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Emergency Response Technical Assistance Project

Emergency Response Technical Assistance Project. Kansas Municipal Gas Utilities. Pipeline Safety Trust Pipeline Safety Conference New Orleans November 5-6, 2009. Kansas Municipal Utilities. Statewide association for municipally-owned and -0perated utilities Electric Natural Gas Water

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Emergency Response Technical Assistance Project

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  1. Emergency Response Technical Assistance Project Kansas Municipal Gas Utilities Pipeline Safety Trust Pipeline Safety Conference New Orleans November 5-6, 2009

  2. Kansas Municipal Utilities • Statewide association for municipally-owned and -0perated utilities • Electric • Natural Gas • Water • Wastewater • Telecommunications • 176 communities operating one or more municipal utility systems • Provides programs and services to support municipal systems • Headquartered in McPherson, Kansas since 1928

  3. Kansas Municipal Gas Systems • 62 municipal gas systems • Community-owned and -operated • Predominantly small systems • Range: 5,100 to 50 customers • Transmission only (e.g., municipal power plants) • Geographically diverse • Some with limited resources and staffing • Often operated in conjunction with other utility systems

  4. Emergency Response Technical Assistance Project • Target group • Municipally-owned and operated natural gas systems • Technical assistance • Emergency response plans • Review and revise as appropriate • Kansas Mutual Aid Program for Utilities (KSMAP) • Program promotion • Target 100% participation • Assist with registration and data entry • Training

  5. Why is Kansas interested in emergency planning and response? • Community and system safety • System need • State regulatory interest • Kansas Corporation Commission – Office of Pipeline Safety • Concern about small systems and ability to respond and recover • KMU approached about working with municipal systems

  6. Why is Kansas interested in emergency planning and response? • Recent disasters impacting Kansas • Tornados • Greensburg , Kansas • Chapman, Kansas • Southeast Kansas Flooding • Winter Storms and Ice • impacting 2/3 of the state Photo Courtesy of City of Neodesha

  7. Greensburg Tornado • Tornado hit on Friday May 5th at 9:45PM • Classified as an EF-5 Tornado • Greensburg was in the direct path of the tornado and ninety-five percent of City was hit • Tornado was 1.7 miles wide with winds of 205 MPH Photo Courtesy of Bill Calloway, Clay Center

  8. Greensburg Before Tornado

  9. Greensburg After

  10. Southeast Kansas Flooding • Flooding June 26-30, 2007 • Counties receiving as much as 20 inches of rain • Rainfall came at 2-3 inches of rain per hour • Rivers and creeks began leaving their banks and overspreading much of Southeast Kansas • Refinery oil spill into Verdigris River at Coffeyville Photo Courtesy of City of Iola

  11. December 2007 Winter Storm • Freezing rain started on December 9-10, 2007 • Significant accumulation across much of the state • Downed limbs and power lines • Widespread damage stressed state utility crew availability • Over 200,000 without power Photo Courtesy of City of Holton

  12. Chapman Tornado • Tornado hit on Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at 10:20 PM • Classified as an EF-3 Tornado • Tornado was 1/2 mile wide with winds of 165 MPH • Tornado touched down in the Southwest corner of town moving through the center of town • 50-60% of community damaged or destroyed Photo Courtesy of City of Chapman Website

  13. Mutual Aid for Utilities • Definition: • Typically, a short-term, quick response of emergency services to restore critical utility operations • In Kansas we characterize it as “neighbor helping neighbor” • For this program, we see it as “bringing the pieces together”

  14. Why utility mutual aid? • Utilities require specialized resources and qualified personnel to sustain operations • Utilities must typically provide their own response in the immediate aftermath of disaster • Response agencies also rely on utility operations • Disasters can impact damaged utility employees and their families

  15. Why utility mutual aid? • Large scale disasters can quickly outstrip a system’s ability to respond and recover on its own • Neighboring utility systems can respond with qualified professionals – “neighbor helping neighbor” • Agreements must be in place prior to an incident for federal reimbursement eligibility • Recent disasters demonstrated need

  16. Primary concerns when disaster strikes • Protect public health, safety, and welfare • Secure the area and utility assets • Assess the damage • Determine priorities for recovery • Restoration and clean-up

  17. Interested organizations looking for options to provide help • Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) • Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE) • Kansas Municipal Utilities (KMU) • Kansas Rural Water Association (KRWA) • American Water Works Association – Kansas Section (AWWA) • Kansas Water Environment Association (KWEA)

  18. Issues identified from disasters • Organization of response • Need state coordinator familiar with utilities • Need emergency management officials knowledgeable about utilities • Widespread or intensive disaster damage needs extensive coordination • Communication and locating capabilities • Identification for mutual aid personnel • Mutual aid responder rotation for extended recovery • Education on emergency management practices (ERP, NIMS, ICS)

  19. Program development • Development process • Organize committee • KCC/KDHE/KDEM/KMU/KRWA/AWWA-KS/KWEA • Identify needs and issues • Review other state’s programs and national models • Prepare program agreements and materials for adoption by various organizations and utility systems • Develop resource inventory/electronic database • Organize coordination efforts • Provide training (mutual aid and NIMS) • Activate program as needed

  20. New Program

  21. Benefits of KSMAP program • Participation is voluntary • Provides a single program to access resources statewide • Establishes agreement and protocols for responding with trained individuals and specialized equipment • Can assist in initial phases of a disaster until additional aid can arrive • Increases emergency preparedness and coordination • No obligation to respond if resources are needed in own utility

  22. Coordinating assistance • Experienced help available in extensive disaster situations • KSMAP will dispatch response team to assist a community with coordination efforts • Experienced professionals • Utility management and operation • Engineering • Disaster assessment and coordination

  23. Lessons learned • Have an emergency response plan in place • Train employees (ERP, NIMS, ICS) • Have good maps • Have vender list available • Location of critical machinery, material and system components • Identify critical needs and locations for service restoration • Proper identification of personnel and mission • Identify locations for accommodations for outside assistance • Know who and when to call for assistance and reporting

  24. Questions? 101½ N. Main Street McPherson, Kansas 67460 620-241-1423 ph  620-241-7928 fx www.kmunet.org

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