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Bluestone Dam Planning Initiative

Bluestone Dam Planning Initiative. FEMA Region III. May 18, 2011. Summer 2009 Information meeting - Charleston WV, Joint Field Office August 2010 – 1 st Steering committee meeting, Hinton WV Ongoing Conference Calls. History of Bluestone Dam Planning Initiative.

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Bluestone Dam Planning Initiative

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  1. Bluestone Dam Planning Initiative FEMA Region III May 18, 2011

  2. Summer 2009 Information meeting - Charleston WV, Joint Field Office August 2010 – 1st Steering committee meeting, Hinton WV Ongoing Conference Calls History of Bluestone DamPlanning Initiative

  3. History of Bluestone DamPlanning Initiative • February 2011 Exercise meeting Charleston, WV • 26 May 2011 USACE/NOAA Presentation regarding uncertainties of prediction Huntington, WV • July 2011 USACE exercise Huntington, WV

  4. Different views Varied resources Multiple Strengths Importance of Stakeholder Partnerships

  5. Large number of members degrades efficiency FEMA & WV Dept of Homeland Security and Emergency Management propose establishment of Executive Committee and 5 Subcommittees 5 major subcommittees Monitoring -- USACE/FEMA/NWS Notification -- USACE Evacuation Public -- FEMA/DOD (DCO) Patient -- HHS/FEMA/DOD (DCO) Mass Care -- FEMA/Red Cross/DOD (DCO) Hazardous Material -- Coast Guard/USEPA Organizational Changes

  6. Executive Committee Director - West Virginia Office of Emergency Management Director - Director of Response Division, FEMA Region III West Virginia National Guard Defense Coordinating Officer 1 State/1Federal Representative from each of the 5 Subcommittee’s Organization

  7. State Lead Federal Lead Other Agency Support Sub Committee Support

  8. Bluestone Dam • Concrete Gravity Dam • 165 feet high, 2048 feet long • 16 feet wide at top and 200 feet wide at base • The dam impounds a lake nearly 11 miles long and more than 30 miles long at flood

  9. Kanawha Valley • Approximately 150 miles from the Dam near Hinton, WV to Ohio River • Mostly narrow and steep sided • Population in excess of 300,000 people • State Capitol, Charleston • Significant electrical generation facilities

  10. Kanawha Valley • Dupont and other companies maintain large chemical manufacturing and storage facilities in the valley • Major fuel offloading and storage facilities in vicinity of Charleston.

  11. Planning Activity • Detailed response plan being developed jointly by West Virginia and FEMA Region III • Will address these key points: • Notification • Evacuation • Mass Care • Search and Rescue • HazMat

  12. Questions/Discussion

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