The objectives of this project are to strengthen the prevention and management of air pollution emergency, to enhance the capability of emergency response to air pollution, and to help with summarization and supervision of effectiveness of local air pollution emergency response. At current stage the major achievements are: (1) investigation of feasibilities of inter-office matters in the draft of amendment of 2016 standard operating procedure of air pollution emergency response, and proposals of two suggested amendments; (2) organization of 2 experts and scholars meetings for discussing the structure, content, and appropriateness of execution object of air pollution incident risk management plan; and mechanism and method for review of air pollution incident risk management plan; (3) completing the summarization and analysis of EPA responsive measures and inter-office communication approaches of various counties/cities with respect to toxic chemical hazards, and proposing 3 execution suggestions for local environmental protection bureaus and environmental protection administration dealing with air pollution incidents; (4) completing user login permission classification and management function of air pollution incident emergency response inquiry system, establishment of 87 pieces of information related hazards of high risk species which could lead to air pollution incidents, 3 updates of air pollution emergency response personal contact information and information related to air testing institutions, 4 tests of phone communication with emergency contact persons, and summarization and analysis of 396 monitoring cases of air pollution incidents; (5) cooperating with environmental protection agency of Kaohsiung City to complete establishment of basic information and information related to emergency response decision making such as simulation scenario of air pollution diffusion, sensitive receptor, evacuation, and factory emission of Renda Industrial Park; (6) organizing 2 education trainings to introduce air pollution monitoring instruments and personal protective gears, and to explain the evacuation crowd control and equipment requirement in response to air pollution incident; (7) organizing 1 seminar to explain current status of air pollution emergency response and suggestions for related operations, 12-stage executions of emergency response, and emergency response experience exchanges provided by 3 local environmental protection bureaus including Keelung City; (8) completing periodic inspection and necessary calibration of 15 frequently used air pollution emergency response equipment such as portable total volatile organic compound detector and sulfide gas detector; (9) attending air pollution emergency response drills of 12 counties/cities (including Hualien County) and providing suggestions for improvement; (10) completing 2 air pollution emergency response reporting tests without warning; and (11) completing the visits to 5 local environmental protection bureaus (including Kinmen County).

prevention management, emergency response, implementation of air pollution incident emergency response measures