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EPC Community Outreach
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OVERVIEW |
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Emergency Preparedness Center
of the CyberSecurity and Emergency Preparedness Institute (CSEPI-EPC) created its
COMMUNITY OUTREACH program to promote the use of integration of planning
activities for emergency preparedness and response systems across the emergency
response teams, governmental agencies, and industrial facilities.
The Objectives of the
CSEPI-EPC COMMUNITY OUTREACH Program are
1) to expand the E-Plan
Hazmat
Emergency Response System
beyond EPA Region 6 to nationwide and
2) to garner formal endorsements from public officials,
trade, and professional associations and individual industries and/or companies
for continuing on the research and development of E-Plan and other Homeland
Security issues related to Emergency Preparedness and Response.
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GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE |
| The original geographic scope of
E-Plan was focused to the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas). In the last 5 years, UT Dallas Emergency
Preparedness Center teamed with DHS and EPA have made
significant progress in bringing E-Plan to Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Louisiana,
Ohio, Minnesota, Georgia, North Carolina, New York, Alabama, Mississippi,
Missouri, and so on. By adding EPA's Risk Management Plans (RMP's) to the
E-Plan database, E-Plan now has 50-state, District of Columbia, and four
U.S. Territories coverage with Tier II data and RMP's. |
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E-PLAN ENDORSEMENTS |
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Letters of endorsement in hand include:
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SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES/INDUSTRY |
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The CSEPI-EPC COMMUNITY OUTREACH program is striving to gain full support from:
- Department of Homeland
Security
- EPA Headquarter and other
regions
- U. S. Senators
- Local State Agencies that deal with Tier II data and
RMP’s
- State Fire Chief’s or Fire Marshall’s Associations
- International Association of Fire Chiefs
- State Trade Associations
- CHEMTREC/American Chemistry Council
- National Institute for Chemical Studies
- U.S. Coast Guard
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CONTACT INFORMATION |
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To learn more about the
CSEPI-EPC COMMUNITY OUTREACH program, please contact
Dr. E.
Douglas Harris
Acting
Director of Emergency Preparedness Center
CyberSecurity and Emergency Preparedness Institute
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 W. Campbell Road, WT-11
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
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