This plan was drafted in response to the 2010-2013 "Promotion of Toxic Chemical Safety Management and Incident Response—Stage II," and meets the functional needs of the existing toxic chemical accident response system. The plan provides for constant 24-hour advisory and monitoring services. The central toxic incident response center also conducts operations routinely and during emergencies, participates in and helps hold conferences connected with international chemical products, produces toxic chemical accident text messages, plans domestic environmental toxic accident annual training classes, and updates accident prevention and response data. The plan's primary tasks this year include the holding of training classes for domestic toxic chemical accident response personnel, drafting of joint prevention organization assessment methods, and implementation of plant assistance mechanisms. Other important tasks intended to strengthen Taiwan's environmental incident handling capabilities include holding of international interchange training, review of joint prevention organization documents and on-site inspection of response capabilities, provision of assistance to toxic chemical substance handling sites, and analysis of operating accidents in high-risk industrial areas and drafting of evacuation and escape plans for those areas. Regarding 24-hour year-round professional accident advisory services related to chemical products and accident notification tasks – for actual accidents, the center performed environmental incident response, consulting, and monitoring services on 65 occasions, provided 311 recommendations to on-site disaster relief units, and achieved a text message delivery rate of 100% within 30 minutes of issuing each message (the contractual requirement is 90%). During ordinary periods, when no accidents occurred, the center completed 1,113 media monitoring cases (including 279 domestic monitoring cases and 834 foreign monitoring cases) and 211 general consulting cases, for a total of 1,324 cases (the contractual requirement is at least 950). The center further notified EPA service units a total of 174 times; assisted with and organized three drill coordination meetings as a part of toxic chemical public prevention mobilization and counter-terrorism operations; and issued four volumes (Vol. 46-49; a total of 11,172 copies) of this year's environmental toxic accident text message e-bulletin, which were browsed 448,927 times. Daily point inspections and system tests were performed to ensure that the system functioning normally and information security was maintained; system functions were revised, added, and strengthened on eleven occasions. To promote international interchange concerning prevention and response matters involving toxic chemical substances, this plan sent personnel to attend joint conferences and peripheral conferences held pursuant to the three main international conventions addressing chemical products—the Stockholm Convention, Basel Convention, and Rotterdam Convention—in accordance with the plan change items in Huan-Bao-Du-Zi No. 1020025286 of March 27, 2013, and the results of overseas trips to relevant conferences were reported at the end of June. Personnel participated in the 14th "International Chemical Procedures – Industry Damage Prevention and Safety Promotion Symposium" at the end of June, and completed submission of a trip results report. An international toxic chemical accident response interchange training class curriculum review conference and discussion were held over the course of four days; a total of 262 persons took part in this event (the contractual requirement is at least 120 persons). The description and instructions for the content of level five procedures of the NFPA chapter was completed and will serve as a reference for the drafting of domestic toxic chemical accident response educational materials. With regard to strengthening domestic toxic chemical accident prevention, response, and readiness capabilities, this organization assisted with the follow-up review of 9 joint prevention organizations, assisted with data updating for 5 joint prevention organizations, and helped match 13 firms with joint prevention organizations. A total of 87 joint prevention working groups nationwide have been organized to date, and 684 firms have joined these groups thus far; one joint prevention working group presentation meeting was conducted drawing 87 participants. Thirty-two sessions for no early warning testing, field operating exercise joint prevention working group assistance training work, in which a total of 686 people participated, were carried out. Three routine training sessions were held and attended by 269 persons (the contractual requirement is least 150 persons). A total of 101 persons participated in the "Toxic Chemical Accident Response Center Responsible Personnel Liaison and Coordination Conference and Visit." This organization also held a national toxic chemical accident case study seminar, which was attended by 408 people (a minimum of 300 people was contractually required), and a toxic chemical disaster services review meeting, which was attended by 159 people (a minimum of 100 people was contractually required). One-hundred and seventy-two persons took part in seven EPA-issued instruments and equipment site training and advanced high-risk toxic chemical substance handling industrial area hazard simulation and analysis training (a minimum of 70 people was contractually required). With regard to environmental accident analysis and testing value audits and assistance, a total of 1,720 monitoring values were analyzed in 23 sessions. With regard to high-risk toxic chemical substance and industrial area operating accident assessment, evacuation and escape principles, and operating safety management, building on the methods formulated at high-risk toxic chemical substance selection principle conferences, this organization carried out work for twelve high-risk toxic chemical substances, completed the technical information for hazard simulation and evacuation operations for eight high-risk industrial segments (covering 332 firms in 14 industrial zones) for this year. Seven high-risk toxic chemical substance handling industrial area training classes were held for teams, and were attended by 172 people (the contractual requirement is least 100 persons). An inspection visit list and on-site inspection plan were compiled in accordance with the "Toxic Chemical Substance Handling Safety Management Assistance Work Plan." An implementation plan for the "Toxic Chemical Substance Outstanding Operating Assessment Activity" was submitted. Four outstanding organizations received awards and were acknowledged at a public awards event to spotlight operators’ efforts and achievements.

Emergency Response;Toxic Chemical;Mutual Aid