Deer Park Emergency Exercise on October 27, 2006

2006 DEER PARK FULL-SCALE EXERCISE

EXERCISE VIDEO

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EXERCISE OVERVIEW

The City of Deer Park Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) hosted a Full Scale Exercise on Friday, October 27, 2006, in conjunction with Bayshore Medical Center, Channel Industries Mutual Aid (CIMA) Zone 3, and the Deer Park Independent School District.

The 2006 Deer Park Full Scale Exercise (DPFSX) was the largest LEPC exercise ever conducted in the Houston region, involving 639 participants from 45 different organizations.

The exercise required more than six months of advance planning by an LEPC Exercise Design Team composed of approximately 50 team members. The exercise was facilitated by Media Consultants, a professional exercise design/facilitation company based in Sugar Land, Texas.

The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the ability of participating organizations to coordinate, communicate, and integrate their emergency response actions to two different hazmat threats impacting the Deer Park community.

The exercise involved real-time notification and deployment of response personnel to a simulated Union Pacific train derailment south of State Highway 225 between Tidal Road and Center Street in Deer Park, Texas.

The scenario involved the release of a toxic product that required nearby schools and community residents to “shelter in place”, followed by the potential explosion of two flammable products that required nearby schools and community residents to evacuate. Two victims injured in the train derailment and 15 community victims exposed to toxic fumes or suffering other medical symptoms were transported to and/or treated at Bayshore Medical Center.

An Exercise Debriefing was conducted immediately after the exercise to identify major strengths and areas requiring improvement. An Evaluation Conference was conducted on October 31, 2006, to develop information required for the After Action Report and Corrective Action / Improvement Plan.

For more information about the exercise, contact Sam Pipkin, Deer Park Director of Emergency Services, at 281-478-7298, or Dave McKinney, Community Relations Chair for the Deer Park LEPC, at 713-246-6151.