Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) A local disaster response plan for St. Clair County, O’Fallon, Illinois.

Created by Shannon N. Prewitt

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About LEPC• Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act (SARA) o The Emergency Planning &

Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

o State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) o Illinois Emergency

Management Agency (IEMA)o Local Emergency Planning

Committee (LEPC) • The purpose of the LEPC is for all

stakeholders/members (listed above), to form a mutually beneficial partnership with local agencies, private and government, in a collaborative effort to enhance community preparedness against all hazards identified in their mitigation plan.

• St. Clair Co. LEPC members include:o American Red Cross o Federal Emergency Management Agency o Capitol Development Board o Mitigation Planning Committee o Illinois Department of Natural Resources o Illinois Department of Public Health o Illinois Department of Transportation o 2013 Illinois Hazard Mitigation Plan II-6 Illinois

Emergency Management Agency o 2013 Illinois Hazard Mitigation Plan II-7 Illinois

Department of Corrections o Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic

Opportunity o Illinois Emergency Services Managers Association o Illinois State Board of Education o Illinois Historic Preservation Agency o Illinois State Water Survey o Illinois Department of Human Services o Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

St. Clair’s Emergency Locational Responsibilities• County responsibilities include:

o Maintaining an emergency management plano Develop and maintain lines of communication to coordinate the

acquisition of mass casualty care and shelter for any displaced hazard victims

o Develop and maintain a broad public awareness

• Municipal responsibilities include:o Appoint the City Emergency Management Liaisono Direct all emergency management activities of the city with the

county during all phases of emergency management (preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery)

The St. Clair County LEPC, a division of the Illinois

Emergency Management Agency (IEMA),is located at:

110 W. WashingtonBelleville, Il 62220

St. Clair Co.

IL

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Orientation

St. Clair’s Identified Hazards

Population

Drought Floods

Severe Winter Storms

Extreme Heat

Earthquake Tornado Severe

Storms

270,056 Guarded

Elevated High High High High Severe

• Natural hazards encompass, and are defined by, “those caused by climatological, geological, hydrologic, or seismic events” (Quinn, 2013).

• The identified hazards were collected over a 62 year period (1950 to 2012) for the St. Clair County area.

LEGENDSt. Clair Co.

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Annual Precipitation

St. Clair’s Emergency Management Phases

Preparation (pre-disaster) Mitigation (post-disaster)

Recovery (post-disaster)Response (during/post-disaster)• Members of the LEPC that would be involved during a

tornado hazard include FEMA, American Red Cross, Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Emergency Services Managers Association, Illinois Department of Human Services, Department of Critical Infrastructure

• Requires participation from all government and private members of the LEPC

• Requires participation from all government and private members of the LEPC

• Includes community educational outreach programs and user friendly websites to promote awareness through local communities and media outlets

• Reliability of critical technologies during emergency such as communication equipment

• Strengthen and maintain all St. Clair’s 69 critical infrastructures to reduce replacement cost (a total of $38,313,424 for all 69 structures)

• Members of the LEPC that are subject matter experts for hazards inherent of tornadoes would be the police and fire departments, the Mitigation Planning Committee and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

• Requires participation from all government and private members of the LEPC

• Requires participation from all government and private members of the LEPC

• Includes debris removal, critical facilities support, dam safety, engineering projects (depending on extent of damage), family displacement programs etc.

• Subject matter experts capable of fulfilling such roles include members within the LEPC as well as their mutual aid agreement partnetship

St. Clair’s Primary Natural Hazard: Severe Storms• Of the many natural disasters inherent in America, St. Clair County is most

susceptible to severe storms such as TORNADOES. This gives the county a rating of 4 out of 5 which is labeled as “High.”

• The Chairman of the St. Clair County Board of County Commissioners is the primary emergency manager authority during an emergency situation. This position has the authority to declare a state of local disaster emergency.

• During a severe storm the St. Clair County Emergency Manager reports directly to the Board of County Commissioners whom then provides direction to the St. Clair EOC.

References• Hazard information. (2014). Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Retrieved from

https://www.illinois.gov/iema/Mitigation/Pages/HazardInfo.aspx

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• Local emergency planning committees. (2016, April 25). US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved fromhttps://www.epa.gov/epcra/local-emergency-planning-committees

• Multi-jurisdictional mitigation plan. (2010, February). St. Clair County Kansas. Retrieved fromhttps://www.snco.us/floodplain/document/St.Clair%20County%20Mitigation%20Plan%20by%20EFM%20-

%202010%20edition.pdf

• Quinn, P. (2013, October 1). 2013 Illinois natural hazard mitigation plan. Retrieved from https://www.illinois.gov/iema/Mitigation/Pages/Planning.aspx

• State of Illinois. (2014). State emergency response commission (SERC). Retrieved fromhttp://www.illinois.gov/iema/Preparedness/SERC/Pages/default.aspx

• Sterbenz, D. (2015, January 2). St. Clair county department of emergency management. issuu. Retrieved from https://issuu.com/St.

Claircounty/docs/2015_St. Clair_county_eop

• Summary of the emergency planning & community right-to-know act. (2016, August 2). Laws and regulations. US Environmental Protection

Agency. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-emergency-planning-community-right-know-act

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