Local Emergency Management Directors Committee

Directors/Alternates Present: County, Corene Ederer-Sklar, Cynthia EngelhardtKevin Stieve, City Baraboo; Tom Dorner, Vil Lake Delton; Lisa McGlynn, Vil Lime Ridge; Larry Volz, Town Delton; Bill Fuhrman, Vil Loganville;Bryan Schwarz, Vil North Freedom; ; Harold Dallman, Town of Freedom

Directors Absent: Jim Rohweder, Vil LaValle; Nick Fluguar, Ho-Chunk Nation; Tim Stone, Town of Fairfield; Andrew Sherman, Vil Prairie du Sac; Bob DeMars, Vil West Baraboo; Nils Richardson, Vil Spring Green; John Ruhland, Vil Plain; Michael Rogers, Vil Sauk City; Matt Anliker, Vil Spring Green; Bret Anderson, City Wisconsin Dells;Al Shanks, Vil Merrimac;Andrew Arneson, Town Washington/Hillpoint; Dennis Kluge, City Baraboo;Scott Zirzow. Town Fairfield; Kay Bainbridge, Baraboo Township;Lori Knadle, City of Reedsburg;Darlene Hill, Town Baraboo; Benny Stenner, Town Spring Green; Earl Clark, Vil Rock Springs

Communities without representation: Ironton

Meeting called to order by County EM Director, Corene Sklar in EMBS meeting room

Hospital and/or Health Consortium

Sklar attended a presentation by Paul McGraw, with the Dept of Animal, Trade and Consumer Protection on the response to an animal outbreak of avian influenza or foreign animal disease. He will be doing this same presentation for Sauk on Wednesday, May 24. It is 1 - 1 ½ hours and will begin at 6:00 p.m. in rooms B24/B30 of the West Square Building. A mailing has been sent out on this.

State Regional Meeting

Emergency Mgmt and Public Health will be going to hospitals to explain roles during a flu pandemic. The bill for MABAS has passed and fire departments are encouraged to use this.

All county Emergency Management offices will start on regional planning next month.

Evacuation routes were discussed; anything that happens in the County, Emergency Management has to call the duty officer to report.

Handouts

• Who can declare an emergency?
• Info on the NFPA 1981, 2007 edition latest update
• Operation Respond's OREIS Mobile: on-scene access to critical hazmat data for 1st responders during transportation incidents.
• List of numbers re weather
• Information re ICS and other resources, including websites
• Becoming disaster ready resources
• Websites pertaining to weather, storm write-ups
• Latest tornado awareness video info with website
• Information on the myth of opening windows and doors during a tornado
• Movie to air May 9 titled "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America."
• U.S. Fire Administration, Chiefs' Corner

Information Shared

Information from the Governor's Conference is included as part of the handouts.

New first responder smart card program which is geared toward people with cognitive or developmental disabilities, Alzheimer's and other conditions that require special care.

There is a Responder Knowledge Base to provide Emergency Responders, purchasers, and planners with a trusted, integrated, on-line source of information on products, standards, certifications, grants, and other equipment-related information.That website is www.rkb.mipt.org/.

New software tool, the Chemical Companion, provides detailed information on 130 of the most common chemicals associated with hazmat incidents.MSNBC.com says senate panel recommends abolishing FEMA.

Training

• Corene talked about getting the town Chairs trained on NIMS and basic ICS and is trying to get classes set up in May and June.
• Responding to Emergencies and Disasters with Youth (READY) Camp, for ages 13-18, Volk Field, June 26-30, July 10-14, July 24-28, Aug 7-11.
• WMD Radiological/Nuclear Awareness, Train-the-Trainer, May 19, Ft. McCoy.
• Updates in Trauma Care, Annual Trauma Symposium, May 31, Neenah WI.

Local Reports

Village of Lake Delton will be having a tabletop exercise on May 9, involving fire, police and EMS.

North Freedom will be having a tabletop on May 15.

The Town of Delton now has a 5 member Board.

NEXT MEETING: May 25, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.

Respectfully submitted: Cynthia Engelhardt