FLOOD02543

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Emergency Action Planning Guidelines for Dams
• Date: 2/1/1985
• Prepared For: US
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

CONTENTS

I. Basic Considerations for Preparing Emergency Action Plans

A.

Purpose . . . . . . . .
1. General. . . . . .
2. Emergency Potential
3. Supplementation of Information
4. Uniformity of Plans

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Background. . . .
1. Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety
2. Non-Federal Dam Inspection Program.
3. National Research Council Committee
4. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
5. Waterpower '81 International Conference on Hydropower

C.

Scope . . . . . . . .

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D.

Inundation Associated with Dam Failure and Large Releases

1. General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Critical Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Dam Break Hydrograph and Routing Procedures
4. Flooding Information and Inundation Maps.

E.

Emergency Action Plan Outline . . . .

F.

Mechanisms to Ensure Effective Plans.
1. Identification of Emergency
2. Notification. . . . .
3. Coordination . . . .
4. Training of Personnel
5. Periodic Testing
6. Preparation and Posting of Plans
7. Review and Revisions. .

II. Outline of an Emergency Action Plan

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Introduction
1. Purpose and Scope.
2. Description of Daw
3. Hazard Area. . . .
4. Responsibility and Authority
5. Periodic Review, Testing and Updating
6. Approval . . . . .

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Identification of Emergency

C.

Preventive Action

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