Professional Documents
Culture Documents
to the
Knowledge Exchange
Bienvenidos al la
Intercambio de Conocimientos
EPA Region 6 Emergency
Preparedness and Response Border
Team
• Jim Staves, Program Coordinator
• Paige Delgado, OSC - Gulf Task Force
• Brandi Todd, OSC - Falcon Task Force,
Amistad Task Force
• Jhana Enders, OSC, Maria Cisneros -
TriState Task Force
Response Authorities
• La Paz Agreement – 1983
Signed in 2003
Goal 5 Goal 6
Goal 4 Enhance Joint Readiness for Promote Environmental
Reduce Pesticide Exposure Environmental Response Stewardship
Tri-State
Amistad
Falcon
Gulf
Mexico-US
Joint
Contingency
Plan
JCP Overview
• Joint Response Team
– Co Chairs: EPA, PROFEPA, and Proteccion Civil
– On Scene Coordinators
• Notification Protocols
• Initiation and Termination of Joint Response
Actions
• Coordination with State and Local Agencies
Sister City Contingency Plans
Future Projects
Amistad Task Force
Accomplishments
Future
• Equipment Transfer and HAZMAT Training
Piedras Negras, 2010
• ICS Training
•WMD Awareness Course
•Show & Tell of lessons learned/equipment
by Laredo Fire Dept.
•Tabletop Exercise of current Sister City Plan
Falcon Task Force
Current Projects
Goals:
1. Update contact/resource information and
strategy for activation and emergency response
2. Incorporate more communities into the plan
to establish a Regional Plan
3. Expand plan to include public health
emergencies and natural disasters
Gulf Task Force
Accomplishments
Goals:
Maintain updated list of contact data and capabilities for relevant federal,
state, and local response agencies.
Develop a communications network using the most effective technology.
Gulf Task Force
Current Projects
Status:
Currently integrating Tamaulipas municipalities into Inter-Operability Plan
established by Lower Rio Grande Valley COG
Funding required for radio equipment and a mobile communications trailer
Result:
Communications Plan incorporating compatible communications equipment
and binational contact lists that are periodically updated
Gulf Task Force
Current Projects
Regional Hazardous Materials Risk Map
Lead Agencies:
Rio Grande Valley Fire Departments,
Civil Protection
PROFEPA
EPA,
TDH
TCEQ.
Goals:
Identify and gain access to existing sources of information on
hazardous materials storage along the border.
Utilize hazardous materials storage data to create a GIS map.
Provide GIS map to stakeholders and emergency response personnel.
Gulf Task Force
Current Projects
Regional Hazardous Materials Risk Map
Status:
Coordinating with the Texas Department of Health, Texas DPS, EPA,
the director of Civil Proteccion (Tamaulipas), and the Maquilador
Associations of Matamoros and Reynosa to acquire data.
Result:
Electronic GIS HAZMAT Risk Map showing locations of hazardous
materials storage, transportation, and disposal for use by first
responders and emergency management personnel.
Gulf Task Force
Current Projects
Update Matamoros-Brownsville Sister City Plan
Lead Agencies:
Civil Proteccion of Matomoros, Tamaulipas and Brownsville, Texas Fire
Department
Goals:
1. Update contact/resource information and strategy
for activation and emergency response
2. Incorporate more communities into the plan to
establish a Regional Plan
3. Expand plan to include public health emergencies
and natural disasters
Gulf Task Force
Current Projects
Update Matamoros-Brownsville Sister City Plan
Status: BECC Grant awarded in 2010 through the Border 2012 Grant
Program to update 2002 Plan. Updates to plan on-going.
Goal:
1. Create Sister-City Joint Emergency Plans for
these cities by interagency, multi-state, and
bi-national coordination.
Gulf Task Force
Future
Develop Roma-Aleman & Rio Grande City-Camargo Sister City Plans
Status: Proposed to appropriate officials after Gulf Task Force Meeting in
November 2008.
Result: Process will result in Sister-City Joint Contingency Plans for these
cities.
Gulf Task Force
FY 2010 Goals
Knowledge Exchange
Brownsville/Matamoros
Risk Mapping Knowledge Exchange-Place/Time TBD
Bi-National Exercise
Proposed for Summer 2010 at the Los Indios Bridge
HAZMAT Technician Training
Conducted in compliance with "Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response" standard (HAZWOPER), 29 CFR 1910.120.