Many dams and levees have embankment drains, structure underdrains, and relief wells to control seepage through and beneath the dam and piezometers to monitor the performance of these features. Dam and levee owners, managers, and maintenance staff may be uncertain about the function of these features and what maintenance is required. This webinar will summarize seepage principles and terminology in layman's terms and describe the purposes and...

Oroville Dam is the tallest dam in the United States. On February 7, 2017, a section of the concrete chute slab of the service spillway failed during spillway discharge, and several days later the emergency spillway was activated for the first time in the half-century history of the dam, resulting in rapid and severe erosion of the hillside below the emergency spillway weir, and prompting precautionary evacuation of nearly 190,000 downstream r...

It’s crucial for today’s defense and humanitarian agencies to be able to deploy ground forces quickly and stay connected to them wherever they are. Yet, options for ground communications today are often expensive, unreliable, and lack true broadband connectivity for mobility applications. FlexGround from Intelsat General is uniquely positioned to fit the needs of ground forces worldwide. Its industry leading Comms-on-the-Pause (COT...

Virtual Tabletop Exercise Series (VTTX) – Public Health-focused Pandemic Influenza In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this exercise is a specially designed Virtual Table-Top Exercises (VTTX), which will specifically focus on the impacts of a novel influenza virus on the public health community. The VTTX involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and can be used t...

Virtual Tabletop Exercise Series (VTTX) – Public Health-focused Pandemic Influenza In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this exercise is a specially designed Virtual Table-Top Exercises (VTTX), which will specifically focus on the impacts of a novel influenza virus on the public health community. The VTTX involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and can be used t...

Virtual Tabletop Exercise Series (VTTX) – Public Health-focused Pandemic Influenza In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this exercise is a specially designed Virtual Table-Top Exercises (VTTX), which will specifically focus on the impacts of a novel influenza virus on the public health community. The VTTX involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting, and can be used t...

Exercise Description: The VTTX will simulate an active threat event taking place at a shopping mall and can be used to assess plans, policies, training, and procedures. The VTTX differs from other tabletop exercises because it uses Video-Teleconference (VTC) technology not Adobe Connect® or Face Time©. It provides an opportunity for responders across the Nation to simultaneously participate in a hazard-specific facilitated discussion....

Exercise Description: The VTTX will simulate an active threat event taking place at a shopping mall and can be used to assess plans, policies, training, and procedures. The VTTX differs from other tabletop exercises because it uses Video-Teleconference (VTC) technology not Adobe Connect® or Face Time©. It provides an opportunity for responders across the Nation to simultaneously participate in a hazard-specific facilitated discussion....

Exercise Description: The VTTX will simulate an active threat event taking place at a shopping mall and can be used to assess plans, policies, training, and procedures. The VTTX differs from other tabletop exercises because it uses Video-Teleconference (VTC) technology not Adobe Connect® or Face Time©. It provides an opportunity for responders across the Nation to simultaneously participate in a hazard-specific facilitated discussion....

Exercise Description: This VTTX is designed for organizations interested in raising awareness of cyber risk management, cyber related planning, and other issues related to cyber incident prevention, protection, and response. The scenario will focus on increasingly complex and severe cyber threats, beginning with general information on a potential security risk and culminating with the containment, eradication, and recovery from a cyber-incide...