Join us on Tuesday, November 18 from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern for Customization and Utilization of Dam Operation and Maintenance Manuals. This webinar will provide participants with information on the preparation and utilization of operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals for dams of varying type and size. It will serve as an update to and expansion upon ASDSO’s 2014 webinar, “Developing Operations and Maintenance Manuals for...

Flooding is no longer a rare event; it is an increasing reality for communities across the country. New federal standards updated floodplain maps, and resilience-focused mandates are reshaping how sewer and drainage systems must be designed. Infrastructure built on outdated assumptions risks being undersized, leaving critical services, property, and public safety exposed. Join us for a complimentary webinar where we will examine how modern flo...

Federal, state, and local governments, public safety agencies and the national intelligence community (IC) have different but parallel needs for timely, accurate information about individuals, organizations and conditions that pose a threat. Public safety agencies, already drowning in terabytes of data, are pioneering the application of data analytics to video. For the IC, the rapid changes shaking the international power structure require inn...

This course provides broad coverage of stability analysis for embankment dams. Topics addressed in the course include soil stress-strain behavior, shear strength selection, field, and laboratory testing methods, slope stability analysis methods, slope stability analysis loading cases, seepage as related to stability analysis, and stability rehabilitation methods. The course includes several exercises to reinforce the information presented in l...

“You won’t find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics,” Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower once said. Agencies in the national security and public safety sectors, such as the Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, understand the critical importance of logistics in ensuring that the right personnel and right materials are available t...

Drones and robots can extend the capabilities of first responders. In December 2024, a search and rescue team in Colorado used drones to find a 10-year-old boy who was lost in the mountains south of Denver. The team also used a drone to deliver a plastic bag with protein bars, gel packs, water, a winter hat and a thermal blanket for him until authorities arrived at the site. In Alaska, firefighters used a robot to drop needed supplies to crews...

When a disaster strikes, the infrastructure needed to support recovery usually is hit hard, as well. Tornados take down cell towers, buildings, tear up roads; floods damage water treatment plants, homes, bridges; wildfires destroy everything in their path. First responders – the people going into harm’s way to save people and property – need as much information as possible about the conditions they will face. The U.S. Fire Ad...

Data analytics demonstrate their value for both public safety and emergency management every day. The National League of Cities, for example, promotes the usefulness of Data-Informed Community Engagement (DICE), pairing crime data and analytics with community-driven risk concerns. Data-driven policing has been in use since the 1970s, but the advent of the cloud and edge computing has put it at the fingertips of law enforcement. Similarly, emer...

U.S. cities continue to look for ways to improve operations, particularly to reduce stress on infrastructure (roads, water, electricity, to name a few), public safety, and emergency services. Many also are looking to improve resilience as climate change triggers longer, more intense heatwaves, more frequent flooding, and longer power outages. Learning Objectives: Evaluate existing IoT use cases to determine their suitability for your agency...

This seminar provides comprehensive instruction in inspection and evaluation techniques for dams. The principles, concepts and procedures taught will be readily adaptable to any organization conducting dam inspections and evaluating their compliance with current design standards. Participants learn about a variety of dam types and their appurtenances, the function of typical dam features, and common dam failure modes and the conditions that ca...