Emergency Response & SecurityAdvanced 32 min read

Emergency Response & Security: Advanced Emergency Management I – AWIA Compliance & ICS Integration

The federal Risk and Resilience Assessment and Emergency Response Plan requirements under AWIA Section 2013 / SDWA Section 1433, and full Incident Command System integration for utilities acting as a responding or supporting agency.

At the top license class, emergency management stops being a set of good practices and becomes, for many utilities, a matter of federal law. This guide covers the two pillars of advanced emergency management: the specific, legally binding Risk and Resilience Assessment and Emergency Response Plan requirements Congress imposed on community water systems, and the full Incident Command System framework your utility must be able to operate inside of when a major incident brings multiple outside agencies to your gate.

America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) Section 2013

Applicability and Deadlines

Section 2013 of the America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA), which amended Section 1433 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, requires community water systems serving a population greater than 3,300 to conduct a Risk and Resilience Assessment (RRA) and develop or update an **Emerg

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