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Show Wednesday, April 30, 2003 Vernal Express Texas man arrested for drugs County managers study aftermath needs of terrorist incidents Maureen Spencer Feature writer planning teams who direct responses to emergencies within their jurisdictions have just completed an intensive three-da- y terrorism planning course in Vernal, taught by the Utah Department of Public Safety Division of Tri-coun- Serv ices Limergency and Homeland Security. Bureau Chief Rick Williams of the Utah Department of Public Safety Divirion of and Services Emergency Homeland joined Security trainers at the course. W'illiams stressed that every city and county has a plan for noimal" emergencies, and has it's own assets, resources and people already in place. But the realities of 1 demand that the normal preparations that every community has for natural disasters and accidents, must now include the specialized management training and local team building that only acts of terrorism involve. The local teams brought their existing emergency plans to evaluate the things learned from teiTorist attacks in New York City. What everyone attending now understands is that hopefully their plans will never require implementation. They also discovered through designing their own mock terrorist attacks, and then having to solve the problems associated with their worst case scenarios", is that large holes in preparation and staffing need to be filled in their existing plans. As distasteful, and hopefully unnecessary as the needs may be, it is still of some comfort to Eastern Utahns that serious studying of local emergency planning personnel requirements is being conducted. The terrorism planning course : focussed on September What weve learned and what it means. Each local jurisdiction 1 1 tody of evidence. Law enforcement will have a very large role in the aficimaih of a tenorisl studied their plans in light of the state and federal guidelines the Trade developed since Centers were destroyed by terrorist attacks. The results of what was learned is sobering and includes incident. federal representatives will participate m the lesponsc. The Federal Buteau of Investigation will be responsible lor crisis management and the Federal Management Emergency the follow ing: The terrorists are better organized than we thought. They are willing to sacrifice Agency (I F.MA) will be responsible lor supporting state and local consequences. 'I here will be a unified command structure. 1 lie need for rapid and secure communications will be critical. This communication system will be expanded to include emei-genc- y looms, hospitals mass caie piovidcrs, and such things us lood bank personnel and local businesses that may be able to pi ovule food, drink and other supplies to fiist icsponders. In the immediate afteimalh of an incident, information will be as critical as food and shelter to the public. As such, the public must be kept infoimed of potendeath tial lite-anactivities decontamishekel mg, reguiding themselves. first respondeis must be more awaie of the potential for cascading events.! No one at any level consideied the fact that the towers could collapse, causing the deaths of 343 first icspon-ders.) recovery will take and cost mote than imaglonger ined. m Long-ter- lessons Additional A Texas man was arrested early last Thursday by the Uintah County learned w'cie: Terrorists will use biological (and chemical) agents. Hoaxes will complicate the situation. Response is more diflicult than anticipated. Federal agencies may be overwhelmed. As a result ol what has been learned, planners and responders must change their approach to planning for terrorist incidents somewhat. What now must be included are: Additional personnel must be included in planning. Public health petsonnel and others need to be consideied first responders. State and local planners must revisit existing threat assess- Sheriffs Department for multiple drug charges. While on routine patrol at about :44 a in.. Deputy Leonard Isaacson located a vehicle paiked at the scenic overlook turnout west of Vernal. Deputy Isaacson stopped to check on the vehicle and its occupant. He found a man asleep in the vehicle. He also saw what appeared to be a baggy of marijuana on the tloorboard. He woke up the diner anti asked him to step out of the vehicle, lie questioned him about the baggy on the floor and asked him if he had any other drugs on him. He consented to a search and more con- trolled substances weie located. Deputy Bevan Watkins and canine Ben assisted by seaiching the vehicle for any other controlled substances and they were successful in discovering more items. Nineteen-yeai-olDarrel Rashaad Hodge fiom lexas was arrested and incaiceraled in the Uintah County Jail for third degree felony possession of niethamphetamine. Class B possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $5,925 d d nation and personal protective actions. Rumor control will be crucial. The tenorism course also studied mass care contingency plans in light of the type of incident. Decontamination stations were studied, triage support staff addressed and determination of safe perimeters were examined. Care of mass casualties, storage and identification create the need for additional trained and prepared responders. Additional courses will be presented to first responders statewide as needs are identi- ments. What all of this experience has produced for emergency planners is the need for planning for incidents to have cither no warning or a very short period of warning before they occur. Because a terrorist incident becomes an instant crime scene, the management will be a critical aspect of the response, and must maintain the chain of cus Guardsmen... Continued from page A1 feel that am ready With all the brushing up, reading and hands on tiaining, I feel the Bravo Company is up to snuff. In honor of Ryan Simper, a soldier killed at 19 in a car accident in September, whenever we travel, we bring along his hoots and hang them next to a small Bag. le is still in our hearts and minds. I would like to thank all the people who came out to see us off and for your 1 1 support. Sgt. Bruce Kettle Salinity project proposed near Arcadia The U.S. of Department Interior, Bureau of Indian Affair (BIA) as lead Federal agency will he preparing an environmental Assessment (FA) for the proposed and Ouray Uintah Salinity Farmington, N. M. will be gathering information and assisting the BIA with preparation of the EA. The BIA is proposing to construct an irrigation pipeline system through a financial assistance relationship between the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) and the BIA. The proposed project is part of a larger salinity project to tedtice salinity carried into the Colorado River System by current irrigation practices in the Uintah Refund... Continued from page Basin. The proposed project in the Arcadia Farms area involves replacing the current irrigation system of open canals and ditches with a system of gravity-fe- d pressurized pipelines. The proposed project will allow conversion from flood to irrigation drainage water to the river system. This proposed project is part of the Colorado River basin Salinity Control Program. The project is located near the and communities of Arcadia in Duchesne County. Bridgeland Land ownership consists of private, individual Indian, and Ute Indian Tribal lands of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. Approximately one third of the project t located on tribal land. A1 by Utah Counties. He advised making an appeal to the state rather than a law suit. The Commissioners agreed and Dave Haslem will begin the process immediately. There is cause for a rush on this matter as tax rates for 2004 must be set within the next six weeks. If the county can win an appeal in that amount of time the commissioners, will have much clearer guidelines for establishing those tax rates. Providing some relief to this money crunch is the restarting of from mineral lease payments funds. These funds have been held up for several months due to a law suit filed with the Department of the Interior concerning the use of Tribal lands. Commissioner Mike McKee said the regular payments have resumed hut the county is still waiting for its back payments. McKee said he has spoken with Congressman Jim Matheson about the problem and the congressman has promised to look into the matter. In other business, the commissioners approved the appointment of Paul McCoy to the Public Lands Committee. Coal cars derail at Bonanza Friday at about p.m. three railroad cars on the Deserado Mine to Bonanza Power Plant derailed and damaged a pole carries the railroad electrical line. The accident occurred after the train had made its 37 mile trip and daily delivery of coal to the power plant. The engineer, for some reason backed up the train triggering a switch in tracks and spring-loa- d caused the cars to derail. Only minor damage was caused to the cars, and the train was operational the next day. The cars were empty at the time of the accident, but are the new aluminum car recently added to the railroad. The cars will be examined in the shop to determine why the derailed. 1 fied. Williams stressed, is nW'h) all Vf ltsJ. Terrorism Ve arc 'at the beginning of terroi planning. 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