Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place Training > Incident Commanders

KEY POINT

Know how to obtain information about facilities that store and use hazardous materials.

ICs can prepare for releases by obtaining facility information in advance. Facilities that use and store hazardous materials are required to report this information annually to the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), and their local fire department.

There is a considerable amount of information available from the LEPC, including maps of vulnerability zones and release scenarios. ICs can access this data through CAMEO Facilities, one of the three programs that comprise the CAMEO suite. CAMEO stands for Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations. Using this data in conjunction with facility pre-planning visits will give the IC access to a wealth of information about hazardous materials in local facilities.

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