The IAFC is conducting this study to, identify current Fire Department practices and compliance regarding LEPC and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986, and related elements. This information will help to understand the fire department role within the LEPCs by assessing their current activity.  The HAZMAT Fusion Center is working to identify areas within LEPCs for improvement needed to help the fire departments.  Our goal is to identify the strengths of fire departments that can be helpful to other LEPCs.  The study information will be used to help fire department efforts and keep their communities safe and informed. 

Does your LEPC work with you to justify your fire department budget or staffing? What pieces of data are important for your fire department and your executive leadership team? What gaps exist between where you are now in LEPC utilization and where you want to be?

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1. What is your Fire Department Rank?

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2. Please list your Fire Department position title on LEPC – are you the fire department representative, emergency management, HAZMAT Representative

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3. What's your fire department type?

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4. Does the Fire Department head the LEPC; if not, what agency does?

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5. Is the FD seat/representative a delegated position (Deputy Chief, Assistant Chief, Battalion Chief, Captain, Lieutenant)?

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6. Does your Department conduct Critical Incident reviews for Incidents? 

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7. What are the groups that make up your LEPC? (Check all that apply)

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8. Does your LEPC perform any of these activities? (Check all that apply)

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9. How often is chemical inventory information distributed to LEPC members/responders by your LEPC?   

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10. Who does your LEPC normally distribute your public reports to, and what formats? (Check all that apply)

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11. Can All Stakeholders Access Publicly Available Data on Demand?

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12. How Does Your LEPC Conduct and or Receive Training?

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13. Is the leadership of the LEPC rotated?

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14. Are agencies within the community on the LEPC rotated?
Example: Zoning and Planning or Police and Fire as Emergency Manager or Public Works Director for General Services Director?

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15. If yes, how often are they rotated (yearly, two years, four years, never, etc.)?

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16. How do you receive funding to participate in the LEPC?

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17. Does your LEPC have an operating budget? 

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18. Does any of the LEPC funding come from your State Emergency Response Commission (SERC?)

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19. Does your LEPC apply for Hazmat Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) Grants money?

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20. Does your jurisdiction have an active Emergency Operation Plan?

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21. Does your jurisdiction require a hazmat permit/fee that is established within the fire code?

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22. Are the person(s) responsible for the HAZMAT Permit program integrated into the LEPC or use information from the LEPC to identify regulated facilities?

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23. Do you provide hazmat response incident reports to the LEPC?

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24. Does the Fire Department request the LEPC to use its EPCRA authority to obtain chemical inventory or emergency planning information?

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25. Does the Fire Department report to the LEPC if you find a facility that should be reporting under EPCRA, but is not?

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26. May We Contact You for a Follow-Up?

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