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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08.b. (Handout) Emergency Management Program: Earthquake and FloodCCCSD Emergency Management Program: Earthquake and Flood 8/4/11 Board of Directors Meeting Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Presentation Topics Emergency Management Overview Shari Deutsch, Safety & Risk Mgt. Admin. Collections System Preparedness & Response Tad Pilecki, Provisional CSO Director Treatment Plant Preparedness & Response Randy Grieb, Plant Operations Division Mgr. 8.6, (Haildw) Emergency Management Overview Lifecycle of a Disaster: Preparation Prevention Response Recovery Emergency Management Overview The 4 Stages of Emergency Management: • Prevention - Measures taken in advance to reduce or remove potential impacts of a disaster (mitigation) • Preparation - Measures taken in advance to allow functionality during a disaster (stockpiling goods, redundant services etc.) • Response - Measures taken to restore normal operations as soon as possible after a disaster • Recovery - Long term projects to return an organization to pre - disaster capacity or level of service Preparation DISTRICT -WIDE EMERGENCY PLANS Emergency Action Plan • Immediate response to event • Evacuation or Shelter in Place Emergency Communications Plan * Activated as needed given time and impact of event Emergency Operations Plan * Activated as needed given severity and scope of event Response RESPONSE PRIORITIES FOR ALL DISASTERS: 1. Protect People and Secure Property 2. Establish and Maintain Communications 3. Assess Damage 4. Coordinate with County Office of Emerg. Services 5. Implement Short Term Responses • Identify and Gather Resources • Prioritize and Implement Tasks 6. Manage Recovery • Include Disaster Recovery $$ when available CSO Preparation CSO EMERGENCY PLANS Pumping Stations * Pumping Stations Emergency Response Plan Field Operations *Sewer System Overflow Response Plan CSO Emergency Preparedness FIELD OPERATIONS AND PUMPING STATIONS: • Response Drills • Emergency Radio Practice • Key staff received classroom training and simulated response planning • Emergency response teams have been established in Engineering to assist • Lists of vulnerable facilities to check have been developed • Emergency response equipment has been purchased (war wagons, pump van, and backhoes) • Mutual aid available • Emergency food and water supplies for field crews CSO Flood Preparedness PUMPING STATIONS: • Raised all Pumping Stations above 100 Year flood plain • Installed bypass capability at all major pump stations and most minor pump stations • SCADA at all stations • Permanent standby emergency generators at all major stations and many minor stations • Currently updating Pumping Stations Emergency Response Plan • Dual force mains at all major stations and most minor stations CSO Flood Response PUMPING STATIONS: • Pumping Stations are monitored by SCADA 24/7 • Major stations are manned during major storm events (Normal work hours and if major event is anticipated.) • On - call crews available to respond within 45 minutes • Portable pumps / generators / piping available CSOD Flood Preparedness FIELD OPERATIONS: • Backbone of collection system is designed to handle a 20 year system event • Installed bolt down manholes in low lying areas • Raised manholes where practical in low lying areas • Sandbags, hay bails, and plastics palletized for damming of creeks • Turn -key emergency equipment on hand • Emergency food and water supplies for field crews CSOD Flood Response FIELD OPERATIONS: • On - call crew available in 45 minutes • Heighten alert and staffing levels during major rain events • Prepare to respond to anywhere - POD, Pumping Stations • Slide monitoring/ vulnerable locations • Agreements with Rain for Rent for additional equipment • Participate in CaIWARN (mutual aid) CSO Earthquake Preparedness PUMPING STATIONS: • All major stations have been seismically upgraded • Recent seismic evaluation / capital projects, • Engineering response teams have been established and trained to assess damage • Structural engineering is on retainer to assist • SCADA at all stations • Permanent generators at all major stations with fuel • Portable pumps/ piping available • _Dual force mains at all major stations and most minor stations • Manhole Monitoring/ Alarms CSO Earthquake Response PUMPING STATIONS: • Pumping Stations are monitored by SCADA 24/7 • Engineering teams assigned to visit specific stations for damage assessment • Emergency radio and emergency response supplies available • Portable pumps/ generators/ piping available • Force mains alignments will be walked • All stations will be checked CSOD Earthquake Preparedness FIELD OPERATIONS: • New CSO Facility is designed for Immediate Occupancy and includes power and fuel, and serves as backup Emergency Operations Center • All necessary response equipment on hand •. List of current contractors working for District • Engineering response teams have been established to assist • GDI/Maintenance records /As- builts stored on laptops • List of critical / vulnerable sites CSOD Earthquake Response FIELD OPERATIONS: • Crews to report to CSO yard • Monitor phones and emergency information • Dispatch crews to check on critical / vulnerable sites and creek crossings • On call crew available 24 / 7 to respond within 45 minutes • Engineering staff available to help with assessments as needed Emergency Management Overview TREATMENT -PLANT EMERGENCY PLANS 2010 Contingency Plans * Includes flowcharts for specific disasters * Includes regulatory reporting info and contacts Clearwell Emergency Response Plan Treatment Plant Flood Preparedness • Raised Electrical Boxes • Raised levees adjoining Grayson Creek • Coordination with ACOE to ensure 100 year flood protection • Identified low points on Flood Maps • Created sandbag placement maps • Wet Weather Bypass Project underway Includes expanding the channel to Basin B to allow increased capacity Treatment Plant Flood Response • Most At -Risk Area: Tunnels • Prefilled sandbags would be purchased if flooding anticipated • Have portable pumps and hoses on site if needed to pump tunnels • Under `Storm Watch' conditions, have additional operators on site, Mechanical, Electrical and Instrument Shop staff and utility workers on standby • Cogen Facility and Standby Power available Treatment Plant EQ Preparedness • Standby Power Building is an Immediate Occupancy Structure. Other structures are proposed to be upgraded to Life Safety Plus. • Plant has Dual Electric Feeders • Multiple electric routes to influent pumps • Seismic Upgrades performed to SCB and above ground emergency feeder • Installed hookups for generators at the Standby Power Facility Treatment Plant EQ Preparedness • Blow out panels and outboard weirs installed in clarifiers • 2,500 spare UV lamps stored in warehouse • Computer System has seismic bracing • Plant Control System Workstations are located throughout the plant • Analog backup systems to critical equipment (i. e. influent pumps, PE pumps, gravity gate, & PE bypass gate) • New emergency sludge loading facility • Use real -life incidents to test response procedures (recycled water line collapse, old standby generators and cogen failures) Treatment Plant EQ Response • Most critical area - Headworks • 2 diesel standby generators on site • Other emergency supplies stored on site • Will call in extra crews as needed • Priority is to restore power & get sewage out of sewer and into the ponds • Then evaluate processes and restart as available Questions?