Emergency Planning Guide for Utilities

Introduction

An increase in major natural disasters has led to heightened concerns about utility operations and public safety. Due to today's complex, compliance-based environment, utility managers and planners often find it difficult to plan for the action needed to help ensure organization-wide resilience and meet consumer expectations during these incidents.

Purpose of the Volume

This volume offers a working guide that presents new and field-tested approaches to plan development, training, exercising, and emergency program management.

Intended Audience

The book will help utility planners, trainers, and responders to more effectively prepare for damaging events and improve the level of the utility's resilience.