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Y-12 celebrates new fire station, emergency operations center

Posted at 3:26 pm January 26, 2023
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Y-12 Site Manager Gene Sievers talks about the plant’s new fire station and emergency operations center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

A new fire station and emergency operations center at the Y-12 National Security Complex will replace “severely outdated” buildings that were constructed in the 1940s, about eight decades ago. The new buildings will improve working conditions, consolidate operations now conducted in separate places, and provide ample space for large equipment like fire trucks, federal officials and Y-12 leaders said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday.

Workers at the plant, which manufactures components for the nation’s nuclear weapons, among other activities, have been talking about the new facilities for at least 13 years. The start of construction was celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony in April 2021. The new buildings, reported to have cost $68 million, are part of a “huge transformation,” an effort to modernize the site.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Police and Fire, Premium Content, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: CNS, Consolidated Nuclear Security, Emergency Operations Center, fire station, Gene Sievers, Jill Hruby, Jim Blair, Manhattan Project, National Nuclear Security Admininstration, NNSA, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 Fire Department, Y-12 National Security Complex

New fire station, emergency operations center being built at Y-12

Posted at 9:10 pm April 27, 2021
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A new fire station is being built at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Above, NNSA, Consolidated Nuclear Security, and Y-12 Fire Station leaders toss the first shovels of dirt for the new fire station on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Photo by Y-12)

A new fire station and emergency operations center are being built at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

They are pilot projects designed to streamline the efficiency and delivery of specific construction projects under $50 million, the National Nuclear Security Administration said in a press release.

The NNSA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, and Y-12 managing and operating contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security had a groundbreaking ceremony for the fire station on Tuesday. A few blocks away, the emergency operations center (EOC) is already under construction.

The fire station replaces one built in 1947, and the EOC will be the home of the site’s operations center, which is currently located in a World War II-era building. “Together, these new facilities will replace two outdated buildings and enhance our emergency response capabilities,” said Gene Sievers, Y-12 site manager.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Police and Fire, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Consolidated Nuclear Security, Emergency Operations Center, fire station, Gene Sievers, James McConnell, Lori Pierotti-Callahan, Loyd Williams, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, Scott Vowell, Sheila Feddis, Teresa Robbins, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex

Design complete for Emergency Operations Center at Y-12

Posted at 10:38 am May 11, 2017
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Y‑12’s new Emergency Operations Center will be built east of the existing Plant Shift Superintendent’s building. (Artist concept courtesy NNSA)

Y‑12’s new Emergency Operations Center will be built east of the existing Plant Shift Superintendent’s building. (Artist concept courtesy NNSA)

 

The final design was completed earlier this year for a new Emergency Operations Center at the Y-12 National Security Complex, officials said.

The project will replace an outdated Manhattan Project-era facility by building a new Plant Shift Superintendent’s facility, a new Technical Support Center, and a new plant Fire Department Alarm Room, Y-12 said. The new facility will replace the current Plant Shift Superintendent’s office and Technical Support Center in Building 9706-2. Y-12 will be able to use the new center as an Emergency Command Center for an operational emergency.

Y-12 said the Emergency Operations Center project team completed the final design package ahead of schedule and under budget.

“Completion of the design marks a major milestone in project progress,” Y-12 said in April 18 newsletter. “Using this completed design package, the project team can complete the balance of the project documentation needed to receive authorization for construction from National Nuclear Security Administration.”

On Wednesday, NNSA spokesperson Steven Wyatt said the existing Plant Shift Superintendent’s office is located in the east end of Y-12 south of the Jack Case Center. That office was built in the 1940s and is obsolete, Wyatt said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Emergency Operations Center, EOC, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, Steven Wyatt, Y-12 National Security Complex

Emergency workers respond to car crash, fallen trees, flooding

Posted at 10:44 pm April 22, 2017
By John Huotari 4 Comments

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Floodwaters rose close to road level at the intersection of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Illinois Avenue after heavy rains fell in Oak Ridge on Saturday afternoon and evening, April 22, 2017. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

Oak Ridge emergency workers responded to a car crash that injured two people, two fallen trees, and a possible apartment complex evacuation due to flooding during the severe thunderstorms on Saturday.

Heavy rain from the storms led to widespread flooding in Oak Ridge starting late Saturday afternoon. The water appeared to have receded in places a few hours later, or by early Saturday night.

Emergency workers made preparations Saturday evening to possibly evacuate apartments on Royce Circle, where water covered part of the roadway and rose near the first floor of an apartment complex at the northeast end of the circle. The apartments, which are next to Robertsville Road and just east of Willow Brook Elementary School, are in a low-lying area between two creeks that flow down along Jefferson Avenue and intersect with East Fork Poplar Creek, which was swollen with floodwaters on Saturday.

Authorities had made preparations to see how many people lived on the first floor of the Royce Circle apartment complex in case the residents had to be evacuated, Oak Ridge Fire Department Chief Darryl Kerley said. Of the 10 people there, all but one had another place to go, he said. Authorities were watching the water, Kerley said.

“We think it’s receding,” he said Saturday night. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories, Weather Tagged With: crash, Darryl Kerley, East Fork Poplar Creek, Emergency Operations Center, fallen tree, flooding, heavy rain, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Public Works Department, Oliver Springs Fire Department, power outages, Royce Circle, severe thunderstorms, Y-12 Fire Department

Oak Ridge conducts city-wide disaster training today

Posted at 10:45 am November 5, 2015
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The City of Oak Ridge will be conducting a city-wide exercise of the Emergency Management System and Emergency Operations Center today. The full-participation exercise will begin at 11:15 this morning (Thursday, November 5) at Oak Ridge Fire Department headquarters located in the Municipal Building at 200 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge.

The drill was planned and is administered by 10 instructors from across the United States and former Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency managers and trainers. The lead instructor is Phil McLaughlin, owner of the McLaughlin Training Group, a press release said. Chief McLaughlin is the retired deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia Fire Department.

All city departments are represented in today’s drill, along with representatives from Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Anderson County Health Department, American Red Cross, Civil Air Patrol, Oak Ridge Schools, Methodist Medical Center, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the city manager’s office. [Read more…]

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