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Emergency Plan - Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority

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APPENDIX 12<br />

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION PLAN<br />

The CEO or Incident Comm<strong>and</strong>er must approve <strong>and</strong> authorize all information prior to<br />

release or dissemination.<br />

All inquiries or requests from the media will be forwarded to the CEO.<br />

Any employee approached or questioned by the media shall politely refer them to the<br />

CEO, <strong>and</strong> explain that the CEO can provide them with the most up-to-date information,<br />

<strong>and</strong> can also put them in touch with the designated GSWSA Spokesperson.<br />

5.11.4 POTENTIAL CRISIS EVENTS<br />

The list of potential crisis events, or “emergencies”, that may require crisis<br />

communications activities includes, but is not limited to the following.<br />

Hurricane<br />

....................................<strong>Water</strong> System Contamination<br />

Tornado<br />

....................................Earthquake...............................<br />

Hazardous Material Spill / Release<br />

Severe Thunderstorm ....................................Confined Space <strong>Emergency</strong><br />

Multiple Employees Injured.............................Trench / Excavation Collapse<br />

Employee Fatality ....................................Fire / Explosion<br />

Power Outage ....................................Suspicious Mail / Package<br />

Telephone System Failure..................................V<strong>and</strong>alism / Stolen Property<br />

SCADA Failure / Cyber-attack. .........................Violence / Assault<br />

IS Failure / Cyber-attack....................................Armed Robbery<br />

Major <strong>Water</strong> Main Leak / Break.........................Terrorist Attack<br />

<strong>Water</strong> System Pressure Loss..............................Freeze / Winter Storm<br />

Sc<strong>and</strong>al<br />

...................................Internal Corruption<br />

Widespread Health Issue<br />

SSO – severe environmental situation / major spill<br />

Unexpected traffic tie-up caused by leak, spill, construction, etc.

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