City of Issaquah Council Utilities Committee Meeting September 10, 2009

1. City of IssaquahCouncil Utilities Committee Meeting September 10, 2009

2. September 10, 2009 2 Table of Contents

3. September 10, 2009 3 Back-up Fuel - Capacity Needs/Requirements Emergency Management and the 96-Hour Capability Planning Requirement By Leo M. Gehring, CHFM, FASHE �The requirements contained in EM.02.01.01, EP 3, �the 96-hour,� element of performance (EP) are some of the most misunderstood in the Emergency Management standards. Hospitals seem to feel that the EP requires them to stockpile or make provisions to sustain operations for a full 96 hours. On the contrary, the EP requires hospitals to plan their actions for the first 96 hours after a disaster and does not imply that they should prepare to stay in operation regardless of the circumstances. Planning for the implementation of EP 3 essentially sets up a weakest element evaluation process. The concept plays out as a hospital evaluates all of its capabilities in the six critical areas of communications, resources and assets, security and safety, staff, utilities, or patient care. As a detailed analysis of the six areas is accomplished and documented, the hospital learns where it is most vulnerable. Once the vulnerabilities, as a function of time, are known and compared to one another, the hospital now knows its weakest element of its ability to sustain operations during an emergency. If the hospital can be resourced by the community, to add more time to the vulnerable area, then the hospital can recalculate its operational capabilities over the 96 hour period. If at the end of the planning the hospital can only sustain operations for 48 hours, then the planning moves to a partial or full evacuation. The planning efforts should then be to make sure that all of the necessary steps to implement an evacuation are in place. The bottom line is that hospitals must know their capabilities over time and then plan accordingly. They should never sustain operations in an unsafe environment.��Relevant Standard - EM.02.01.01, EP 3The Emergency Operations Plan identifies the hospital�s capabilities and establishes response procedures for when the hospital cannot be supported by the local community in the hospital's efforts to provide communications, resources and assets, security and safety, staff, utilities, or patient care for at least 96 hours. Note: Hospitals are not required to stockpile supplies to last for 96 hours of operation.

4. September 10, 2009 4 Back-up Fuel Needs � Tanks Sizes How many gallons and what types of fuel? Two 30,000 gallon tanks of fuel oil to fuel the emergency generators Tank size (approximate) 30,000 Gallon Permatank (Double wall) (Ace Tank and Equipment) 12� Diameter X 43� Length One 30,000 gallon tank of propane to fuel the condensing boilers 30,000 Gallon Standard Tank (Mississippi Tank) Tank size (approximate) 11� Diameter X 48� Length Or 9� Diameter X 66� Length

5. September 10, 2009 5 Why are underground tanks a benefit to the project?

6. September 10, 2009 6 What will be done to protect the site from leaks or spills? Washington State Department of Ecology Requirements Underground Storage Tank Unit U1-UST Installation/Retrofitting4601N Monroe Street U3-UST Tank Tightness TestingSpokane, WA 99205 U4-UST Cathodic Protection Testing Phone: (509) 329-3592Fax: (529) 329-3529  Certify that tank and piping are installed according to industry codes Install required leak detection including monthly monitoring Install leak detection for piping Provide spill and overfill protection and follow correct tank filling practices Install required corrosion protection Stormwater from the tank area will not be tributary to the Infiltration Gallery; and, subterranean liner may be used to prevent infiltration under the tank area. Barring a power outage refueling is done infrequently. Under normal conditions the fuel is used primarily for weekly start-up testing of the generators, monthly testing of the generators under load, and monthly conversion/exercising the propane system for testing of the boilers.