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.