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       FEMA Releases New Dam Emergency Planning Guide
   DIR By: Doug K
       Date: January 6, 2020, 12:09 pm
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       Hot off the Press for 2020... something some of us should
       consider reading with all of the Unsafe Erie Canal Embankment
       Dams in our communities.
       National Dam Safety Program releases the Dam Incident Planning
       Guide
       FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
       Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 9:14 AM
       Reply-To: fema@service.govdelivery.com
       National Dam Safety Program releases the Dam Incident Planning
       Guide
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  HTML https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/184884?utm_source=GD&utm_medium=ces&utm_campaign=incidentannex
       FEMA’s National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) has released its
       newest publication - Emergency Operations Planning: Dam Incident
       Planning Guide. The Dam Incident Planning Guide supports state,
       local, tribal, and territorial emergency managers in planning
       for dam incidents and failures by summarizing the concepts that
       a community should consider when creating dam incident-specific
       elements of local emergency operations plans. This Guide builds
       on the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing
       and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans. It also provides
       guidance for dam owners and operators on how to engage with
       emergency managers prior to an incident to ensure a
       well-coordinated response.
       This Guide is intended to help community planners create a plan
       to respond to dam incidents that take place in, or affect, their
       communities. Some communities will choose to address dam
       incidents in an annex to their emergency operations plan or
       comprehensive emergency management plan or as an appendix to
       other base planning products, or they will create a stand-alone
       dam incident plan. A general template is included in Appendix A
       for a community dam incident plan that can be adapted to meet
       each community’s needs.
       The NDSP offers a Dam Safety Collaborative Technical Assistance
       (CTA) program. Through this program, emergency managers work
       collaboratively with neighboring communities, agencies, and the
       private sector to gain a detailed understanding of the risks
       they face from local and regional dams and how those risks can
       be addressed. A key product of the CTA program is a completed
       dam incident plan or annex, which this guide has been produced
       to inform this process and help dam owners and operators to
       engage with emergency managers prior to an incident to ensure a
       well-coordinated response.
       Learn more!
       For more information on the Dam Incident Planning Guide, please
       visit
  HTML https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/184884
       To learn more about the National Dam Safety Program, please
       visit
  HTML https://www.fema.gov/national-dam-safety-program
       For a list of Dam Safety Technical Manuals and Guides, please
       visit
  HTML https://www.fema.gov/technical-manuals-and-guides
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