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The Online Help Centre
This course will assist small water systems in British Columbia in developing an Emergency Response & Contingency Plan (ERCP). Knowing what to do, who to contact, and how to communicate helps to prevent unnecessary complications that can prolong outages, create additional expenses and lead to illnesses. Developing an ERCP will provide you with a well thought out set of procedures to follow in the event of an emergency or Abnormal Operational Circumstance (AOC). Identifying corrective actions and procedures will help you to respond quickly to a drinking water emergency.
The goal of this course is to guide you through the process of developing a draft ERCP that satisfies the requirements of the BC DWPA.
Course Learning Objectives:
- What is an ERCP and why is it needed?
- What is emergency management?
- How emergency management fits in the Multi-Barrier Approach (MBA) in the provision of safe drinking water.
- What are Drinking water Emergencies and AOC.
- Why is it important for water suppliers to have an ERCP.
- Assessing Risks & Vulnerabilities
- Map of your water system
- Shut Down and Tart up Procedures
- Possible Emergency Events & AOCs
- Emergency Contact list
- Responding to an Emergency Event & AOC
- Create a Planned response
- Testing After an Event
- Public Notification & Communication plan
- Recovery & Resilience