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Planning for Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Silver Lake
Resource Type | ASDSO Journal Articles |
Title | Planning for Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Silver Lake |
Author/Presenter | Schwalbach, Teresa A. |
Organization/Agency | Association of State Dam Safety Officials |
Publisher | Association of State Dam Safety Officials |
Year | 2008 |
Date | 06/2008 |
Journal Title | The Journal of Dam Safety |
Journal Volume | 6 |
Journal Issue | 2 |
ISBN/ISSN | ISSN: 1944-9836 |
Abstract/Additional Information | In the event of a dam failure, emergency responders play a vital role. The author-Emergency Management Coordinator for Marquette County-recounts how an updated emergency action plan and ongoing communications between responders and dam owners contributed to a successful response by emergency personnel during the 2003 Silver Lake dam failure in Marquette County, Michigan. 6 pp. |
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