Region VIII: Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin

The CCC in Lincoln, Nebraska, is our Region VIII (Eight); it is responsible to address and develop a new National Hazardous Material Team that responds to ground zero. Our research reveals that our local city and county hazardous material teams across the United States are somewhat equipped - - some better than others. As an incident unfolds, local hazardous material teams will be able to hold the situation at bay for about 5 days before fatigue is indicated. Then the Regional State Hazardous Material Team deploys to ground zero.

Where are the communication networks and how can these teams cross communicate? What happens if the power in the city is down? How can we manage this type of incident? We are not talking about just fire incidents, but police, SWAT, and other police situations that need to have cross-jurisdictional communication boundaries but are unable to do so. A New National Emergency Responder team will be introduced and developed by Mid-Western Regional Command.

We have 140 Governor Command Gasoline Depots, Incorporated, 100 certified mini-commands across America; and 8 Central Command Centers that can be utilized as a storage facility for equipment, commodities and any other items. Above all this, we have dedicated 25 secured locations that will have state of the art inventory programs. Each item will be tagged and placed in our inventory network program.

We will be able to monitor the items arriving at our storage facilities. During any emergency, Mr. H. has three hours from the time forward command was requesting, he will order the items out of inventory, then we will transfer the items to our transportation units, the transports are certified and attached to governor command. Once the items are placed in service, we will know who has the items, food, equipment, or any other commodity.

We are introducing two incredible floating hovercraft type ships that will have the drafting capabilities of only 8 feet on the inland waterways. The added floatation device lifts the ship out of the water to accommodate the ship’s weight, at the same time balancing the girth of the ships.

The overall mast height is only 30 feet from the level of the water. We are within the compliance from the United States Army Corps of Engineers who manages the inland waterways. In the ocean, the floating devices are reduced and the drafting is significantly higher.

Initially we have two floating Regional Command Centers across America; they are as follows.

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