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Cuyahoga County
Together We Thrive
Cuyahoga County Together WeThrive
East Cleveland
ARCO Recycling Fire
2018 Cuyahoga County Emergency Management Summit
SPEAKER’S INTRODUCTION
East Cleveland – ARCO Fire Emergency Event
Chief Mike Celiga – East Cleveland Fire Chief, Incident Commander
Chief Mike Carroll – Lyndhurst Fire Chief, Command Staff for Incident
Chief Dave Freeman – Cleveland Heights Fire Chief, Command Staff for Incident
Assistant Chief Will Anderson – Euclid Fire AC, Command Staff for Incident
Brandy Carney – Director Public Safety Cuyahoga County, Incident Support Command Center and Emergency Management/Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
DISCUSSION POINTS• Cuyahoga County Fire Chief’s Association
• Cuyahoga County Public Safety
• Overview of East Cleveland • Community Profile • Fire Department
• Arco Recycling History
• Local, State and Federal Partners
• Incident Onset and Timeline
• Initial Operational Challenges
• On-scene Operations, Resource Requests
• EOC Operations, Resource Planning and Resource Requests
• Lessons-Learned
• Population: 1,263,154(2013 estimate / 29th largest)(peak pop. In 1970: 1.7 million)
• 5-county region of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina = 2,055,612
(largest metro area in Ohio, 32nd largest in US)
• Land Area: 1,246 sq miles (3,227 km²)
• Political subdivisions: 59
CUYAHOGA COUNTY OVERVIEW
Most Populated Cities in Cuyahoga County:
• Cleveland 396,815• East Cleveland 17,843
Smallest City Population:• Linndale 179
CUYAHOGA COUNTY OVERVIEW
60 Law Enforcement Agencies
53 Fire & EMS Response Agencies
CUYAHOGA COUNTY OVERVIEW
CUYAHOGA COUNTY OVERVIEW
• Regional Specialty Teams• HAZMAT, Urban Search and Rescue, SWAT, Bomb Squads, Swift
Water Rescue, Canine Units• Regional Entities
• Regional Transit Authority (RTA), MetroParks, Regional Sewer District, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), etc.
• Non-governmental agencies• Red Cross, United Way 211, Salvation Army, Food Bank, etc.
Numerous other groups and entities with a role in planning and emergency response in Cuyahoga County such as….
EAST CLEVELAND OVERVIEW
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Community Profile:
• Land area: 3.1 sq. mi.
• Population: 17,843
• Median household income: $19,592 (2011-2015)
• Separate from City of Cleveland
EAST CLEVELAND OVERVIEW
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East Cleveland Fire Department
• 1 FT Chief, 3 Deputy Chief’s, 6 Lieutenant's
• 41 Full Time, 18 Part Time
• 10 Man Staffing per Shift Minimum
• 2 Stations, 2 Ladder Trucks, 2 Engines, 5 Squads, Command Car
• Approximately 6,100 calls responded to annually
ARCO Recycling Facility History
ARCO RECYCLING FACILITY HISTORY
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• ARCO Recycling, Inc. (ARCO) begins a recycling and processing operation in East Cleveland.
• ARCO originally submitted a business plan that indicated construction and demolition debris (C&DD) was to be accepted and processed within thirty days of receipt to separate clean hard fill, scrap wood, and scrap metal. The clean hard fill, scrap wood, and scrap metal were to remain on site temporarily, and all other debris was to be removed and properly disposed of in a landfill.
• Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) staff regularly conducts site assessments and investigates nuisance complaints at ARCO beginning in June of 2014.
• OEPA issues a Notice of Violation and Director’s Final Findings and Orders to ARCO, ordering them to stop accepting waste and immediately remove all C&DD from the facility.
• The order was the result of many inspections which indicated that the facility was not operating as a C&DD recycler, but rather as an illegal disposal facility. While the facility closed, none of the 230,000 cubic yards was removed. OEPA then asked the Ohio Attorney General’s office (AGO) to pursue a legal remedy.
April 2014
June 2014-2017
Jan 2017
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• CCBH Board passes a resolution and adopted findings of fact declaring the ARCO operations to be a nuisance under Ohio law. The Board issued an order that the nuisance be abated.
• Pursuant to ORC 3707.01, if the property owner or operations owner is unwilling or unable to abate the nuisance, that the Board can take steps to abate the nuisance provided that there are sufficient funds available from other sources.
• The OEPA secures funding to hire a contractor for cleanup. Debris removal operations begin.
May 2017
July 2017
ARCO RECYCLING FACILITY HISTORY
Initial reports of a fire at the ARCO Recycling Facility are received on 10/27/2017
INCIDENT ONSET & TIMELINE
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10/27/17: Contractor reports fire at ARCO; ECFD responds
10/28-10/30/17: CCBH, OEPA, and South Euclid Fire Dept. support ECFD’s initial response
10/30/17: Fire continues to grow, ECFD requests additional resource assistance and mutual aid
10/30-11/1/17: Multiple departments respond, ICP is established at scene, County EOC is activated
OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES
Public Health
• Notorious history of ARCO
• Air quality a constant concern (CCBH and OEPA monitored on-scene continuously; air quality was also intermittently monitored prior to event)
Neighborhood
ARCO
Firefighting/ Debris Removal Coordination
• “hot” debris pulled and placed in separate area for dousing and eventual transport.
• Had to cool pile during operations to prevent spread of fire
OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES
Communications• Interoperability
between disparate systems
• Interoperability between various agencies
OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES
Traffic and Road Closure Coordination• RTA Route• CFD response
considerations
OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES
ON-SCENE OPERATIONS
An ICP was established on 10/30
• Positions filled: • Incident Commander• Operations Section Chief• Logistics Section Chief • Planning Section Chief • Safety Officer
• Communications with EOC (ESF-4) for scheduling/ coordination support of mutual aid
Over the course of 10/30/17 - 11/1/17, eighteen fire departments provided mutual aid
Other resources…Drones, barricades, air sampling, Porta-Johns, food, radios, etc• Multiple
operational periods were supported.
o Beachwood
o Brecksville
o Cleveland Heights
o East Cleveland
o Euclid
o Highland Heights
o Lakewood
o Lyndhurst
o Mayfield Heights
o Mayfield Village
o North Royalton
o Rocky River
o Shaker Heights
o Solon
o South Euclid
o University Heights
o Wickliffe (Lake Co.)
o Woodmere
ON-SCENE OPERATIONS
EOC OPERATIONS
The Cuyahoga County EOC was partially activated on 10/30/17 through 11/1/17
• EOC Staffing included:
• Cuyahoga County Emergency Management (ESF-5)• Cuyahoga County Emergency Communications System
(CECOMS) (ESF-2)• Cuyahoga County Board of Health (ESF-8)• Cuyahoga County Fire Chief’s Association (ESF-4)• Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (ESF-1)
• The EOC processed resource requests and maintained a common operating picture through IAP and SitRepdevelopment and the use of Knowledge Center.
Over the course of the incident, EOC staff prepared 4 Incident Action Plans (IAPs) and 5 Situation Reports.
EOC OPERATIONS
The Cuyahoga County Fire Chief’s Association staffed the ESF-4
desk throughout the duration of the response.
ESF-4 produced the schedules for responding mutual aid.
Did not use State Fire Response Plan for this incident as it
was coordinated through the ESF-5
EOC OPERATIONS
In addition to the fire mutual aid, the EOC received and
facilitated 27 resource requests for items like..
• Radio Cache• Light Towers• Port O Potty’s• Canteening• Barricades• Drone• Incident Command Bus• Communications Vehicle• Diesel Fuel• Bottled Water• Air Sampling• Electricity• Chairs• Portable Heaters
EOC OPERATIONS
Resource Request
Incident Commander EOC Manager
ESF Lead Agency rep
Knowledge Center
ESF Support Agencies (38)Resource to staging area
ICP EOC
EOC
All resource requests followed our general process and were documented using a 213 RR
EOC OPERATIONS
The Good..
• Resource request processing
• Mutual Aid coordination
• EOC Staffing
• Public Works response
• Strong connectivity between ESF 4 and ICP
• Red Cross response
• Activation of appropriate ESF partners
• Drone utilization and imagery
• COM-L involvement and ICS 205
• Use of Knowledge Center
LESSONS-LEARNED
Areas for improvement..
• Operational periods (time of change was challenging)
• Operational period briefings
• Radio communications
• Use of on-scene ICS Forms/ IAP Development
• Staging Area Manager
• Information sharing from ICP to EOC
• Water supply issues
LESSONS-LEARNED
Thank you.
Questions?