LANCASTER COUNTYLANCASTER COUNTYEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCYEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Presented By: Randall S. Gockley, Coordinator

STAFF & SUPPORTSTAFF & SUPPORT

• Co-Located with Co-Located with Lancaster County 9-1-1Lancaster County 9-1-1

• 6 Career Staff6 Career Staff• 100’s Volunteer Staff100’s Volunteer Staff• College InternCollege Intern

RESPONSIBILITIESRESPONSIBILITIES

ADMINISTRATIONADMINISTRATION• Communication with Emergency Services and

General Public• Grant Administration• Daily Operation Functions• Records Management • Agency Support

OPERATIONSOPERATIONS• Information Technology Enhancements• National Incident Management System (NIMS)• State-of-the-Art Emergency Operations Center • Knowledge, skills, and abilities in emergency,

incident and resource management and planning.

• Systems – Flood Warning, Nuclear Power Plants Sirens, Emergency Alert System*, Alert & Notification

Note: * - Systems Pending

PLANNINGPLANNING• Use of All-Hazards Planning• Responsible for more than 35 different plans. • Involvement and maintenance with more than

550 individual facility plans. • Assistance to local municipalities and other

governmental agencies.• Operations Security (OPSEC)• For Official Use Only (FOUO)

TRAINING DIVISIONTRAINING DIVISION• Coordinate Training and

Educational Programs • Exercises with hands-on

participation.• Foster Inter-discipline

Coordination• Maintain Individual Training

Records for more than 6,400 county personnel

HAZ MAT DIVISIONHAZ MAT DIVISION• 300+ Fixed Facilities 300+ Fixed Facilities (Reportable)(Reportable)

• 1,300+ Chemicals Reported1,300+ Chemicals Reported– Flammable/Toxic/CorrosiveFlammable/Toxic/Corrosive– Contaminate the EnvironmentContaminate the Environment– Harm the Public (YOU!)Harm the Public (YOU!)

• 165+ EHS Sites (3165+ EHS Sites (3rdrd in PA) in PA)• LEPC / Haz Mat 2 LiaisonLEPC / Haz Mat 2 Liaison• Training of Responders Training of Responders

– (444 in 2008)(444 in 2008)

COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION• Haz Mat 2• Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)• Citizens Corp.• Volunteer Organization Active in Disasters (VOAD)• County Animal Response Team (CART)• Amateur Radio (RACES)• County Rescue Task Force• Numerous Others

PA TITLE 35PA TITLE 35

• Requires every municipality and each county to have an EM organization.

Rules of EngagementRules of Engagement• County EMA involvement to provide assistance &

support to a single municipality when requested.

Rules of EngagementRules of Engagement• Required to coordinate the response to any

multi-jurisdictional emergency /disaster.

Natural ThreatsNatural Threats• Flooding• Tornados / Wind-Storms• Earthquakes / Tremors • Snow / Ice Events• Thunderstorm / Lightning• Droughts

Man-Made ThreatsMan-Made Threats• Nuclear PowerNuclear Power• Hazardous Material ReleasesHazardous Material Releases• Acts of ViolenceActs of Violence• Mass Casualty IncidentsMass Casualty Incidents• Fires Fires • TerrorismTerrorism

OVERSITEOVERSITE• 24 hour Command Center to assure 24 hour Command Center to assure

coordination from State and Federal Gov’t.coordination from State and Federal Gov’t.

SOUTH-CENTRAL TASK FORCESOUTH-CENTRAL TASK FORCE

• Lebanon County• Dauphin County• Perry County• Cumberland County• Franklin County• Adams County• York County• Lancaster County

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES• Pandemic• Farm “Process” By-Products• Population Diversity Outreach

– (Amish, other Cultures)• New Crisis Response• Special Needs Populations• High Public Expectations

Space Debris / Asteroids

LANCASTER COUNTY LANCASTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCYEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

P O BOX 219P O BOX 219MANHEIM PA 17545MANHEIM PA 17545

1-800-808-52361-800-808-5236Email: rgockley@lema.co.lancaster.pa.usEmail: rgockley@lema.co.lancaster.pa.us