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EPA Response Support Corps (RSC) 2012 Update
EPA's Response Support Corps is an agency wide cadre of volunteers who are called up during high level emergencies and Events of National Significance.(2012)
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EPA Response Support Corps (RSC)
EPA's Response Support Corps is an agency wide cadre of volunteers who are called up during high level emergencies and Events of National Significance. (2008)
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PHILIS (Portable High- through-put Integrated Laboratory)
EPA's mobile PHILIS laboratories are called into action during Events of National Significance to analyze samples using EPA validated methods to produce data of known QA / QC integrity. Results are available to decision makers within hours, leading to a timely and cost effective conclusion of the event.
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Decontamination Technologies and Procedures: Household Bleach Solution
Training video for the use of Sodium Hypochlorite, or common household bleach, as an effective sporicidal disinfectant against Bacillus anthracis, or anthrax. Research has shown that when modified, a bleach solution is effective in achieving up to a six- to seven-log reduction in anthrax spores when applied to hard, non-porous surfaces that stay wetted with the solution for up to 60 minutes.
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Horseshoe Road Superfund Site, Communication + Trust + Teamwork = Effective Project Management”
In this training program, the Horseshoe Road Site in Sayreville, NJ, is used as an example for EPA RPMs, or Remedial Project Managers, to successfully manage a Superfund site. The project team, which included USEPA, The US Army Corps of Engineers, and their contractors successfully managed cost risk through open communication, trust, and the utilization of effective cost and scheduling tools. (2009)
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Operation Inland Response
A simulated collision between a chlorine tanker truck and diesel fuel delivery truck sets the stage for this full field emergency response exercise held in Irvine, CA (1992)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #2
The second ERTV News Magazine visits a first responder training exercise in Irvine, CA, and investigates and underground oil plume in VA. Cleanup options at abandoned wood treatment sites are studied along with aquatic life next to a cleaned PCB site in MD. (1992)
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USEPA Response Support Corps
Recruiting video for volunteers to stand up during Events of National Significance that EPA plays a role in.
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USEPA Region V WMD Response Training Exercise
An exercise was conducted at the Cleveland International Airport to detect and remove simulated weapons of mass destruction from an aircraft. In addition, table-top scenarios were run for administrators and commanders to highlight communications and cooperation. (2003)
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Operation Garden Isle II
A simulated collision between a passenger vehicle and a flatbed truck carrying a mixed load of hazardous materials set the stage for this emergency response exercise set on the island of Kauai, HI. (1994)
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EPA Region III Emergency Response Exercise Buckeye Pipeline
This video highlights a one-day emergency response drill simulating a pipeline break which simulated the release of approximately 300 barrels of gasoline into a creek. Air and stream water were constantly monitored. Includes follow-up critiques. (1995)
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Environmental Response News Magazine # 12
First responders encountering clandestine drug labs face a new set of challenges. The magazines's main feature story presents guidelines to keep them informed, aware, and safe. Also covered: A heat treatment system for residences contaminated with methyl parathion; an oil spill dispersion exercise; and a phytoremediation update. (1999)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #10
EPA’s response to the devastating Midwest Floods of 1997 is featured. "Site Shorts" updates the demolition of an asbestos plant along with an emergency response exercise in a Hawaiian highway tunnel and a drum site excavation. Flywheel technology is also presented..(1998)
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Operation Border Crossing
Documents an emergency response exercise staged at the San Ysidro U.S. / Mexico border crossing. The simulation involved a 2 truck collision and the release of toxic chemicals.(1991)
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Trans Alaska Pipeline Minton Creek Exercise
Documents an Oil Spill Exercise staged by Alyeska Pipeline Company. The pipeline runs from North Slope of Alaska to the port city of Valdez. EPA and the state provided government oversight. Logistics played an important part of drill due to remote region where the simulated spill occurred. (2000)
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Operation Diamond Head
This video covers a full-field emergency response exercise for a simulated vehicle collision and subsequent release of HNO3, HCl gas, and a pesticide. Assessment, control, cleanup, and a post-exercise critique are included. (1996)
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Operation River City
In Nov. 2003, 700 participants from 77 organizations held a 60 hr. real-time field exercise. 4 concurrent, geographically separate, Weapons of Mass Destruction events were simulated. (2003)
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Baltic Emergency Response
The EPA conducted training sessions for the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. A simulated train accident in Estonia tested the ability of agencies from 5 countries to collaborate during the Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Exercise. (1997)
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Chlorine Dioxide (CL02) Demonstration Project
Methods used to evaluate CL02 as a gas phase fumigant are presented in response to Anthrax Bio-Terrorism events. (2002)
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Introduction to Incident Command System
This video covers an Incident Command System (ICS) training class held by the US Forestry Service. ICS allows multiple agencies to use a common command system when handling multi-agency responses. (2003)
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Operation Wildfire
A multi-agency, multi-jurisdiction HAZMAT Emergency Response Exercise including EPA Region 9 was held in Salinas, CA in 1989.(1989)
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Operation Able Waters
Tells the story of a multi-county response in the South Central Lake Okeechobee Florida area in 2002. The simulation involved of a potential Weapons of Mass Destruction and hazardous materials incident, involving a school bus and a train collision, and a break-in into a chemicals facility. (2002)
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Environmental Response News Magazine # 1
Topics for this installment include reports on abandoned wood-treating sites, an ecological study, an emergency response exercise, and Eco-Toxicologists studying insects adjacent to a PCB contaminated site. (1992)
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WMD Field Exercise Argonne National Laboratory
The video covers USEPA's counter terrorism field exercise designed to integrate all responding agencies using the Incident Command System. The exercise involved hazmat entries into simulated weapons of mass destruction (WMD) laboratories. (2002)
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Acoma: People of the White Rock
The Acoma people and their Environmental Protection Office conducted a training exercise involving a hazardous waste truck and a tourist bus. The bioremediation cleanup of a former toxaphene contaminated stockyard is also featured. (2002)
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