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to one of the assistant Incident Commanders. All incoming fire equipment (except the HAZMAT truck) will report to a _ staging area established by a senior fire officer first rather than the Command Post. 3. The fire chief is in charge of all aspects of the inci- dent, except for decisions on major evacuations, expen- ditures, and other life threatening situations which must be made by the Chief Executive Officer on scene or as directed by the EOC. In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, the Fire Chief shall be responsible for all decisions. ~. As part of this system it is important to note that the fire chief remains in command at the scene even after the fire department has closed up and returned to station. The chief or his designee will remain at the scene until such time as DEQE or EPA declares the scene as "cleaned up". In the event that the process will take more than a few hours, the Chief Executive Officer may relieve the chief and appoint a member of the LEPC as the community represen- tative on scene (preferably someone from the health or environmental area). B. When requested, law enforcement officers will evacuate an area around the incident site established by the Incident Commander. The routes of evacuation will be determined by the senior law enforcement officer at the forward command post. Furthermore, in special instances, routes for incoming personnel must be determined so as not to endanger their lives in the process of reporting to the incident site. This evacuation procedure must be coordinated with liaison personnel at the forward command post to ensure the safety of law enforcement officers and eva- cuees. In addition, if a State of Emergency is declared, the EOC will be activated to coordinate the response efforts of other departments and personnel. _C. Refer to Annex A (Direction and Control) Annex L (Shelter) and Annex M (Evacuation) for further details. VI. ADMINISTRATION AND L®GISTICS A. Records and Reports Forms for collection of information pertaining to hazardous materials incidents are found in Appendix 1. B. Resources Each department with response capabilities and task assignments is responsible for providing and maintaining equipment and supplies necessary for hazardous materials operations. Involved private facilities must make their resources available and maintain updated resource inventories. C. Training Local emergency response personnel as personnel must attend training courses State agencies. All training will be Massachusetts Civil Defense Director, well as assigned private offered by Federal and coordinated by the in consonance with N-7