The Disaster Management for Electric Power Systems course provides students with information specific to preparing for, protecting against, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against a threatened or actual natural disaster, an act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster affecting electric power facilities and systems.

During this course, participants will be guided through discussions and exercise that will assist them in:

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
Developing an understanding and appreciation for working with the media.


Course Objectives
Identify threats to electric power systems.
Identify measures to reduce risks to electric power facilities.
Identify the incident management system that allows a nationwide, all-hazards approach to disaster response.
Discuss the responsibilities of electric utilities during disaster recovery.
Develop information for presentation to the public and media during an incident.
Discuss the planning activities involved when preparing for disasters.
Mission Areas
Prevent
Protect
Respond
Recover
Prerequisites
None

Successful completion of IS-100, IS-200, IS-800, and IS-700 are expected, but not required.

Students must bring an electronic device to download student manual and other course materials provided by TEEX. Laptop or tablet preferred.

This is a dual registration course. Student must register with TEEX to receive credit for this course as well as pretest and course materials.

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