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• Surface and air transportation disruption; <br />• Potable water system loss or disruption; <br />• Sewer system outage; <br />• Telecommunication system outage; <br />• Human and health safety; <br />• Psychological hardship; <br />• Economic disruption; and <br />• Disruption of community services <br />Risk Assessment. Power failures have the same potential <br />impacts in all Indian River County communities. The <br />vulnerabilities of all communities to power failures is <br />considered moderate. The power grid throughout Indian River <br />County is diversified, and there are no single choke points or <br />distribution nodes whose failure would disrupt power <br />distribution to the entire community. <br />C. Hazardous Materials Accidents — Hazard Identification. <br />Hazardous materials accidents can occur anywhere there is a <br />road, rail line, pipeline, or fixed facility storing hazardous <br />materials. Virtually the entire state is at risk to an <br />unpredictable accident of some type. Most accidents are small <br />spills and leaks, but some result in injuries, property damage, <br />environmental contamination, and other consequences. These <br />materials can be poisonous, corrosive, flammable, radioactive, <br />or pose other hazards and are regulated by the Department of <br />Transportation. However, out of approximately 1,945 <br />hazardous materials incidents reported statewide in 2018, six <br />fatalities were reported, 37 were injured, and 123 were <br />evacuated. <br />Emergencies involving hazardous materials can be expected <br />to range from a minor accident with no off-site effects to a <br />major accident, which may result in an off-site release of <br />hazardous or toxic materials. The overall objective of chemical <br />emergency response planning and preparedness is to <br />minimize exposure for a wide range of accidents that could <br />produce off-site levels of contamination in excess of Levels of <br />Concern established by the EPA. Minimizing this exposure will <br />reduce the consequences of an emergency to people in the <br />area near to facilities that manufacture, store, or process <br />hazardous materials (Treasure Coast Regional Planning <br />Council, 2014). <br />Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 69 <br />