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SECTION 14
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
SPILLS, RELEASES, DECONTAMINATION
& SHELTER - IN - PLACE
Hazardous Materials,
Decontamination & Sheltering |
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Definition - Hazardous Material |
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Degree
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Initiating A CVECO Code |
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CVECO
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Information CVECO Members Will Provide |
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CVECO
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Technical Advisor Response |
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Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Asst. |
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Containment - Shelter In Place |
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Shelter-In-Place vs. Evacuation |
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Shelter-In-Place |
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Developing Shelter-In-Place Plans |
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Index
1. |
DEFINITION - HAZARDOUS MATERIAL: |
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1.1 |
A
spill, leak or release of a product that is toxic or flammable is
considered a hazardous material. |
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May endanger the
life, well-being or health of the public |
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May endangers
public or private property |
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Pollutes the
environment |
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DEGREE OF HAZARD: |
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2.1 |
The
degree of hazard varies with location, type of product, rate of leakage,
and atmospheric conditions. |
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2.2 |
An
outflow of high vapour pressure material may vaporize and expand into a
plume of flammable vapour. This dense, cold vapour plume will drift
downwind, and unless the product is lighter than air, it will flow over
the ground and into depressions, creating an extreme hazard. |
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Process Operators and plant personnel are prepared to handle most
emergencies on their systems. |
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Co-operation between CVECO Production Plant members and the
municipalities is needed to maintain the public safety. |
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INITIATING A CVECO CODE: |
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3.1 |
A Code
8 (emergency) is an advisory of a noticeable occurrence within plants
boundaries that will be initiated by the plant with a hazardous material
problem. |
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A Code
6 for traffic control will be issued by the CVECO member when a
hazardous material release has the potential, or will go outside the
plant boundaries. |
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If a
Code 6 is issued, area sirens may sound to alert the public to tune in
their local radio or TV stations to obtain information on the emergency
situation. |
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CVECO MEMBER PROCEDURES: |
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Each
CVECO member will have internal emergency procedures that will outline
their actions and/or response to a Code 6 and/or Code 8 as it relates to
a hazardous materials incident. |
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As a
minimum the procedures will outline. |
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Information the
Plant Dispatcher is to provide Fire/Police Dispatch. |
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Response by the
CVECO member to mitigate the situation. |
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Notification of
plant personnel who may be of assistance in the emergency. |
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Notification of
neighbours, site personnel, outside agencies and/or authorities |
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INFORMATION CVECO MEMBERS
WILL PROVIDE: |
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When
provided a situation that constitutes a Code 6 or Code 8 the CVECO
member will issue the appropriate code over the CVECO radio. |
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5.2 |
Under
CVECO agreement, CVECO members are to provide the following information
to Sarnia Fire/Police Dispatch. |
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Reference
Section 3 �Radio & Telephone Communications Parts 6 and 7 |
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5.3 |
Complete CVECO Code Notification Checklist and fax to Police Dispatch. |
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If not
done with the activation of the code, and the submission of the CVECO
checklist (within 10 minutes), the Plant Dispatcher will supply
information as soon as reasonably possible. |
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5.5 |
Fax
MSDS product information to the Fire/Police Communications Center and
the Sarnia General Hospital |
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Use completed
CVECO Checklist as a cover sheet when faxing MSDS sheets. |
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When a
Code 6 is issued |
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Unless this has
already been identified on the CVECO checklist �.. |
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The Industrial
Emergency Site Manager (or delegate) of the affected facility will
advise the Police when it is safe to enter and the safest way to the
site. |
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Only then will
authorized traffic proceed through the traffic checkpoints. |
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CVECO RESPONSE: |
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6.1 |
For
plant internal incidents the CVECO member, Police and Fire/Rescue
Service will follow the CVECO Incident Management system. |
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Reference Index
11 �Incident Management Structure� |
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Industry officials will establish a staging area for all emergency
responders. |
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Industry, Fire and/or Police officials will provide an Incident
Commander. |
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Police
/ Fire officials may activate area warning sirens if no information is
provided by the facility with the incident. |
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Police
/ Fire along with industry officials will determine if shelter-in-place
or evacuation is deemed necessary. |
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If
evacuation is required, Police Services will carry out those duties
accordingly. |
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Incident Command will activate industrial mutual aid and the city mobile
command post if warranted. |
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Any
impact on the river Sarnia Fire/Police Dispatch will notify Sarnia Coast
Guard and Michigan officials and provide details |
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TECHNICAL ADVISOR RESPONSE: |
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7.1 |
If
Port Huron, or St. Clair County Emergency Operations Control Centre is
activated, the industry Technical Advisor should make contact with
Michigan officials to determine if a response is required. |
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Reference
Section 4 �CVECO Definitions & Responsibilities�. Parts 11.8 and 12. |
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Provide a
company representative who will respond to the EOC and fill the role of
the Technical Advisor. |
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Bring product
information area maps and other details when responding to the EOC. |
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Have MSDS sheets
faxed to the Fire/Police Dispatcher so they can be forwarded to the
Michigan officials |
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Develop a
communications link between the EOC and the CVECO member with the
emergency situation |
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Provide a media
person, or, the name of their media person and their phone number. |
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE
ASSISTANCE: |
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8.1 |
Emergency response, decontamination equipment and technical expertise on
hazardous materials can be obtained from two sources. |
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(1) -
Transportation Emergency Response Co-operative (TERC) is located on LaSalle Line and has
hazardous materials response and decontamination equipment |
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Dow
Chemical, ESSO and Nova Chemicals are member companies who make up this
co-operative. |
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE
ASSISTANCE Continued |
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A
municipal Fire/Rescue Service can request assistance from this group by
contacting CANUTEC. |
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When
making the request, the fire service must ask for response from the
nearest TEAP Center. |
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CANUTEC will
notify Dow Chemical who is the TEAP representative for this part of the
province |
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Decontamination equipment is supplied to the municipal fire service but
not set up by TERC |
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Instructions for
the various decontamination equipment set up and instructions for the
use of the neutralizing solutions are included with the unit. |
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Response charges from TERC are consistent with the TEAP costing formula. |
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(2) - Marysville
Fire Department in Michigan
has a decontamination trailer available to CVECO members. |
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To
request the trailer contact the St. Clair County Sheriff Communications
Center at 810 - 985 - 8115 |
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The
St. Clair County Sheriff Communications Centre will then request that
the Marysville Fire Department respond with the trailer to the Canadian
side of the Bluewater Bridge |
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The
department will await an escort in accordance with the Bluewater Bridge
standard operating procedure. |
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The
Communications Centre will notify the Bluewater Bridge of the response
immediately with Marysville�s estimated time of arrival to ensure
clearance across the bridge without delay. |
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CONTAINMENT - SHELTER IN PLACE: |
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9.1 |
Upon
CVECO notification of a potentially harmful release, and dependent upon
your proximity to the release and current wind direction, CVECO members
should follow procedures established for their plant site for
containment such as, but not limited to. . |
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Stay or go indoors. |
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Close all doors and
windows. |
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Shut off the heating,
ventilating and air conditioning systems |
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Allow all outside
personnel to enter buildings |
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Do not allow personnel to
go outside into the hazardous area. |
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Account for all
employees, contractors and visitors. |
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Listen for further
instructions over you plant communications system. |
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SHELTER-IN-PLACE VS EVACUATION: |
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10.1 |
While
it may be possible to leave the site if there is time for sufficient
warning, sheltering in a secure building would often be the better, or
only, choice. |
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If
evacuation is required, Police Services will carry out those duties
accordingly. |
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SHELTER IN PLACE: |
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11.1 |
The
development of containment or shelter in place would provide site
employees with better protection following a release. |
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11.2 |
A
�safe haven� is a building that is relatively air tight, with sealed
doors and windows that employees or contractor would shelter in place |
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Shelter - In Place is a preferred option over evacuation when: |
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The hazard is a
short term duration |
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The hazard is
clear and present, and could overtake personnel quickly |
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There is not
enough time to evacuate (or when
evacuation has other, or more significant risks) |
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A chemical
release has a low health hazard and is not serious enough for
evacuation. |
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DEVELOPING SHELTER - IN - PLACE PLANS: |
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12.1 |
The
following information are suggestions or considerations on what
information may be required to develop shelter in place plans. |
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Be sure plant
personnel are aware of site hazards, emergency plans and alarms. |
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Be sure plant
personnel are aware of safe haven locations, and know how to use them
correctly. |
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A sign posted to
outline established plant containment or evacuation guidelines. This should include clearly marked shutdown
instructions for heating, ventilating and air conditioning. |
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Determine and
post a sign of how may people a shelter may hold |
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Controls on
entrance and exits from a shelter during an event should be in place. |
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It should be
possible to override any locking system to enter a building. |
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All open areas,
including latches and wall openings around pipes, etc., should be sealed
and maintained. |
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A roll of duct
tape for emergency sealing could be kept inside each safe haven. |
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A communication
method should be available for those in a shelter |
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