frd2019L73.docx Mr. Rob Dietrich Technological Hazards Community Program Manager Florida Division of Emergency Management 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 Dear Mr. Dietrich: Please allow the following material to serve as Martin County’s Reasonable Assurance for the Annual Letter of Certification for our Radiological Emergency Planning program. 1. Update of Plans/Procedures and Letters of Agreement All Martin County Memoranda of Understanding (MOU’s and LOA’s) are all- hazards and have been reviewed for potential updates. The resources and support LOA was renewed on September 20, 2017 with Florida Power & Light with no changes. The logistics and equipment staging LOA was renewed on November 6, 2017 with Florida Power & Light with no changes. The Martin County Radiological Emergency Plan has undergone annual review as required. Moderate changes to the plan were made this year after our REP Planner attended the REP Plan Review Course in March. The updates were complete in July of 2018. The changes were discussed with our FEMA site specialist however he never was able to sign off on the final changes. 2. Public Education & Information: On December 11, 2018, the 2018 annual St. Lucie Nuclear Power Station Safety Planning “Postcard” was mailed to all addresses in the Martin County EPZ. The new postcard has basic safety information along with a website URL which directs residents and visitors to websites to get more information. These websites include: the main FPL Plant St. Lucie website and the websites for Martin County Emergency Management and St. Lucie County Public Safety. I have attached a copy of the 2018 version to this postcard for review. Approximately one hundred forty thousand (140,000) addresses were targeted with postcards distributed via US Postal Service, with approximately thirty-five thousand (35,000) of those addresses in Martin County. This informational postcard will be reviewed and updated annually by St. Lucie County, Martin County, Florida Division of Emergency Management, Florida Bureau of Radiation Control and Florida Power & Light. Review and changes for the 2018 postcard were completed in December. Mailings MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Fire Rescue Administration 800 S.E. MONTEREY ROAD  STUART, FL 34994 Telephone: 772 287-1652 Fax: 772 286-7626 December 11, 2018 Email: wpecci@martin.fl.usDOUG SMITH Commissioner, District 1 STACEY HETHERINGTON Commissioner, District 2 HAROLD E. JENKINS II Commissioner, District 3 SARAH HEARD Commissioner, District 4 EDWARD V. CIAMPI Commissioner, District 5 TARYN KRYZDA, CPM County Administrator SARAH W. WOODS County Attorney TELEPHONE 772-288-5434 WEB ADDRESS http://www.martin.fl.us 1 of 6 frd2019L73.docx targeted all known business, residential and post office box addresses within the EPZ. All public parks and beaches within the 10 mile EPZ have warning signs to alert both the public and transient populations of what action to take should they hear a warning siren. Martin County Parks and Recreation Department ensure the signs are visible and maintained throughout the year. An inspection of all the signs took place on July 18, 2018 and two signs were found to be missing or in need of replacement. All signs were replaced or repaired by July 20, 2018. The parks in the EPZ were not expanded, nor were any new transient areas added to the plume EPZ. The State of Florida Ingestion Pathway brochure remains up to date and is available on each county, the state, and the utility websites; with a small stock of preprinted brochures maintained at the Public Safety Complex. Martin County Fire Rescue/Emergency Management Agency also distributes safety booklets/postcards as part of our ongoing general community outreach efforts. Martin County PIO's attend quarterly meetings with the local news media. PIO’s from all branches of city and county government attend these meetings with local media representatives. These meetings include discussion of the emergency public information plans and procedures. These meeting are held on the first Thursday of the 2nd month of each quarter. All local media are always invited along with all of the PIO's on the Treasure Coast. Participation from the media varied from quarter to quarter. Martin County held a meeting with the local media in our EOC on May 29, 2018. The meeting focused on all hazards and EOC operations during an emergency. The meeting was well attended by TV, radio, and print media. 3. Radiological Emergency Response Training: All Martin County Fire Rescue and Martin County law enforcement field personnel are required to have a working knowledge of the REP program, radiological fundamentals, and the specifics of responding in potential support of an emergency at the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant. Martin County Fire Rescue again utilized an online training course developed specifically for the County’s full combat firefighting force. There was no specific date of training; the firefighters had to complete the online training during August 2018. For 2018, a total of 428 fire rescue personnel completed annual training. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office utilized an online Radiological and Hazardous Materials training course specifically designed for law enforcement. There was no specific date of training; the deputies had to complete the online training between January and December 2018. For 2018, a total of 277 field personnel competed the online training. 2 of 6 frd2019L73.docx The scope of training included Radiation Fundamentals, Biological Effects, Exposure Control, Instrumentation, Hazard Assessment, State and Local Plans. In March, the REP Planner attended the REP Core Concepts Course and the REP Plan Review Course in Tallahassee. The courses were taught by FEMA. The Bureau of Radiation Control delivered classroom training to 18 Martin County Fire Rescue Haz-Mat Firefighters on May 8-10, 2018. The training was advanced technician training specific to haz-mat teams. In July, the REP Planner attended the Ingestion Core Concepts Course in Marianna, FL. The course was taught by FEMA. On November 13, 2018, the Bureau of Radiation Control delivered classroom training to 14 hospital employees and 12 haz-mat firefighters. The scope of training was designed toward treating and transporting radiologically contaminated patients pursuant to the upcoming MSD drill. On November 29, 2018, FPL delivered classroom training to 25 hospital employees. The scope was advanced radiological assessment, instrumentation, PPE, and treatment of contaminated patients. 4. Drills and Exercises: A FEMA evaluated Emergency Worker Decon Drill was conducted on January 11, 2018. Participating agencies included Martin County Emergency Management, Martin County Fire Rescue, Stuart Police Department, and Martin County Sheriff’s Office. A FEMA evaluated radiological emergency exercise with the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant was conducted on February 14, 2018. The EOC was at a partial activation and all appropriate ESF’s were represented. A practice exercise was held on January 10, 2018. A FEMA evaluated MS-1 exercise with Martin Health Systems was conducted on November 29, 2018. Martin County designed the exercise and acted as lead controller. Participating agencies included Martin County Emergency Management, Martin County Fire Rescue, and Martin Health Systems. Martin County also participated in all the quarterly FPL-hosted drills at the Utility’s Emergency Offsite Facility (1/10, 2/14, 6/6, 12/11). We are committed to participating in as many of these quarterly drills as possible as a way of keeping up to speed with the Utility’s emergency plans and procedures. 5. Certification of Sufficient Staffing: Emergency Management ensures the Martin County EOC has sufficient staff to 3 of 6 frd2019L73.docx support 24-hour operations for extended incidents, year round. Sufficient staffing is supported by personnel rosters, and has been validated in response to several past hurricanes (Matthew 2016, Irma 2017). For incidents lasting longer than one twelve-hour Operational Period, Alpha and Bravo shift scheduling is utilized. Electronic contact lists are constantly maintained; callout lists in the County’s mass telephone notification system for automated EOC activation messaging are also constantly maintained. Sufficient staffing is further evidenced by actual turnout to annual REP and Hurricane exercises. 6. Emergency Facilities and Equipment: Emergency Operations Center - The Martin County EOC was built in 2007 and is operationally ready for activation on a round-the-clock basis, and is adequately supplied to meet any support needs, as proven via exercise and actual activations. An extensive facilities review was conducted in late 2013 in collaboration with FEMA to meet REP program guidelines. The survey documentation is safety-and security-sensitive and not subject to public disclosure; it was made available to appropriate FDEM personnel under separate cover. No significant changes have been made since this assessment, which was reviewed in 2014. Radiological Survey Kits - Martin County has field-deployed seventeen (17) Radiological Survey Kits to all its fire rescue stations, consisting of Ludlum Model 26-1 Friskers with Ultra Radiac PRD’s. We have an additional seventeen (17) kits in reserve which also consist of Ludlum model 26-1 Friskers and RadEye G PRD’s. We maintain a reserve of six (6) CDV-700 instruments with pancake probes and RadEye G PRD’s. Operational checks are performed on this equipment monthly in the field and documented by individual check sheets, completed by field personnel and stored electronically. Any operational issues are dealt with on a case-by-case basis, with sufficient back stock of instruments stored at the EOC to allow swap out when necessary. All instrumentation is calibrated either annually or bi-annually by Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control. Potassium Iodide: Martin County maintains an inventory of 9,600 adult doses of Potassium Iodide tablets for Emergency Workers. This inventory is more than adequate for issuance to all potential Emergency Workers in the County should an incident occur. The entire Potassium Iodide inventory is within expiration date, set to expire in March of 2025. The entire inventory of KI is secured within the REP storage room located at the EOC. Personal Dosimetry – In addition to the Ultra Radiac’s and RadEye G’s, a stockpile of over 200 CDV-138 and 200 CDV-742 direct reading dosimeters are secured at the EOC. All dosimeters were drift tested, charged and zeroed quarterly in March, June, September, and December. An additional 160 film badge/thermoluminscent dosimeters (TLD) are also maintained at the EOC. All TLDs were replaced by Bureau of Radiation Control in August 2018 and are kept in secure storage away from radiation sources other than background. 4 of 6 frd2019L73.docx 7. Alert & Notification: In addition to FP&L’s bi-weekly testing of the St. Lucie Siren system, Martin County participates in a full siren system test on a quarterly basis. This test is to improve public awareness of its function and ensure its operability. In 2018, siren tests were conducted at noon on February 14, June 7, September 6, and December 6. Sirens are actually activated during these tests, alternating between St. Lucie and Martin County EOCs initiating the activation. Florida Power & Light maintains records of siren system uptime tracked to the individual siren; they are responsible for all siren maintenance throughout the EPZ, and to our knowledge have actively serviced all sirens during calendar 2018. Martin County uses CodeRED as an emergency outcall system. The system maintains a database of approximately 55,000 contacts that can be called, e-mailed, texted or some combination of each in the event of a major emergency. This system also has the ability for the public to “opt-in” to the system – some 9,500 residents and businesses have volunteered their contact information since the system’s launch last year. Further, an all-call test of the system was performed confirming over 40,000 good contact numbers and fully exercising the outcall system from message creation through audience selection and message delivery. This included placing calls to all known contacts within the County’s portion of the 10-mile EPZ. The system also has pre-loaded polygons representing the alerting area of each siren in Martin County in the event a siren failure prompted the system to be used as one of two methods of backup route alerting. Martin County fully implemented IPAWS in October 2018. We can now reach the cell phone of every resident and visitor in Martin County. We can now also reach every television with our own EAS messages. This system gives us complete coverage of the EPZ and the county. Respectfully, Bill Pecci, MPA, FPEM Deputy Director of Emergency Management Martin County Fire Rescue WP/smg cc: Michele Jones, Director of Emergency Management, Martin County Fire Rescue 5 of 6 frd2019L73.docx This document may be reproduced upon request in an alternative format by contacting the County ADA Coordinator (772) 320-3131, the County Administration Office (772) 288-5400, Florida Relay 711, or by completing our accessibility feedback form at www.martin.fl.us/accessibility-feedback 6 of 6 frd2019L73.docx