Key Features of Effective Emergency Action Plans for Dams: Agenda

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Eastern

• Introduction
  • Instructor introductions
  • Purpose of Dam EAPs
  • Importance of Dam EAPs
• Review of important case studies.
  • Failure and consequences
  • Effectiveness of emergency preparedness
  • Lessons learned
• Potential failure modes (PFMS) for dam failures & incidents.
  • Failure and Incident Statistics
  • Embankment dam normal load PFMs
  • Embankment dam flood load PFMs
  • Embankment dam seismic load PFMs
  • Concrete dam PFMs
  • Other dam PFMs
• Q&A Session
• Key elements of effective EAPs
  • Introduction of the 5-steps of an EAP
  • Key elements of a dam EAP
  • Other types of EAPs
• Key stakeholders in an EAP (
  • FEMA’s whole community approach
  • Key relationships for effective EAPs
  • Facilitating collaboration
• Effective communication and collaboration during EAP events
  • Effective emergency communications systems
  • Elements of effective messaging
• Incident Command System (ICS) for dam safety
  • What is ICS
  • When is ICS used
  • Overview of the ICS structure
  • Where do engineers fit into the ICS system?
  • Available free ICS training  
• Q&A Session
• Inundation and Evacuation Mapping
  • Differences between inundation and evacuation mapping
  • Responsibilities for preparing inundation and evacuation mapping
  • Inundation Mapping – Key Elements and Examples
  • Evacuation Mapping – Key Elements and Examples
• Elements of an effective EAP program
  • Effective EAP preparation and testing
  • EAP Tools to improve communications and response
• EAP References & Resources
• Webinar Concluding Remarks