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| Issue date: | 04/19/1989 |
| From: | Barnicle K MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF |
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s COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AMENDED TESTIMONY OF KATHRYN BARNICLE ON STATEMENTS OBTAINED FROM SCHOOLS AND.SPECIAL FACILITIES IN THE MASSACHUSETTS EP2, HOST _ANDESPlTALS AND_TliE_SHRIEER ' S AUDJIQEERi_
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Please state your name, position and business address.
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My name is Kathryn Barnicle.
I am an Investigator with the Public Protection Bureau of the Department of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
My office is located at One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Please briefly describe your testimony.
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At-the direction of an Attorney in the Nuclear-Safety Unit of the Public Prctection Bureau I obtained statements from t
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The focus'of those statements was how the SPMC could, and/or t
would, lx3 implemented by the school or special facility in the-event of a radiological emergency.
When'the. statements were reduced to. writing, I called the i
schools and facilities and read or sent the statements to them.to confirm the accuracy of the substance of the statements.
Any changes noted were duly made.
I also obtained statements from the host hospitals and host Special Population Congregate Care Center under a similar procedure.
Those statements follow as the substance of my' testimony.
STATEMENT CONCERNING THE SCHOOLS IN THE PENTUCKET REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 1
Tom Jenkins, the Superintendent of the Pentucket School Dis'trict, confirmed information regarding a.1 five schools within the district.
The five schools are:
the Pentucket Senior High School, the Pentucket Junior High School, the John C.
Page School, the-Sweetsir School, and the Donahue School.
The first three schools are located in the Town of West Newbury and the latter two schools are located in Merrimac.
Mr. Jenkins confirmed for all of the schools that neither he nor the principals of the schools had any knowledge of the New Hampshire Yankee generic school plan.
He said no one had any knowledge; they could not and would not 1
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rely on it in the event of a radiological emergency.
Furthermore, he stated that in the event of a radiological emergency it would be almost impossible for'a school liaison from
- New Hampshire Yankee to get in touch by telephone with any of those schools.
Each school has only two to three phone lines coming into it.
Mr. Jenkins was the Superintendent of a school district near the 3-Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania when the nuclear incident occurred there.
He related how after initially telling the schools in his district that he would contact civil defense and get back to them with instructions on what to do, he had enormous difficulty in reaching the civil defense to get instructions and then even greater difficulty in getting back in touch with the schools to give them instructions.
He said that telephone communication in the 3-Mile Island area became completely blocked for several hours.
He said that if school liaisons called the principals of the five schools, those p'.s7cipals would be unable to state how marv buses would be needed because all bus. arrangements are conducted through his office.
The Pentucket School District contracts with the McGregor Smith Bus Company.
Jenkins said he did not know how many McGregor Smith buses would be available in the event of a radiological emergency.
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A CONVERSATION WITH
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.There are three elementary' schools in the Town of Newbury, the Byf.ield School, b
the Woodbridge School,.'and'the Newbury Elementary. School. :The Byfield and Woodbridge Schools are both relatively small schools with student. populations of approximately 75. students and 97 students respectively.
The Newbury Elementary School has approximately 407 students attending it, The Town of Newbury is serviced by.the Salter
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That bus company also provides. bus service to several other towns in the area including Newburyport and o
Ipswich. :The. Salter Bits Company normally uses 9 buses to h
serviceLthe Town of Newbury..Those same buses service all the elementary schools and the Tritton Regional School on a staggered basis.
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elementary schools at the same time, including enough room for adults to staff the buses, would take spproy.imately 15 buses.
Mr._ Joy stated that he would want at least 3 adults on each l
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He said he was'not sure how many, if any, of his staff he could count on to ride tha buses.
He said that many of his staff have young children and/or families that they might feel compelled to attend to in the event of a radiological emergency.
Mr. Joy confirmed that he had no knowledge of the New Hampshire Yankee generic school plan and could not, or would not, rely upon it.
He said that if he was to receive a call from someone identifying himself as the school liaison from New Hampshire Yankee, he would attempt to reach the superintendent of schools to find out what he should do.
The superintendent of schools is responsible for arranging and scheduling bus transportation for the school district.
Because there are not enough school buses for the entire student body in the school district to be transported at one time, the superintendents office, by. necessity, is the clearing house that manages transportation requirements.
Mr. Joy said that if the school liaison told him to implement sheltering procedures he would not know how to go about doing that.
Even after having heard the sheltering instructions in the school protective message, he stated that he would not know how to go about sheltering in the Newbury Elementary School.
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Mr. Joy-said that at one point whan the Town 1of Newbury was working with the Seabrook plant on developing an emergency plan, a civil defense expert told him that the only way to effectively shelter the Newbury Elementary School would be to build a large barrier wall on the northern side of-the school.
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a school liaison who contacted him including:
where are you evacuating us to; what level of emergency exists; how long are
.we going to have to be evacuated for.
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE BELLEVILLE SCHOOL AND TI'E BROWN SCHOOL CONFIRMED IN CONVERSATIONS 3
WITH HAROLD INGALLS, PRINCIPAL 0F THE BELLEVILLE ECliODidND GURNEY ARNOLD. PRIllCIPAL Of THE BRSMN_EC11Q. D1 Both Mr. Ingalls and Mr. Arnold confirmed that they had never seen the',eneric plan' issued by New Hampshire Yankee and could not rely upon such.
Both principals foresaw significant difficulty for a school liaison trying to reach the two schools in the event of a radiological emergency by telephone.
Each school-has only two lines coming into. it.
The two lines to each school regularly become filled up during the course of normal operations of the school and whenever there is an
-adverse whether condition, such as a snowstorm, parents completely clog the outside lines.
Furthermore, the Belleville School phone lines are linked to a computer and cannot operate if electricity is lost.
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Even after the sheltering instructions from the school protective message were read to the principals, each said that he would not know how to go about doing effective sheltering at the schools.
Neither school has a basement or interior rooms without windows.
Even the corridors between the classrooms have large windows at the end.
Mr. Arnold said that it would be extremely difficult:t'o organize sheltering procedures in the event of a radiological emergency because the schools had not been trained or drilled l
in such procedures.
Both Mr. Arnold and Mr. Ingalls stated that in the event of an evacuation neither school could count on having any transportation for students or staff available.
Each principal explained that while they would want staff to ride on the buses with the students, neither could count on having any staff available who would be willing to accompany the buses.
Within the City of Newburyport there were discussions with the teachers union at one point about teachers accompanying students in the event of an evacuation.
The representative of the teachers union took the position that the teachers responsibility under I
their jobs were only at the school.
The responsibilities did not encompass accompanying children on the buses.
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It is noteworthy that that discussion about teachers accompanying students on. buses took place during'a time when the' City of Newburyport was trying to engage in emergency planning.
Mr.' Arnold stated that if he was asked by the school liaison whether he had a EBS message he would say that he did.
He would want the parents to know that the children were safe.
STATEMENT CONCERNING THE AMESBURY COUNTRY DAY, CQNFIRMER_JN A CQUVERSATION WITH CAROL BARTON Carol Barton, Administrator of the Amesbury Country Day School located at 186 Market Street, Amesbury, MA 01913, confirmed that she had no knowledge of a " generic plan" for
. schools drawn up by New Hampshire Yankee in connection with SPMC.
She added that at the present time they have no emergency plans in effect other than for fire.
She said there is no early release plan because her. students are on split-shift.
Ms. Barton stated that there is one (1) incoming phone line and it often does become busy during the normal course of a business day.
She said that it is foreseeable that in the event of any emergency it would be difficult to reach the school by telephone.
She said that it is often the case with snowstorms.
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The facility is a converted split-entry household with no basement and no interior rooms without windows.
In the case of an evacuation she said she would need one bus to accommodate I
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She would want supervision on buses but said she is unsure whether her staff would be willing to stay because they have families of their own.
She said that she has never discussed with staff what would happen, and stressed that she has been left in the dark by Seabrook about the whole issue.
STATEMENTG CONCERNING THE WINDMILL COUNTRY DAY, CONFIRMED _IN A CONVERSATION WITH OLG&_ANDREWS Ms. Andrews confirmed that she had not seen an evacuation plan since 1985 when the towns were working with the utility to come up with an evacuation plan.
She added that at the present' time she has no knowledge of any other plan for emergencies other than fire.
She stated that there is no need for an early release plan because all seventy (70) of her students are dropped off and picked up by the parents.
Ms. Andrews stated that there is only one phone line coming
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She said that it is foreseeable that 1
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to get through.
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In the case of an evacuation she said she would need enough j
transportation for seventy (70) children.
She stated that the faculty would want to return home to their own families, therefore she would need additional personnel to ride the buses.
Ms Andrews stated that she wou'd not place children on the I
bus until she knew where they were going so she could notify l
the parents.
She suggested that all this information should be I
on Emergency Broadcast System.
ETATEMEN.lE_.CQRCERNIEG_.THE__HEWEIRYPDRT_EDIRQLS STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE NEWBLRYPORT SCHOOLS, j
CONFIRMED IN A CONVERSATION WITH JOE DONNELLL_ ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT l
Mr. Donnelly confirmed that he did not have in his possession or has ever seen the " generic school plan" for any schools within the Newburyport EPZ.
He stated that the only q
information he has regarding radiological emergency is an outdated draft plan from 1985 that was withdrawn.
Mr. Donnelly went on to say that he would call the superintendent and/or Civil Defense to find out what to do before acting.
In the case of sheltering he said ba would not know what to d o ', and would keep the students in school until he heard from the Civil Defense.
He pointed out that sheltering would be a problem at the Belleville School, the Kelly Gunool, and the Brown School.
All of the buildings have large windows, no j
interior rooms,-and the basement would not be sufficient to hold students.
He said he would have to move children to the corridors, but they have windows at either end.
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Mr. Donnelly expressed great concern in implementing any plan because all communication would have to be done by telephone and he feels this mode of communication would be inadequate.
The Kelly School has only one phone line; Belleville and Brown Schools each only have three outside phone lines and they are regularly filled during normal usage.
Mr. Donnelly is also concerned about parents coming to pick up their children.
This would cause a particular problem at the Kelly School.
The Kelly School is located in the center of town on Main Street and on a normal day traffic is very 1
congested.
In an evacuation process it would be impossible to get buses down there with the combination of parents and the flow'of traffic.
Currently he said the town contracts with the Salter Bus Company, but they could not depend on them in the event of a j
radiological emergency.
The Newburyport schools are on a staggered schedule because there are not enough buses to take all students at once.
Mr. Donnelly said he would want staff on I
buses with children but it is very likely that staff would object.
He would want at least three adults on each bus.
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added most staff members are from the surrounding areas and have small children of their own, and legally he could not make I
them ride the buses.
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Each individual principal does not:have;the-authority to conduct shsltering.or evacuation on his or her own.
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that she'had never seen a " generic school plan" put forth by the.
New Hampshire Yankee. plant.
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. plan ~ presently'in operation is that-for fire, and could not rely.on any_such plan in case of a nuclear emergency.. She
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..would1be that the Superintendent's Office'would contact her and tell her when buses were going to arrive.
Ms. Lonnard said
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She'said the school currently has four (4) outside lines, l
and in the normal course of the business day'the phones all become regularly busy.
She said that it is foreseeable that in the case of a nuclear emergency the phones would ring off the hook with concerned parents, therefore, making it impossible
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I If presented with an evacuation situation she would have to consult with Superintendent.
She said her transportation requirements would be somewhere around 20 buses.
Mr. Lonnard added she could not count on any buses from the Salter Bus Company because they service all the schools in town as well as Salisbury, W. Newbury, Rowley, and Newbury.
She said she would want staff on the buses but stressed that she believea staff would not be available to ride the buses, and she could not contractually make them ride with the students.
She pointed out that some students have their own cars and it would be difficult to control them.
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i she said the school is centrally located and with the current traffic condition it is hard enough to get here.
The front
.j circular drive becomes clogged easily and goes right onto High Street on a normal day.
She can't imagine what it would be i
like in the case of a nuclear disaster.
She said that she did not know if she would have an EBS message, but would hope that parents would not come to the school to pick up students and not to panic.
Again, however, she thinks this is unrealistic.
SIAIEMENI__CORCERNING THE NEW_HURYpORT MID]IiE SCHOO1 Nancy Griffin, Vice principal at the Newburyport Middle School, confirmed that she had never received a " generic school plan" issued by New Hampshire Yankee. i l
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When asked if she could rely on these buses in an emergency evacuation situation, she' responded no.
Ms. Griffin added that the Salter Bus Company. serves five schools in Newburyport as well as Newbury, Rowley and Salisbury, and they are currently operating on a double run schedule.
She said they-have two outside phone lines, and in the usual course of the business day get tied up.
She confirmed that it is foreseeable that the lines would be busy if the special school liaisons were to try to get through.
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Griffin said parents would be calling constantly.
In the case of an evacuation she would need 11 buses, but that'would have to be cleared with the Superintendent's Office.
Ms. Griffin stated she would want at least two staff members on each bus.
In addition, Ms. Griffin expressed concern that there would be a' problem with parents trying to pick up children.
She also stated she would have several questions for the school liaison such as:
Where they were going?
How much time do we have to evacuate?. Where are buses coming from?
If buses don't arrive what do we do?
As to the gustion of an EBS message she said that that is a Superintendent's Office decision.
She does not have authority to put anything on the air.
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He went on to say that they do not have an early release plan in place at the current time.
Mr. Ritchie said at the present time 58% of students participate in a car pool and pointed out that all students are within the ten (10) mile zone.
He said that 29% of students are bused within Newburyport and the remainder are walkers.
Currently Immaculate Conception uses two (2) school buses from the city and the school has one (1) bus of their own on the premises.
He went on to say that in the case of an early release he coordinates dismissal with the Superintendent's Office in Newburyport and would not release his students unless parents were notified.
Mr. Ritchie stated that there is only.one (1) phone line coming into the school and in the event of a nuclear emergency it would be almost impossible for a school liaison to contact him.
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If the school liaison were to say evacuation has been called for what are your transportation he would say he needed at least three (3) buses, but again stressed that he believed the school liaison would not be able to get through.
1 He added that he would want faculty on the buses, but could only realistically rely on 12 of the 17 staff.
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Mr. Ritchie said it would be extremely j
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through the center of town and the traffic jam due to parents would cause even greater delay.
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that their children were fine and please do not attempt to come to school to pick up children.
STATEMENT CONCERNING THE TRITTON REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Robert Walsh confira.ed that he did not have a copy of the " generic plan" for schools drawn up by New Hampshire Yankee in connection with SPMC.
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Approximately 95% of students who attend Tritton Regional normally ride the bus.
The buses that service the school are contracted from both the Salter Bus Company and McGregor Smith.
Mr. Walsh said in the event of a radiological emergency he did not know how many, if any, of the regular buses would be available.
He said that both bus companies have obligations to other towns and there are double runs in effect at the present time.
Mr. Walsh went on to say that there are 1100 students i
enrolled at Tritton and about 130 staff members and in case of an emergency situation buses would have to be sent accordingly.
He said he would like at least one staff member i
per. bus,.but realistically he did not know how many staff j
members would be willing to accompany students.
Primarily because:they have family of their own to think about.
He said students were at the school from 7:20 A.M.
until 5:30 P.M.
In addition, Mr. Walsh expressed some concern about liability of the school, and the issue of authorization of release.in such a situation.
He also pointed out that he would i
not be able to control the influx of parents coming to the school or students who had'their own vehicles from leaving the site.
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s Mr. Walsh said that he would want an EBS message to be sent out for parents to inform them of the destination of buses.
STATEMEHI._CONCERNING THE_G0XERRQ.R DUMMER ACADEMY Mr. Lawrence piatelli, Assistant Headmaster, confirmed that he has knowledge of the " generic plan" for schools drawn up by New Hampshire Yankee in connection with SpMC but it is not in effect and he would not rely on it in case of an emergency situation.
He stated that there are five outside phonc lines into the school,.and during the usual course of the day these lines often become busy.
He stated that in the. event of an emergency it is foreseeable that it would be difficult for the school liaison to get through.
Mr. piatelli stated that next year their boarding capacity will reach 75% and that there are approximately 50 staff members on campus on a 24 hour2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> basis.
He pointed out that presently there are 100 day students, a great majority of which are from within the zone.
In his opinion that would result in at least 100 parents trying to reach their children.
As far as transportation needs in the event of an emergency the school currently has four vans but only has a license to carry seven people per van.
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evacuate'28'peop'le on their own.
He stated that he would have to rely on bus service for 400 people'which translates into 8-10 buses.
Mr. Piatelli said they currently contract with the Salter: Bus Company, but could not count on them as a mode of transportation.
He indicated that he would want staff on the buses, bu' when a vote was taken at a faculty meeting the teachers unanimously said they would secure students onto the buses but would not personally ride the buses.
They have their own families to be concerned with.
Mr. Pietelli said that the school has no plans for sheltering.
He said that he would act in an ad hac manner and shelter in the auditorium but pointed out that the air intake valves would be very difficult to shut down.
He expressed concern that realistically in the event of such emergency, buses would not even reach the schools and the irflux of parents would add to the mass confusion.
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE SCHOOLS IN AMESBURY STATEMENT CONCERNING THE AMESBURY HIGH SCHOOL CONFIRMED IN A CONVERSATION WITH GERALD SCHROLK. PRINCIPAL
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Schrock confirmed that he had no knowledge of the
" generic plan" for schools drawn up by New Hampshire Yankee in k
connection with.the SPMC.
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Mr. Schrock stated that if he received a telephone call from the New Hampshire Yankee School Liaison, he would attempt to confirm any-course of action witl the superintendent of schools
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in Amesbury before agreeing to it.
He stated that he would attempt to reach the superintendent by telephone or going over to the offices of the school department.
Mr. Schrock stated that he did not know how to implement sheltering in the Amesbury High School.
He was then read the instructions that the school'1iaison has in the school protective message, he stated that he would still not know how to implement sheltering.
The Amesbury High School has no basement and approximately 30% of the exterior walls are glass.
Mr. Schrock said that in the event of an evacuation, he would not know how many, or if any, of the school buses usually used by the Amesbury High School would be able to show up.
He stated that Amesbury contracts with buses with the McGregor Smith Bus Company.
The school depertment itself does not own any buses.
He said that he would want two-three adults to go on each bus to ride with the students in case of an evacuation, but that it would be difficult and/or unrealistic to attempt to get the f aculty to s o on the buses.
There are approximately 600 students at the school and 57 staff members.
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CONFIRMED IN A CONVERSATION WITH' RAYMOND TIEZZI ON FEBRUARY 8, 1989 Mr. Tiezzi stated that he had never seen the " generic plan" for schools drawn up by New Hampshire Yankee under the SPMC.
He said that he had no knowledge of it, and that the school had no emergency plans.- Mr. Tiezzi said that there are four incoming' phone lines to the school, but that those lines often j
fill up in the normal course of business of the school.
He said that it is foreseeable that in the event of a radiological emergency, those phone lines would become completely blocked.
. Approximately 44'5 of.the children who attend the Amesbury Middle School normally ride the bus.
The buses that service the school are the same eight buses that.go to the Amesbury High School from the McGregor Smith Bus Company.
After the eight buses go to the Amesbury High School then they go the middle school for the students there.
Mr. Tiezzi said that in j
the event of a radiological emergency he did not know how many, if any, of the regular buses would be available.
He said that the school often has difficulty obtaining buses for field trips.
McGregor Smith Bus Company serves the Pentauket Schools System, Grove 16ad, Merrimac, West Nw,Qury, and Amesbury School Systems.
Mr. Tiezzi said that in the.vsnt of a radiological emergency he thought that gridlock would occur at the school
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He said that he would try:to contact the superintendent of, schools.
Mr'. Tiezzi~said that he did not know of any sheltering plans for the school and would not know how'to-go about
, sheltering ~ students after hearing the. sheltering instructions contained in the SPMC.
He-said'the. school building was in poor
- shape, and outside air easily leaked in.
He said that the
.different parts of the school were built at different times.
There is an airLcirculation system that would be extremely difficult to turn off because of its hodge podge nature.
He said that'he would not know how to go about turning off all tbJ air and vents in the air circulation system.
The school has.no basement and-the only interior room without windows of any size i
is the cell room.
That room could only hold about 50 children.
I In the event of an evacuation he said that a majority of teachers would not get on the buses.
The school has a policy I
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Mr. Tiezzi would want one adult for every ten students.on the buses-in keeping with the policy.
The school as 487 students and 65 staff members.
FACTS CONCERNING THE AMESBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONFIRMED BY DAVID SHAW, PRINCIPAL, IN A CONVERSATION ON FEBRUARY 8.
1989 Mr. Shaw stated that he had no knowledge of the generic plan for schools stepared by New Hampshire Yankee in connection with the SPMC.
He stated.that while the school has emergency plans for such events as heat failure, that plan calls for the children to walk to a nearby church.
He said that there are no i
plans currently in place for such events as early school l
i dismissals.
Mr. Shaw said that there are three phone lines coming into the school and they often become completely filled.
He said that'in the event of an emergency at Seabrook, it would be extremely difficult to get through to the school.
j Approximately 60% of the children who attend the school are delivered'by buses.
As with the Amesbury High School and Middle School, buses are provided by the McGregor Smith Bus Company and a provision of them is set in a time sequence.
Mr.
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not know if~any of these buses would be available.
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L Mr.-Shaw indicated that there was no suitable shelter from radiation,at.the school.
The' school is built along two long
. corridors with. classrooms off each side.
The classrooms have at'least 60% glass 1 walls.
There is also glass between the classrooms and the interior central corridor.
The school has no' basement nor1any interior-rooms without windows other than two small rooms of single office size.
He was concerned whether he could effectively shelter children even after having heard the instructions in the protective message.
'Mr..Shaw said that if he received a call from the school-liaison, he would want to know where the buses would.be coming
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He said t' hat he would respond in an ad hon manner Edepending upon the nature of.the emergency and the situation that existed at the time.
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has approximately 225 students attending it.
Thirty of those attend on a full-day basis and the remainder are divided into two largely equal shifts: one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
The student population is comprised almost entirely of five and'six year olds.
Eighty percent of the children that attend Horace Mann School ride buses to the school.
There are only two phone lines into the school and those t
I two lines often are busy at the same time.
As a matter of fact, because the phone lines under normal usage conditions are 1
inadequate to the needs of the school, it was proposed that another line be added.
Instead of adding the line, however, the school attempted an interim step which is presently in place of adding a jumper between the two lines.
The jumper has not eliminated the frequent congestion of the lines.
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Seabrook, she didn't know if there would be any buses available
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As with other schools in Amesbury, buses are arranged by and through the superintendent's office.
The school uses buses provided by the McGregor Smith Bus Company.
Those same buses, however, do several trips per day and the school schedule is timed to accommodate the use of the buses.
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As a ruleLof' thumb, normally.for.out of school trips the school tries~to maintain a-four children ~to j(
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Ms. Davis thought'that very_few of the staff' l
that work-at~the school would be available:to accompany the children on the buses.
She could think;of only four staff members atithe school who'were likely to;be willing to accompany
'the children'on the-buses.
She said that-in the event of an lG emergency at Seabrook the' children are likely to be very frightened.
Ms. Davis said that she had never seen and had no knowledge'of the generic school plan drawn up by New Hampshire;
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She'said=that if the school liaison was to call and
,tell.her to implement sheltering procedures, she would not know what was. meant byLsheltering.
She also stated that there is no room"in:the school that does not have windows.
Even the rooms
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where'are they proposing to take the children; how bad is the release; how much time would be avail'able to shelter and/or 1s evacuate;-what other support is available to assist with the children at'the school; what is the name and phone number or someone to contact about the situation; and how long will it take to obtain support.
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STATEMENT CONCERNING THE CASHMAN SCHOOL CONFIRMING THE CORVERSATlON_WIIli__VICIOJL MElRSa PRINCIPAL,.QN FEBRUARY 8.
1989 Mr. Atkins said that he had no knowledge of any generic plan for schools drawn up by the New Hampshire Yankee in connection with the SpMC.
He said the only emergency plan that he knew of was for events such as gas leaks.
Under that plan the student body was to walk to another school.
He said that there are only three outside phone lines that come into the school and that those phone lines routinely become filled up.
He said that in the event of an emergency at Seabrook, it was foreseeable that it would be extremely difficult to reach the school.
Mr. Atkins said that the school has no sheltering plans and that trying to follow the sheltering instructions in the school liaison protective message would be very difficult.
The Cashman School.is a large modern open-spaced design.
It has few separate rooms within it.
By and large the walls are moveable partitions.
The school has no basement and the only
. separate room that could accommodate any significant portion of the schoc1 population is the gym, but it has windowc.
The majority of the children that attend the Cashman School normally ri*de a bus.
Again, the buses are provided by the l
McGregor Smith Bus Company, and Mr. Atkins said he would not know how many, if any, would be available in the event of a radiological emergency.
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Mr. Atkins said that in the event of an evacuation that he would want at least five to ten adults on each bus, but he did not know how many of his normal staff would be~available to ride the buses.
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needing approximately ten buses, there would have to be chair vans to. accommodate five children in wheelchairs.
Mr. Atkins said that he would want an EBS message to be sent out for parents not to try to come to the school.
STATEMENT OF DIANE RAINERI CONCERNING JAMES STEAM MILL Ms. Raineri stated that the population who resides at James Steam Mill is elderly with an average age of seventy-eight.
James Steam Mill is a large apartment complex with approximately 99 apartments in it.
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Five of those apartments are specially designed handicapped apartments.
i James Steam Mill has only one outside phone line coming l
into it.
Someone is available to answer that phone only i
between 9:00-3:00 Monday-Friday.
Other than during those hours, any incoming phone calls go to an anwering service.
The i
only staff who work at the facility are Ms. Raineri, a housekeeper, and two maintenance men.
Neither the office nor i
the facility have staff on duty on a 24-hour basis.
Ms. Raineri stated that several of the resident population are mobility impaired.
Her best estimate was that wheelchair.
. vans would be needed.for approximately 20 residents in the
-complex.
She said that in the even' of an emergency at Seabrook,-approximately ten people s aid be needed to assist the elderly population at James Steam Mill in evacuating from their apartments.
Ms.-Raineti stated that if sheltering was recommended, it would take her approximately an hour in conjunction with her maintenance men to go aro r.d and make sure all the windows in u
the facility were shut.
She said that if sheltering was ordered, she would not able to get the resident population into the basement since many of them cannot negotiate stairs, and that in large part, the basement is nothing more than a crawl space.
She said -that except for the bathrooias, virtually all of the rooms-in the complex have good size windows.
l Ms.-Ronecki said that some of the residents at James Steam
' Mill have hospital beds with bedrails.
A portion of the population at the facility suffers from senility and is likely to become disoriented if placed in a.large open spaced congregate care center with several hundred other special facility residents.
STATEMENT OF SCOT ULRICH, ADMINISTRATOR OF BRIG 11AM MANOR. CONFIRll.ING INFORMATION_QN THAT FACILIlX Scot Ulrich stated that he had spoken to a representative from the Seabrook plant in December of 1988 and had a copy of the generic plan provided by the plant.
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..as only four persons on staff in the nursing department and'approximately another four
.sdividuals in the building between the hours of 4:00-9:00.
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of 7:00-11:00 there.are only three nursing staff on duty.
Of thoseJone is a nurse and two are nurses aides.
There'are three.
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those three.is~herself, approximately 70 years old.
Brigham Manor is a level three care nursing home facility,
. but approximately five of the sixty-four residents at the l
facility are really level two patients.
They remain at Brigham Manor:because.there are.not enough level two nursing home beds available.
Mr. Ulrich estimated that approximately forty.of
'the residents at the facility could climb up onto a school bus
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Approximately four or'five of the residents would need'to evacuate en stretchers by ambulance.
I Another twenty' residents would need whealchair vans.
Mr. Ulr*';h stated that if bed buses were used instead of ambulances, he
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He said that several residents at the faciliti would need monitoring in the event of an evacuation 4
because the. suffer from a variety of disabilities including congestive heart failure.
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Many of'the residents could not even tell somebody that they had'to go1to the~ bathroom.
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There are only three outside telephone lines into Brigham Manor and they regularly become completely filled in the course of a normal business day.
Mr. Ulrich stated tnat in the event of a radiological emergency, he believed that approximately 75%
of the residents would have fami~1y, acquaintances, or friends calling'in to-find out what was happening to the residents.
'Mr. Ulrich stated that if a special population liaison was to call him and tell him that sheltering was recommended for Newburyport, he would not know what sheltering was.
He said that'there would also be' difficulty in implementing the sheltering' procedures described in the special population protective message since there are no rooms in the facility that do not have windows, except for a small office.
He also said that there were several vents coming into the building that could not be shut.
-Mr. Ulrich stated that approximately 50% of the residents at Brigham Manor would have great difficulty in a congregate J L_
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He said that in large part that many of them are x
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-According to Ulrich several of the residents at Brigham Manor have unstable medical conditions that require nursing attention and care.
He said that approximately 40% of tne resident population would need sanitary supplies since they are incontinent..Furthermore, many of the Brigham Manor residents require bedrails on their beds and would have great difficulty sleeping on a Red Cross cot without injuring themselves.
SIAIEMENT CONCERNING ANNA JACOUES HOSPITAL IN NEWBURYPORT Anna Jacques is a 156 bed hospital located in downtown
.Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Usually is has no more than 121 beds occupied, or an 80% occupancy rate.
Its usual patient distribution within its various units are as follows:
8 beds in its intensive care unit; 19 beds in the intermediate care unit; 3 medical / surgical care units with 32 beds, 31 beds, and 26 beds.
In the event of a radiological emergency that required evacuation, approximately 30 of the patients would need ambulances.
Those 30 would include the 8 patients from the intensive care unit and the 15-20 patients who are,
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An additional 35 patients would need to be 1 transported in wheelchairs or some other kind of chair.
The remaining 55 patients would probably be able to ambulate, a? "ough'some would need assistance in doing so.
Antia Jacques does have a working relationship with AmCare Ambulance Service.
AmCare serves not_only Anna Jacques but all the nursing homes and other special facilities, including Amesbury Hospital, in the EpZ.
AmCare has 5 ambulances, but at any given time, only 3 ambulances are available due to limited staffing.
In the event of an evacuation due to a radiological emergency, the Anna Jacques hospital administrators were not sure that any of AmCare's ambulances would be available for use by the hospital because of the fact that they are used by all the other special facilities in the EpZ.
If an evacuation took place, the hospital would not have enough wheelchairs for the approximately 35 people who would need chair transportation.
The hospital has wheelchairs for approximately half the number of people who would have to be evacuated by chaircar.
The hospital has twelve incoming lines and they are regularly all completely filled.
The hospital administrators said that if there was an emergency at Seabrook, it would probably be very difficult to geth through to the hospital because of the vo.1ume of calls that would come from patients' family, most of the patients and their family come fr,m the j
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three. shifts:- 7:00-3:30, 3:00-11:30, and 11:00-7:30.
On
'y weekdays-7:00-3:00- sh'ift's'there are approximately 44 nurses and 4 nursing' assistants on staff.
In addition'there are also 1-2 nursing supervisors and 1 emergency room physician.
On weekends,.the'numberLof.' nurses drops-to 25 and there is only 1 nurs'ing supervisor present.
'On the 3:00-11:30 p.m.
shift there are 20 nurses,'2 nursing assistants and 1 nursing supervisor.
'On the 11:00-7:30.a.m. shift there1are 15 nurses and 1 supervisor ~present.
In the. event of an evacuation, nurses woul'd have toLaccompany-at least the 8 intensive care patients in the ambulances to provide constant monitoring and needed medication to:them if they became unstable during transit.
If an emergency 1 evacuation'was announced on.the 11:00 p.m.-7:30 a.m.
Lshift,-or even the 3:00 p.m.-11:30 p.m.
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would not be-adequate staff to. care for, transport to a loading j
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Neither Loi's, Anderson, Director of Emergency Services, John I
LGuidora,-Executive Vice president, or Deborah Blanchet, Assistant Vice president for patient Care, knew of any emergency. plan for a radiological emergency.
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contact.with radiation, but no one knew of any plan on how to respond to'a radiological emergency.
The 3 aforementioned individuals all stated that if they received a phone call from a representative from New Hampshire Yankee telling them to implement a radiological emergency plan they would not know how to.go about doing so.
They said that there were no existing sheltering procedures at the hcspital.
They said that if sheltering was recommended by a New Hampshire Yankee liaison, the ambulatory patients could probably be moved to the basement, but it was foreseeable that approximately 75 patients would have to remain upstairs on the wards including the 8 in the intensive care unit and the post-operative patients.
The hospital ~ administrators indicated that if an emergency requiring sheltering or evacuation was to occur at night, it would be difficult to move all the patients given the limited I
staffing on the night time shifts.
STATEMENT CONCERNING AMESBURY HOSPITAL Amesbury Hospital is located in Amesbury, Massachusetts and has a total of 59 beds.
It is usually 80-100*$ occupied.
Approximately 70% of the patients in the hospital are over age 65.
The hospital has 4 intensive care beds.
It has a 12 bed 1
child phyciatric ward.
It has a medical / surgical unit with 39 f
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Approximately 26
'ofLthe remaining pat'ients:would need wheelchair' vans.
The hospital operates on 3 shifts:.7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.',
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On the weekday j
=7:00~a.m.-3$00'p.m. shift, there are approximately 16 persons-
- on the nursing staff, 4 supervisors and 4 nursing assistants.
On-the-3:00 p.~m.-ll:00.p.m. shift there are-6 nurses, 1 l
supervisor and 5 nursing assistants.
On the 11:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m.
shifts there are 4 nurses, 1 supervisor and 5 nursing assistants.
On weekends the staffing-is reduced to 7 nurses on the 7:00'a.m.-3:00 p.m.
shif t with' l supervisor and : 5 nt'rsing assistants'.i On the other two shifts staffing remains much the same as'during1 weekdays except that there is a greater likelihoodfthat one or.more employees will not show.
If a radiological emergency were to occur onLan evening or night
. time shift",.-according to Betsy Cohen and patricia Downes, it-.
I LC would be diffi' cult if.not impossible to evacuate, shelter, or move-the patients to shelter given the limited. staff resources.
TheLhospital does not have any sheltering or other radiological plans.
If the hospital were to receive a phone call'from a New Hampshire Yankee liaison who was to read the y
sheltering instructions found in the protective action message, m
sheltering would be extremely difficult to implement.
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Therefare' ten phone lines' coming into the. hospital an'd'allL are frequently busy.
The patients who go to the Amesbury Hospitalitypically. live in and/or have family in the immediate
'. area..The hospital' administrators expressed the opinion that
,inLtheLevent of.a radiological. emergency the families of all i.
- the' patients'would jam the phone lines in an attempt to
, communicate about the-status of the patients.
I ffan evacuation was recommended, the hospital would not I
have'enough wheelchairs on hand to provide chairs to all the
's wheelchair dependent patients who would need to.be transported iin chair cars.
Furthermore, there are 2 town ambulances used by the AmesburyfHospital, however, those ambulances are staffed
.through'the-Fire' Department and it is unclear whether staffing twould'beuavailable-in the event of a' radiological emergency.
-The-above statement was obtained from Betsy Cohen,
' Assistant Administrator of the Hospital, and Patricia Downs,
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j t hbrisy!.fis J listedlunder ~ Appendix M c f. the Plan !as being the-Montact(personIforithe.SullivanBuilding'Iocatedat25 Temple lStireeti,, Newbu ryport,EHort.,n.' Terrace, North At kinson St reet, t
(Newburyport,n and l thei Jolin lKellit. 3r ' Development, Story Avenue, Nebburyport...He's identified in-Appendix ~M as Bu' ster Donohue.
?A's)ExecOtive? Director;o"f the'Newburyport Housing Authority he fisia1so responsiblenfor ajresidence for mentally < retarded persons ^ located "at '41: Milk Street,.Newburyport and a. residence
-q iforJmentally'retardedopersons..at 93'-Story Avenue, Newburyport.
JBoth lhose-residences areowne'd-and. operated by.the Newburyport f
- HoOsin~g Authdrity.
hIn connection.with theJSullivan Building, Horton. Terrace, Lan'd the 'Kelliher Development, Mr. Donohue indicated that the Nphone numbernlisted for'those facilities is the office phone nbmberIforthe Newbdryport HoOsinglAuthority.
The office of
)tihe "'4ewburyport Housing ? Authority is opened only on Monday
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Only during those times isfar,one' avail'able to' answer _the phone' number listed in
<! App!-ndix'M~'of the SpMC as the contact number for the Sullivan l< Building,~Horton Terrace, and-the Kelliher Development.
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the Housing Authority office is closed, the phone line area
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Therefore,'the residence numbers listed in Appendix M might-wel1~not answer during daytime hours on Monday through Friday.
Mr. Donohue stated that-the Sullivan. Building is an apartmentLbuilding with 100 units occupied by the elderly and
. handicapped.
Among the residents are three handicapped individuals'who rely on wheelchairs to get about and four or five persons who can ambulate only with the assist'ance of walkers.. 'There.is also one blind person who lives in the building.
All of those handicapped individuals would need assistance in'an emergency situation.
The Sullivan Building is a high rise that has no basement.
It is close enough to the Seabrook Plant so'that from the top floors of the Sullivan
. Building one,can actually see the plant.
The Sullivan Building is not staffed on a 24-hour basis.
'I While the office of the Housing Authority is located on the l
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The staff that is in that office is comprised of Mr. Donohue, one full-time secretary, and two part-time secretaries.
None of those individuals are professional health care or emergency care workers, nor are they even trained to provide health or emergency care service.
Horton Terrace and the Kelliher Development have no permanent staff assigned to them.
There is not even a central office at those facilities.
While those facilities and the Sullivan Building are serviced by two full-time and one part-time maintenance men, those maintenance personnel float between the three facilities on an as need basis.
The hours that the full-time maintenance men work are 8:30 a.m.
through 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
There is no staff at all assigned to either the Sullivan Building, Horton i
Terrace, or the Kelliher Development during the evenings, i
nights, or on weekends.
The Sullivan Building has no sheltering procedures of its own.
It has no basement and is a building that is seven l
stories high with about 14 apartments per floor.
Approximately 40% of the outside walls are glass.
At any given time, the Housing Authority Staff does not know how many windows the residents of the building have opened in their apartments.
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None of'the facilities operated by the-L.
Housing-Authority have evacuation procedures.
While there have been-two fire drills at the Sullivan Building during.the last' O,
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Residents who
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Some residents of the Sullivan Building, notably the i
1 handicapped,.would not be able to get on the school buses at l
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l There are only two phone lines going into the office of the Housing' Authority.that is. located at the Sullivan Building.
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There is one phone line going in to the residents at 41 Milk St'reet and one phone.line going in to the residents at 93 Story Avenue.
There are no phone lines going into any central location at Horton Terrace or the Kelliher Development.
With respect to the two phone lines going-into the Housing Authority office in the Sullivan Building and the single lines going into 41 Milk Street and 93 Story Avenue, it is foreseeable that in
-the event of a radiological emergency, those phone lines would l
Ebe used by the families of the residents to try to ascertain what~is'taking place with respect to those residents.
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'The port Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing and Retirement
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.of the. population is approximately 85 years.
Ninety percent of that population are severely debilitated and cannot walk.
d Approximately 10*5 can walk with assistance.
Ms. Pepe said that she had never seen a copy of the generic l
plan and that if the facility had it, she did not know where it would be.
Her' understanding was that at one point, a representative of New Hampshire Yankee provided the facility l
1 with a' copy of'the generic plan and was supposed to come back and discuss it with the facility, but never returned or followed up on it.
She. stated that, in any case, she could not put'her hands on it in the event of an emergency and was sure f
that the general staff nurses would be unable to find or refer to it in the event of an emergency.
There are two floors at the Port Rehabilitation Facility.
There are 51 patients on each floor..
The usual daytime staffing for each floor is three nurses, nine nursing assistants, one maid, one porter, one rehabilitation aide, and one bed maker.
On the 3:00-11:00 shift there are two nurses, two male assistants, and five nurses aides.
On the 11:00-7:00 shift there is only one nurse and three nurses aides.
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The staffing for the 3:00-11:00 shift and 11:00-7:00 shift remain the same as on the weekends.
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She said that in her opinion, it would take a staff of approximately 25-30Dpeople to evacuate the facility.
,7 Ms..pepe said that there were four outside lines coming into the facility, but those outside lines often became busy lduring'the course of normal business day usage.
Ms. pepe stated that in'the event of a radiological emergency she thought'those lines would be filled by people calling to find out what was happening to the residents of the facility.
Approximately 50%-of the patients come from the immediate
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In Ms. pepe's estimation, approximately 20 of the patients at port Rehab would have to be evacuated by ambulance, and of those approximately five would need constant nursing supervision during'the course of evacuation that would necessitate i
. accompaniment by the staff of the facility.
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There~is a. central air circulation which she herself
doestnot'know how to turn'off ano she is confident that most of theLnursing staff would not know how to turn it off.
While maintenance personnel would,know how to turn it off, no maintenance menLare present on the' premises at' night.
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She said that she thought that it would take approximately 30 people to~ effectuate an-evacuation at the facility and those y-people would simply not be available if a radiological emergency H
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STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE MAPLEWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME, CONFIRMED IN A CONVERSATION WITH BOB SHAUGHHESSY Maplewood Manor is a nursing home with a resident population of 160: persons.
They range in age from 65 to 105.
There are approximately 100 females and 20 males.
The majority of residents were transferred to Maplewood Manor from local hospitals.
Approximately 30-50 places turn over every year and most of the attrition is due to death.
Most of the population are hearing or sight impaired, and less than five people could walk up or down stairs.
At the outside 20-30 people could, with. assistance, be lifted onto school buses for transportation.
The staffing at Maplewood is broken up into three shifts:
a 7:00-3:00, a 3:00-11:00, and a 11:00-7:00 shift.
The staffing remains pretty much the same on weekdays and weekends.
On the 7:00-3:00 shift there are nine nurses, eighteen nurses aides, and approximately twenty other personnel, four of whom work in the kitchen.
During weekends, all but the four kitchen staff of the non-nursing staff not present.
During the 3:00-11:00 shift there are five nurses, eleven nurses aides, and four kitchen workers until approximately 8:00.
During the 11:00-7:00 shift there are only three nurses, five nurses aides, and one person working on the laundry. _
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1 9 STATEMENT CONCERNING THE HILLSIDE NURSING HOME
.. C01EUlMED IN A CONVERSAI1QN WITH GAIL RIEG__
Mrs. Ring stated that Hillside had received a copy of the generic plan from Seabrook but no one had ever carefully reviewed it and i' an emergency were to occur at the plant, no one would know htw to implement it.
The resident population at Hillside is comprised of twenty eight ambulatory mentally ill and mentally retsrded females.
The facility is licensed to have twenty eight persons as residents.
Currently, all but one resident is on medication.
The turn over rate at the facility is approximately eight persons per year.
The age range for the residents is 40 to 88 years.
For a substantial amount of the day there is only one responsible person present at Hillside as a staff person.
That one person is in charge of supervising the 28 residents, providing them with their prescriptive medicine, and in assisting in various activities of daily life such as washing and dressing.
A cook, a housekeeper, an administrator, and a part time activities counselor are available in the facility during the daytime but in the evening and at night only the one
" responsible" person is available.
Mrs. Ring stated that she thought that if an evacution was called for in the evening or at night the facility would need at least three additional persons to effectuate an evacution.
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Some of the residents at Hillside are psycotic but have been stabilized through a controled environment and medication.
Mrs. Ring said that removal to a large impersonal hall that was not a nuturing environment, could well cause some i
of the Hillside residents to fail.
When asked what she meant by failing she stated that the disorientation that such an atmosphere could inflict on the residents would cause them to stop focusing on even such simple routines as eating and drinking.
They could become dehydrated and ultimately die.
STATEMENT CONCERNING THE EASTWOOD RESTHOME CQNElBMED IN A CONVERSAIJDF WITH JANE ROCHQN, ADMINISTRATOR l
The resident population at the Eastwood Rest Home is comprised of 33 males and females.
They range in age between 50 and 93. Approximately two-thirds of the population is women and one third is men.
There is a relatively low turnover at the facility with only three to five recidents changing on an annual basis.
Mrs. Rochon said that Eastwood has a copy of the generic plan but that she would not know how to implement it.
She said that New Hampshire Yankee simply provided the plan but did not tell her anything about it.
She stated that if she was to receive a phone call from a New Hampshire Yankee special population liaison who informed her of the sheltering provisions and the protective action message, she would still would noc know what to do.
She said that on weekends at the I 4
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Mrs. Rochon said that that no employee had been
. trained in sheltering and that there was nothing in the policy or procedure book'that would in any way assist them.
The staff at the facility would not know how to go about shutting off combustion or air intake.
During the week there is a cook, nurses aid, housekeeper, and administrator at the premises.
However, during evening, nights, and weekends there is often only one person on duty.
While Mrs. Rochon's daughter does-live on the third floor, Mrs.
Rochon stated that she does not believe two people could effectively. evacuate the facility.
All the patients are on medicaticn, and only 60 to 70 percent could pack for themselves.
STATEMENT CONCERNING THE GREENLEAF NURSING HOME CONFIRMED IN A CONVERSAILOJLWIT11_EARCEkLA COSTIN The Greenleaf Nursing Home has a resident population of approximately 60 persons.
Seventy five percent of them are mobility impaired, and by Ms. Costin's estimate only ten would be able to climb onto a school bus for purposes of evacuation.
Even those individuals would need assistance to do so.
Ms.
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Ms. Costin expressed concern that one patient would be extremely difficult to evacute because she is so obese she would need to have a special car provided.
There are only two phone lines coming into the facility, and Ms. Costin stated that in the event of radiological emergency she thought those lines would be filled.
Ninety percent of the residents have families from the immediate area, and they could be counted on to call in.
During the daytime shift there are 18 persons on staff.
Ms. Costin stated if an evacuation was called for she thought those eighteen people coulu handle preparing the patients to evacuate.
However, she said that they would need additional staff for any evacuation that was to take place on the 3 to 11 shift, and with respect to the night shift of 11 t 7 when there are only three people, she said that the she thought that 15 additional people would be necessary to evacuate the facility.
Ms. Costin stated that the facility could do nothing to implement sheltering procedures even if the sheltering procedures in the protective action message was conveyed to the staff on duty over the phone because the facility has no basement or interior rooms without windows.
Each patient's room has both windows and a door leading directly to the outside.
The central large room, the activities room, has a bay window.
Ms. Costin stated that the only thing that could be done with the patients would simply be to leave them in their rooms.
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She expressed concern that patients would have-trouble acclimating themselves to a congregate care facility such as Shriners where the residents would be housed with a large number of other special needs people.
She commented that patients such as those at Greenleaf i
sometimes die because of such a change in their environment.
Many are on various medications.
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE AMESBURY NURSING HOME CONFIRMED IN A CONVERSATION WITH SANDRA AXELROD.
The Amesbury Nursing Home has beds for 124 residents and it usually operates at close to 100 percent capacity.
The residents are Level II and III care nursing home residentb.
There are approximatley 30 beds occupied by bedridden non-ambulatory Level II care patients.
The second floor has 50 beds that are classified mostly as Level III care.
Many of the patients on that floor are wheel chair bound and have limited mobility.
About 20 of those patients are ambulatory but need assistance in ambulating.
The third floor has 44 beds occupied mostly by ambulatory patients but there are five residents that need wheelchairs.
Approximately 50 percent of the resident population has hearing and/or visual impairments.
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Ms. Mistcowski, administrator of the facility, stated that she thought that if an evacution was recomended during the '
7 to 3 shift, the staff at the facility could cope with the situation.
However, she said that if an evacuation was recommended during the thinly staffed night time shift, the l
facility would not be able to effectuate an evacuation without outside assistance.
Ms. Mistcowski said that she could not rely upon existing staff during an nuclear emergency.
She stated that a number of the staff came from out of state.
She said that in order to evacuate ambulances that could accomodate 30 people would have to be provided.
Wheel chair vans for approximately 44 persons would have to be provided.
Approximately 50 people in the facility could, with assistance, go on to a school bus.
Ms. Mistcowski said that the facility had no sheltering procedures. After hearing the sheltering instructions contained in the protective action message, she stated that the faciltiy has a basement that could accomodate approximately 80 percent of the resident population.
However, she said that it would be virtually impossible to move the Level II unit comprised of approximately 30 beds.
All patient rooms have windows.
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She said one problem is that there would not be enough wheelchairs to move everyone within the facility.
She said that the facility would need approximately 25 more in order to move the resident population pursuant to a sheltering recommendation.
One other problem that would exist with respect to sheltering was in the facility is that maintenance workers only work on the day shift.
No one else would know how to go about shutting off the vent system.
S1'ATEMERIS CONCERRING HOST HOSPITALS 1.
FACTS RELATING TO THE LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL, CORF_IRMED_I1LA_ CONS _ERSAIl0N WLT11 DR. JOSE _E_ILVA Dr. Jose Silva said that to the best of his knowledge, Lawrence General Hospital is not under contract with New Hampshire Yankee as a reception hospital.
He pointed out that they are the resource. hospital for emergency medical services for Region 3, which includes Southern New Hampshire, and essentially it would be their responsibility to provide "off-line medical direction" in case of a nuclear emergency.
However, he is very limited in the amount of care he could provide and that any plans that have taken place are only theoretical.
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He said that their
.present bed capacity is 118, and they currently operate on a 80% basis, j
Mr. Tenaglia said on any given day the maximum bed capacity I
for absorption would be 30% and a minimum of 20%.
He said that they would release patients on an evaluation basis to accomodate incoming patients from the zone.
He added that the hospital would operate in a triage manner, making every effort to accomodate the incoming, but they do not have the training or facilities for decontamination.
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FACTS RELATING TO THE NEW ENGLAND DEACONESS HOSPITAL, CO.HFIRMED BY ALICE S LDERS.
Ms. Alice Siders of N.E.
Deaconess Hospital confirmed that they are under contract with New Hampshire Yankee as a reception hospital.
It is her understanding that they would absorb patients, in case of a nuclear emergency, from Amesbury Hospital only.
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Ms. Siders said she'could not give a maximum or minimum bed
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In addition, she stated that De7coness patients who could be released or transferred to accomodate EPZ patients would be.
She went on to say that she has the ability to absorb post operative patients, intensive care, and psychiatric patients, i
However,'she could not attest to bed availability in each unit, and suggested contacting paul Babcock.
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FACTS RELATING TO BRIGHAM AND WOMENS HOSPITAL, CON.ELEMED BY DAVID DRUM.
Mr. David Drum confirmed that Brigham and Womens Hospital has been contacted to act as a back-up MS-1 and host hospital in case of a radiological emergency at Seabrook.
He said the hospital's total bed capacity is 730.
However, on a given day, occupancy can run from 504-720, usually the occupancy rate is 85-90%.
In the case of an emergency, he said one could expect the hospital to have as many as 200 beds or as few as 20 beds (emergency room) available.
Mr. Drum said they would operate in a triage manner, and if they had to release less serious patients in order to a :ept patients from within the zone, they would do so.
However, he said contaminated patients and or contaminated injured patients should be decontaminated before reaching host hospital.
He went on to say that those who have been excessively exposed.
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He stressed that Brigham and Womens would Lo the most they could to handle any and every level of care for the patients.
He said they could receive post operative, intensive care, some pediatric (only have neo-natal on staff),
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He said adjustments would be made so they could accomodate as many people as possible.
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FACTS RELATING TO ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, CONFIRMED BY SISTER DORIS BROUILLETTE.
Sister Doris Brouillette confirmed that their facility is a MS-1 and host hospital.
She said that the staff went through a four month training on the decontamination process.
She added that their present bed capacity is 175, and they are operating at 100%.
Sister Brouillette said that on any given day there would be a minimum of 20-30 beds available and a maximum of 70 beds.
She stressed that their occupancy rate usually runs around 80% and has done so on a fairly regular basis, but in the occasion of 100% occupancy, they would release patients or transfer to other facilities.
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She said that the hospital has trained about 80 staff members to work in groups of six through t*is process, and.they could handle contaminated, contaminated-injured, and excessively exposed patients.
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STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE MENTALLY RETARDED RESIDENCE, CDNEIRMED IN A CQHYERSAIlON WITH GERALDJ1!E_DQRRm Ms.'Dorr confirmed that she does not have knowledge of the
" generic plan" for special facilities drawn up by New Hampshire Yankee, therefore in the event of an emergency she would not be I
able to rely on it or use it as a guide.
She said the facility has two (2) incoming phone lines, but pointed out that if an emergency were to happen at night the staff persons on duty may be deaf.
Leading her to believe that unless the special facilities liaison has a T.D.D.,
communication will be impossible.
Ms. Dorr stated that the population of residents is broken down into the following:
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She said that she could realistically count on half
'of her staff to come in.
The othcr half have families of their own-in the area.
In order to effectively carry out any type of move she would need additional individuals with extensive training in sign language.
As far as transportation she said they have one station wagon and one van which could be used.
Aga a she said they would need additional staff, each patient would need one-on-one individual attention.
Ms. Dorr stated that there are tendencies for aggressive behavior in these situations, and
.said even.in routine school runs aggression is an every day occurrence.
When asked if the patients could be housed in a congregate care situation she responded no.
She said that many of the patients need to be isolated in individual cubicals during the day.
They cannot deal with a magnitude of people, and even in a house of four people there are often behavior problems.
In a congregate care environment she said these patients would become bewildered and could not only harm themselves but others surrounding them.
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CONNOR. DIRECTOR.
The Amesbury Housing Authority owns and/or operates four elderly. housing projects:
Heritage Towers, Heritage Vale, pow Wow Villa, and Merri Village.
The first three facilities are located in Amesbury, the fourth facility is located in Merrimac.
James E.
Connor, the Executive Director of the Housing Authority,-stated that he had never seen any generic plan for the facilities and would not, nor could not, rely on it in the event of a radiological emergency.
Heritage Towers is a nine-story elderly apartment building comprised of 102 units.
Eight of those units are occupied by the seriously disabled.
Another 22 apartments that are not specifically handicapped housing are occupied by persons who are, in fact, disabled.
Mr. Connor stated that in the event of a radiological emergency, the facility would need six to eight ambulances and at least two wheelchair vans.
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emergency, it would take hours to evacuate all the residents of j
the facility.
There are only two elevators in the building.
While the offices of the Housing Authority are located adjacent to the facility, the staff of those offices is comprised of Mr.
Connor and three women.
In addition to that staff, there are also four maintenance workers, but the maintenance workers serve all four facilities.
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rouse the residents.
He estimated that it would take 3-4 hours to cover the entire building.
1 Mr..Connor also stated that there are no sheltering procedures at Heritage Towers.
He said that if he were to hear the sheltering instructions contained in the protective action message, he would go around to knock on doors to attempt to close the windows for the residents.
He would also attempt to close_the intake for the central air circulation system.
He stated that he estimated that that would take approximately 30 minutes.
He said that he did not believe he would be able to shut all the windows present in the building by himself.
He went on to say that he had discussed the topic of assistance during a radiological emergency with his staff and they had all universally said that they would leave and not be available to help in such an event.
Mr. Connor stated that other than shuting the windows and intake vent, there would be little else he would know how to do as far as implementing sheltering procedures.
He said that there are no interior rooms without windows to speak of in the building, and 2here is no basement.
.According to Connor, in order to effectuate evacuation or implement sheltering, he stated that there should be one person per floor to assist the residents.
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After that it is switched over to an answering i
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There is no night staff with the facility.
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- a. mechanical difficulty with an apartment, the answering service calls up on of the maintenance people.
The answering service refers emerergency calls to the police or fire department.
Heritage Vale is a cluster housing project comprised of five buildings with eight units each.
The average age for the residents in the project is approximately 78 years.
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no basements in the buildings and there are no interior rooms without windows for sheltering purposes.
Connor said that in the event of a radiological emergency, he could not service Heritage Vale in any way because he would be completely tied up with providing whatever service he could to Heritage Towers.
There is no central office, phone, or
. staff at Heritage Vale.
Of the 43 residents at Heritage Vele, about 25*5 would need assistance in ambulating to climb onto a bus.
By Connor's estimation, the facility would need F.dditional staffing of five people or one person per building to implement sheltering or evacuation.
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Like Heritage Vale, the buildings at Pow Wow Villa have no basements or interior rooms-without windows and sheltering would be difficult to implement.
Furthermore, like Heritage Vale, ti,ere would be no staff available to provide assistance.
By Connor's estimation, there again should be at least one person to assist the population per building or a total of 12 staff people to respond in the event of a radiological emergency.
There is no central office, staff, or phone at Pow Wow Villa.
Mr.
Connor stated that two of the residents of Pow Wow Villa would need to be evacuated by ambulance and six others would need substantial assistance in ambulating to get on to a bus.
Merri Village is also similar in construction to Heritage Vale.
Again it is a cluster development with eight units in six clusters for a total of 48 apartments.
Also like Heritage Vale, there are no basements and no interior rooms without windows for sheltering.
Eight of the units at Merri Village are handicap apartments and are occupied by persons in
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Chairvans would be required for all eight residents.
While there is an office at Merri Village, it is unstaffed.
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However, again, Connor said that he would not have any staff to provide to the facility. I
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Newbury Village, Quaker Hill, and Oak Ridge.
The Newbury Housing Authority has only two staff members:
Evelyn Noyes who is the administrator and one maintenance man who divides his time between Quaker Hill and Oak Ridge.
There is also one full-time maintence man who provides services to Newbury Village.
There is no central office for the Newbury Housing Anthority.
There is one office located at Newbury Village where the phone line 462-3300 comes in.
However, that office is only staffed between 9:00-11:00 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Other than during those hours, the phone number listed in Appendix M 462-3300 simply activates an answering machine.
There is also an office located at Quaker Hill but that office is never staffed.
The phone line that goes in there, 462-3422 rings in Evelyn Noyes' real estate
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Evelyn Noyes' residential phone line is not listed under her name, nor is it listed in Appendix M.
According to Evelyn Noyes, any attempt by a special population liaison to alert elderly housing residents of Newbury to a radiological emergency would go completely unanswered if it did not occur within the six hours a week that the office at Newbury Village is staffed by her.
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Approximately 50 people reside at the facility.
Evelyn Noyes stated that one would probably need one person per building to assist in evacuating or implementing sheltering procedures.
She stated
.that in the event of an evacuation, she did not believe that the population would go willingly or easily.
In the past, when the facility has lost power and the housing authority has attempted to evacuate the population, many residents refused to leave.
Quaker Hill is also a cluster development.
There are two buildings there, one that contains eight units and one that contains sixteen uaits.
Among the apartments located at that facility are two that are occupied by handicapped persons.
While the handicapped persons are not in wheelchairs, they would need assistance in implementing evacuation procedures.
Oak Ridge is also a cluster development.
It h6s three buildings containing four units and two nine-unit buildings.
Twenty-four people reside in the 22 units there.
Three handicapped units are occupied there by persons who have l
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The rest of the apartments are occupied by the elderly.
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She said that she would tell the Special Population Liaison that "You created the problem.
You take care of it."
Ms. Noyes states that she never agreed to take part in any plan or response organization or proceeding.
She also states that she would not be able to do anything effective by herself.
She said that she cannut run down to the various facilities and load the elderly on buses all by herself.
Nor would she be able to run around and shut windows at all the various apartments in the three projects.
Ms. Noyes stated that she has her own family she would feel obliged to take care of in the event of a radiological emergency, and that she would not be available to assist the residents of the three elderly housing projects.
Ms. Noyes stated that she was also concerned about what she would do if one of the elderly persons had an adverse reaction to hearing 1
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She said that many of the residents of the elderly housing facilities in Newbury would need assistance in implementing protective actions in the event of a radiological emergency because even though they are not
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physically disabled, many' experience senility.
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stated that some of the residents are so disoriented at times that they cannot find their way back to their own apartments when they leave.
She stated that to the extent that New Hampshire Yankee creates a situation, it has an Obligation to provide trained staff to assist the residents of those elderly housing facilities.
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE SHRINERS AUDITORIUM, CONFIRMED IN A CONVERSATION WITH MR. MANCHESTER, GENERAL MANAGER OF SHRINER'S AUD_ITORIUM Presently there are three (3) handicapped accessable entries two (2) in the rear of the building, and one large side entrance.
The side entrance is about the size of a commercial garage door and when it is open in the winter time, it freezes the interior space.
The second floor is totally inaccessible for mobility impaired persons.
It was noted that without any elevator in the building all non-ambulatory patients have to enter through the back of the building, go through the arena, and then into the nursing home patient room.
Mr. Manchester, however, assumed that his center was to be used for school children and would not have to hold people for any great length of time.
He stated that the area designated for nursing home patients holds around 500 people.
It is to be noted that this room is presently set up banquet style and is used frequently.
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Mr. Manchester added that he is relying on the Red Cross to provide staff for dismantling and setting up.
He has Dat and will not employ any volunteers from the Shriners, he stated that its the Red Cross's responsibility.
l The area designated for ambulatory persons is comprised of one large arena, often used for circuses or rodeos.
It is one large room with cement floors with bleacher seating on either side.
Access is from two back doors and one large metal garage door at the end of the arena.
In the immediate area there are two (2) lavatory facilities.
One female and one male.
According to Carol Beaudoin, president of Wilmington Committee for Citizens with Disabilities, the women's facility is not handicapped accessible.
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nursing home residents area.
Ms. Beaudoin pointed out however that there are not enough facilities for the amount of people the arena will be housing, and went on to say that there would be some difficulty in manuevering even in the accessible laboratories.
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