New!
Review the new chemical safety guideline in Publications: Secure Your Chemicals: Before, During, and After a Pandemic
WHAT IS THE LEPC?
A Local Emergency Planning Committee or LEPC, is a voluntary organization which is established in an Emergency Planning District designed
by the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC). LEPC's are crucial to local hazardous materials planning and community right-to-know programs. The membership
comes from the local area and should be familiar with factors that affect public safety, the environment, and the economy of the jurisdiction. That expertise is
essential as the LEPC advises the writers of the Local Emergency Response Plan, so that the plan is tailored to the needs of its planning district. In addition
to its formal duties, the LEPC serves as a focal point in the community for information and discussions about hazardous substance emergency planning, and health
and environmental risks as well as natural disaster planning.

MISSION STATEMENT
To prepare citizens, industries, and local emergency response agencies for chemical accidents by developing a comprehensive community
program that will benefit the citizens of Fairfax County and municipalities within Fairfax by :
- Developing a comprehensive hazardous materials emergency response plan for our community. To be effective, planning must be an ongoing activity.
- Receive and record information about chemical releases
- Collect, manage, and provide public access to information on hazardous chemicals in our area.
- Educate the public about the risks from accidental and routine releases of chemicals and work with facilities to minimize the risks.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Fairfax Joint Local Emergency Planning Committee (FJLEPC) would like to announce that facilities covered under the Emergency
Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) have submitted the emergency response plans, safety data sheets, and Tier II inventory
forms per 42 CFR 116 – 11044. Follow-up emergency notices may subsequently be issued.
Members of the public who wish to review any such plan, sheet, form, or follow-up notice may do so from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday
through Friday (excluding holidays) at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, Office of the Fire Marshal, 12099 Government Center PW, 5th Floor,
Fairfax, Virginia 22035.
For more information, please call the FJLEPC staff at 703-246-4386 or email trice.burgess@fairfaxcounty.gov.
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Monthly Meeting
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the April 14, 2022 will be held at 10 a.m. via teleconference.
This will be a TEAMS video conference meeting.
The dial in number will be 571-429-5982.
Phone Conference ID: 324 507 304#.
Please change all of your teleconference numbers to this new number and ID.
Anyone wishing to attend the video conference, please contact Trice Burgess by email,
trice.burgess@fairfaxcounty.gov or click here, and you will be placed on the FJLEPC meeting email list and sent an invite to the meeting.
Learn more »
FJLEPC News!
FJLEPC recently participated in the International Association of Fire Chiefs LEPC Roundtable discussions and
to see video link on the Links Page
Click Here to View the discussions.
NEW! Shelter-in-Place Video
One of the instructions you may be given in an emergency where hazardous materials may have been
released into the atmosphere is to shelter-in-place. This is a precaution aimed to keep you safe while remaining indoors. Shelter-in-place means
selecting a small, interior room, with no or few windows, and taking refuge there.
Click Here to download the Shelter-in-Place video (mp4
format)
Ready Virginia Mobile App
Prepare for an emergency at your fingertips!
The Ready Virginia app is available for iPhone and Android platforms
Click Here to Learn More
SARA Tier II Reporting

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