On-Demand Webinar : Key Features of Effective Emergency Action Plans for Dams
Association of State Dam Safety Officials, 2025
This webinar will provide an update on the basics and share the latest trends associated with developing, maintaining, and testing effective emergency action plans (EAPs) for dams. The webinar will include discussions about key tools that can help improve emergency preparedness, communications, and operations under the Incident Command System during dam incidents. The instructors will provide insights into the emergency action planning process, including evacuation planning and emergency response systems. The importance of building your local team of dam owners, regulators, emergency responders, the media, and other key stakeholders to improve integrated emergency operations will be discussed. The instructors will also share some of the latest animation tools to help your team better understand inundation maps.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand the common potential failure modes for dams.
- Understand the basics of integrated operations under the Incident Command System during a dam safety incident.
- Understand the important elements of an effective dam EAP.
- Understand the different types of EAP testing and why testing is important.
- Understand the important elements and features on inundation maps.
- Discuss some new technologies that can help prepare effective EAPS and improve emergency response.
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Speaker(s): Steve Jamieson, Danielle Hannes, Darren Price
Revision ID: 8406
Revision Date: 05/11/2026