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Mission Statement |
“To enhance the protection of the LOCALcommunity
and
the environment from all hazardous EMERGENCY
incidents through PLANNING, preparation
and
communication between the COMMITTEE,
citizens, business and government." |
About LEPC | Sub-Committees | Officers | Membership Categories
About LEPC
Richland County LEPC is supervised by the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) and is a subsidiary of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 and the Montana DES District 4 of the Disaster and Emergency Services.
Richland County LEPC is made up of representatives from county, city and other local elected officials, law enforcement, health professionals, emergency management, fire fighting, first aid, hospitals, transportation, broadcast and print media, community groups and delegates of facilities subject to EPCRA
requirements. These participants and all public citizens are welcome to attend our meetings on the second Monday of each month at different locations, except for July and August. Please use the contact information on the left to obtain more information.
The role of the LEPC is to form a partnership with state and local government responders, local industry and community members to aid in development of mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, planning, exercising and training. We are responsible for developing a local emergency plan for our county and for the collection of information submitted by industrial faciltiies which may be made available to the public.
LEPC established an emergency plan to notify the public about actions they must take, notify state and federal government officials in an emergency. This plan, or parts thereof, will be tested annually and the information is available to the public by contacting the Director of Disaster and Emergency Services.
Advantages of having an established LEPC are 1) the ability to identify and provide training needs; 2) to share resources; 3) to build teams that know how to work together; and 4) the ability to choose and apply for appropriate needed community grants, just to name a few.
LEPC serves as a focal point in the community for information and discussion about emergency planning, training and exercising. Citizens may expect the LEPC to answer questions about hazards, risk management actions and homeland security issues.
The official Emergency Alert System radio station is 660 AM KEYZ and in addition, most other local radio and television stations are available to inform the public.
(*Photo provided by Sidney Herald)
LEPC Committees, Subcommittees, Task Forces
- E-Waste Committee
- Exercise Committee
- DES / CHIEF’s Committee
- Citizen Corps Council
Richland County LEPC Officers (2009)
- W.C. (Butch) Renders, DES Coord. des[at]richland.org; 433-2220 (Contact person)
- Rob Gilbert, LEPC Chair (Assistant Chief Sidney Vol. Fire Dept./ Deputy DES)
- Jackie Couture, LEPC Vice-Chair (USDA-ARS Safety Coordinator)
- Julie Brodhead, LEPC Secretary (Emergency Preparedness & Infection Control Nurse, Richland County Public Health), jbrodhead[at]richland.org, 433-2207.
LEPC Membership Categories
Emergency Response |
County |
City |
Facilities |
Media
Emergency Services
Fire Departments (Fairview, Lambert, Savage, Sidney )
Law Enforcement Offices (Fairview, Sidney)
Richland County Sheriff's Office
Richland County Ambulance Service
County
Public School (Fairview, Lambert, Savage, Sidney)
Richland County Superintendent of Public Schools
Richland County Commissioners
Richland County Public Health Department
Richland County Public Works
Richland County Sanitarian
City
Mayors (Fairview, Sidney )
Sidney City Public Works
Facilities
Bear Paw Energy
Gas and Electric Companies
Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory
Richland Opportunities, Inc.
Sidney Health Center
Sidney Health Center Extended Care
Sidney Richland Airport
Sidney Sugars
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline
Media for Emergency Alert System
Radio Stations
- *KEYZ Radio 660 AM (Williston) - *Official Emergency Alert System radio station
- KGCX Radio "Eagle 93 FM" 93.1 FM (Sidney)
- KTHC Radio "Country 95" 95.1 FM (Sidney)
- KDZN Radio "Hot New Country" 96.1 FM (Glendive)
- KXGN Radio "Amazing AM" 1400 AM (Glendive)
Television Stations
- Midrivers Cable Television, channel-2
(Sidney
local access channel)
- KUMV TV channel-8 (Williston, ND)
- KXMD TV channel-11 (Williston, ND)
- KXGN TV, channel-5 (Glendive, MT)
Newspapers
- Sidney Herald
- Richland Round-Up
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