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For more information about this course or to schedule a class, please contact the division.
This course can be scheduled to meet your specific requirements.

Course Description


MGT345 - Disaster Management for Electric Power Systems - 16.00 Hours

Prerequisites

None.

Description

The primary purpose of the training is to help Electric Power Systems personnel plan for and develop a response to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and natural disasters.

Goals include:

  • Improving security against physical damage, organizational disruption, and control system vulnerability
  • Enhancing the electric power systems ability to plan, prevent, detect, respond and restore their facilities in emergency situations
  • Providing an understanding of working with the media.

Topics

  • Threats to Electric Power Systems
  • Vulnerability Assessments
  • Reducing Risks to Electric Power Systems
  • Responding to Disasters
  • Recovery from Disasters
  • Public Information

Audience

This course is designed to train at a management level. The participant audience includes but is not limited to the following:

  • Utility Commission personnel, to include:
    • Management, supervisors, and foremen level
    • Utility disaster coordinators
    • Security personnel
    • Data system personnel
    • Public information personnel
    • Field personnel
  • Fire, law and EMS personnel from either the system itself or from the surrounding jurisdiction

Other Information

Note: Registration for each course will be processed by the host city. Please call Vince Slominski at 979.458.4609 or Anita McWhorter at 979.845.2843 for a contact phone number to register for a course.

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