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EXPECTING THE EXPECTED IN HAZARD PRONE FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI

FACTS ABOUT MISSOURI

• MISSOURI LIES AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE MISSOURI, MISSISSIPPI, AND OHIO RIVERS

• BECAUSE OF MISSOURI’S MID-CONTINENTAL LOCATION, IT IS SUBJECT TO AIR FLOWS FROM VARIOUS REGIONS INCREASING ITS VULNERABILITY TO HAZARDS

• THE POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IS VERY PREVALENT IN MISSOURI DUE TO THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE IN NEW MADRID, MO

CONT…FACTS ABOUT MISSOURI

• THE 18TH MOST POPULOUS STATE IN THE U.S., MISSOURI HAS THE 2ND LARGEST FREIGHT RAIL CENTER IN THE U.S. AND THE 2ND LARGEST NUMBER OF FARMS WITH 108,000

• MISSOURI RANKS 4TH IN THE NATION FOR RICE PRODUCTION, 6TH FOR RAISING HOGS AND 7TH FOR CATTLE. MO. ALSO LEADS THE COUNTRY IN LEAD AND LIME PRODUCTION

• MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN MO. INCLUDE FOOD PROCESSING, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AEROSPACE, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, BEER/WINE AND PRINTING/PUBLISHING

RECENT CHALLENGES MISSOURI HAS FACED

• MAY 22, 2011, A TORNADO WITH WINDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH AND ONE MILE WIDE HIT JOPLIN, MO. KILLING 158 PEOPLE AND INJURING MORE THAN 1100. A PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER WAS DECLARED

• ON AUGUST 2014, A DISPUTE BETWEEN A POLICE OFFICER AND A CITIZEN OF FERGUSON, MO, APPROX 1 HOUR EAST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, TURNED INTO CIVIL UNREST AND RIOTING WHICH LASTED FOR OVER ONE WEEK AND CREATED SEVERE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND SEVERAL INJURIES. OVER 15 NEIGHBORING POLICE AGENCIES INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THE NATIONAL GUARD WERE DEPLOYED TO FERGUSON

HIGH PROBABILITY MODERATE PROBABILITY LOW PROBABILITY

TORNADOES

EARTHQUAKES

HEAT WAVE

DROUGHT

WILDFIRES

DAM FAILURES

PUBLIC HEALTH AND

ENVIRONMENT

FIRES

SEVERE WINTER WEATHER

MASS TRANSPORTATION

ACCIDENTS

SPECIAL EVENTS

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

FLOODS

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

SPILLS

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

CBRNE ATTACKS (LOW

PROBABILITY/HIGH SEVERITY)

MISSOURI HAZARDS PROBABILITY

HAZARDS RISK ASSESSMENTS TESTING

• FRANKLIN COUNTY FOLLOWS THE MISSOURI STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND USES HAZUS 2.1 TO DETERMINE AND RANK RISKS FOR FLOODS, EARTHQUAKES, TORNADOES, AND FIRES

• DAM FAILURES ASSESSMENTS ARE ASSESSED USING GIS ANALYSIS. THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WINTER WEATHER USES UPDATES FROM NCDC DATA

• WILDFIRES, EXTREME TEMPERATURES, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASE AND DROUGHT HAZARDS USE UPDATED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FROM PREVIOUS RECORDS

FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI

• FRANKLIN COUNTY IS HOME TO APPROXIMATELY 101,492 WITH MORE THAN HALF RESIDING IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS

• BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, IT EXPERIENCES SEVERAL HAZARDS YEARLY INCLUDING FLOODS, HEAT WAVES, AND WINTER STORMS, HOWEVER IT IS HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO EARTHQUAKES AND TORNADOES ALSO

• FLOODING OCCURS YEARLY DUE TO THE BOURBEUSE AND MERAMEC RIVERS

• FRANKLIN COUNTY IS A PART OF THE ST. LOUIS MISSOURI-ILLINOIS METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA

• AT 922 SQUARE FEET, FRANKLIN COUNTY INCLUDES 15 INCORPORATED AREAS; BERGER, GERALD, LESLIE, NEW HAVEN, PACIFIC, SAINT CLAIR, UNION, WASHINGTON, CHARMWOOD, GRAY SUMMIT, MIRAMIGUOA PARK, OAK GROVE VILLAGE, PARKWAY, SULLIVAN AND VILLA RIDGE

• FRANKLIN COUNTY IS NOT CONSIDERED A TOURIST AREA IN MISSOURI, HOWEVER, THROUGH ITS MANUFACTURING, IT PROVIDES A STRONG ECONOMY

• FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS 4 RAILROADS TRANSPORTING GOODS THROUGH ITS COUNTY AND 173 BRIDGES. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY ASSETS IN THIS COUNTY INCLUDE STATE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND STATE PARKS AND CONSERVATORY’S

• THE COUNTY ALSO HAS 9 FIRE DEPTS, 7 EMERGENCY MEDICAL/AMBULATORY SERVICES, 4 DISPATCH SYSTEMS, 1 HOSPITAL, 7 POLICE DEPTS, 1 SHERIFFS OFFICE, PRIVATELY OWNED WATER CO., NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRICITY SECTORS

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FCEMA

THE FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MODELED THEIR BASIC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AFTER THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND IS AN ALL-HAZARDS PLAN COMPARABLE TO ANY COUNTY OR STATE PLAN, LARGE OR SMALL

NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE

• THE NEW MADRID FAULT SYSTEM THREATENS 7 STATES INCLUDING ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, AND MISSISSIPPI

• MICROSEISMIC EARTHQUAKES OCCUR APPROXIMATELY EVERY OTHER DAY WITH A MAGNITUDE OF LESS THAN 1.0 UP TO 2.0

• THE NEW MADRID FAULT SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EARTHQUAKE TO OCCUR JUST A FEW MILES FROM THE SURFACE

• IN ADDITION TO NATURAL HAZARDS, FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS MANY NATURAL CAVES, DEEP VALLEYS, SPRINGS, AND SINKHOLES, MAKING IT SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIDING PLACES FOR TERRORISTS AND FOR MANUFACTURING PURPOSES

• METHAMPHETAMINE MANUFACTURING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN THE PAST

• FRANKLIN COUNTY IS ALSO HOME TO MANY MINES AND IRON, LEAD AND ZINC MINES CAN BE USED AS METHODS FOR EXPLOSIVES

THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BASIC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN

• THE BEOP PROVIDES A COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE IN TE EVENT OF A DISASTER, WHETHER NATURAL OR HUMAN-MADE FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIVES, PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

• IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY PRESIDING COMMISSIONER ACTIVATES ANY OF THE 15 EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS AND DECLARES DISASTERS

• THERE ARE 4 LEVELS OF ACTIVATION IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY AND 4 PREPAREDNESS GROUPS THAT RESPOND

FRANKLIN COUNTY BASIC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN COMPARED AGAINST FIVE

COUNTIES NATIONWIDE

• ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO - POPULATION 998,954

• JASPER COUNTY, MO - POPULATION 115,258

• DOUGLAS COUNTY, KS - POPULATION 110,826

• SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA - POPULATION 3,211,252

• PACIFIC COUNTY, WA - POPULATION 20,920

• THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY BASIC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AND THE FC BEOP BOTH FOLLOW NIMS AND THEREFORE ARE VERY SIMILAR. NEITHER HAVE AN INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, HOWEVER IDENTIFIED HAZARDS AND RISKS ARE VERY SIMILAR ALONG WITH THE ESF’S NEEDED TO RESPOND TO A DISASTER

• THE JASPER COUNTY HAZARDS MITIGATION PLAN AND OPERATIONS RESPONSE PLAN IS SOMEWHAT MORE SPECIFIC AND IDENTIFIES PLANS FOR CERTAIN HAZARDS IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AN ALL-HAZARD APPROACH, HOWEVER WITHIN ITS APPROACH, IT FOLLOWS THE BASIC TENANTS OF NIMS

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• THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BASIC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOLLOWS THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. ITS GOALS MIMIC THE FC BEOP AND SIMILARLY, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE AN INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.

• SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAS AN OPERATIONAL AREA EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE UNINCORPORATED REGIONS IN SAN DIEGO, CONSIDERED THE COUNTY. CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS. THERE ARE 16 ESF’S MANY WITH THEIR OWN OPERATIONAL PLANS.

• PACIFIC COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A BASIC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, HOWEVER IT HAS A MITIGATION PLAN THAT MAINLY INCLUDES NATURAL HAZARDS AND HAZMAT INCIDENTS. THERE IS NO INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM ESTABLISHED.

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CHANGES TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BEOP

•THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BASIC EMERGENCY

OPERATIONS PLAN FOLLOWS THE TENANTS OF NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK AND THENATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.THE ONLY ADDITION THAT SHOULD BE MADE IS AN INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONSSYSTEM, HOWEVER, FRANKLIN COUNTY, BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE, FUNCTIONS SUCCESSFULLYUSING CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURES

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