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Emergency Response Tabletop Exercises for Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems Train-the-Trainers Workshop

Overview

EPA is making available a new CD product entitled Emergency Response Tabletop Exercises for Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems. The tabletop exercises on this CD were developed to help train water and wastewater utility workers in the application of their emergency response plans. In total, twelve unique exercises can be created from the CD from five basic event types: intentional contamination, security breach, cyber security, physical attack, and interdependency. Users are also encouraged to adapt the materials on the CD to meet their own needs and objectives.

The exercises also contain secondary roles for health officials, laboratories, fire, police, emergency medical services, and local, state, and federal officials. The training goal of the CD is to strengthen the relationships between a water supplier and their emergency response team members and to enable water suppliers to "test" their emergency response plans before an actual incident occurs.

Intended Audience: Due to space constraints, workshop participation is limited to those individuals representing water utilities, private sector (with invite from client utility - must list inviting utility and contact name), federal government, state government, local government, emergency services or agencies, trainers affiliated with WEF or ICMA, and water-sector associations.

Training Course or Workshop Duration: 1 day

Sponsor: EPA's Water Security Division

Agenda / Content: Ready-to-go training presentations are provided with instructor notes. The presentations include:

  1. Background, Purpose, and Value of Exercises
  2. How to Set-up for an Enhanced Tabletop Exercise
  3. How to Conduct an Enhanced Tabletop Exercise
  4. How to Conduct an After Action Review
  5. The Incident Command System
  6. The National Incident Management System
  7. The Response Protocol Toolbox
  8. The National Response Plan

For More Information: Registration, workshop logistics, and additional information is available Exit EPA Site. Also view the Emergency Response Tabletop Exercises for Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems Train-the-Trainers Workshop Fact Sheet [PDF - 69 KB - 1 p].

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