The EPA/NKFUST Southern Center for Emergency Response of Toxic Substance (ENSERTS) project has accumulated 23 cases of onsite emergency response services, 12 cases of non-emergency services, 24 media monitoring cases. In particular, the number of onsite services has increased significantly from 14 cases of last year to 23 cases this year. This increase represents the growing significance of ENSERTS in the emergency response work and in the local fire protection bureaus and environmental protection agencies. The Center also setup a laboratory of environmental analysis of toxic incident to provide prompt sampling and analysis of polluted water and soil. The laboratory also has built up of analytical methods for 80 toxic substances and performed the analyses of environmental background for 40 facilities operating with toxic substances. The Center also completed the setup of a closed-cell FTIR system for online air monitoring and performed background monitoring of 10 facilities operating with toxic substances . . . . . . In summary, the annual work for ENSERTS has completed all on schedule. In the future, the Center will strive to improve the strength of emergency response, in particular in the release control and containment, in order to help more effectively the governmental agencies in the emergency response of toxic substances incidents.

ENSERTS、toxic substance、joint response team member