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instructions provided by Mass Civil Defense Agency. Specialized training for first responders in accordance with OSHA require- ments will be conducted by local training officers under guidance from OSHA, EPA, FEMA, and National Fire Academy. Training in Incident Command will be conducted by the Fire Chief for Fire, Police, Civil Defense, EMS and DPW employees and the other pertinent agencies. VII. PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE All agencies assigned responsibilities in this annex are respon- sible for developing or updating internal action plans and imple- menting procedures that will assure a continuing acceptable degree of operational readiness to carry out their responsibilities. Affected business and industry will coordinate on-site plans with off-site plans and must assist in off-site planning. VIII. LINE OF SUCCESSION The Fire Department is the primary local responder to a Hazardous Materials accident. The line of succession is as follows: 1) The Fire Chief; 2) The Assistant Chief, Fire; 3) The Shift Commander IX. CRISIS AUGMENTATION Should additional assistance be required during a HAZMAT incident, a request for state assistance should be made through the Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency. This in no way should interfere with direct assistance presently provided by resources such as DEQE and DPH. Requests for additional assistance should be made by the Incident Commander at the Command Post, to the local Civil Defense Director (except for prearranged mutual support, both fire and police). .The _local CD Director will establish and maintain constant com- munications with the Area Civil Defense Office, and will forward all requests for support through the Area Office to Mass Civil Defense. Support can be provided from both state and federal sour- ces, and requests should be couched in terms of "what is to be done', e.g. request fourteen tons of unsalted sand. (NOT send me three truckloads of sand by XYZ sandpit). N-8