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Other protective programs include the McKenzie Watershed Emergency Response System (MWERS) spearheaded by EWEB and the Unified Release Notification System (URNS) coordinated by SUB for the Middle Fork Willamette Watershed. The MWERS will coordinate efforts by initial responders up and down the McKenzie River watershed to mitigate damage from hazardous materials to vital and/or sensitive resources. MWERS contains GIS information on: watershed characteristics; threats; critical resources; spill response strategies to protect critical resources; response equipment; emergency contact and notification information; and incident communications. First responders and others are able to use this GIS application in the field to efficiently and effectively stabilize accidental or intentional chemical releases as soon as possible and to minimize the initial confusion often associated with spills. URNS is an interim step in development of a Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Emergency Response Plan to be modeled after MWERS. The URNS uses a central point of contact (911) to provide timely notification of an upstream release of hazardous materials to requesting agencies with vita~ or sensitive resources adjacent to the Middle Fork Willamette River. This system allows individual agencies to close off intakes and/or provide other protective measures for their own resources. The table on the following page has hazmat mitigation action items from the master Action Items table in Chapter 4. References 1. Handbook of Chemical Analysis Procedures, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Transportation, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government Printing Oflqce, 1988. 2, 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook (A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Material Incident), developed jointly by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Transport and Communications of Mexico, 2000. 3. Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Teams Standard Operating Guidelines, May 7, 2001 Office of State Fire Marshal (Oregon). This series of about a dozen standard operating guidelines covers every main aspect of emergency response and recovery, including decisions to respond, levels of response, general response guidelines, mitigation methods, decontamination procedures, personal protective equipment, and others. 4. Hazardous Substance Information System (HSIS), Office of State Fire Marshall, Version 1.3P, March 2002. Microsoft Access Database on CD-ROM. 5. 2002 Annual Report of Hazardous Materials Incidents in Oregon as Reported by Oregon Fire Service, Office of State Fire Marshal (Oregon), 2002. 6. 1998 Milepost Inventory Update Form, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad, April 30, 1999. Public Review Draft: October 12, 2004 14-17