Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
James Bassham, Director

TEMA East Region - Back

East Region Office
803 North Concord,
Knoxville, TN 37919
865-594-5650
1-800-533-7343
Fax: (865) 594-5668

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About the East Region
Local EMA Directory (PDF)
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
LEPC Handbook
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OAK RIDGE – TEMA environmental specialist Roger Thompson (right), using a CDV 718 detector, surveys a DOE Transuranic Waste Shipment from the EnergX TRU Waste Processing Facility for radiation. The survey readings are provided to the Tennessee Highway Patrol as a step in their inspection of the vehicle. Radiological specialist Ken Cochran (on left) pulls up in the TEMA Adaptable Radiation Area Monitor or ARAM vehicle which can also detect neutron and gamma radiation in vehicles that are stationary or mobile.

About the East TN Region - Back to Top

The East Tennessee Region consists of 36 counties east of the Eastern Time Zone boundary, an imaginary line running from Pickett to Marion Counties.
The communities involved range from the small unincorporated areas to a growing urban area in the upper counties known as Tri-Cities to Chattanooga in the south.
Regional offices are established to improve services to the local emergency management directors and agencies in the area. Services include technical guidance, information on federal and state requirements for emergency management, updates on law and regulations, technical advice on grants, NIMS and other reports required for federal funding, information on other training, and a rapid avenue to submit requests for state or other external mutual aid or assistance.
Major Hazards include: Several nuclear power, research, fuel or weapons facilities, wildland or forest fires, flooding, hazardous materials, severe weather and earthquake.