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Emergency Response Plan

Emergency Response Plan. A Template for Public Drinking Water Systems. Anne G. Powell Capacity Development Section Kentucky Division of Water. April 16, 2013. Levels of Planning. Personal Business Community National. TODAY’S FOCUS.

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Emergency Response Plan

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  1. Emergency Response Plan A Template for Public Drinking Water Systems Anne G. Powell Capacity Development Section Kentucky Division of Water April 16, 2013

  2. Levels of Planning • Personal • Business • Community • National TODAY’S FOCUS

  3. Everyone should have an Emergency Response Plan. Every public water system should have an Emergency Response Plan. What do we need to do to create an ERP for our water system?

  4. Prepare Review Update Exercise

  5. Step 1: Prepare DOW & KIA made this step easy for you…

  6. Introducing… the new easy-to-use template! Screen shot of the cover page.

  7. Section 1 Internal Chain of Command • List of personnel • Order of Importance • Make sure to include: • Full Name & Title • All contact information

  8. Section 2 Emergency Notifications • Local Resources • Other Resources • Adjacent & Interconnected Water Systems • Priority Customers • Service and Repair Contacts • Utility Public Spokesperson • Media Contacts

  9. Section 3 Basic System Information • System Demand and Capacity • Location of Pertinent Information • Treatment Plant • Disinfection Chemicals • Other Chemicals • Source Information • Finished Water Storage • Pumps • Standby Power Requirements

  10. Section 4 Specific Emergency Preparedness Preparation: Includes info on how to avoid the emergency or how to get ready for oncoming emergency. Impact: Includes all parts of the PWS that will be affected by the emergency and how damage can be minimized. Recovery: Prioritized list of tasks to get PWS back to normal operations.

  11. Section 5 Training and Exercise Record • Date of training/exercise • Description • Participants

  12. Section 6 Plan Approval Documentation • Prepared by: • Name • Title/Organization • Date • Officially reviewed, approved and signed by: • Name • Signature • Date

  13. Appendices • Additional Chemical Information • Additional Source Information • Additional Finished Water Storage Information • Additional Pump Information • KY Specific Emergency Response Example • Key Messages • Schematic of Treatment Plant

  14. Step 2: Review Form an ERP work group at your PWS. Meet as a group, at least annually, to review the contents of your ERP.

  15. Step 3: Update With your ERP work group, update the ERP as needed with each annual review. Document the revisions in the table at the bottom of the cover page.

  16. Step 4: Exercise With all involved PWS employees, exercise at least one scenario of the ERP annually. Document each exercise in Section 5 of the ERP.

  17. The ERP template can be found… • On the Capacity Development website: • http://water.ky.gov/DrinkingWater/Pages/CapDev.aspx • On the Kentucky Rural Water Association website: • http://www.krwa.org/announcements/is-your-emergency-response-plan-up-to-date/ • On the KYWARN website: • http://www.kywarn.org/news-events/

  18. “Anne, this ERP ordeal still seems difficult to me.” You might be thinking, Don’t stress about it. Help is on the way! All you need to do is contact your Capacity Development Program Manager.

  19. Specific Emergency Preparedness Let’s practice together… Preparation Impact Recovery

  20. Comments and Questions

  21. Thank you for your time. Anne G. Powell Capacity Development Program Manager Kentucky Division of Water anne.powell@ky.gov (502) 564-3410

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