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JAN 14 2016 2.2 Incident Commander ENVIRONMENTAL The Fire Department Incident Commander coordinates all emergency response HEALTH DEPARTMENT activities. The Incident Commander shall: • Assess the emergency conditions and initiate onsite response activities. • Identify the character, exact source, amount, and extent of released material with assistance from the ES&H Team Environmental Analyst during normal working hours or the EDO during off -hours. • Assess possible hazards to human health with assistance from the Site 300 ES&H Team Industrial Hygienist and/or Health Physicist. Assess possible hazards to the environment with assistance from the ES&H Team Environmental Analyst during normal working hours or the EDO during off -hours. If assessment indicates that evacuation of local areas may be advisable, the Incident Commander shall immediately notify appropriate local authorities and shall be available to help appropriate officials decide whether local areas should be evacuated. • Ensure that all required notifications to outside agencies take place. Authority is delegated to the ES&H Team Environmental Analyst during normal working hours or the EDO during off -hours to make notifications for environmental emergencies. • Activate the Emergency Paging System to notify personnel in selected areas of LLNL Site 300 or the entire LLNL Site 300 population, if necessary. Initiate evacuation of personnel, if appropriate. • Notify appropriate state or local agencies with designated response roles if their help is needed, or if material is released off site. • Provide on -scene operational control for life safety, rescue, fire control and extinction, spill control and containment, and property conservation and salvage. • Stop all waste -handling processes and operations in the area to prevent the occurrence, recurrence, and spread of fires, explosions, and waste releases. • Ensure that monitoring is performed for leaks, pressure buildup, gas generation, or ruptures in valves, pipes, or other equipment. • Ensure that recovered wastes, contaminated soil, or run-off water (from firefighting, sprinkler systems, broken water lines, etc.) are treated, stored, or disposed of in accordance with all applicable regulations. • Ensure that waste that is incompatible with the released waste is not handled in the area of the release until cleanup is complete. Authority may be delegated to the ES&H Team Environmental Analyst during normal working hours or the EDO during off -hours. • Ensure that all emergency equipment is cleaned and restocked before operations are resumed. Authority may be delegated to the WAA Coordinator. January 2016