Emergency Action Plan Basics

This webinar is intended to provide an introduction to emergency action plans (EAPs) for dam safety emergency planners, dam owners, dam regulators, and consultants. The information presented will be a condensed version of subjects included in ASDSO’s two-day seminar titled Emergency Action Planning for Dam Safety. The webinar will include information that will be useful to participants in developing new EAPs and improving the effectiveness of existing EAPs.

The agenda is structured to answer the following key questions:

1. Why are EAPs important?
2. What are the important components of an effective EAP?
3. How do EAPs relate to other aspects of emergency planning?
4. How do you develop, update, and test an EAP?

There are no specific education or experience prerequisites for this webinar, although some knowledge/experience in dam safety would be beneficial.

Speaker and Presenter Information

John W. France, PE

Mr. France is a registered professional engineer, who is currently a Vice President and National Dam Technology Leader for URS Corporation. He has over 35 years of consulting engineering experience, during which time he has worked on hundreds of civil engineering projects. For the past 25 years his professional career has been focused on dam engineering and dam safety services. During his career, Mr. France has been the owner’s engineer at the time of serious dam safety incidents at three dams, and he has both prepared EAPs and reviewed existing EAPs for a number of dams. He has served on expert consultant review boards for dam safety projects for the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers and BC Hydro.

Relevant Government Agencies

Army, Dept of Energy, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of the Interior, Other Federal Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, FEMA, Federal Government, State & Local Government