The Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program has eight Model Procedures available for emergency response agencies. The Model Procedures are designed to help remedy procedural weaknesses that the agency has identified during an assessment. Conducting the TEPP Model Needs Assessment can assist agencies to assess their capabilities for responding to a radioactive material transportation incident.
The Model Needs Assessment is the first step in utilizing the TEPP Tools. The Model Needs Assessment is a self assessment document that is used to determine your jurisdiction's readiness for response to a transportation accident involving radioactive material. By working through the Needs Assessment questions, you will determine strengths and identify possible improvement areas. The Model Needs Assessment will help you identify improvement areas for both training and procedures.
If training is determined to be an area in need of improvement, the Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training (MERRTT) program can be used to improve identified training deficiencies. If procedural weaknesses are identified, the TEPP Model Procedures can be implemented to help correct deficiencies in this area.
The medical message index was developed to provide exercise/drill developers a selection of medical injury and messages that can be used during exercises/drills. The medical messages index offers 40 varying types and seriousness of injuries. The medical messages are formatted for easy use, have a patient complaint, symptom timelines table, and expected responder actions as part of the formatted medical message.
The purpose of the Model Initial Response Procedure is to provide first responders with guidance for response to a transportation accident involving radioactive material.
The purpose of the Hazardous Materials Team Incident Response Procedure is to provide guidance for developing an emergency response plan, as outlined in OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.120(q), for facility response. This model has been adopted and applied to work for response to transportation accidents involving radioactive material or other hazardous materials incidents.
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The purpose of the EMS Responder Procedure for Handling a Radiologically Contaminated Patient is to provide guidance to EMS care providers for properly handling and packaging potentially radiologically contaminated patients.
The purpose of Medical Examiner/Coroner Guide for Handling a Radiologically Contaminated Body/Human Remains is to identify precautions and provide guidance to Medical Examiners/Coroners on the handling of a body or human remains that are potentially contaminated with radioactive material.
The purpose of Radioactive Material or Hazardous Materials Decontamination Procedure is to provide guidance for performing decontamination of individuals who have entered a “hot zone” during hazardous material incidents involving radioactive materials. This procedure provides for three decontamination options: multiple hazardous materials present without radiological instrumentation available, radioactive material only without radiological instrumentation available, and radioactive material only with radiological instrumentation available.
The purpose of the Model Recovery Procedure is to provide assistance in the recovery planning for an incident involving radioactive material. The Model Procedure contains the recommended elements for developing and conducting recovery planning at the scene of a transportation incident involving radiological material.
The purpose of this model procedure is to provide guidance for performing decontamination of individuals wearing a disposable protective clothing ensemble who have entered a “hot zone” during hazardous material incidents involving only radioactive material.
The purpose of this model procedure is to provide law enforcement agencies guidance on how an officer can secure their sensitive items (weapon, badge, vest, etc), establish a chain of custody, and process through the decontamination corridor when contaminated with radioactive material.