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... • Chapter 3: Defining Your Jurisdictional Emergency Response Objectives presents an approach for tailoring response objectives to your specific jurisdiction, understanding that reasonable response capability and response times may differ between urban and rural areas, as one example. • Chapter 4: Identifying Hazardous Materials in Your Jurisdiction focuses on determining the hazards in your planning jurisdiction for which emergency response may be needed.
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... • Chapter 10: Sustaining the Process provides strategies for keeping the assessments current over time and sharing them with other jurisdictions. 4 A Guide for Assessing Community Emergency Response Needs and Capabilities for Hazardous Materials Releases
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