Emergency Response

Experienced in preparing spill, emergency, and facility response plans consistent with the National Contingency Plan (NCP), Area Contingency Plans (ACPs) and regulatory agency requirements, SciTechMS can develop your initial emergency  or facility response plan (ERP or FRP) or revise existing plans.  Response plans include your corporate resources, as well as public-sector responders, agencies, and organizations.  Many planned responses also include third-party private-sector resources.  In addition to preparing your ERP, we can assist you in selecting, verifying, and contracting internal and external response team partners, equipment, and supplies. 

Our planning is detailed, so that if there is an emergency, the response is effective and efficient.  For large responses, you may utilize a combination of internal and external responders for some tasks.  We will provide a framework so that activities of the responders are coordinated, protocol is consistent, and data collection and recordation are systematic and unambiguous.

So that your plan is optimally functional, SciTechMS offers ERP and FRP maintenance services.  These include periodic review and revision of external resources and periodic or real-time updates of your internal resources.  Maintenance services  can also include document control protocol, utilizing your internal document storage and distribution system, secure cloud-based technology, or a combination of both.  

To be compliant, many response plans must be periodically reviewed and revised (typically every five years for an FRP, for instance).  Response plans should also be revised when there are changes to your operations that could impact the nature and magnitude of an emergency or your ability to respond to an emergency.  We are experienced in revising existing ERPs and FRPs, and can provide these services to you.   

The most costly time to discover that equipment is not functional, supplies are missing or expired, and staff has shifted roles is during an emergency.  SciTechMS provides ERP/FRP resource audits to provide you assurance and verification of your organization's preparedness.  Additionally, we can assist you in developing, scheduling and coordinating emergency response drills.

SciTechMS can support first responders' spill response, environmental sampling, and interim remediation by providing timely release-specific draft health and safety plans (HASPs), sampling and analysis plans (SAPs), and virtual or live oversight.