In recognizing this need, specialists of the Inspections and Emergency Management Group have developed an Emergency Management Orientation Seminar to better provide essential dam safety emergency management training for Reclamation personnel, for other Government agencies, and for the private sector. Since 1991, this seminar has been conducted in several locations for various organizations, including the National Weather Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Forest Service, and many State and local governmental agencies, as well as Reclamation personnel at the Technical Service Center and at regional and area offices. The seminar is general in its approach to emergency management. An appreciation of the need to plan. The legal basis for planning from both a Reclamation and a State or local emergency management perspective.
Teamwork is necessary to conduct emergency exercises.
Therefore, an emergency orientation exercise is the culminating activity of the seminar. What must be done, on a regular basis, to operate and maintain installed early warning systems. The need for coordination and networking among and between all involved emergency resp onse and operations organizations. The principles and practices of developing and conducting emergency exercises. Finally, the seminar will help participants to better understand the roles of State and local officials in the event of an emergency or unusual condition at a dam.