Hazardous Materials Awareness Week - January 22-28, 2012
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Resources U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mercury Quick Finder Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)  Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Mercury Program Locate Recycling Centers for Items Containing Mercury     Mercury Facts Sheet

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REGIONAL EVACUATION STUDY

As part of a statewide initiative by the Florida Division of Emergency Management to coordinate up-to-date regional evacuation information across Florida, the Florida Regional Planning Councils will be preparing Regional Evacuation Studies. The Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council will research, analyze and compile data to generate a report containing a demographic and land use analysis, a hazards analysis, a behavioral analysis, a critical facilities inventory, a shelter analysis, a regional evacuation transportation networks analysis, and a vulnerability analysis specific to the Treasure Coast region. This Regional Evacuation Study will produce important, thorough and relevant information for emergency management decision-making.

For additional information, please contact Terry Hess of Council staff.

Pre-Disaster Mitigation = Sustainability

To many Treasure Coast residents, the term emergency preparedness is most often associated with hurricanes and those community or personal precautions utilized to lessen the immediate effects of such events. However, this association is only partially correct. As recently witnessed here in Florida and many other parts of the nation, our population has become so large and society so dependent upon technology that any major disaster, either natural or man-made, imparts extensive recovery and redevelopment costs. Furthermore, these immediate costs do not reflect long-term social, economic, or ecological impacts. Such events do not recognize any political boundaries; the Region is just as susceptible to experiencing a disaster as anywhere else in the nation.

Council emergency preparedness programs have been developed to dovetail closely with those of local emergency management and response agencies and address the concept of modern comprehensive emergency preparedness and how its application (or lack thereof) will affect the immediate and long-term future of the Treasure Coast Region. Council staff has consistently developed strategies and policies that serve as tools for local emergency management professionals when planning disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation actions.

TCRPC's small business disaster preparedness website. Learn ways to help your business prepare and plan to survive a disaster. Learn what you can do prior to, during, and after a disaster to help sustain your business.

Hazardous Materials Information Available to the Public
	The District 10 Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) maintains public records showing the types and amounts of certain hazardous materials that are stored at facilities throughout the Treasure Coast Region. These records are maintained in compliance with the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) also known as SARA Title III. The public records consist of forms naming the hazardous materials present at given sites, the hazards the substances pose if released, amounts stored, and methods of storage.

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