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LLNL Emergency Management Plan(EPlan) Rev 26 January 2021 13.9 Drills The LLNL training and drill program provides workers at LLNL, who may be required to take protective actions such as evacuation, shelter, and/or lockdown, with initial training and periodic drills. The training is provided at the time of employment, when employee's responsibilities change, or when emergency concepts of operations change. Initial and periodic refresher training is also provided to applicable personnel who may be required to take action associated with an emergency(i.e., assisting in the safe and orderly evacuation of other employees). LLNL is required by DOE Order 151.1D to conduct building evacuation drills at least annually. Each member of the LLNL ERO must participate at least annually in a drill. This may be accomplished by participation in a drill, exercise, or actual incident as long as it is formally documented. However, qualified field emergency response personnel (e.g., firefighters, HazMat Technicians, paramedics, security officers) that perform essentially the same functions for the LLNL ERO as they do on a day-to-day basis, demonstrate proficiency doing their everyday jobs and do not necessarily need to participate in an annual drill. DOE Order 151.1D requires facilities having EPHAs to conduct a drill where occupants take protective actions and interface with First Responders (e.g., Fire Department, ES&H Team, and Protective Forces) at an Incident Command Post. These types of drills are referred to as Protective Action Drills. In addition, LLNL has developed an Operational Drill program to ensure facilities are prepared to deal with a variety of potential emergencies that are commensurate with the hazards present. LLNL ES&H Manual Document 22.1, Section 2.3.3, directs EPHA facilities to have a documented, internal facility-level operational drill/exercise program apart from the institutional- level site-level exercise program. These facility-level operational drills provide supervised, hands-on training for facility occupants utilizing facility-specific response expectations inclusive of protective actions. Facility-level operational drills are developed, conducted, evaluated using objectives and associated evaluation criteria, and documented. Criteria for operational drills are developed from facility-specific policies and procedures. Fire Department and Security participation is encouraged in operational drills. Operational drills help responders develop proficiency in performing emergency activities such as notification, communication, fire control, medical planning, and hazardous materials response, which are also exercised as part of the Emergency Management Hazardous Materials Program. Guidance on how to develop, conduct, evaluate, and develop lessons learned from operational drills is contained in Implementation Guidance for the EPHA Facility-Level Operational Drill Program. A thorough description of the drill program at LLNL is available in Implementation Guidance for the Facility-Level Base Program as well as in EPO plans for ERO training, drills, and exercises. 104