Emergency action plans levee
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The document provides guidelines for developing an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) for levees. An EAP is important to have a plan in place to respond quickly and effectively to prevent levee failure. The key components an EAP should include are: contact information; description of the levee system; responsibilities during an emergency; procedures for monitoring the levee and responding to issues; inundation maps; and maintenance and training plans. The EAP should be specific to each individual levee system and updated regularly.
Emergency action plans levee
- 1. Emergency Action Plans for Levees Fort Bend County Flood Management Association Emergency Preparedness Committee February 12, 2013
- 2. For what creature were the Canary Islands named? Originally named by Roman sailors insulae canariae for the wild dogs that inhabited the island. The small birds found there were later named Canary.
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- 4. Where do panama hats come from? Ecuador when they were most popular in the 1800s, they were shipped from Panama.
- 5. Where is the German porcelain known as Dresden China produced? Not in Dresden Germany but in near-by Meissen where the oldest porcelain factory in Europe was established in 1710.
- 6. Why an EAP? PURPOSE: to provide a plan for an expedited, effective response to prevent failure of the levee.
- 7. Why an EAP?
- 8. Plans help mitigate impacts when everything goes wrong. Why an EAP?
- 9. Why an EAP? BECAUSE USACE ITS A FEMA Fort Bend VERY County GOOD PLUS these guys say so! IDEA!
- 10. Larger levee systems with multiple pumping stations require more detailed plans than smaller systems. Department of Homeland Security What does the plan look like?
- 11. Engineers technical description of the project What does the plan look like?
- 12. What does the plan look like? Attorneys legally sufficient to meet regulations, gui dance and liability issues
- 13. Emergency Management and Responders sample messages for warning, inundation maps for evacuations and provide assistance with resources What does the plan look like?
- 14. What does the plan look like? LEVEE OPERATOR specific information for the levee including: identifying problems, who to notify, steps to take to resolve or minimize problems
- 15. Guidelines USACE Other o PL 84-99 o Fort Bend County Office o Rehabilitation and of Emergency Inspection Program (RIP) Preparedness o Levee Owners Manual o TCEQ 30 TAC Chapter o Flood Fighting 299 (dams) Techniques on Levees o Department of (Appendix D of Levee Homeland Security Owners Manual) (FEMA) o Flood Emergency Plans Emergency (for Corp Dams) Preparedness Guidelines for Levees A Guideline for Owners and Operators, January 2012
- 16. Contents of an EAP USACE and TCEQ guidelines MUST included: o Notification Flow Chart o Responsibilities/Authorities o Emergency Identification System/Situational Awareness o Emergency SOGs
- 17. TCEQ model: Legal and regulatory information upfront Description of the project Responsibilities Situational Awareness Preventive Actions Supplies and Resources Inundation Area Implementation (More legal/documentation) Supplemental Information (TABs or Annexes with additional/supportive material) Contents of an EAP
- 18. Who has responsibility during an emergency? What resources do you really have? What resources will you need to acquire? What are your vulnerabilities? What are your upstream impacts? What are your downstream impacts? Based on YOUR Levee
- 19. Legal and Regulatory Legal description of project Legal authority under which project is operated Legal authority during emergency Regulatory information Limits of plan Purpose of plan: Plan for an expedited, effective response to prevent failure of embankment
- 20. Levee Description: Where located exactly Construction method used Key Measurements Elevation of crest, height, length, etc. Description of other features Pump Stations, Gate Structures, etc. Project Description * Texas Division of Emergency Management
- 21. The Board Subchapter E local entity is . . . responsible for disaster preparedness and coordination of response. The presiding officer of the governing body shall notify the division* of the manner in which the political subdivision is providing or securing an emergency management program . . . . Texas Disaster Act of 1975, V. T. C. A. Government Code, Title 4, Chapter 418 Responsibilities * Texas Division of Emergency Management
- 22. WHAT IS AN EMERGENCY? Abnormal Condition could be an emergency if ignored Watch Condition an obvious problem which may not lead to failure but requires remedial actions Possible Failure Condition progressively worsening problem despite actions taken Imminent Failure Conditions despite all efforts, failure is likely SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
- 23. Who to notify at each stage of a problem Simple steps to take problem specific (sloughing not the same as a sand boil) List of equipment required for steps flagging material up to excavator SPECIFIC TO YOUR LEVEE No concrete = no concrete SOGs PREVENTIVE ACTIONS
- 24. Where does the water go? How Floodplain mapping Breach Analysis Overtopping Piping Failure Inundation Map Share with Office of Emergency Management and Law Enforcement Agencies INUNDATION AREAS
- 25. EAPs are living and breathing documents! When do you review the document? When do you review the Notification Flowchart? With whom do you share the document (and updates)? What training is required? How and when are exercises conducted? Implement/Maintain Plan
- 26. People! Board What resources do Key Consultants you have? Volunteers Equipment Yours Your Operators Lease/Purchase Borrow/Share Other USACE
- 27. Other Resources Emergency Lighting Sand and sandbags Shovels Weather gear Floatation Vests Plastic Sheeting Rip rap (gravel/rock) Portable Pumps Plywood Steel Posts Fencing Material Barricades Orange Fencing Fork Lift Backhoe Dump Truck Excavator Crane Boat Gator/ATVs Emergency Communications Equipment Levee Patrol Members Operations Center Staging Area (cell phones, radios, pagers backup batteries) Safety gear for all participants (vest, gloves, etc.) Meals for responders/staff/volunteers
- 28. Are there seeps Consider your /sloughing? vulnerabilities What areas of the levee are difficult to patrol/observe? What intrusions have been made into your levee? Is your equipment working properly? Know capabilities of your personnel
- 29. What happens to other Districts if you breach? Impacts - Upstream What happens to you if the / Downstream District next to you breaches? Which river indicator do you use? What are your triggers to take specific actions? When to prepare for the arrival of tropical storm/hurricane.
- 32. 金Abnormal Conditions What is an Unusual but not necessarily Emergency? dangerous Observed: Cracks in the embankment crest or on slopes Action: Walk area of crest and slope and check for additional cracking. Stake the cracks and document size and location. Notify: District Engineer for further inspection. When do you worry about cracking?
- 33. What is an 金Watch Conditions Can become an emergency; serious Emergency? enough for close surveillance Observed: Numerous cracks in crest that are enlarging. Action: Initiate 24-hour surveillance. Monitor and measure cracking to determine speed and extent of problem. Mobilize to fill cracks. Notify: District Engineer, Board, Local Emergency Management officials When do you worry about cracking?
- 34. 金Possible Failure What is an Working on it but failure is possible Emergency? Observed: Large cracks in the crest that are rapidly enlarging during high water event (or if levee is loaded) Action: Continue monitoring and remedial actions. Parallel cracks indicate a slide see remedial action for slides. Notify: District Engineer, Board, State and Local Emergency Management officials When do you worry about cracking?
- 35. 金Imminent Failure What is an We can only lessen the impacts not Emergency? prevent failure Observed: Cracking that extends to pool elevation during high water event. Action: Evacuation within leveed area. Continue remedial actions. Notify: EVERYONE When do you worry about cracking?
- 36. SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE! Observation City of Sugar Land Many guidelines USACE New cracking, minor Emergency Level 3 Abnormal Level 1 Progressive ------------------------- Watch ----------- Increasing, multiple Emergency Level 2 Possible Failure Level 2 Large chunks, loss of integrity Emergency Level 1 Imminent Failure Level 3
- 37. Guidelines for Operating the Levee Under Duress Who to call /when to call When to turn on / turn off the pumps How to start the generator What to look for during levee surveillance What equipment to take during levee surveillance What to watch for if threatened with sabotage ALL MUST BE SPECIFIC TO YOUR LEVEE!!
- 38. Project Name River/Tributary Location o (city/county; township/section; GPS) Emergency Contact Information o Notification Flowchart Map o Inundation could include your leveed area o Additional inundation information is obtained through modeling What the County Needs
- 39. Rita Anderson Freese and Nichols, Inc. 10497 town and Country Boulevard Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77024 713-600-6825 rita.anderson@freese.com