Pre Incident Planning For The Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD provides emergency response services to the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The laboratory places high expectations on the delivery of these services over a twenty-year period, however, multiple third-party evaluators identified problems with the LAFDs preincident planning process. This thesis investigated pre-incident planning improvement methods and found that the LAFD plans for the Los Alamos National Laboratory lacked information and collaborative efforts. A review of related literature and best practices from other national laboratory sites and accredited fire departments provided potential solutions. This research recommends that the LAFD establish a working group to improve the pre-incident planning process at Los Alamos National Laboratory, using the best practice examples as guidelines.