KEY POINT

Know the components of pre-planning

ICs can help prevent hazardous materials releases and prepare for responses to releases by pre-planning with facilities within their jurisdictions.

• When conducting a pre-planning visit, ICs should meet the facility manager and/or facility emergency manager/planner. ICs should get to know these people so that a relationship is already in place before a release occurs.
• ICs should become familiar with the facility’s emergency operations plan.
• They should find out what chemicals are used and stored at the facility, where they are stored, and precautions that have been taken to ensure safety of those chemicals.
• The IC should request a copy of the facility’s risk management plan (RMP) in order to develop a more complete picture of potential release responses.

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