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.
City of Port St. Lucie
FREE HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD
WASTE DAY
July 14, 2007
Due to the overwhelming success of the City's Hazardous Household
Waste Drop-off Day in January, another free drop-off day is set
for Saturday, July 14, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the City's
Public Works complex at 450 Thornhill Drive. Click
here for more information.
| Ms. Etta LoPresti recently received
a 2006 Thomas Yatabe Award of Outstanding Achievement by the
State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), Department of
Community Affairs, Division of Emergency Management. She accepted
the award at the January 5, 2007 SERC meeting from Mr. Craig
Fugate, acting Chairman of the SERC and Director of the Florida
Division of Emergency Management.
The award was presented to Ms. LoPresti in recognition of
her service to the District 10 Local Emergency Planning Committee
(LEPC), Indian River County and the regional community in
the awareness and participation in Florida's hazardous materials
planning program. Ms. LoPresti's hard work has ensured that
many agencies of the four county region (Indian River, Martin,
Palm Beach and St. Lucie) have received effective and efficient
representation from the District 10 LEPC. This award recognizes
that her leadership and participation with the LEPC and its
subcommittees has helped make Florida's hazardous materials
planning program one of the best in the State of Florida.
Ms. LoPresti has been a participant in the District 10 LEPC
as a representative of Indian River County Emergency Management
since January 1994. She has been dedicated to the planning
and support of the LEPC mission of preparedness and response
to chemical releases. She has participated in three Biennial
Exercises and is a member of the LEPC Planning Sub-Committee.
In 2006, Ms. LoPresti helped to update the Regional Hazardous
Materials Response Plan and provided meaningful input toward
the design of the upcoming 2007 hazardous materials release
exercise.
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| Pictured above from left to right: John King, Director
of Emergency Services, Indian River County; Etta LoPresti;
Craig Fugat, Director of Florida Division of Emergency
Management; and Deputy Chief Chris Bushman, St. Lucie
County Fire District and District 10 LEPC Chairman. |
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On Thursday, February 15, 2007, at the District
10 LEPC meeting, Certificates of Appreciation were given to
District 10 LEPC Members John O’Malley, Chair of the Public
Outreach and Marketing Subcommittee; Barry Stewart, Florida
Department of Environmental Protection; and Lisa Wilson-Davis,
Program Policy Coordinator for the City of Boca Raton.
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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 |
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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. |
Emergency Preparedness
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