MEMA News

New EPCRA 2009 Reporting Packets Available

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:14:22 EST

With recent changes and combined fee dates, new EPCRA reporting forms have been developed. Packets were mailed out November 20th, 2009 to all facilities that are currently reporting. Forms and instructions may also be [downloaded from the SERC website](http://www.maine.gov/mema/serc/serc_library.shtml).">

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:59:44 EDT

An administrative revision to the Suspicious Substance protocol has been posted on the Maine Homeland Security website, [Responder Resource Page](http://www.maine.gov/mema/homeland/home_responder.shtml).">http://www.maine.gov/mema/homeland/home_responder.shtml). The change i...

International Emergency Management Group Meets in Freeport

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:10:03 EDT

The Maine Emergency Management Agency hosted the fall 2009 International Emergency Management Group�s (IEMG) conference and functional exercise. The group meets regularly to discuss cross border emergency management issues.

The functional exercise was designed to test a new computer system the group has developed to make resource requests easier and to save time by not calling every...

From the Director: It�s October. Know About the Flu

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:55:42 EST

Last spring, a new flu virus was identified and quickly spread around the globe. Maine, along with the rest of the nation and the world, soon had confirmed cases of the �swine flu�, now known as �H1N1�.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (MaineCDC), led by Dr. Dora Anne Mills, is leading the state�s actions to track the virus and mitigate its effects. The Maine...

Maine Task Force 1 Mass Vaccination Deployment

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:11:41 EDT

Due to a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus at Bates College in Lewiston Maine, the Director for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention requested Maine Task Force One, a component of the Northern New England Metropolitan Medical Response System, deploy to the campus to assist with the mass vaccination of the student population. A total of 18 embers from Maine Task Force One (Me...

Windjammer 2009 Full Scale Exercise

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:10:00 EDT

On Saturday, October 17, Knox EMA conducted a full scale exercise which took place at the Camden Hills High School in Rockport. The exercise involved a suspect creating an explosive device in the school and a bus carrying a sports team which was overturned due to a hazardous material explosion.

This exercise was the first of its kind in Knox County. American Red Cross and the Sta...

SCIP Monthly Update October, 2009

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:22:05 EDT

##State of Maine Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP)

##SOP PROJECT:

MEMA�s SOP All Hazard�s Communication Plan for the Counties continues to move forward. Aroostook and Washington County�s have been completed and sent for their review. Piscataquis and Penobscot are both being drafted. I have confirmed dates in Waldo on October 15th and Hancock County on October ...