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Show A10 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Vernal Express LEPC focusing on updating, sharing information -. i 1 I; 'lMr t 2P 0 k ?heVsAign Ssfites "Restricted: truck permit parking only" on 1 00 North in front of the Uintah County building but there are truck drivers who are finding this area a convenient place to park. According to Vernal city workers, parking in this lane makes the big trucks park elsewhere. o i j I ii i v-Jtn 11 iv1 11 1 v uwwv- ci i JEW f W 1 . 5 Dodge 1 icA s s nac "i Ij fcV Hit? ffi W) fflB Miffll ' ' : 2007 Chrysler 300 c ...Save Thousands 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis, New Cost $32,000 $16,495 2007 Ford 500 Limited, New Cost $33,000 $1 8,495 2007 Chrysler Sebring Touring $1 5,195 2007 Mercury Montego Premier $1 8,495 2007 Ford Fusion SES FWD PLUS $18,995 2007 Ford Fusion SES FWD $17,995 2007 Ford Mustang Coupe V6 $1 5,995 2007 Chrysler Pacifica Touring $20,495 2007 Chrysler Pacifica Touring $20,495 2006 Ford Mustang Conv GT $24,995 2006 Dodge Magnum RTAWD $21 ,495 2005 Ford Taurus SE $8,995 2008 Ford Escape XLT $1 9,995 2007 Ford Edge AWD Leather $27,495 2007 Dodge Gr. Caravan SXTTVDVD, Lthr, New Cost $33,500.. $21 ,995 2007 Ford Expedition EL XLT, New Cost $45,000 $28,995 2007 Ford Expedition XLT Leather. New Cost $43,000 $26,995 2007 Ford Escape XLT $18,200 TT JU iL k7 MOTOR COMPANY MERCURY 1 2007 Dodge Durango SLTLEATHERSEATS 8 '.....$21,99 2007 Jeep Commander Limited Save Thousands 2007 Jeep Commander Sport $21 ,995 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo $19,995 2007 Jeep Liberty Limited, Leather, 2 to choose from $19,495 2006 Ford F-550 Diesel 4x4, Perfect for welding truck $25,495 2006 ChevTahoe Z71, Leather Save Thousands 2006 Dodge 1500 Quad SLTSportSunroof $23,495 2006 Ford F-150 Crewcab XLT $22,995 2006 Ford Explorer XLT $19,995 2006 Hummer H3 $24,995 2005 Dodge 3500 Dually Diesel $24,995 2005 Ford F-250 XLT Supercab Diesel $24,995 2004 Ford F-150 Crewcab FX4.... Save Thousands 2004 Ford F-250 Crewcab $13,995 2003 Dodge 1500 Reg. Cab sport hemi leather 20's. Save Thousands 2003 Dodge Dakota RC V6 $5,995 2002 Ford F-150 Supercrew Lariat FX4 LOADED Save Thousands 2002 Jeep Liberty Sport $8,995 ' 1995 Ford Custom Van $3,995 m Dodge 799 OOOO 191 North 200 East t-fc ttJd Roosevelt 4 J 4 o C- n.l:t; o 0 O - I V I, I o - piiF By Preston IVScCohkie Uintah Basin News Service Editor's note: In an effort to promote emergency preparedness in our community, the Vernal Express will briefly profile the local emergency planning committees com-mittees (LEPCs) operating in Duchesne, Uintah and Daggett counties over the next three weeks. These profiles will be followed up by a monthly column addressing training events, preparedness tips, and discussion items from LEPC meetings. The Duchesne County Local Emergency Planning Committee has been refocusing and reorganizing reor-ganizing ever since its leader, Emergency Management Director Direc-tor Mike Lefler, had the ultimate on-the-job training experience, during last year's Neola North Fire. "I think the big change happened hap-pened when Mike took over," said Von Johnson, emergency medical services coordinator for Uintah Basin Medical Center and a member of the LEPC. "He had a couple of experiences with the fire that caused him to realize where some of our deficiencies were, public information being a big one." In meeting after meeting, Lefler has confirmed that information in-formation is the key to getting the right people and equipment where they're needed as quickly as possible when disaster strikes. With many willing and capable people and organizations in the Uintah Basin, the biggest problem prob-lem may not be lack of help, but getting help mobilized. For the LEPC to do that, they must first learn who the potential resources are and what they can do, then build a call-list so that during an emergency they can get on the phones and activate the troops. The other half of public information infor-mation is letting the community know as much as possible about what is happening. This can sometimes ease worries and help people know, what their own response should be. Working to sharpen the system, sys-tem, in recent months Lefler is out of his office more than in it, attending meetings with other emergency managers, giving presentations to business and civic leaders, answering questions ques-tions - and asking plenty of his own. Lefler said Duchesne County's LEPC is in flux right now. Although Al-though by law any business that handles hazardous materials must participate in local emergency emer-gency planning, it is hard to get representatives of all businesses and organizations to attend each of the committee's monthly meetings. However, Lefler said a core of dedicated participants, including utility companies and emergency service providers, has allowed the committee to make significant progress in recent months. Naomi Bird, who has been on the committee for five years, is paid to attend the meetings by her employer, UBTA-UBET Communications, where she works as the 911 addressing clerk. Bird said the only emergency she's helped manage was the Neola North Fire, during which she spent a Saturday answering an evacuee hotline. It wasn't a role Bird was assigned before the fire. In fact, having particular members of the LEPC assigned specific roles isn't the best way to prepare, Bird said; instead, Duchesne County's committee concentrates on gettingeveryone familiar with every role, so the incident commander can assign a tasks based on who shows up first. "You don't get an assigned role," Bird said. "In the emergency emer-gency operations center, they teach from the National Incident In-cident Management System, which teaches different roles that you might need filled in an emergency. It's a position, not necessarily a person." That doesn't mean the resulting result-ing effort won't be organized. Assigned jobs are designed to create order, with positions such as logistics officer, public information infor-mation officer or even finance officer. As resources are called into deal with an emergency, the finance officer would be tallying all the expenses so that afterward proper claims can be made with the county, state or federal relief agencies, and volunteers and local lo-cal government agencies can be compensated for material and personnel costs. "You have to have all those things on record to get reimbursed," reim-bursed," Bird snid. Reimbursement could come through the Federal Emergency SEE LEPC on A9 i 3 |