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| Issue date: | 09/10/1987 |
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Dated: September 10, 1987 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION betare the l J
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-443-OL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ET AL. ) 50-444-OL
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(Seabrook Station, Units 1 ) (Offsite Emergency and 2) ) Planning Issues)
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APPLICANTS' DIRECT TESTIMONY NO. 2 (Special Needs/ Transportation)
Panel Members: Anthony M. Callendrello, Manager, Emergency Planning, New Hampshire Yankee Paul R. Frechette, Jr., Senior Emergency Planner, New Hampshire Yankee Michael C. Sinclair, Emergency Planning Specialist, Aidikoff Associates Richard H. Strome, Director, New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management This testimony addresses issues pertaining to the adequacy and effectiveness of resources in the evacuation of transit-dependent persons within the New Hampshire EPZ raised in the following contentions: Town of Hampton Contention IV, Town of South Hampton Contentions 3 and 8, Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Contentions 18, 25, 37, New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Contention NHLP-6 and Town of Kensington Contention 6. The issues of "ridesharing" and inbound emergency vehicles are addressed in the testimony of 8709240108 870912 PDR G ADOCK 05000443 PDR i
4 the.ETE and Human Behavior Panel. The issue of inadequate provision for traffic control personnel, and unruly behavior among outgoing evacuees is addressed in the testimony of the Personnel Resources Panel and the ETE and Human Behavior Panel, respectively. The adequacy of the local EOC and IFO telephone systems for transportation-dependent persons in Exeter and Rye is addressed in the testimony of the Notification / Communications Panel.
TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE DURING EVACUATION
- 1. PLANNING BASIS The " transportation dependent population" consists of four separate categories of individuals identified in NHRERP Volume 1, Section 2.6: (1) school children (when school is in session); (2) persons confined to institutions; i.e., hos-pitals, nursing homes, day care centers, and jails; (3) the homebound, physically impaired who require transportation assistance; and (4) those individuals who indicate they are likely to be without transportation during an emergency.
- a. Schools / Day Care Centers As of the 1986-87 school year, there were approximately 14,528 students in 41 public and private schools and ap- 1 proximately 1,797 children in 80 day care centers, nurseries and pre-schools in the 17 EPZ communities. The determination of the number of children in the New Hampshire EPZ schools and day care centers is made annually by requesting actual institutional census data.Section IV of each municipal RERP 2
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l (Volumes 16 through 32) contains an attachment to the Tralisportation Coordinator's (or equivalent responsible l individual) procedure which lists for each facility, the maximum student population and the number and type of vehicles allocated for evacuation. The number of buses allotted to evacuate each facility is based on the maximum student population of the individual institutions. Based on data from the 1986-1987 school year, approximately 347 buses and 30 vans are required to evacuate all the public and private schools and dsy care centers in the New Hampshire EPZ. .
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" Latchkey" children are those school children who, on a daily basis, arrive home from school while no parent is home and to whom a house key has been entrusted to allow entry into their home. Latchkey children are accommodated in the establishment of access control to the Plume Exposure EPZ.
Volume 1, Section 2.6 (Protective Response, page 2.6-16).
Before and during an evacuation, entry of non-resident population into the affected areas is discouraged. Residents returning to their homes, however, to prepare to evacuate will be allowed entry. This provision will allow for parents to return home in order to pick up their children. Public information materials and EBS announcements will be amended to indicate that residents will be allowed into the EPZ to return home to pick up family members or necessary belong-ings.
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- b. Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Jails Within the EPZ there are two hospitals, ten nursing homes and one jail which contain approximately 1~275 in-dividuals. The determination of the number of transport-1 dependent individuals in EPZ nursing homes, hospitals and J jail is made annually, based on actual institutional census data. The determination includes the maximum facility population, including staff.
The number and type of vehicles required to evacuate these' facilities is based on the maximum capacity of each facility and on the best judgment of each facility's"ad-ministrators, physicians, and disaster committee members.
Factors in the analysis include the level of care required for each patient in transport, as well as the average number of patients within each level of care.
The types of vehicles used to evacuate these facilities are ambulances, coach buses, and school buses. From the in-dividual facility estimates, it has been determined that 18 ambulances, 15 coach buses, and 45 school buses (some of l
Which will be equipped with conversion bed kits) will be allocated to evacuate the nursing homes, hospitals and jail within the EPZ. (For procedures regarding the jail in the EPZ, see NHRERP Volume 4B, section on Rockingham County Jail.) Section IV of each municipal RERP (Volume 16 through j
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e individual) which lists the maximum capacity for each facility and the number and type of vehicles allocated to evacuate each facility.
Volume 18A (Hampton Special Facilities Plans) of the
.NHRERP conta i ns the Seacoast Health Center RERP. Attachment A, Section II, lists three host facilities in Manchester, New Hampshire. These are the Maple Leaf Healthcare on Pearl' Street, Maple Leaf Health Inc. on Maple Street, and the Villa Crest Units. These three host facilities have the same owner who has submitted a letter of agreement designating these facilities as host facilities for the Seacoast Health Center.
This letter'of agreement, Attachment i hereto, will be included in the Seacoast Health Center RERP.
Volume 26A (Exeter Special Facilities Plans) of the
. NHRERP contains both the Eventide Home RERP, and the Good-win's of Exeter RERP. The Eventide Home host facility is McKerley Health Care Center in Derry, New Hampshire. A letter of agreement, Attachment 2 hereto, has been obtained from the McKerley Health Care Center which will be included in the Eventide Home RERP. Goodwin's two host facilities, which are all owned by the " Clipper Home Affiliates," are the Clipper Homes of Wolfeboro and Rochester. Letters of agreement for these two host facilities, Attachment 3 hereto, will be included in the Goodwin's of Exeter RERP.
Revision 2 of the New Hampshire RERP, Volume 26A (Exeter Special Facilities Plans) contains in Attachment A to the 5
4 Exeter Hospital RERP, letters of agreement with all three of its designated host facilities: Concord Hospital, Catholic
. Medical Center, and Hampstead Hospital. Each host facility indicates that it will provide temporary shelter as a receiving site for Exeter Hospital in the event evacuation is required.
Adequate capacity exists in the three host facilities designated for Exeter Hospital. The determination is based on the following two categories of patients used to develop the RERP: medical class (Classes I, II and III) and patient transport category (categories I, II, III and IV). The following defines each:
Patient Medical _Cj ggg I -
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The following compares the need versus the available host facility capacities:
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Evacuation Approximate Medical Level Transportation Patient Capacity Host Facility of Care Cateaory (Exeter Hospital) Caoacities Class I Category IV 40 - 50 25
- Class II Categories II, III 12 - 20 40 **
Class III Category I 5 - 10 20 **
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- Hampstead Hospital only
- Capacity equally divided between Catholic Medical Center &
Concord Hospital The total host facilities' capabilities (85 spaces) exceeds Exeter Hospital's total patient capacity (57-80 spaces). Of the 40-50 Medical Class I patients 25 will be provided for at Hampstead Hospital. The remaining will be placed at either Catholic Medical Center or Concord Hospital (60 total spaces).
Medical Class I patients who require the lowest level of medical support (i.e. ambulatory) can be placed in a location having a more advanced medical support capability. Both Catholic Medical Center and Concord Hospital have an excess capacity for both Medical Classes II and III patients (60) f when compared to Exeter Hospital's need (17-30). ,
i The Exeter Hospital RERP will be revised in order to place greater emphasis on those patients who have medical l conditions such that their evacuation would be difficult or l- could present a significant health risk to the patient.
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for evacuation. It allows for consideration by medical personnel of current medical status, as it applies to patients within the categories of (1) Medical / Surgical, (2)
Recovery Room, and (3) Intensive / Cardiac Care (ICU/CCU) only.
The Exeter RERP will be amended to provide that at a SITE AREA EMERGENCY classification the hospital. authorities should determine which patients, by virtue of medical condition, will require extraordinary assistance in evacuation.
Additionally, hospital staff will note which patients require extraordinary assistance due to medical condition and prioritize patients for evacuation. The reference to 55 year olds will be deleted.
- c. Special Needs Individuals who have "special transportation needs" are those identified in the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency's (NHCDA) Special Needs Survey as (1) homebound, physically impaired and requiring transportation assistance during an evacuation, and (2) those who indicate they are likely to be without a private source of transportation during an emergency.
Section IV of each Town Plan contains an attachment to the procedure of the town Transportation Coordinator (or equivalent responsible individual) which lists the special f needs information identified for that community. The names ,
and addresses of individuals with special needs are main-tained under separate cover at the state and local EOCs and 8
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at the Incident Field Office (IFO).
The initial Special Needs Survey was conducted in March, 1986. The results were tabulated on July 11, 1986 and provided the information on the special needs population in the 17 New Hampshire EPZ communities that was utilized in producing Revision 2 of the NHRERP in August, 1986. Subse-quently, NHCDA has worked to update the initial survey results for the homebound or physically impaired to define the appropriate type of transportation resources needed. I The respondents to the 1986 NHCDA Special Needs Survey who indicated they were homebound or physically impaired and indicated a need for ambulance transportation were contacted separately by NHCDA and asked specific questions relating to their medical condition and their need for medical or life-support capability during transport. In addition, several State agencies, including the Special Education Division of the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE), the Governor's Committee on Handicapped, the Granite State Independent Living Foundation, and Exeter Area Visiting Nurses Association, which deal with handicapped individuals and home health care providers, were contacted to obtain further information about the previously identified number of a homebound individuals who may require special transportation assistance. The home health care providers contacted were k
MOS Hospital Equipment, Life Plus Medical Products, Home Care Specialists, and Major Medical Supply. This research .
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resulted'in a determination that approximately nine individuals needed to be moved by ambulance and approximately 256 individuals could be evacuated by 32 buses. .For planning purposes, the number of ambulances was increased to 18 in order to provide a conservative margin of available ambulance resources during an emergency.
In response to the NHCDA 1986 survey and subsequent follow-up verification, approximately 2,340 persons indicated that they would need transportation. To assist these individuals, each town plan has established a system of bus routes and/or pick-up points. The number of buses which have been allocated for this is based on providing one bus for every 36 residents who responded to the survey in each town.
However, to ensure that there are sufficient buses in each town, no town is allocated less than three buses. As a result, a total of 94 buses has been allocated for people needing a ride. This number is approximately 50% greater than the number of buses required by the survey results.
In the case of Tuxbury Pond Camping Area, at a SITE AREA EMERGENCY or GENERAL EMERGENCY the campground may be directed to undertake a protective response or to close on a precau-tionary basis. The Tuxbury Campground plan (NHRERP, Vol. 31, Appendix F) indicates that facility staff will make available public information brochures and directions to campers. It is assumed that campers will leave in the same vehicles in which they arrived. Therefore, no special arrangements have 10
been made to provide transportation resources to evacuate campers. In the event some campers require assistance, facility staff are directed by this plan to request assis-tance from either the South Hampton EOC or State IFO.
Campers may also leave through ridesharing, a subject addressed in the testimony of the ETE and Human Behavior Panel.
- d. Total Transportation Resources - Requirement / Supply The planning basis for the evacuation process included development of sufficient resources to evacuate all iden-tified transportation-dependent people utilizing each vehicle for only one trip from the EPZ to its assigned host facility.
Transportation resources consist of school buses, vans, .
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those vehicles and assist in evacuation activities (e.g., bus drivers and ambulanca personnel). Table 1 provides a summary
.of transportation requirements and transportation resources availability.
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As shown on Table 1, a total of 533 buses are required to evacuate the identified transportation-dependent popula-tion of the entire New Hampshire EPZ. This figure includes the need for approximately 447 regular school buses, 15 coach buses, and 71 "special needs" (i.e., conversion bed) buses for hospitals, nursing homes, jail and homebound mobility-impaired individuals. The plan also identifies the potential need for 30 vans for small facilities which have less than 15 students or occupants.
Letters of agreement, either present in the NHRERP, Volume 5, or obtained since Revision 2 to the NHRERP, Attachment 4 hereto, make available 814 standard school buses and 19 coach buses garaged in 17 locations by 10 transporta-tion companies. In addition, two of the providers will make-available 65 vans with a capacity ranging from five to 20 l passengers each. Where a van may not be available, a regular school bus will be substituted to meet a facility's evacua-I tion requirements.
The special needs buses described in the plan will be drawn from the pool of 814 standard school buses and equipped ;
I with the conversion bed kits, as required. The coach buses (with reclining seats) are designated only for use in evacuating patients from hospitals and nursing homes who require that type of transport.
The letters of agreement, as of August 26, 1987, reflect the availability of approximately 846 drivers from the bus l
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e provider companies. Viewed from the perspective of vehicles and drivers from the same companies.that could be matched at the time of a mobilization, the agreements represent ap-proximately 770 vehicle and driver " pairs". This leaves 128 vehicles and 76 drivers " unmatched". Drivers willing to be reassigned to another provider'would be " matched" with the remaining vehicles. Any remaining driver deficit would be l met from the Emergency Driver Pool (EDP) which the New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management has established in-case there is a need to supplement the bus provider drivers at the time of the emergency. The Emergency Driver Pool consists of approximately 168 New Hampshire Department of Transportation personnel, 196 New Hampshire National Guard personnel and 48 Teamsters personnel. All personnel in the j Emergency Driver Pool have a " Light Commercial License" which is required to drive a bus.
Given the availability of bus-and-driver pairs from the vehicle provider companies, and the personnel available from the Emergency Driver Pool, there is a substantial surplus of bus-and-driver pairs over and above the number required for the 533 buses needed (when school is in session) to effect a complete evacuation of the New Hampshire EPZ.
The availability of adequate EMS or ambulance service is sufficient to respond to all identified New Hampshire EPZ needs. Volume 5 to the NHRERP, Revision 2, contains letters of agreement which make available approximately 48 13
ambulances. A list of ambulance providers and number of ambulances is also provided in Volume 4, Appendix I (Section 2). The letters of agreement also commit approximately 126 EMTs to be available for emergency response. (Note: This accounts for the deletion of 1 ambulance and 3 EMTs as a result of the withdrawal of the O'Brien Ambulance Company.)
Ambulance resources supporting evacuation would be drawn from commercial companies located in communities outside the EPZ. Approximately 200 emergency medical support personnel, who, for planning purposes, are D21 relied upon to drive evacuation vehicles, have been identified within the EPZ communities through the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services of the New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services.
These EMS personnel would continue to be available to serve the local communities, which may include providing assistance to mobility-impaired persons in an evacuation.
Additional municipal ambulances are available from neighboring communities under existing " Mutual Aid" agree-ments and would be controlled through the existing Emergency Medical Services organization. This concept of response, and details of overall coordination, are presented in the EMS Coordinator's Procedure (NHRERP, Volume 4). In addition, as an added resource, the New Hampshire National Guard can make available approximately 75 medically qualified personnel to provide assistance.
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- 2. IMPLEMENTATION
- a. Assessment and. Notification / Mobilization of Resources
-Arrangements for the evacuation of mobility impaired and transport dependent persons is a coordinated effort between the State of New Hampshire and each New Hampshire town within the Seabrook Station EPZ. (NHRERP, Volume 4, Section 13-A -
NHCDA Local Liaison.) In each community one or more members of the emergency organization is assigned the responsibility for the assessment of both emergency medical and special needs transportation requirements. For example, in Seabrook this is the Transportation Coordinator (NHKERP, Volume 16,Section IV.F).
The resources required to assist those in each of the transit-dependent categories (identified above) are calcu-lated separately by vehicle type and listed in the appropriate sections of the State and town RERPs. Section IV of each Town Plan contains an attachment to the procedure of the Transportation Coordinator (or equivalent responsible individual) which lists the individual town transportation requirements by the following categories:
- "Public Schools," indicating the maximum student population of each facility;
- " Private, Day Care / Nursery Schools," indicating the maximum licensed capacity of each facility; l
- " Nursing Homes / Hospitals," indicating the maximum
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- " Residents Requiring Transportation," which
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- "Special Needs," which identifies those individuals who would require a special type of assistance; i.e., the homebound, mobility-impaired who might require an ambulance or wheelchair van or physical assistance to leave their homes.
At the ALERT Emergency Classification Level (ECL) , the Transportation Coordinator (or equivalent personnel) of the local emergency response organization, or State IFO Local Liaison at the Incident Field Office in Newington, New Hampshire in the case of communities that require assistance, confirms the community's institutional and special transpor-tation requirements. For example, when in session, schools provide the day's current attendance figures and the number of buses required to evacuate the student population. This )
information, when confirmed by the responsible local official at the outset of an emergency situation, provides the basis on which to estimate transportation resources needed to evacuate the identified populations (should that become k l
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Should an accident escalate quickly and require (or ,
potentially require) evacuation prior to completing verification of actual need, the transportation requirement 1
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numbers contained in the plans will form the basis for the procurement and dispatch of vehicles. The purpose of verification at the ALERT ECL is to determine the actual need of individuals, schools and institutions in the New Hampshire EPZ.
Cnce this information is compiled, the numbers and types of vehicles required are reported by the local Transportation Coordinator to the community's Local Liaison at the Incident Field Office (IFO) in Newington, New Hampshire. There the information is combined with similar data gathered from other New Hampshire EPZ communities and forwarded to the State EOC Resources Coordinator in Concord.
The State EOC Resources Coordinator, with assistance from the Pupil Transportation Safety Representative (PTSR) l and the State Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Representative, mobilizes available bus, van, and ambulance resources from providers listed in NHRERP, Volume 5. At a SITE AREA EMERGENCY the vehicles are directed to assemble at the State Transportation Staging Areas (TSA). The New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management has established two 1
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State Staging areas; one at the Rockingham County Complex in Brentwood and the other at OMNE Mall in Portsmouth. At the State TSAs the bus drivers will be issued dosimetry and provided with-strip maps directing them from the State Staging Area to the local Transportation Staging Areas in ,
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Procedure, and OMNE Mall State TSA Procedure). When evacua-tion is recommended, the requisite number and type of vehicles will be dispatched to the municipalities affected by the recommendation. 3 Revision 2 to the NHRERP provides for the notification and possible mobilization of Emergency Medical Services at the ALERT Emergency Classification Level (NHRERP, Volume 4, Section 7, p. 7-2; and also Volume 4B, EMS Coordinator .
Procedure). Notification and coordination of the Emergency l
Driver Pool (which includes the New Hampshire National Guard, l
NHDOT, and Teamsters) as backup drivers will be initiated at the State EOC in Concord. Representatives from the National Guard and NHDOT are located in the State EOC in Concord, New Hampshire. Both the National Guard and NHDOT have existing agency procedures for emergency call-up of their personnel.
A procedure for call-up of Teamsters and for coordination of the Emergency Driver Pool with vehicles is under development,
- b. General Public Notification Should an evacuation be ordered, the public will be informed of the time that the buses will begin traveling the designated routes via the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS).
NHRERP, Volume 4, Appendix G (Emergency Broadcast System Activation) Attachment 2, contains EBS Sample Messages.
Messages "F" (General Emergency - Sheltering and Evacuation) j and "G" (General Emergency - Evacuation) both contain a provision for indicating what time buses will begin traveling j I
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EBS messages and pre-distributed public information materials provide instructions on how individuals may request
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special transportation assistance during an evacuation by j calling their local EOC or the State IFO: NHRERP, Volume 1, J
Section 2.6 (p. 2.6-11b) states, "[a]ny additional unan-ticipated-bus needs will be coordinated through the town IFO Local Liaison". For example, Volume 16 (Town of Seabrook RERP),Section IV.F, p. IV-23a, Transportation Coordinator Procedure, outlines the duties of the coordinator, who is to
"[d]etermine what type of transportation assistance is needed by individuals who telephone the (local] EOC to make i requests;" and refers to Attachment 2. Attachment 2 to Section IV.F discusses " Requests for Transportation Assis-tance", and consists of a questionnaire to obtain the details of the need for transportation assistance from a caller, and either directs the caller to a bus route or determines what type of special transportation assistance should be provided.
The Transportation Coordinator then contacts the IFO Local Liaison and informs him of the current transportation needs, as described in NHRERP, Volume 16,Section IV.F (p. IV-24).
The IFO Local Liaison will then call the Transportation Coordinator and report the number of buses sent and the
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i estimated time of arrival, if an evacuation is recommended.
The dispatch of the required resources is coordinated with State EOC and the State Transportation Staging Areas NHRERP, Volume 4, Section 7 - EOC Resources Coordinator Procedure).
This method of recordkeeping will ensure that adequate ,
transportation resources are allocated for the transportation dependent.
- c. Evacuation Procedure If an evacuation is recommended, the number of vehicles previously determined to be required are dispatched from the State TSAs to the local Transportation Staging Area in the affected communities (NHRERP, Volume 4, Section 7). From the local Staging Area,' vehicles are assigned by the local Transportation Coordinator (or equivalent personnel) to assist the transportation-dependent population; i.e., buses are provided with strip maps and dispatched to each school and/or day care center,'and buses, vans and/or ambulances are dispatched to medical care facilities and the homebound, mobility-impaired (e.g., NHRERP, Volume 16,Section IV.F, p.
IV-25). The bus drivers are also provided with strip maps directing them from their assignment to a Reception Area. In addition, buses are assigned to traverse pre-designated routes and/or pick-up points within the community to provide transportation for those without alternative means of leaving the area.
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l The State of New Hampshire will provide the level of training required for the drivers in order to carry out all I potential. assignments. Teamsters assigned to the Emergency Driver Pool (EDP) and available to drive emergency vehicles, have as a minimum, a Light commercial (Drivers') License, which by New Hampshire State licensing definition qualifies them to operate any vehicle exceeding 18,000 pounds gross weight.
Individual school plans exist for all public school, private schools, day care centers, and nurseries in the Town of Hampton. These facility RERPs are maintained in NHRERP, Volume 18A, entitled "Hampton Special Facilities Plans."
Upon notification of an emergency, individual school principals determine their transportation needs on the current day's school census and provide the data to the local Transportation Coordinator. The data are passed on to the community's IFO Local Liaison and to the IFO Resources Coordinator.
When an evacuation is recommended, the IFO Resources Coordinator directs the State Transportation Staging Area Supervisor to dispatch the required number of buses to the Town of Hampton Local Staging Area (LSA). At the Hampton LSA, the Local Transportation Coordinator provides bus j drivers with directions (i.e., strip naps) to each school
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the appropriate Reception Center. In the event-the Town of Hampton is' unable to respond, emergency. response actions J
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- d. State Assistance In the event that a New Hampshire EPZ municipality is unable to respond during an emergency, the NHRERP provides a mechanism for coordinating a town's evacuation transportation response through the State Incident Field Office (IFO) in Newington, New Hampshire utilizing State personnel. At the IFO, the State maintains duplicate listings of each town's special facilities and transportation-dependent individuals.
Duplicates of each town's evacuation transportation maps and directions are stored at the State Transportation Staging Area (TSA) in Brentwood.
At the ALERT classification, the IFO Controller (NHRERP, Volume 4) contacts the Rockingham County Dispatch Center to determine if, during the initial notification of each town, the Center was unable to establish communications with a municipality or was advised that a municipality is unable to respond.
If so, the IFO Controller directs the TSA Supervisor to assign Rockingham County Sheriff's Deputies to perform the functions of the local Transportation Coordinator (s) at the local Staging Area. (Volume 4B, Rockingham County Sheriff's Department, Appendix F). Appendix F will be revised to 22
c, indice.te that this is performed at the ALERT ECL. Deputies
. dispatched to perform suchEduty would be provided with radio-i communications equipment and duplicates of the information ~
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as well as the necessary maps showing bus routes, special facilities, and Reception Centers. Upon arrival at the town's designated local Transportation Staging Area, the I i
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State Transportation Staging Area Command Post.
Concurrently, the IFO Coordinator directs that IFO Local Liaisons (NHRERP, Volume 4) begin contacting each of the town's special facilities and persons identified by the NHCDA Special Needs Survey, as requiring special transportation assistance, to determine their current status and anticipated evacuation transportation requirements. The number and types of vehicles required for that municipality are identified and contmunicated to the EOC Resources Coordinator who, in turn, will mobilize the resources and direct them to the appropriate State TSA.
Upon a recommendation to evacuate, the State TSA will dispatch the required vehicles to the local Transportation Staging Area, and the assigned deputy will carry out all the transportation resource deployment and coordination respon- j i'
sibilities of the local Transportation Coordinator, as described in NHRERP, Volume 4B, Appendix F. This deputy I
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would provide strip maps and directions, and also coordinate the buses running the bus routes.
Pre-distributed public information material and tho' Emergency Broadcast System messages contain instructions for individuals requiring assistance to call the IFO if they are unable to reach their' local EOC, as would be the case in a non-responding town (refer to NHRERP, Volume 4, Attachment.
13-A). The NHOEM Local Liaison at the IFO would complete Tab 1 to Attachment 13-A (Volume 4, p. 13A-5) to determine the type of assistance needed, and maintain lists of these people to ensure vehicles would be provided for evacuating them (p.
13A-3). These requests would then be relayed by the IFO Local Liaison to the State Transportation Staging Area or local TSA (if activated) to ensure that additional evacuation transportation would be provided where'necessary, i
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ATTACHMENT 1 W
LWIPE ENITRPRISES 130 Gilver Street, Manchester, New Hacpshire 03103 603-669-1810 March 11. 1987 Daniel Trahan Administrator ,
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Dear Mr. Trahan,
This letter will confirm the willingness of our Manchester facilities to accept your 107 residents in the event of an evacuation due to Seabrook Station or other emergency. It is understood that you will contact the facilities listed below directly and coordinate your response with the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency .
Facility Administrator Phone Numbe_r Maple Leaf Healthcare Rita Miville 669-1660
, 198 Pearl St.
Manchester Villa Crest Susan Lacourse 622-3262 1276 Hanover St.
Manchester Maple Leaf Inc. Claire Lemire 669-1452 593 Maple St.
Manchester Actual assignment of your residents to each facility will be based on occupancy and beds available at the time of the emergency. It is further understood that if such a transfer should take place. your facility will transport the medica-tions, plans of care and support personnel to care for your residents.
Sincerely, mi ha Lemire P esident cc: Richard Strome Director New Hampshire Civij Defense Agenry 107 Pleasant St.
Concord, Nil 03301
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PsAnopy Roan Dsaxv. Nacw HAMPPsHIRE 03038 003 434 1500 September 16, 1986 Mr. Michnel M. Nauoj, Chief
. Technological Hazardn.Divinion State of.New hampshire Executive. Department New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency State Offico Park South 107 Pleasant Street '
Concord, N.H , 03301
Dear Mr. Nawoj:
This lotter confirms the willingness of the McKerley llealth Carc Center of Derry to accept patient ovacuees from the Eventide Home on a temporary basis in the event of an evacuation due to an accident at Seabrook Station. We can accommodate, on average, all 2lt of Eventide's residents.
It is understood that we wi.11 be contracted directly by the Eventide )lome in the event of an emorgency, and that your response will be coordinate with the New llampshire Civil Defense Agency.
Sincerely, j jWW Brian Horan, Administrator Bil:1p
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ATTACHMENT 3 Goobmin's of Theter Date March 17, 1987 Richard Strome, Civil Defense Director New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency
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Dear Mr. Strome,
This letter is to inform you that our Homes, Goodwins of Exeter end Clipper Home of Portsmouth, will be provided for in the event of cn emergency at Seabrook Station requiring evacuation.
Patients and residents at Goodwins of Exeter will be transported to our affiliate Clipper Home of Wolfeboro.
Patients and residents of the Clipper Home of Portsmouth will be transported to the Clipper Home of Rochester.
It is understood that transportation resources will be coordinated I through our local Civil Defense Agency as outlined in our facilities' cmergency plans. Any other needs or changes that become evident will ba forwarded to you through our local Civil Defense Agency. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
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1 JOHN H. SUNUNU Governor RICHARD H. STROME Duector JAMES A. SAGG10TES Deputy OcreClor LETTER OF AGREEMENT National School Bus Service, Inc. (formerly Berry Transportation , Company) of North Hampton, New Hampshire recognizes the critical role of major transportation vehicles in the event of either natural or technologi cal emergencies such as flooding, fires, accidents at industrial facilities !
including the Vermont Yankee and Seabrook Nuclear Power emergencies. Plants For this reason , and other assist the State emergency res,ponse effortNational School Bus Service, Inc. agrees Civil Defense Agency, by providing transpor,tation as detailed e terms under thin and for such compensation as is deemed fair and e authority. ,
\ The number of buses available for transportation purposes during an emergency is approximately 62 garaged at 24 Walnut Street, North , NH Hampton The passenger capacity of each bus is 65 students and/or 44 adults .
response The number is 6 3 . oj drivers available for buses and vans during an emerg In the event of an emergency and in coordination with the State , National School Bus Service, Inc. will make all efforts to deploy its vehicles as requested by The New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency.
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,,,,, i 3Y3$92 nicsAaos s1aoue JAMES A SAGGIOTES Cec rt0secTr LETTER OF AGREEffNT The Jan-Car Leasing Corporation of Nashua recognizes the critical role of major transportation venicles in tne event of eitner natural or technological emergencies such as flooding, fires, accidents at industrial facilities, including the Vermont Yankee and Seaorook Nuclear Power Plants, and other eme rgencies. For this reason, Jan-Car Leasing Corporation agrees to assist tne State Emergency response effort, in particular tne New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency, by providing transportation as detailed under the teIms of this agreement or as requested by tne New Hampsnire Civil Defense Agency, and for sucn compensation as is deemed fair and equitable by proper authority.
The number of buses available for transportation purposes during an emergency is approximately 197.
The passenger capacity of eacn bus is 65. Tne total passenger capacity of all buses is 12,805.
The location (s) of buses is Nashua.
Tne numoer of vans availaole for emergency response is 30.
Tne passenger capacity of each van is 15. The total passenger capacity of all vans is 450.
The numoer of drivers available for buses and vans during an emergency response is 150.
In the event of an emergency and in coordination with the State, Jan-Car Corporation will make all efforts to deploy its venicles as specified Delow:
Portsmouth and/or Brentwood Staging Area.
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? 107 P'eewsne Street b Concord, New Hampsh.,e 03301 JOHN H. SUNUNU M3/2712231 Govemor 14C0 852 3792 RICHARD H. STROMC D, rector JAMES A. SAGGIOTES LEITER OF AGREEMENT oscmy o, rector Nat1Jnal School Cus Service, Inc. of tiorth Chelmsford, Massachusetts recognizes the critical role of major transportation \ehicles in the event of either natural or technological emergencies such as fluooing, fires, accidents at industrial facilities, including the Vermont Yankee cod Seabrook Nuclear Power Plants, and other emergencies. For this reason, N8tional School Bus Service, Inc. agrees to assist the New Hampshire State emergency response effort, in particular the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency, by providing transportation as detailed under the terms of this agreement or as requested by the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency, and for such compensation as is deemed fair and equitable by proper authority.
The number of buses available for transportation purposes during an ;
emergency is approximately 78 garaged in Chelmsford, Massachusetts 65 garaged in Lowell, Massachusetts 30 garaged in Stanford, Maine, The number of vans available for transportation purposes during an emergency is approximately garaged in Chelmsford, Massachusetts garaged in Lowell, Massachusetts garaged in Sfanford, Maine.
The passenger capacity of each bus is 65 students and/or 44 adults. '
The number of drivers available for buses and vans during an emergency response is / 7e .
1 In the event of an emergency and in coordination with the State, National ]
School Bus Service, Inc. will make all efforts to deploy its vehicles as i requested by The New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency. I Nea Hampshire Civil Defense National School Bus Service, Inc.
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JOHN H. SUNUNij 60J/273 7231 Gcrorror 1400 832 37t2 RICHARD H. STRO9E Detector JAMES A SAGGIOTES Deputy Detecto, LETTER OF AGREEFENT Marinel Transportation, Inc. of Chelmsford, flassachusetts racognizes the critical role of major transportation vehicles in the event of either natural or technological emergencies such as flooding, fires, accidents at industrial facilities, including the Vermont Yankee and Seabrook Nuclear Power Plants, and other emergencies. For this reason, tiarinel Transportation, Inc. agrees to assist the State emergency response effort, in particular the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency, by oroviding transportation as detailed under the terms of this agreement or as requested by the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency, and for such compensation as is deemed fair and equitable by procer authority.
The number of buses available for transportation purposes during an emergency is approximately 35 garaged in Milford, New Hampshire 22 garaged in Merrimack, New Hampshire.
The passenger capacity of each bus is 65 students and/or 44 adults.
The number of drivers available for buses and vans during an emergency response is i f.
In the event of an emergency and in coordination with the State, Marinel Transportation, Inc. will make all efforts to deoloy its vehicles as requested by The New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency.
New Hampshire Civil Defense Marinel Transportation, Inc.
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GERALD A DALEY, Ed. D.
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The Dover School Department of Dover recognizes the critical role of major -.
transportation vehicles in the event of either natural or technological emergencies such as flooding, fires, accidents at industrial facilities, including the Vermont Yankee and Seabrook Nuclear Power Plants, and other emergencies. For this reason, Dover School Department agrees to assist the j State Emergency response effort, in particular the New Harepshire Civil Defense '
Agency, by providing transportation as detailed under the terms of this agreement or as requested by the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency, and f or such compensation as is deemed fair and equitable by proper authority.
The number of buses available for transportation purposes during an emergency is approximately 18. ,
Tne passenger capacities of buses are as follows:
- 1. 9 buses with 60 passenger capacity.
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2 buses with 65 passenger capacity.
. 3. 8 buses with 71 passenger capacity.
The total capacity of all buses is 1,238.
The location (s) of buses is River Street Bus Carage Dover.
Tne number of drivers available for buses and vans during an emergency response is 18.
In the event of an emergency and in coordination with the State. Dover School Department will make all efforts to deploy its vehicles as specified below:
A. 18 buses to Portsmouth.
Additional stipulations:
A. Needs of Dover students and citizens take preference.
B. Buses not to be used in riot type situations.
C. Use of buses contingent upon agency rei=bursing cost of damages to buses to the City in the event of such occurrences.
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LETTER OF AGREEFENT Merrimack Valley School District of Pennacook, New Hamoshire recognizes l the critical role of major transportation vehicles in the event of either natural or technological emergencies such as flooding, fires, accidents at industrial facilities, including the Vermont Yankee and Seabrook Nuclear Power Plants, and other emergencies. For this reason, Merrimack Valley School District agrees to assist the State Emergency resoonse effort, in particular the New Hamoshire Civil Defense Agency, by providing transportation as detailed under the terms of this agreement or as requested by the New ,
Hampshire Civil Defense Agency, and for such compensation as is deemed fair
- and equitable by proper authority.
The number of buses available for transportation purposes during an emergency is approximately . 19 The passenger capacity of each bus is 64 The total passenger capacity of all buses is . 1200 The location (s) of buses is . Merrimack Valley High School-Penacook NH The number of drivers available for buses and vans during an emergency response is . O In the event of an emergency and in coordination with the State, Herrimack Valley School District will make all efforts to deploy its vehicles as soecified below:
Available when not needed by district at the Merrimack Valley School District a,, w p r e 97:e r g_owinn o m . holding area in Penacook.
New Hampshire Civil Defense Herririack Valley School District By MichadlM.Nawg, Chief f By __ d da.
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Deputy Drector LETTER OF AGREEMENT The Seacoast Learning Collaborative of Epping, New Hampshire recognizew the critical role of major transportation vehicles in the event of either f natural or technological emergencies such as flooding, fires, accidents at !
industrial facilities, including the Vermont Yankee and Seabrook Nuclear Power ;
Plants, and other emergencies. For this reason, Seacoast Learning Collaborative agrees to assist the State Emergency response effort, in particular the New Hampshire Emergency Management Agency, by providing transportation as detailed under the terms of this agreement or as requested by the New Hampshire Emergency Management Agency, and for such compensation as is deemed fair and equitable' by proper authority.
The number of vehicles available for transportation purposes during an emergency is 35, as follows:
five (5) 20-passenger buses, seven (7) 16-passenger buses, seven (7) 12-passenger buses, twelve (12) 6-10 passenger wheelchair vans capable of carrying 1-3 wheelchairs each, four (4) 5-passenger station wagaons.
In aggregate, the vehicles have a capacity of 391 passengers and 21 wheelchairs. All are radio-equipped and can be dispatched from the Seacoast Learning Collaborative headquarters in Epping. The number of drivers available to operate the vehicles during an emergency is 35.
In the event of an emergency, and in coordination with the State, Seacoast Learning Collaborative will make all efforts to deploy its vehicles as requested by the New Hampshire Emergency Management Age.cy.
New Hampshire Emergency Management Seacoa Le rning Col orati
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