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Emergency Preparedness for Public Water Systems Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Sustained Compliance for Public Water Systems, Chapter 2 Workshop Anchorage, Alaska Sept. 30, 2011 Tyler Fanning DEC Drinking Water Program 1
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Sustained Compliance for Public Water Systems, Chapter 2 Workshop Anchorage, Alaska Sept. 30, 2011 Tyler
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Sustained
Compliance for Public Water Systems, Chapter 2 Workshop Anchorage,
Alaska Sept. 30, 2011 Tyler Fanning DEC Drinking Water Program 1
Slide 2 2 Tyler Fanning Public Water Systems Security Specialist
Division of Environmental Health Drinking Water Program (907)
269-8924 [email protected] Slide 3 Outcomes How drinking
water directly contributes to overall public health in an emergency
How drinking water systems can prevent, prepare for, and recover
from natural disasters and human-caused incidents Understand
proposed emergency preparedness regulation changes that may affect
your system How drinking water directly contributes to overall
public health in an emergency How drinking water systems can
prevent, prepare for, and recover from natural disasters and
human-caused incidents Understand proposed emergency preparedness
regulation changes that may affect your system 3 Slide 4 Agenda
History and Background Public Water Systems Disasters and
Preparedness Milestones Building blocks for a prepared water system
Personal Preparedness Vulnerability Assessment (VA) Emergency
Response Plan (ERP) Staff training/exercises Tools and Resources
Federal State Mutual Aid Agreements History and Background Public
Water Systems Disasters and Preparedness Milestones Building blocks
for a prepared water system Personal Preparedness Vulnerability
Assessment (VA) Emergency Response Plan (ERP) Staff
training/exercises Tools and Resources Federal State Mutual Aid
Agreements 4 Slide 5 Public Water Systems Direct Contributor to
Public Health Critical Infrastructure 5 Slide 6 "...water supply
facilities offer a particularly vulnerable point of attack to the
foreign agent, due to the strategic position they occupy in keeping
the wheels of industry turning and in preserving the health and
morale of the American populace." -J. Edgar Hoover First director
of the FBI 6 Slide 7 September 11, 2001 Hurricane Katrina August
29, 2005 7 Milestones in Emergency Preparedness Slide 8 8
Milestone: September 11, 2001 Slide 9 New Federal Regulation 9
Emergency Preparedness and Security Requirements for PWS Awareness
of Drinking Water Vulnerability Increased With the Events of 9/11
Bioterrorism Act of 2002 (Title IV, Drinking Water Security &
Safety) Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act June 2002 Slide
10 Milestone: Hurricane Katrina Water sector was a critical
infrastructure that was not well prepared Utilities not aware of
protocols for requesting assistance and communicating needs In an
emergency the government response will not be immediate Water
sector was a critical infrastructure that was not well prepared
Utilities not aware of protocols for requesting assistance and
communicating needs In an emergency the government response will
not be immediate 10 Slide 11 Preparedness is changing 9/11 Natural
Disasters Detect Delay Deter Respond Detect Delay Deter Respond
Response Recovery Resilience Response Recovery Resilience 11
All-Hazards Planning Slide 12 12 Slide 13 13 Slide 14 14 Mt.
Redoubt 1990 Slide 15 15 Cleveland Volcano 2011 Slide 16 16 Slide
17 17 Eagle 2009 Slide 18 18 Slide 19 19 Slide 20 20 Slide 21 21
Slide 22 22 Slide 23 23 Slide 24 24 Slide 25 25 Slide 26 26 By
failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. - Benjamin Franklin
Slide 27 PWS Security Requirements Bioterrorism Act of 2002 27
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