administered i
- 21 social services programs in tdie 34 western counties 22 of North Carolina. I also serve as a member of the 23' State Emergency Response - Team for actions in those 34 24- counties as it relates to emergency activities and 25 our responsibility for-sheltering citizens in'theJ 26- ~ event of : emergencies . -(JEN)-
27--Q.- 'WOULD YOU ALSO SUMMARIZE.YOUR EDUCATIONAL' BACKGROUND?
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4 1 A. I am a graduate of Western Carolina University, 2 having acquired a B.S. in psychology, with a 3 concentration in social welfare. I have done a 4 year's graduate work in social work at the University 5 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and for the last 6 year or so I have been taking business courses ,
7 through the University of North Carolina in 8 Asheville. (JEN) 9 Q. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN YOUR CURRENT JOB 7 10 A. I have been the Regional Director for about 5 1/2 11 years. (JEN) 12 Q. WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO YOUR 13 BEING REGIONAL DIRECTOR?
14 A. I was an-employee of the Department of Human
.15 Resources, Title 20 Planning Sect' ion, for a year. I 16 was the Assistant Regional Director of Social 17 Services for about a year and a half prior to that.
18- For the_four years previous, I was the County 19 Director of Social Services in Jackson County, Sylva, 20 North Carolina.-(JEN) i 21' O. H' AVE YOU HAD ANY'OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE 22 SUBSEQUENT TO RECEIVING THE~ DEGREES THAT YOU 23 MENTIONED?
24 A. I was a social worker in both Swain and Jackson 25 Counties and had one year of. teaching experience i
26 immediately after graduation.-(JEN) t
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1 Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE IN EMERGENCY 2 PLANNING?
3 A. I participated in several emergency exercises, 4 primarily those related to the McGuire Nuclear 5 Station. I have not been a part of the team 6 formulating emergency plans and have no specific 7 training in that area other than as a participant.
8 (JEN) 9 Q. HAVE YOU HAD ANY BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE IN EVACUATING 10 PEOPLE?
11 A. During the emergency exercises relating to McGuire, I 12 was involved in evacuation activities that were 13 carried out as part of those exercises. (JEN) 14 Q. HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE GETTING FOOD AND CLOTHING 15 TO PEOPLE?
16 A. Only during the McGuire exercises. During one of 17 those exercises a year ago_we did actually open a 18 number of shelters and we were responsible-for 19 delivering food and for feeding.those evacuees in the 20 shelters. While the exercise was a mock emergency, 21 the individuals were indeed physically housed, fed, 22 and cared .for during the time they were present as 23 volunteer evacuees in those shelters. (JEN)
.24 Q. HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH DECONTAMINATION OF.
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'l A. Only as a monitor of that activity along with other l 1 2 shelter activities during the most recent exercise 3 relative to the Catawba station. (JEN) 4 EPC-3 Testimony 5 O. DOES THE STATE PLAN ADDRESS THE MATTERS RAISED BY 6 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3?
'7 A. Yes, in Part 1, Section IV.E of the N.C. State Plan.
8 Q. DCES THE STATE PLAN PROVIDE FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, AND 9 BEDDING TO BE STORED AT SHELTERS FOR POTENTIAL .
- 10. EVACUEES?
11 A. Planning calls for food, clothing, and bedding to be 12 provided'from stores maintained by the counties, the .
13 ' State Departments of Agriculture and Correction, U .S.
14 Department of Agriculture, and the Red Cross. The
.15 . initial supply of prepared foods would be made 16- available-from the closest correctional facility.
17- The Red Cross and. contiguous counties could. furnish 18 blankets and cots within four to six hours with
.19 larger quantities available within -24 h'ours.- The i.
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- 1.e. , Red Cross, Department of 21 Corrections, Department of_ Human Resources,. and 12 2 - Department of Agriculture, '- have signedL thes plan 23 -thereby accepting responsibility for their assigned 24 mission. lio materials are -stored Lin shelters on an 25- on-going basis. However, the' counties in North
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1 cots distributed equally among five counties. The 2 Salvation Army is another available source of
- 3. assistance in providng for evacuees. (JTP) 4 Q. FROM WHAT SOURCES WILL THE FOOD, CLOTHING, AND r
5 BEDDING BE OBTAINED?
6 A. There are storage facilities that Emergency
,. 7 Management has identified as well as Red Cross where
. 8 cots and other bedding materials are located in all 9 . areas of the State. These entities would be better 1-i 10 able to give you the specific information as to where 11 that bedding would come from. Adequate clothing and l :12 food will be provided.through the North Carolina 13 Dep'artment of Corrections.. This office will.
14 coordinate the delivery of such food and clothing and 15 -assure its delivery in a prompt 1 fashion. (JEN) 16 Initial. supplies of' food could be delivered 17 within four to five hours.' Large amounts of food-are I 18l available at public schools as well as Department of 19 Agriculture warehouses.- Food availability for the
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23 :- dry goods -~ 34,3471 tons: ,
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canned goods - 44,5931 tons.
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bakery products - 3,651.5 tons (JEN) 4 Q. FOR THE 38 IDENTIFIED SHELTERS, WHAT IS THE PRESENT 5 SUPPLY OF COTS, MATRESSES, AND BLANKETS?
6 A. Thesa items would be brought in from the Red Cross 7 and other institutions. Clothing and bedding from 8 the Department of Correction could be loaded and 5
9 ready for shipment to the emergency site within three 10 hours. The Red Cross could furnish additional 11 blankets and cots within 4 to 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br />. They could 12 also furnish within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> 15,250 cots and 44,000 ,
13 blankets available from their eastern region 14 operations. _The Red Cross has 1,200 cots and 300 15 . blankets stored at . the Fort Bragg Army Base, and 600 16 blankets stored at Seymour Johnson Air Base for 17 delivery to.on-site within four to six hours.
18 Representatives of the Salvation Army have indicated
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20 clothing in the quantities'shown in Mr. Needham's 21 - testimony. Thero are approximately 2,000 cots and 22- 1,000 blankets available at Red Cross Chapters 23 throughout the' state-that could be on-site.within 1
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1 four to six hours. Additionally, the surrounding 2 counties have 1,000 cots on hand. In summary, there 3 are 15,250 cots and 44,000 blankets that could be 4 on-site in 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> and 4,200 cots and 1,900 blankets 5 for delivery at the incident within four to six 6 hours. (JTP) 7 Q. WHAT IS THE PRESENT ACTUAL STOCK OF FOODSTUFF AND 8 BEVERAGES? WHERE IS IT STORED?
9 A. These items would be brought in from the Department 10 of Agriculture and the Department of Correction 11 warehouses. Initial supply of prepared foods would 12 be made available from the closest Agriculture 13 Department warehouse in Salisbury. Agriculture also 14 has a central warehouse located in Butner. The North-
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15 Carolina counties involved with the Catawba Plant 16 have a three to four weeks supply of food that could 17 be made available through the county school system 18 warehouses. The attached chart, marked as Attachment 19 A, identifies the Red Cross and U.S. Department of 20 Agriculture food commodities. (JEN) 21 Q. HAVE YOU SATISFIED YOURSELF THAT THELSUPPLIES OF 22- THESE NECESSITIES ARE ADEQUATE 7 7 MEET THE NEED?
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23 A. Yes. We are satisfied we have adequate supplies to 24 meet most contingencies, and we-still have the option 25 to solicit aid from adjoining states, and the federal
'26 government. (JEN, JTP)
A 1 Q. HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL NEED?
2 A. The total population within the Emergency Planning 3 Zone in the State of North Carolina was used as the 4 criterion for estimating our potential needs. (JTP, 5 JEN) 6 Q. ARE THERE SOURCES FOR FURTHER SUPPLIES OF THESE 7 NECESSITIES SHOULD THAT BE REQUIRED FOR ANY REASON?
8 A. Practically unlimited supplies are available from 9 unaffected areas of the state and contiguous state 10 and federal sources. Depending on the number of 11 citizens needing assistance and the duration of the 12 emergency we might very well solve our supply needs ,
13 by contacting institutional stores controlled by the 14 Department of Correction. We could draw on these 15 stores for a considerable period' based on their 16 running inventories. We plan to use these supplies 17 as in any other emergency. Providing supplies for 18 this' emergency is the same as for all other 19 emergencies or disasters planned for within the
- 20 State. (JTP, JEN) 21 -Q. TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE YOU MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO AVAIL 22 YOURSELF OF THESE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES?
23 A. Resources available. require no prior arrangements.
24 The state and local agencies from which the resources 25 will come are equipped for responding to emergencies-
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s 1 on-site support. These supplies fluctuate from week 2 to week; however, the supplies are always 3 substantial. The Secretary of the Department of 4 Correction has signed the Catawba plan, and a 5 telephone call is all that will be required to
!- 6 release any needed resources of food. Bedding, 7 clothing, and cots will also be available from the 8 Red Cross and Salvation Army as well as local 9 government. (JTP, JEN) 10 Q. DOES THE STATE RELY SOLELY UPON 14 RECEPTION 11 CENTERS / SHELTERS FOR PROCESSING AND REGISTERING EPZ 12 RESIDENTS? IF NOT, PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR PLANS-IN 13 THIS AREA.
14- A. North Carolina presently has'38 shelters which have 15 been designated to support the Catawba Plan. There
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16 will1be no reception centers. Evacuees will be-I 17 registered only at these shelter. sites. (JTP)
~ 18 -Q. HOW MANY PERSONS CAN THE 38 SHELTERS HANDLE UNDER THE
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20_ A. We are prepared for the worse. case situation and can 21- handle in these shelters . at least 70,000. to 80,000 12 2 evacuees.- (JTP)-
23 Q. .DO-YOU ANTICIPATE THAT. REGISTRATION OF POTENTIAL 24 EVACUEES WILL: POSE ANY. PROBLEMS OF -OVERCROWDING OR 25' DELAYiOF_ EVACUATION?-
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6 1 O. IN THE EVENT OF OVERCROWDING, WHAT STEPS WILL YOU 2 TAKE?
3 A. If there is overcrowding, ce would be able to 4 activate additional shelters, as needed, in six or
, 5 seven surrounding counties. (JTP) 6 Q. WHAT REGISTRATION PROCEDURES WILL BE FOLLOWED?
7 A. Standard Red Cross procedures will be utilized.
8 These procedures were established in consultation 9 with the division of Social Services. (JTP) 10 0 WHO WILL ADMINISTER THOSE PROCEDURES?
11 A. The assigned shelter registrar and the first evacuees
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12 arriving will assist as necessary. The number of 13 registrars can be expanded or contracted to meet the 14 need. To expand, the early evacuees are utilized to 15 assist with the registration process and shelter 1C operations. Adequate staffs have been assigned 17 within the plan. (JTP) 18 Q. DOES THE AGENCY OR INSTITUTION WHICH WILL ADMINISTER 19 THOSE PROCEDURES HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATION OF 20 SHELTERS AND REGISTERING EVACUEES IN OTHER EVACUATION 21 SITUATIONS?
22 A. Yes. In the area of the Catawba Nuclear Plant the 23 Red Cross and Department of Social Services are 24 responsible for shelter administration. Each has 25 experience in the administration of shelters, having
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1 the recent 1983 chemical spill in Iredell County, the 2 most recent tornado disaster, as well as numerous 3 other actual evacuations. This experience has been 4 further enhanced by several exercises and specialized 5 training. (JTP) 6 Q. WHAT CRITERIA HAVE THE STATES AND COUNTIES USED IN 7 ESTABLISHING SHELTER CAPACITIES? DOES THE 8 AGENCY / INSTITUTION WHICH WILL ADMINISTER THE SHELTERS 9 AGREE WITH YOUR SHELTER CAPACITY EST: MATES?
10 A. The criteria that the state and counties are using is 11 based on the National Shelter Survey Instructions 12 TR-84 dated May, 1982, Federal Emergency Management 13 Agency. The criteria allots 40 square feet per 14 person in shelters. This 40 square - feet per person 15 has proven adequate to date based on actual 16 experience during exercises. The Red Cross _and 17 Social Services have concurred in the 40 square feet 18 per person criteria. (JTP)
o 1 TESTIMONY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2 (J. GREGORY, JR. AND P.R. LUNSFORD) ON 3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 4 Background Information on Mr. Gregory 5 Q. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, MR. GREGORY.
6 A. My name is James Gregory, Jr. , South Carolina 7 Department of Social Services, 1535 Confederate 8 Avenue Extension, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202.
9 (JG) 10 Q. PLEASE STATE YOUR PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.
11 A. I am retired as a Senior Master Sergeant from the 12 United States Air Force. I have an associate degree 13 in business management and was employed as a planner ,
14 with the South Carolina Emergency Preparedness 15 Division from March, 1981, to April, 1983. I am 16 presently employed as an Emergency Welfare Service 17 Planner with the Department of-Social Services. I ,
18 have served in this position since May 1983. (JG) 19 Q. WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY DUTY?
20 A. I assist county and state governments in their 21 emergency welfare service planning. (JG) 22 EPC-3 Testimony 23 Q. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TESTIMONY?
24 A. The purpose of my testimony is to testify with regard 25 to CESG and PA Contention 3.-(JG) 26 Q. IS THIS SUBJECT ADDRESSED IN THE STATE PLAN?.
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o 1 A. Yes, in Annex B of the Catawba Site Specific Plan and 2 Figure 12 of that Site Specific Plan. (JG) 3 Q. _ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE STATE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY 4 WELFARE SERVICE PLANS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA?
5 A. Yes, I am. (JG) 6 Q. HOW DID YOU GAIN FAMILIARITY WITH THESE PLANS?
7 A. My familiarity with the plans was acquired by 8 reviewing and reading the plans and in working with 9 them. (JG) 10 Q. WHERE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PLAN ARE EMERGENCY 11 RESPONSE FACILITIES, SPECIFICALLY SHELTERS,
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13 A. Annex' B and Part IV.3.6 of the S.C. Site Specific 14 Plan. (WM)-
15- Q. WHAT ABOUT FOOD, CLOTHING,. AND BEDDING?
16 A. It is listed-in the York County / State of South 17 Carolina.Re/ources List. This is a supporting 18 document.-(WM) 19 Q. DOES THE STATE PLAN PROVIDE FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, AND 20- BEDDING TO BE STORED AT SHELTERS OR TO BE BROUGHT TO I-
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12 2 A. There is'no arrangement to store food, clothing,~or 23 bedding at shelters in the counties which would host:
24 evacuees from-York County- however.the: schools will 25 have a food' supply as part of'their' normal operation 26 during the' school. year. There are no. plans to store
Q 1 materials at shelters on an ongoing basis. Food, 2 clothing, and bedding would be obtained from several 3 additional sources: the Red Cross, Salvation Army, 4 and existing stocks that are controlled by tne State 5 and/or the federal government. (JG, WM) 6 Q. PLEASE DESCRIBE HOW COTS, BLANKETS, ETC. WILL BE 7 FURNISHED TO THE SHELTER.
8 A. Cots and blankets will be supplied by the American 9 Red Cross. There is no plan to stock bedding in the 10 shelters. The state and county plans provide that 11 clothing and bedding be brought to shelters for 12 evacuees. (JG , _ini) ,
13 Q. HOW WILL FOOD AND BEVERAGES BE SUPPLIED TO THE 14- SHELTER?
15 A. There is existing food at the schools in the
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17 That would customarily be turned over if the school 18 - were to be'made a shelter. (WM) 19 -Schools.used for shelters will'have enough food.
20 on hand to feed at least two meals to evacuees 21: assigned. The food level at the schools. varies at 22 differentl times of the year.- Any potential' shortfall 23 -in the supplies will be made up by the Red Cross.
24 LThere will be enough food within each host county
O 1 school system to provide at least two meals for 2 evacuees sheltered in other buildings such as 3 churches. (JG) 4 Seven commercial food distributors' warehouses 5 are used to store USDA food for the South Carolina 6 schools. The two warehouses which supply the schools 7 and the counties which would be host to the evacuees 8 within the 10-mile EPZ are Biggers Brothers Wholesale 9 Food Distributors in Charlotte, North Carolina, and 10 Pearce-Young-Angel Company in Columbia, South 11 Carolina. These distributors store as many as 50 12 USDA food items such as cheese, meat, peanut butter, ,
13 canned vegetables, flour, and rice. The level of 14 school food varies at dif ferent times of the year.
15 Any shortfall in such supplies will be made up-by the 16 Red Cross. (JG) 17 JQ. HOW'MUCH FOOD IS PRESENTLY ON HAND?
118 ~ A. It is my understanding that on' September 30, 1983, 19 Biggers Brothers had 7,200 cases of USDA food on 20 hand. Pearce-Young-Angel had .9,500 cases of USDA
/ 21 - food on hand. In addition, most schools have'a
- 2 2 , minimum of five days' food on~ hand. (JG) 23 -Listed below are the average number-of_. meals fed 24 periday in the particular. counties which when
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1 Cherokee County Schools - 7,200 meals per day 2 Chester County Schools - 4,750 meals per day 3 Fairfield County Schools - 3,400 meals per day 4 Lancaster County Schools - 7,500 meals per day 5 Union County Schools - 4,210 meals per day 6 York County Schools - 12,000 meals per day 7 Total 39,210 8 x5 days supply 9 196,050 potential meals on 10 hand 11 Q. HOW MUCH BEDDING IS ON HAND?
12 A. This information was obtained from Mr. Dennis 13 Johnson, ARC Disaster Specialist, Charlotte, North 1 44 Carolina. Below are listed the quantities of cots 15 and blankets which the American Red Cross could 16 supply.within the first 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> following an 17 evacuation of the 10-mile EPZ of the Catawba
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21 within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> 26,000
.22 within 48 hour5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br />s- 33,000 additional 23 Total-in 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> 59,000 cots-24 2. Blankets 25 Time Quantity 26 within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> 61,000 27 within 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> 123,000 additional-12 8 Total -T84,000 blankets within
- 29. 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br />
~30 ~ Q.- -HOW MUCH~ CLOTHING IS AVAILABLE7' 31 IA.. This information was obtained'from the-Salhation-
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4 1 or a dress and is for South Carolina only. There are 2 also large quantities of coats and shoes available.
3 The Salvation Army could supply the transportation 4 .for the clothing from the twenty thrift shops in 5 South Carolina to the counties where the clothing 6 would be required. Resources would also be available 7 from adjoining states if needed. (JG) 8 1. Adult Clothing Available 9 Time Male Female
- 10 within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> 1,200 sets 2,000 sets 11 within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> 1,600 sets 3,000 sets additional 12 Total in 24 hrs. .2,800 sets 5,000 sets 13 2. Children's Clothing Available .
14 Time Male Female 15 within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> 1,700-sets 1,100 sets 16 within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> 1,800 sets 1,700 sets additional
- 17. Total in 24 hrs. 3,500 sets 2,800 sets 18 Q. HAVE YOU SATISFIED YOURSELVES THAT THE SUPPLIES OF 19 .THESE NECESSITIES ARE ADEQUATE TO MEET THE NEED?
f 20 A. Yes we have.- We are' confident that along with the 21 -Red Cross'and Salvation Army we can adequately meet 22' .the needs of-the evacuees. Additionally,'we can look 23s .to our adjacent-states with which we have mutual' aid 24 agreements, as well'as the. Federal Government. (JG)'
25 'Q. HOW DID.YOU GO ABOUT ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL.NEED?
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1 A. The potential needs of the evacuees were estimated by 2 using a " worst case" scercario resulting in the 3 evacuation and hosting of the total population within 4 the lO-mile EPZ of the Catawba t,uclear Plant. That 5 is approximately 85,000 people. (PL, WM, JG) 6 Q. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO BRING SUCH SUPPLIES TO THE 7 SHELTER?
8 A. _I can give you the recent example of the tornado in 9 Marlboro County: within two days, I believe, there 10 were 1000 cots available on the site. (PL, WM) 11 Q. PRIOR TO THOSE COTS DEING MADE AVAILABLE, WHERE DO 12 THE PEOPLE SLEEP? ,
13 A. They were with friends, ' neighbors, they were in 14 shelters that were established in two schools and two 15- churches.E(PL, WM) 16 Q. WITH RESPECT TO THE SHELTERS, IN THE SCHOOLS-AND-17- CHURCHES, DID THE PEOPLE SUFFER GREATLY-BECAUSE~THEY 18 DID NOT HAVE COTS?
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22-JA. Yes. (PL, WM).
.23: Q. .' ARE THERE OTHER - SOURCES OF - SUPPLIES THAT THE' STATE 24 .COULD CALL ON IN THE EVENT 0F. AN1EMERGENCYLAT-125 CATAWBA? FOR[ EXAMPLE, FOOD, CLOTHINGTAND BEDDING?-
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1 A. Yes. There are several religious groups that we have 2 seen in the past tornado that have shoten up: one 3 group out of Alabama, the Alabama Disaster 4 Brotherhood Association, and we have a list of 5 several other agencies that we obtained through the 6 recent emergency. Plus, individuals privately 7 .provided supplies. The resources of the American Red 8 Cross, the Food and Nutrition Service of the USDA, 9 the Salvation Army, the County, State, and Federal 10 Government will be available to meet the needs of the 11 evacuees. (JG) 12 Q. TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE YOU MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO USE ,
13 THESE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES?
-14 A. ' Extant plans and agreements provide for the supply of 15 additional resources as they are required. (PL, WM) 16 -Q. IN A WORST CASE EMERGENCY HOW MANY PERSONS WILL USE 17 THE SHELTER?
18 A. We assume that all the people in the 10-mile EPZ 19 would go to their assigned shelter if a total 20 evacuation were ordered. (PL, WM)
- 21. Q. -HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ASSIGNED TO-ADMINISTER THE 22 ' SHELTER PROGRAM?.
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23 A.: The. number of people designated for shelter-24' operations will vary according to the hosting
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. I l Q. HOW MANY PERSONS ARE IN A RECEPTION TEAM?
2 A. For internal shelter operations, the number of staff 3 varies with the number of evacuees. Internal shelter 4 staff would include a shelter manager and one or more 5 registrars, nurses, cooks, recreation officer, 6 support staf f, and a communication of ficer. (PL, WM) 7 Q. WHAT REGISTRATION PROCEDURES WILL BE USED?
8 A. Those that the Red Cross has already established.
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10 'Q. WHO WILL ADMINISTER THOSE PROCEDURES?
11 A. The Red Cross and the. Department of Social Services 12 jointly in the shelter. (PL, WM) _.
13 Q. HAVE PLANS FOR ENTRY AND EXIT'FROM SHELTERS BEEN 14 DEVELOPED?
15 A. In the Red Cross criteria for the shelter, yes they 16 have. (PL, WM) 17 Q. .WILL THE RED CROSS ADMINISTER THE OPERATION OF THE 18 SHELTERS?
19 A. Yes. (PL, WM) 20f Q. DO THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING SHELTERS?
21 A. Yes. The , American Red Cross .has had over eighty 2 2 -' years of_ experience and success in the administration 23 of-shelters and registration.of evacuees. . (PL,'WM, 24 . JG)
'25 TQ. l BASED'ON YOUR' EXPERIENCE,1 HAS:THEIR OPERATION OF.
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l 1 A. Yes. (PL, WM) I 2 Q. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO REGISTER PERSONS AT THE 3 SHELTER?
4 A. It will require approximately 2 minutes to register 5 one person. Registration time is decreased if a 6 family registers as a unit. A family of 4 requires 7 approximately 3-1/2 minutes to register. (PL, WM) 8 Q. WHAT IS CONSIDERED ADEQUATE DECONTAMINATION 9 EQU IPMENT?
10 A. The procedures listed in Attachment A (Personnel 11 Decontamination) are considered adequate techniques 12 for removing radioactive particulate contamination. ,
13 No decontamination is required for exposure to noble 14 3ases. These techniques are not intended for cases 15 of internal contamination; specialized medical 16 -consultation'is indicated in such cases. The 17 necessary equipment is implied by the description of 18 each decontamination method. (PL, WM) 19 Q. IS EACH OF THE 38 SHELTERS EQUIPPED WITH ADEQUATE f 20 DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT?
l 21 .A. Yes. (PL, WM)
.22 Q. ARE SPECIALLY-TRAINED NURSES OR PARAMEDICS REQUIRED g 23 TO PERFORM' DECONTAMINATION?
24 A. No. (PL, WM)
WHAT SUPPLIES ARE REQUIRED FOR DECONTAMINATION?
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Soap, water, and towels. (PL, WM)
1 Q. HOW WILL CONTAMINATED MATERIALS BE DISPOSED OF AT 2 EACH SHELTER?
3 A. Contaminated clothing will be placed in containers.
4 Disposal of contaminated water is based on DHEC/BRH 5 instructions. (PL, WM) 6 Q. HOW HAS EMERGENCY PLANNING PROVIDED MEANS FOR 7 REUNITING FAMILIES SEPARATED DURING EVACUATION?
8 A. The American Red Cross will register all evacuees who 9 report to a shelter. Families can make inquiries 10 through the ARC Disaster Welfare Inquiry System'. (PL, 11 WM) 12 Q. DOES THE PLAN STILL CONTEMPLATE FOURTEEN RECEPTIONS ,
13 CENTERS?
14 A. No. Evacuees will not be peccessed and registered at 15 - reception centers. Plans provide that residents 16 within the lO-mile EPZ will be preassigned to 17 shelters. They will be notified of these 18 preassignments by brochure and other public 19 information methods. (WM) 20 We took a hard look at the reception center 21 concept for Catawba and based upon the size of the 22 population felt it would not be feasible to use such
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7 A. Yes. (WM) 8 Q. WILL PEOPLE HAVE TO REGISTER?
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15 .A. There are experienced people that are usually in 16 . charge of the shelters and know those procedures. I 17 do not envision that there would be any delay that t
p 18 would cause people not to have shelter as soon as 19 they need it. (JG, WM) 20 Q. BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH-THE PROCESSING OF 21' PEOPLE AT SHELTERS, HAS THAT. MOVED FAIRLY SMOOTHLY?.
22 A. In'the recent examples tha t1 I have seen', yes. ~(JG, 23 WM) -
24- Q. IS THE IDENTITY.0F THE. SHELTERS SET FORTH IN THE 25 STATE-PLAN?
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5 A. The Red Cross'is confirming those figures now to make L 6 sure those shelters meet their criteria. (WM)
'7 Q. WHAT CRITERIA HAS THE STATE USED IN ESTABLISHING 1
8 SHELTER CAPACITIES?
9 A. American Red Cross regulations are followed in ,
i 10 establishing shelter capacities. The Red Cross
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- 13 capacities 'do not meet Red Cross criteria,' such 14 listed capacities will be either increased or 15 decreased ' to meet the criteria.-(WM)-
16 Q. ARE.YOU AWARE OF-ANY SHELTERS ON THAT LIST THAT-ARE-17 NOT. ADEQUATE?
18 A. Yes we are. Two' shelters in -York County- did not meet 19 the criteria and'thus' people assigned'to those 4
12 0 shelters will be reallocated to another shelter. The 21 Red-Cross is confirming the square footagesfand
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24 -Q.- WHAT.HAPPENS-IF SHELTERS;BECOME OVERCROWDED?
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.6 HANDLE THIS ADDITIONAL INCREMENT?
7 A. We have no experience on how many might do that, but 8 I can say that the policy throughout the State is to 9 deny no one shelter. (PL, WM) 10 Q. IF SHELTERS BECOME OVERCROWDED, YOU WOULD SEEK 11 ADDITIONAL SHELTERING CAPABILITY? ,
12- A. Yes, in ' fact we go so far as to recommend closing the .-
13 schools for a short time.-(PL, WM) 14 Q. NOW IF I CAN DRAW ON-YOUR RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE 15 TORNADOS IN MARLBORO COUNTY, WERE THERE PREDESIGNATED 16 -SHELTERS IN THAT COUNTY?
-17 -A. Not.to my_ knowledge..(OL', WM)'
18 Q. YET YOU WERE ABLE TO SET UP SHELTERS?
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1 A. That is correct. The school superintendent is the 2 one who designated which schools would be open, they 3 were staffed quickly, and there was no problem 4 feeding or sheltering people that sought it. (PL, WM) 5 Q. HAS IT BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT IN AN' EMERGENCY 6 SITUATION NOT EVERYONE WOULD COME TO A SHELTER?
7 A. Yes. In the recent episode in Marlboro County, some 8 of the people preferred to go to family members' 9 homes or the homes of friends. (PL, WM) 10 Q. IN THAT INSTANCE WERE THEY INSTRUCTED TO FIRST COME 11 TO'THE SHELTER?
12 A. I do not know. In the Catawba emergency plan, in the ,.
13 event of an evacuation, people would be informed to 14 come to a shelter in the first instance. (PL, WM) 15 Q. DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW THAT 16 INSTRUCTION BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE?
17 A. I would hope that they would. It is my experience 18 that in an emergency people will follow the 19 directions they are given.
In the recent' tornado 20 emergency, for example, there was excellent response.
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~22 Q. BUT ONCE EVACUEES COME TO THE SHELTER 'IS IT YOUR 23 ' EXPERIENCE,-BASED ON THE MARLBORO COUtTYt WdRK, THAT 24 NOT EVERYONE WOULD STAY AT A SHELTER?
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A 1 TESTIMONY OF GASTON COUNTY 2 (BOB E. PHILLIPS) ON
-3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 4 Q. EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 ASSERTS THAT THE 5 EMERGENCY PLANS DO NOT PROVIDE FOR ADEQUATE EMERGENCY 6 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. DOES GASTON COUNTY'S PLAN 7 PROVIDE FOR FOOD, CLOTHING AND BEDDING TO BE STORED 8 AT THE SHELTERS OR BROUGHT TO THE SHELTERS FOR 9 POTENTIAL EVACUEES' USE?
10 = A. Food will be provided from those supplies already ll. stored at the schools. Clothing will be provided by 12 the N.C. Department of Corrections. For bedding, we 13 .have about 100 cots stored in Gaston County. Other .
14 cots will be brought in from surrounding ~ counties.
15 Q. DOES THE COUNTY PLAN-PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING 16 THIS CONTENTION?
17 A.- Yes, Part'2, figure 6 of the N.C. State Plan lists 18 the Gaston County designated-shelters. Part 2,-
19; -Section III, of the N.C.-State Plan addresses the
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22' Q. HOW'LONG WILL IT TAKE~FOR THESE SUPPLIES TO BE.
231 BROUGHT IN?-
24 A.- It will.take about 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> for clothing and bedding 25 to.be_ brought-in.
L26'- Q. . HAVE YOU .S ATISFIED ' YOURSELF - THAT : THE . SUPPLY ' OF THESE 27' ! NECESSITIES IS ADEQUATE 1N) _ MEET THE POTENTIALLNEED?.
s 1 A. Yes.
2 Q. HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL NEED 3 FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, AND BEDDING?
4 A. 'We discussed this with the state and I believe the 5 Red Cross and Salvation Army have been involved also.
6 Q. ARE THERE OTHER SOURCES OF FOOD, CLOTHING, AND 7 BEDDING WHICH COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE IF NECESSARY?
8 A. Yes.
9 Q. HAVE YOU MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO USE THESE ADDITIONAL ,
10 RESOURCES IF THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED?
11 A. Yes, I have made arrangements with the local Red 12 Cross, the Department'of Social Services, local 13 school officials, and State officials.
14 Q. DO YOU FEEL THAT THE AMOUNT OF SHELTER CAPACITY THAT 15 YOU HAVE WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR THE NEEDS THAT YOU 16 ANTICIPATE 7 17 A. We have in the Gaston County part of the EPZ about 18 2,700 people and we have adequate shelter space for 19 these people, plus approximately 11,000 more people.
20 In the event more space is necessary, we will direct 21 evacueos to additional identified shelter space in 22 adjoining counties. I have identified shelters in 23 Cleveland County to receive the evacuees from York 24 County if needed. In addition, we can-use the Grier 25 Junior High, Gaston College,;and Highland Junior High
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1 Q. WHAT WILL GASTON COUNTY RELY UPON FOR PROCESSING AND 2 REGISTERING EPZ RESIDENTS?
3 A. I rely on 2 primary shelters for Gaston County 4 residents and on 3 secondary shelters for the 11,000 5 York County residents. There are no reception 6 centers in the Gaston County plan; the people go 7 directly to shelters.
- 8 Q. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE REGISTRATION OF POTENTIAL 9 EVACUEES WILL POSE ANY PROBLEMS OF OVERCROWDING OR 10 DELAY OF EVACUATION?
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11 A. No. The Gaston County Red Cross Director has 12 experience with this problem and will use enough , .
13 regis tra rs to avoid any delay. Two hundred shelter 14 managers are already trained.
15 10 WHAT REGISTRATION PROCEDURES WILL BE FOLLOWED?
16 A. Red Cross procedures.
17 Q. WHO WILL ADMINISTER THESE PROCEDURES?
18 A. Red Cross personnel, backed,by Department of Social 19' Services personnel.
20 _Q. DOES THE RED CROSS, WHICH WILL ADMINISTER THESE 21' PROCEDURES, HAVE EXPERIENCE IN SUCCESSFULLY -
22 ORGANIZING SHELTERS AND REGISTERING . EVACUEES?
23L A. Yes. The' Red Cross has been active'in disaster-24 relief for years.
- 25- Q. :WHAT CRITERIA HAS GASTON COUNTY USED IN. ESTABLISHING 26' SHELTER CAPACITIES?
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1 TESTIMONY OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY 2 (LEWIS WAYNE BROOME) ON 3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 4 Q. EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 ALLEGES THAT THE 5 EMERGENCY PLANS DO NOT PROVIDE FOR ADEQUATE EMERGENCY 4
6 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY i
7 RESPONSE. WHERE DOES THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY PLAN 8 ADDRESS EMERGENCY FACILITIES (SHELTERS, EOCS) AND 9 EQUIPMENT (FOOD, CLOTHING, BEDDING)?
10 A. Part 3 of the N.C. State Plan addresses Mecklenburg 11 County procedures.Section III of Part 3 lists 12 organizational responsibilities in the county for 13 provision of food, clothing and bedding. Part 3, ,.
14 figure 6 lists the designated Mecklenburg County 15 shelters. The Standard Operating Procedures will 16 provide more specific detail.
17 Q.- WILL CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF 18 UNCONTAMINATED FOOD, . CLOTHING, AND BEDDING FOR 19 PERSONS WHO ARE EVACUATED TO SHELTERS?
20 A. We have sufficient food' resources available to us.
21 -We have surplus food commodities through the 22 Department of Agriculture ~ that would be available.
23 We have ninety thousand plus tons of food that have 24 =been identified in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area
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-26 -Q. 'WHERE IS THE FOOD STORED?
1 A. The food is stored in various distribution facilities 2 within the Mecklenburg County area.
3 Q. HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR FOOD SUPPLIES TO BE 4 BROUGHT TO THE SHELTERS?
5 A. Within 5 to 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> after notification that food is 6 necessary at the shelters, we would have access to 7 enough food to feed the anticipated shelter 8 population.
9 Q. WHAT ABOUT BEDDING 7 ,
10 A. We provide the very basics which might consist of a 11 cot or blanket for women and children or the elderly 12 or something of this nacure. It i~s not the intent of 13 shelter operations to provide mattresses, pillow 14 cases, and pillows to shelterees. We have identified 15 about thirteen hundred cots that would be available 16 within a couple hours time. Long range, we wou:d 17 have additional resources from the Red Cross and the 18 State.
19 Q. HOW ABOUT CLOTHING?
20 A. .It is my understanding that the-State would take the 21 lead in providing clothing and we would act as a 12 2 ' support. We would also utilize any organization such 23 as the Red Cross or the Salvation Army that could 24 supply' clothing locally.
1 Q. DO YOU AGREE WITH INTERVENORS' ASSERTION THAT THE 2 NUMBER OF SHELTERS IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE NUMBER OF 3 EVACUEES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE7 4 A. No. Meckl'enburg County has identified shelter 5 capacity for over forty-two thousand people. In 6 addition, we have agreements with other adjacent 7 counties that would house overflow, so there is 8 sufficient shelter in Mecklenburg and surrounding 9 counties to accommodate, we think, the evacuation 10 population.
11 Q. WOULD THAT INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO EVACUATE FROM SOUTH 12 CAROLINA AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO EVACUATE FROM PORTIONS ,
13 OF THE EPZ IN THIS COUNTY?
14- A. Tha t's correct.
15 Q. WOULD THAT INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT COME INTO 16 MECKLENBURG COUNTY FROM GASTON COUNTY?
17 A. If they came from Gaston County to Mecklenburg 18 County, we wou,ld provide as much as we could we
.19 would not turn anybody away.
20 Q. CAN YOU ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF EVACUEES YOU COULD 21 HANDLE, TAKING INTO ' ACCOUNT ANY ARRANGEMENTS THAT YOU 22 MADE WITH THE ADJACENT COUNTIES?
23 'A. . Mecklenburg County.c'an handle forty-two thousand plus 24 eva cue e s . In'a worst-case evacuation, my_
25 -understanding of the most.recent population figures 26 is that about sixty thousand people would. require 1
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1 shelter, so we are looking at about eighteen thousand 2 people who would go to the surrounding counties. We 3 already have Cabarrus County in place because 4 Cabarrus is utilized for the McGuire Nuclear Station ,
5 emergency response. In-addition, we could activate 6 mutual aid agreements with all of the other 7 surrounding counties so that we don't think that 8 putting up sixty thousand people would pcse that much 9 of a problem. Logistics could be a problem 10 initially, but that could be administrative 1y worked 11 out over a period of a couple of hours. The 12 logistics would be resolved. ..
13 Q. WHAT CRITERIA DID MECKLENBURG COUNTY USE IN l <4 ESTIMATING SHELTER CAPACITIES?
15: A. The criteria _used (40 sq. ft/ person) were supplied by.
16 the N.C. Department of_ Crime Control and Public 17 Sa fe ty. The_ Red Cross has reviewed ~the shelters
- 18. using'its criteria, and has confirmed our selection.
19 Q. HOW WILL MECKLENBURG COUNTY REGISTER AND -PROCESS EPZ 20' RESIDENTS?'
21- A.- We will use the standards and procedures ~that the Red
'22 Cross has established and utilized lln numerous 23 ~ disaster situations.
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1 1 TESTIMONY OF AMERICAN RED CROSS 2 (DENNIS JOHNSON) ON 3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 4 Background In forma tion 5 Q. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS.
6 A. My name is Dennis Johnson. My business address is 7 2425 Park Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
8 Q. WHAT IS YOUR JOB POSITION?
9 A. My job title is Disaster Specialist for the American 10 Red Cross.
31 Q. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THAT JOB?
12 A. Since August of 1977.
13 Q. PRIOR TO THAT TIME DID YOUR JOB RELATE TO EMERGENCY --
14 RESPONSE?
15 A. Yes. I'have worked with the American Red Cross in 16 the area of disaster relief since November of 1974.
17 In my capacity as Director of Volunteers in Hartford, 18 Connecticut, I did disaster relief work in Puerto 19 Rico, in Gua tamala, and also locally in Connecticut.
20 Q. HAVE YOU READ CESG/ PALMETTO ALLIANCE CONTENTION 3, 21 WHICH DEALS WITH THE ADEQUACY OF EMERGENCY FACILITIES 22 AND FQUIPMENT?
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. HAVE'YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY EMERGENCIES WHERE 25 -NOTIFICATION TO EVACUATE WAS GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC?
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6 Q. HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE 7 ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVED SHELTERING?
8 A. Many of the disasters that I've been on had 9 sheltering as a component of the activities. I was 10 personally involved in a major sheltering operation 11 some years ago in Honduras and Nicaragua where we 12 sheltered 32,000 refugees from the Nicaraguan civil ..
13 war. We've also done local cheltering throughout the 14 South. I hadn't done any here in North and South 15 Carolina until the recent tornado experience because 16 we'hadn't had a disaster experience that required 17 extensive sheltering.
18 Q. BASED UPON YOUR EXPERIENCE IN RESPONDING TO 19 DISASTERS,.WHAT IS YOUR IMPRESSION OF PEOPLE'S 20 RESPONSE TO DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY EMERGENCY RESPONSE 21 OFFICIALS?
22- A. I.think a lot of people's response ~ to' direction 23- depends on the kind of experience th'ey have had 24 dealing with evacuation and sheltaring in the past.
25 For example, if you have people who have-had a recent 26 experience with a certain kind of disaster, they're
1 going to respond very favorably to direction. We 2 have also found that if people have for many, many 3 years not had the experience of having lived through 4 a disaster, they also are receptive to moving. Along 5 the coast here in the Carolinas, we have found that 6 we occasionally have a small hurricane come through, 7 such as a Hurricane Dastd, that causes minor damage.
8 People begin to believe that they don't have to 9 evacuate because they are not genuinely threatened by 10 that kind of disaster. But with either a very recent 11 disaster or a long, long term of no disaster 12 whatsoever people tend to be most receptive to .
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14 Q. DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE 15 WOULD RESPOND POSITIVELY IN A NUCLEAR EMERGENCY?
i 16 A. Yes, I do. It's my opinion that people would 17 evacuate when they receive the warning to do so. I'm 18- basing that opinion on my' belief that people have a 4
19 very signifcant fear of the unknown in'this instance.
! 20 It's not like a tornado that you can see; it's.not 21 like 'a hurricane that youl can experience, you can 22 ' feel,-you can hear. This is something that is-23 invisible as far as most people are concerned. . They, 124 don't know when it's coming or'how it's going to 25 . affect them on a short term or a ~1ong term basis, and V
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4 Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY BASIS FOR THAT OPINION?
5 A. Well, this is something that, because we're in the 6 business of providing disastor relief, we sit down 7 and talk with people on a local basis. I've spoken 8 with people throughout North and South Carolina 9 around nuclear power plants, and I've spoken with ,
10 other disaster specialists in other areas as well, to 11- get their impression, and they seem to feel that 12 people will move. .-
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13 Q. AS A RESULT OF THE THREE MILE ISLAND ACCIDENT, THERE 14 WAS AN EVACUATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND PREGNANT 15 WOMEN. WAS THE RED CROSS INVOLVED AT ALL IN THAT 16 ACTIVITY?
17 A. Yes, _they were involved in the sheltering process.
18 Q. HAVE YOU READ ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THIS 19 EVACUATION?
20 A. I did read an after-action report based on the events 21 of Three Mile Island.
22 Q. DID-PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN LEAVE THE AREA.AS
'23 DIRECTED?
24 A. It seems that they did. There weren't nearly as many 25- people in the shelters as people anticipated, but 26 going back to the. experience that we've had over the
O 1 years in terms of sheltering people from dif ferent 2 kinds of natural disasters, we found that to be true 3 as well. Most people who evacuate from any kind of 4 disaster, man-made or natural, tend to go with people 5 that they are familiar with. If your mother or 6 father lives nearby, chances are you are going to go 7 to their house and stay with them. People are much 8 more comfortable in a setting that they know and 9 understand outside an area of danger than they would 10 be ste.ying in a Red Cross facility or any other kind 11 of public facility.
12 Q. THE'PRESENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS CALL FOR -
13 DECONTAMINATION CAPABILITY AT EACH ONE OF THE ,
14 SHELTERS, AND THE SHELTERS ARE ALIGNED IN THE EPZ 15 SUCH THAT PEOPLE WOULD DISBURSE FROM THE-EPZ TO THE
~16 VARIOUS SHELTERS. IF GIVEN PROPER INSTRUCTION BEFORE 17 THE INCIDENT AND DURING THE EMERGENCY SITUATION, DO 18 YOU THINK THE PROBABILITY THAT PEOFLE WOULD GO TO 19 SHELTERS TO GET DECONTAMINATED IS GREATER THAN'IP 20 THEY HADN'T BEEN GIVEN ANY INSTRUCTION?
21 A. Yes, I think it would be. greater.
22 ~Q. IN.YOUR EXPERIENCE, HAVE VOLUNTEERS BEEN-FORTHCOMING.
23 IN AN EMERGENCY?
24 A. They'always are. The whole disaster relief process 25 that the American Red Cross-runs hingesJon'the ,
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4 EPC 3 Testimony 5 Q. EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 ASSERTS THAT EXISTING '
6 EMERGENCY PLANS DO NOT PROVIDE FOR SUFFICIENT FOOD, 7 CLOTHING, AND BEDDING FOR EVACUEES. HOW DID YOU GO 8 ABOUT ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL NEED FOR FOOD,
- 9 BEDDING, AND CLOTHING 7 10 A. Well, initially, of course, we looked at the-numbers ,
11 of the people, the size of the population within the 12 ten-mile EPZ and based our estimates -for the kinds of -*
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14 Q. IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD ADEQUATE FOOD, CLOTHING,'AND 15 BEDDING FOR EVACUEES BE AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT OF A 16 NUCLEAR EMERGENCY AT CATAWBA?
17- A. I believe it would be. In large. shelter operations, the Red Cross utilizes USDA foods that are stored in-
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1 still going to be there. We're still going to be 2 able to use the resources in Charlotte, for example, 3 where they have major food storage warehouses, and 4 that in other major cities. Whether we have to truck 5 food in or bring it in by the trainload or planeload, 6 however we hsve to, we'll get it.
7 Clothing, for example, can be purchased on a 8 local basis, either directly from retail suppliers 9 or, if needed in vast quantities, we can go to -
10 wholesale supplies. But in this particular plan, 11 clothing isn't something that the Red Croso is tasked 12 with supplying. .
13 Bedding, though, is a concern that we have for 14 the shelters. The fact is that in a shelter, not 15 everyone has a bed. And in any kind of shelter, in 16 all but the smallest disaster, that's the case. When 17 there is a hurricane and there are massive 18 evacuations from the coast, only a very small 19 percentage of the people who actually stay in a 20 shelter stay on a cot. They may have a blanket or a 21 pillow, they may have a cot the second or third day, 22 but the fact is that these people initially do not 23- have that kind of a supply in any kind of a shelter.
24 Currently, there are 1161 cots and 1245 blankets in 25 counties with shelters. In addition, we have 26 thousands of cots and blankets stored in disaster
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10 Q. ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE COTS IMMEDIATELY AND 11 MAYBE NOT EVEN BEDDING IMMEDIATELY, IS IT YOUR l
12 EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SURVIVE IN .
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14 A. Yes.
15 Q. IS IT YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT THE FOOD, CLOTHING, AND 16 BEDDING DOES REACH A SHELTER WITHIN A RELATIVELY 17 SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SAY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS?
18 A. Absolutely.
'19' Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY atEASON TO SUSPECT.THAT.WOULD NOT BE 20 THE CASE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION INVOLVING A 21 NUCLEAR INCIDENT AT CATAWBA?
22 .A. Not based on the knowledge I have of how this would 23 occur.
24 Q. PLEASE DESCRIBE WHAT SPECIFIC ~ ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN 25 MADE TO PROVIDE AN UNCONTAMINATED WATER SUPPLY.
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A. The primary resource for water supply would be National Guard tank trucks (2-5,000 gallons) and water trailers (85-400 gallons). Water would be trucked from nearby uncontaminated resources and distributed in the smaller trailers.
Q. HOW WILL CONTAMINATED C".OTHING AND OTHER MATERIALS BE DISPOSED OF AT THE SHELTERS?
A. Plastic garbage bags and other trash containers will be used which will later be moved to an appropriate dump site.
Q. HOW WOULD THE AMERICAN RED CROSS BE NOTIFIED IN AN EMERGENCY? .
A. We might be notified by a number of sources, including the local Red Cross chapter, the Department of Social Services, the S.C. Emergency Preparedness Department, or law enforcement officials. After being notified, we would then proceed to staff each shelter.
Q. WOULD THE SHELTERS BE STAFFED BY PERMANENT-EMPLOYEES OF TtIE AMERICAN RED CROSS OR BY VOLUNTEERS?
A. A combination of both. We're not only counting on the Red Cross staff that we have available through our local chapters and national organization, but also on local volunteers who have been trained at this point and are in place. But, whenever a
1 disaster like this occurs, we pick up a lot of people 2 who are interested in providing their assistance on a 3 immediate basis also.
4 Q. WOULD THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO STAFF THE SHELTERS, 5 WHETHER THEY WERE RED CROSS EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS, 6 KNOW WHAT TO DO?
7 A. The Red Cross has an eight-hour shelter management 8 course that we give. We have been giving it for 9 many, many years now here in the Carolinas and across 10 the country. We train the managers in this course, 11 and all the volunteers who will come in will be a 12 part of this management team. If they haven't had ,
13 the training, that's not really significant because 14 the whole process, the whole disaster relief system 15 that we have, is based on utilizing people who have 16 had a minimum of experience and, in many instances, 17 no training whatsoever. But under the direction of 18 these trained manage rs, they can be put to work in a 19 very important function.
20 Q. HOW WOULD THE PROCESSING OF PEOPLE AT A SHELTER WORK 7 21 A. After they have been monitored and decontaminated, if 22 that should be necessary, we will have a registration 23 table at which they will sign into the shelter, and 24 when they leave they'll sign out of the shelter. A 25 sample registration form is attached as Attachment A.
s 1 Q. WILL THE REGISTRATION CREATE A BOTTLENECK?
2 A. Not if it's adequately staffed.
3 Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WON'T BE 4 ADEQUATE STAFF AT THESE SHELTERS?
5 A. Not if the plan is followed.
6 Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THE PLAN WILL NOT 7 BE FOLLOWED?
8 A. Not at this point.
9 Q. WOULD THE AMERICAN RED CROSS BE INVOLVED IN ASSESSING 10 CONTAMINATION?
11 A. We are only involved in it to the extent that we need 12 to be sure that the people are monitored and 13 decontaminated prior to their entry into the shelter.
14 We want to be sure that the system is established 15 such that our workers, our volunteers, as well as the 16 other people who enter into the shelter, are not 17 affected by this contamination whatsoever.
18 Q. DO YOU HAVE PROCEDURES IN PLACE T!!AT WILL ASSURE 19 THAT?
20 A. Well, basically the procedures are those used by the 21 monitoring teams.
22 Q. HOW LONG DO YOU PLAN FOR PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN THE 23 SHELTERS?
6 1 A. We have never attached a time factor to our shelters.
2 Naturally, we like to get people back into their 3 homes as rapidly as possible and then make every 4 effort to do what we can to help them either return 5 to their home or to find alternate housing.
6 Q. TURNING TO THE ADEQUACY OF THE SHELTERS PROVIDED, HOW 7 MANY SHELTERS HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED FOR THE 10-MILE 8 EPZ?
9 A. I have identified 38 primary shelters within the
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11 Q. IS THE AMERICAN RED CROSS INVOLVED IN ASSESSING THE 12 ADEQUACY OF SHELTERS? .-
13 A. The shelter management course that we have sets out 14 certain guidelines which specify the kinds of things 15 that make a shelter adequate in terms of such details 16 as number of commodes, for example, square footage 17 allowable per person, etc.
18 Q. ARE YOU APPLYING THOSE CRITERIA TO EACH OF.THE 19 SHELTERS THAT HAVE THUS FAR BEEN IDENTIFIED?
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND IN YOUR REV,IEW OF THE SHELTERS?
22 A. Well, .we're finding that some of the shelters that 23' were originally designated have been eliminated from 24 the system becausa they did not have the square 25 footage that was necessary or there might have been
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1 some other reasons for them to be eliminated but, 2 generally speaking, we're talking about square 3 footage, accessibility, and sanitary facilities.
4 Q. WHEN WILL YOUR REVIEW OF THE DESIGNATED SHELTERS BE 5 COMPLETE?
6 A. Within the year, if possible .
7' Q. WILL'YOUR REVIEW OF THE ADEQUACY OF THE SHELTERS 8 RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF 9 SHELTERS THAT ARE PRESENTLY IDENTIFIED?
10 A. We haven't seen that so far.
11 Q. IN THE EVENT THERE IS EITHER A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION 12 OR A MINOR REDUCTION, HOW WILL ADDITIONAL SHELTER ..
13 SPACE BE PROVIDED?
14 A. I would imagine _ that what they would do would be to 15 designate other counties as host counties. We would 16 use facilities farther away from the EPZ.
17 Q. DOES THAT POSE ANY. PROBLEM?.
18 A. Not as ' far as we're concerned. It way pose a
- 19 transportation problem for some of the individuals 20 involved within the ten mile-radius of the plant.-
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21 Q. WILL THE RED CROSS EVALUATE THESE' ADDITIONAL SHELTERS 22 WITH RESPECT TO ADEQUACY?
23 A. On the .same basis that we evaluate the other ones,-
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1 Q. IN SUM, THEN, WILL THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SATISFY 2 ITSELF THAT THERE'S A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF ACCEPTABLE 3 SHELTER SPACE?
4 A. That's correct.
5 Q. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE OUTSIDE 6 THE EPZ MIGHT SEEK REFUGE AT A SHELTER?
7 A. We've considered the fact, but frankly I can't see 8 that happening.
9 Q. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN, AND THERE WERE OVERCROWDING, 10 WOULD ADDITIONAL SHELTERS BE OPENED AND STAFFED AND 11 THOSE PEOPLE TAKEN CARE OF?
12 A. That's correct. ,
13 Q. WHO WOULD STAFF THE ADDITIONAL SHELTER?
14 A. We may have to bring in people from other states, 15 from across the country, from other parts of North 16 and South Carolina. Initially, we would depend also 17 on the Department of Social Services workers 18 available here in South Carolina.
19 Q. HAS IT BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DRAW 20 ON RESOURCES FROM OUTSIDE YOUR IMMEDIATE AREA TO 21 RESPOND TO A DISASTER?
22 A. It happens in every disaster of any size.
23 Q. HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH SHELTERING ACTIVITIES BEEN 24 THAT THE PROCEDURES USED BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN 25 REGISTERING PEOPLE AND CARING FOR PEOPLE IN SHELTER 26 HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE?
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s 1 A. As far as I've seen, yes.
2 Q. HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO PROCESS A FAMILY OF FOUR?
3 A. We timed the processing procedure recently and found I
4 that it takes approximately three to three and a half 5 minutes.
6 Q. WHAT DOES PROCESSING OF PEOPLE ENTAIL?
7 A. We have a registration form that is in place, people 8 will come in and either stand or sit with the 9 registrar. The registrar will ask them their name, -
10 address, and the- other information that's contained 11 on the form itself, which is very brief. Following i 12 that, they'll be moved into the shelter. -
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1 TESTIMONY OF THE SALVATION ARMY 2 (MAJOR PHILIP NEEDHAM) ON 3 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONTENTION 3 4 Background Information 5 Q. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS.
6 A. My name is Major Philip Needham. My business address 7 is 1051 E. Morehead Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 8 28204.
9 Q. WHAT IS YOUR JOB POSITION?
10 A. I am Divisional Secretary of the Salvation Army for
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12 Q. HOW LONG HAVE YOU HELD THAT POSITION?
13 A. Since February of 1983. .
14 Q. WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF THE DIVISIONAL SECRETARY?
15 .A. I am responsible for the physical property of the 16 f r.1va tion Army, men's club work, office activities, 17 .1d I am responsible for disaster activities.
18 Q. PRIOR TO BECOMING DIVISIONAL SECRETARY, WHAT WAS YOUR 19 POSITION WITH THE SALVATION-ARMY?
20 A. I was the Corps Officer and City Coordinator in St.
21 Petersburg, Flcrida.
22 Q. HOW LONG DID YOU SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY?
23 A. lt served there for five years.
24 Q. WHAT WERE'YOUR DUTIES IN ST.: PETERSBURG?
25- A. As the. City coordinator, I was in charge of all 2'6 disaster activities in Pinellas County, Florida.
27~ Q. HAVE YOU EVER DIRECTED DISASTER RELIEF ACTIVITIES?.
a 1 A. Yes, there were two disasters which the Salvation 2 Army helped with in Pinellas County. The major one 3 was the Sunshine Skyway disaster in which the Skyway 4 bridge collapsed into the bay. Numerous persons were 5 killed. Another disaster involved a Coast Guard shly 6 which collided with a tanker. Most of the men 7 drowned. For both of these disasters, the Salvation 8 Army brought in mobile canteens and provided meals, 9 both to the disaster victims, their families and 10 rescue workers. In addition, the Salvation Army, at 11 my direction, provided clothing for victims and their 12 families who came to Pinellas County. .
13 Q. HAVE YOU SERVED IN OTHER CAPACITIES WITH THE 14 SALVATION ARMY?
15 A. Yes. Prior to serving in Pinellas County, I spent 16 seven years in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to that, from 17 1969 through 1971, I was the Corps Officer in Ft.
18 Myers, Florida, where I had the responsibility of 19 disaster relief.
20 Q. IN YOUR DISASTER RELIEF EXPERIENCE, HAVE YOU HAD THE 21 OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SHELTER TO EVACUEES OR OTHERS 22 IN NEED?
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r 1 A. While serving i'. Petersburg and Ft. Myers, the 2 Sal va tion Army . . ducted an ongoing shelter for 3 people in need. We served people whose homes had 4 been burned or who were homeless for other reasons, 5 including transients.
6 EPC 3 Testimony 7 Q. HAVE YOU READ CESG/ PALMETTO ALLIANCE CONTENTION 3, 8 WHICH DEALS WITH THE ADEQUACY OF EMERGENCY FACILITIES 9 AND EQUIPMENT?
10 A. Yes.
11 Q. IF AN EMERGENCY OCCURRED AT THE CATAWBA NUCLEAR 12 STATION CAUSING PEOPLE TO GO TO SHELTERS, WHAT ROLE 13 WOULD THE SALVATION ARMY FILL?
14 A. The Salvation Army will provide clothing free of 15 charge to those persons who have become contaminated.
16 Q. ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN THE SALVATION ARMY CLOTHE 7 17 A. The Salvation Army would have no problem in clothing 18 over 75,000 people.
19 Q. HOW QUICKLY COULD THIS CLOTHING BE OBTAINED?
20 A. We would be able to obtain all of this clothing 21 within 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br />.
22 Q. HOW WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO OBTAIN SO MUCH CLOTHING SO 23 QUICKLY?
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1 A. The Salvation Army has numerous clothing centers in 2 the southeastern United States. The local post can 3 call on these centers where the clothing is already 4 sorted and ready to be distributed.
5 Q. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CLOTHING FOR MEN, WOMEN, 6 CHILDREN AND INFANTS?
7 A. Yes, we have resources to clothe all ages and sexes.
8 I believe that the uncontaminated clothing needs of 9
all evacuees could be met in a timely fashion.
10 Q. ARE THERE OTHER ACTIVITIES IN WHICH THE SALVATION 11 ARMY MIGHT SERVE IN AN EMERGENCY?
12 A. Yes. The Salvation Army would be abl-? to set up -
13 mobile canteens for the temporary feeding of 14 eva cue e s. We could serve soup, sr.ndwiches, donuts 15 .and coffee for a short time. This activity would be 16 limited to the immediate response since the Red Cross 17 will feed the evacuees in the shelters. In addition, 18 the Salvation Army can provide canned goods but this 19 would be supplemental and in addition to the Red-20
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21- Q. HOW MANY SETS OF CLOTHING INCLUDING TROUSERS, 22 SHIRTS, SKIRTS, BLOUSES, OR DRESSES CAN THE SALVATION 23 ARMY FURNISH FROM NEARBY EXISTING SUPPLIES, WITHIN 24 FOUR HOURS AND WITHIN 24 HOURS?
e 1 A. The Salvation Army can furnish the following in South 2 Carolina and in addition can call on resources 3 outside the state should the need arise: l 4 Time Male Female 5 Within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> 1,200 sets 2,000 sets 6 Within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> 1,600 sets 3,000 sets 7 Total in 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> 2,800 sets 5,000 sets 8 In addition, the Salvation Army can furnish the 9 following children's sets of clothes as indicated:
10 Time Male Female 11 Within 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> 1,700 sets 1,100 sets
, 12 Within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> 1,800 sets 1,700 sets 13 Total in 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> 3,500 sets 2,800 sets 2
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FOOD STORACE/ AVAll.ABil.lTY FOR CllARLOTTE-MECKl.ENBtIRG COtJNTY
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~R ANii'sDAROUNUlI6G h~ Ed IOit UitUdtED DISASTER / EMERGENCY CONUlil6N h CISTRIBUTION CODE: DAIRY BAKERY PRIMARY DISTRIBUTORS DRY COODS CANNED C4X)DS PER I SilABl.ES PRODirCTS PRODifCTS COMMENTS A. 2,000 1.820 760 Tons Paper Products B. 2,000 2,243 4,5102 10 10
- Includes Frozen Foods C. 4,764 9,764 . 108(meat) 262 148** ** Produce Products D. 360 .I.213 1,037 195 15 l E. 7,000 7,000 1.467 1.467 1.467 3 F.. 4,950 5,136 I,220 483 176 G. 4,581 4.581 -0 .
EISTRIBlf7 ION CODE:
SECONDARY DISTRIBITTORS.
l A. 35 45 b. 1.200
- c. 2 25 50 5 D. 50-E. 100 F. #
432 C. 2- Sugar and Candy I H. 60
- 1. 7 12 0.5 J. 40 K. 40 L. ~100 M. 1,110 l N. 2 l- O. 4 4 1 2 .
- P. 3 10 20 1 Q. 10,500 .7,000-
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, S. 25 l
T. 20 . 40 300
-U. 3 V. 2 W. 900 X. 9,400 Y. 32 Z. 10 l AA. 7 BS. 5 ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~~
All figures are shown in tons .34,347 Tons 44,593 Tons 10,684 Tons 3,323 Tons 3,651.50 Tons Total 96,598 Tons l *
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f,ea shelter Toisphone No. Dateof Arrivel Neme. A08
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RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN APPENDIX VII DECONTAMINATION BUREAU OF RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH j S.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL k .
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APPE1801X Il PtR50nedt DEConiAstiNATION 9teshed* Sur fac e Action Techalque Advantages , Bisadvertases
. Seep and water Skin and hands Emulsifies and dissolves Wash 2-3 minutes and Readily available and Cantinued washing will contaminate. nonttor. De not wash effective for most re- defat the skin. Indis-more than 3-4 times. dioactive contaminetten. criminate washing of other than affected pa6ss may spread cantaminetten.
i Soap and water Nair Same as above. Wash several times. If 4
contaminatten is not lesered to acceptable levels, shave the head '
and apply skin decen-i taminetten methods.
Love soap, soft brush. Skin and hands familsifies, dissolves. Use lis t pressure with Same as aheve. Continued washing will and unter and erodes, heavy lather. Wash for abrede the skin.
2 minutes. 3 times.
Rinse and monitor. Use 4 care not to scratch or i g erede the skin. Apply
- s lanelin er hand cream i e to prevent chapping.
H Tide or other detergent same as above. Same as above. Note late a paste. Use slightly more effective Will defat and abrade
, (plain) with additlanal water than washing with soap. skin and must he used i
with a mild scrubbing, with care.
actlen. Ilse care not to erede the skin.
allators -f "AE tide and Skin and hands. Eamstsifies, dissolves. Mate late a paste. Ilse slightly more effective Will defat and abrede I
Ses cornmeal and eredes, with additlanal water than washlag with soap. skin and must he used with a mild scrubbing with care.
ectlen. Ilse care not i to erede the skin, j S1 water seletten of e Same as above. Same as aheve. Ilse with water. M for Same as ahese. Some as above stature of 301 flee, 655 a minute and rinse.
Calgen. 58 Carnese (car-hosymethyl cellulose)
Q A properetten of as Car- Same as above. Same as aheve. Use with addittenal $ame as above. Same as above.
a 33 hose. 38 Tide. IE Ver- water. aub for 1 minute C sene. and 885 meter and wipe off. Fellow
> hemogentaed late a cream. with lonelin er hand 1 % cream.
- Segin with the first listed mothed and then proceed step by step to the more senere anthods, as necessary.
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i IIrtheda Serface Actlen Technique Adventenes pisadventenes Titanteam diestde poste. M in, hands, and entron- Same as aheve. afort the peste late the Removes contaminetten prepare poste by slalog Itles. Se not use near If lef t en tee long util affected area for 2 ein. lodged under scaly sur- remove skin.
precipitated titanium fece er other body stes. Ainse and wash face of skin, Good for
- elealde (a very thlch openings. with seep and were heavy surface contaal-slurry, never peraltted weter. Montter, netten ef skin.
Le dry) with a smelt enount of lonella. If not successfvt. ge en '
to the nest step.
IIIs aquel volumes of a Shin, hands, and estron- Sisselves cantaminent peer ever wet hands, rut >- Superter for skin can. 18111 remove a leyer of saturated solutten of itles. Se not use meer essertbed in the bing tha surface and taminetten. leer he skin if in contact with potetslan pereengenete face er other openings. epidermis. using handbrush for not used in conjunctlen with the skin for more than and 8.2 4 selfuric acid. more then 2 minutes, titantism entde. 2 minutes.
(Seterated seletten of Alase with water.
Eshute is 6.4 grams per
, las el of isp.) cae. .
} Linue with nest step.
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i Apply a freshly pre- Some as above. Removes the pereenganate Appt) la same meaner as Some as above pared 58 seletten of stalci, eheve. Apply for not i sodium acid selfite. more then 2 minutes. The 1 lSeletten made by dis- eteve procedisre any he re-t
<= solving 5 gn of tele 503 peeted. Apply lonelin er i M crystens in SW el hand croom when completed, y distilledveter.)
" Fleshing j
. Eyes,eers. nose, and physical removal by tell back the eyelid as If used lamediately lesen using for nees and mouth fleshing. for as possible, flesh will remove contamine. south, contaminated in-with large amounts of tien. Hay else be used dividual should be teater, if Isotonic for ears, nose, and warned not to swallow trrl p ts are avallable. throat. the rinses, obtain them without de-ley. Apply to eye con-tloselly and then flush i
with large amounts of isoter, j (Isotanicfrrigent[4.g5 heClseletten): g grams
! IleCl in beaker, fill to i 1000 cc with water.) Can 1 he purchased from drug i' esg suppliers. etc.
tut tBI Further decentaminetten i should be done under j %:
gi medical sneervisten.
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b O O l-306 P(R10elfL DICONTAMINATION--Continued tee thed* Surface ' Action Technique Advantages Olsadvantages flushing Mounds Physical removal by Wash wound with large Quick and efficient if May spread contamination flushing, amounts of water and wound not severe, to other areas of body if spread edges to stimu-
- not done carefully.
late bleeding, if not profuse. If profuse, stop bleeding first, clean edges of wound, bandage, and If any con-taminatf(n remains, it may be removed by normal cleaning methods,as abe' 1.
Sweating Skin of hands and feet Phystsal removal by Place hand or foot la Cleansing action is from if glove or booty is not sweating. p'lastic glove or booty. Inside out. Hand does removed shortly af ter Tape shut. Place near not dry out. profuse sweating starts source of heat for 10- and part mashed witle 15 minutes or until soap and water lame-hand or foot is sweating distely, contaminatten profusely. Aemoc glove may seep late the pores.
(4 and then wash using H standard techniques. Or 7
u gloves can be worn for several hours using only body heat.
+ AREA AND litTERIAL DECGITAMINATION ,
lerthed* Surface Action Technique Advantages Disadvantages Vacu m cleaning Dry surfaces Asmoves contaminated Use conventional vacu m Good on dry. porous sur. All dust saast be fil-dust by sectlen, technique with efficient faces. Avolds water tered out of exhaust.
filter. reactions. Machine is contaminated.
Water All nonperous surfaces Dissolves and erodes, for large surfaces All water equipment may Drainage must be con-(metal, painted,plas- Hose with high-pressure be utilfred. Allows trolled. Not suitable '
tic etc.). water at an optimum dis- operation to be carried for porous materials.
tance of 15 to 20 feet. out from a distance. Olled surfaces cannot Spray vertical surfaces Contaminatten may be re- be decontaminated. Not ens at an angle of lacidence duced by 505 Water applicable on dry con-pl of 30' to 40*; work from equipment may be used taminated surfaces (use tzi top go g,ottom to avoid for solutions of other vacuum); not applicable h
recontamination. Work uputad to avoid spray, decontaminating agents. on pourous surfaces such as wood, concrete can-xt Determine cleaning rate was, etc. Spray will be d esperimentally, if pos- contaminated.
slblet otherwise, use a g
e rat,e of 4 square feet -
co peri 'ainute.
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Itetheda Surface Actlen Technique Advantages Disadvantages
! Iloter (Cent'd) . All surfaces Dissolves and erodes. For small surfaces Entremely effective if Df tittle value la the i
Blot up Ilquid and hand- done lamediately after decentaminatten of large utpe ulth water and ap- spill and on nonperous areas lengstanding con-
! propriate commercial surfaces. taminants and porous i
detergent, surfaces.
4 5 teen Itemperous surfaces 5ame as aheve. Merk from tap to betten Centaminetten any be re- Steam seject to same (especially pelated or and from upwind. Clean duced apprealmstely 901 lleltatlens as water, j elled surfaces), surface at a rate of 4 en palated surfaces. Spray hasard ashes the
, s<tuare feet per minute. wearing of water-proof 4
The cleaning efficiency outfits necessary.
- et steam will be greatly
! lacreased by using detergents, j tetergents- IIenperous surfaces Emulsifies contaminent Be surface I minute with Dissolve industrial file May regelre personal can.
1 (metal. pelated. glass, and increases wetting a rag meistened with de- and other esterials tact with surface. fley j plastic. etc.). power of water and tergent solutten then which held contaminatten. not be efficient en lent- '
i cleaning efflctency of wipe with dry rag; use Contaminatten may be re- standing contaminetten.
1 . steem. clean surface of the rag duced by 901.
i for each applicatten. .
Ilse a peuer retary brush with pressure feed for 4 more efficient cleaning.
- [ Apply solution from a dis-s tance with a pressure e propertiener. De not al-leu solutten to drip ente other surfaces. Mist ap-4 plication is all t%t is necessary.
- Complening agents itemperous surfaces Forms soldie compleses Compleming agent solutten Molds contaminetten in Rettuires applicatten for (especially unweath- with cantaminated should contain 31 (by solutten. Centeelne- 5 to 30 minutes. Little j ered surfaces; i.e.. material, weight) of agent. Spray tien may be reduced by penetrating pouerg of j ne rust er calcareous surface with solutten. 751 in 4 minutes en un- small value en weathered 1 . greeth). Keep surface solst 30 weathered surfaces. surfaces.
1 atnotes by spraying with Easily stored; casten-j seletian perledically. ates and citrates are
- After 30 minutes, flush nontenic. noncorrosive, material off with water.
i Compleatng agents may be used en vertical and ever- '
{ "l head surfaces by adding t'l chemical foam (sedlue
. g" cartenate er aluminum g sulfate).
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t ASEA AND IIATERIAL DECONIAplinATION.-Centinued plethed* Surface Actlen . Technique Advantages Disadvantates Organic selvents asemperous surfaces Dissolves orgaalc mate- Ismerse entire unit in Quick dissolving actlen. Requires good weattle.
(greasy or waned sur- clats (ell, paint, etc.). solvent er apply by wip- Recovery of solvent pes, tion and fire precae-faces. pelat er plas- Ing pro (edure (see slble by distilletten. cautions. Ioalc Le tic flatsbes,etc.) Detergents). personnel, llaterial bulky.
, leergenic acids stetal surfaces (espe- Dissolves porous use dip-bath procedure Correstve actlen en metal personal hasard. liear clelly with porous de- deposits, for movable items. Acid and porous depostts. goggles, rubber boots, posits; l.a.. rust er should he kept at a son- gloves and aprons. Good calcareous y eeth); centration of 1 to 2 ner. ventilatten regelred be-ctrtulatory pipe systems. mal (9 to its hydro- cause of tesicity and on-1 chloric 3 to 61 sulfuric plosive gases. Acid ein.
', acid). Leave en weath- tures should not he ered surfaces for I hour, heated. possibility of Flash surface with water. oncessive corresten if scre with a water-deter- used without lehlbiters.
, gent solutten, and rinse. Sulfuric acid not effec.
i Leave la pipe circulatory tive en calcareous systes 2 to 4 hours4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br />; deposits, flush with plain water, a
<g water-detergent salutten, i' H thee ageln wtth plata H water.
! Acid elaturest hamperous surfaces Dissolves porous Same as for Snorganic Contaminetten me re- Ideathered surf. ins any i
hydrochloric. (especially with perous deposits, acids. A typical alstere duced by 901 in [i hour require prolonged treet-4 sulfuric. deposits)sclatulatory coaststs of 0.l gal. (weveathered surfaces), seat. Same safety pre-acetic, pipe systems. hydrochteric acid. 0.2 flore easily handled cautless as required for citric actes. Ib. sodlum acetate and 1 then Inorganic acid inerteelc acids.
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Countics: palated surfaces 5eftens point (hersh Alles paint reenver sol. Itinleum cantact with personal hazard (will lye (sedless hydroalde). (hertsental). eethod). utlen to reaaln en sur- contaminated surfaces. cause burns). Reactlen calcium hydroelde. face until paint is [asily stored, slou; thus. It is not potessless hydreside softened to the point efficleat en vertical er d ere it may be washed overhead surfaces. i
, of f with water. Remove Should not he used en i remalatog paint with alesetnum er magnoslems.
long-handled scrapers.
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.,3 solutten: 10 gal. water.
til 4 lb. lye. 6 lb. boiler .
tp compound. O.15 lb. corn- i g starch.
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Softees palet (elld method).
Apply hot 101 solutten by Centeelnatten any be rubblag and wiplag pro- reduced to tolerance Destructive ef fect en-paint. Should not he cedure (see Betergent).
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- _ I 1 009 AatA AND Mi(RIAL B(CONTAMINAil05-14ntinued forthed* Surface Actlen Techalque Advantages Olsadvantaees Abrasten leenperous surfaces. Removes surface. Use conventlanal proce- Contaminettom any be re- lepracticable for porous
, dures, such as sending, duced to as low a level surfaces because of filing, and chipping; as desired. penetratten by seisture.
teep surface damp to aveld dust hazard.
Samelesting .__ w surfaces. Reeves surface. Keep sand eset 'te lessen practical for large sur- Centaminetten spread over spread of contaminetten. face areas, area must be removed.
Collect used abrasive er Contaminated dust is 4 flush away ulth isater. personnel hazard.
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e Vacu e blasting porous and nonperous Removes surface; traps teold teel flush to sur- Centaminated easte ready Contaalnatten of m surfaces, and centrols contaal- face to prevent escape for disposal. Safest equipment.
noted waste. of conteelnatten. abrasten method.
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