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Emergency-preparedness & security checklist
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Email to friend- Develop/Update your Emergency Response Plan (ERP) based on your source water assessment.
- Maintain “as-built” construction and distribution system drawings.
- Document inspections of critically vulnerable facilities.
- Post up-to-date 24-hour emergency numbers.
- Establish a communications plan with police.
- Lock, screen, fence, and secure all key facilities, pipes, and wells.
- Install lighting around key facilities and parking areas.
- Identify alternative emergency supplies and equipment.
- Establish mutual aid agreements with neighboring communities.
- Dial “911” in an emergency and follow your ERP procedures.
Format:
Checklist/how-to
Topic:
Security/emergency-response planning
Source:
RCAP
Audience:
Operator
Board/council member
Plant manager
Mayor/town manager/elected official (local)
