§11005 Emergency training and review of emergency systems

Summary

Allows federal officials to run and expand emergency training and education for federal, state, and local workers. Training covers things like hazard mitigation, emergency planning, fire control, disaster response and recovery, national security, and both natural and technological hazards. The programs must pay special attention to hazardous chemicals. For fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, up to $5,000,000 each year may be given to FEMA for grants to state and local governments and university programs that improve planning, preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. FEMA grants cannot pay more than 80 percent of a program’s cost; the other 20 percent must come from non‑Federal sources. These amounts do not affect FEMA’s funding for other programs. The FEMA Administrator must start, within 30 days after October 17, 1986, a review of systems that monitor, detect, and try to stop releases of really dangerous chemicals at representative U.S. facilities. The Administrator may pick chemicals from the list in section 11002(a). An interim report to Congress is due within seven months after October 17, 1986, and a final report within 18 months after that date. The reports, made with help from States and other federal agencies, must say what current technology can do to detect and measure releases, identify chemicals, and tell concentrations and the direction and size of hazards; evaluate public warning systems for releases into air, surface water, or groundwater; consider whether perimeter alert systems are practical and affordable; and recommend steps to develop better detection technology and better public alert systems. Terms: “extremely hazardous substances” — a list of especially dangerous chemicals.