Emergency Plan - Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority

BASIC PLAN
1.13. PLAN DEVELOPMENT and MAINTENANCE
This plan is the primary source of documentation concerning GSWSA’s emergency management planning
and preparation activities. All GSWSA divisions and departments share the responsibility for
development and maintenance of this plan as it pertains to their areas of responsibility. Overall
coordination and direction of this process is assigned to Safety Manager.
Safety Manager shall coordinate all efforts for plan development and timely update or revision.
This plan will be updated prior to July 1 st of each year. It will also be updated as necessary following
drills, exercises, actual events, or as other organizational or operational changes dictate.
Within 10 days of any actual incident, drill, or exercise – All involved divisions, departments, and ISFs
shall review and critique applicable areas of performance and associated plans & procedures. Safety
Manager shall be promptly notified of any necessary updates or revisions to any part of GSWSA’s
Emergency Management Plan.
1.14. TRAINING and EXERCISES
An effective and comprehensive training and exercise program is essential to the success of GSWSA’s
emergency management program.
As established in the “Chief Executive Officer’s Directive”; All Grand Strand Water & Sewer Authority
(GSWSA) employees and departments are hereby directed and expected to support and participate in
applicable training and emergency management drills and exercises
Safety Manager is responsible for development, implementation, and administration of GSWSA’s
emergency management training and exercise program.
In addition to typical training and education efforts, the following emergency management exercises shall
be utilized to test, evaluate, refine and improve GSWSA’s emergency management plans.
DRILL: A Drill is a coordinated and supervised exercise activity normally used to test one specific
operation or activity. Drills involve an actual response to a simulated situation where responses should be
as realistic as possible. One of the simplest and most common examples is a Fire Drill or Evacuation
Drill.
TABLETOP EXERCISE: A Tabletop Exercise involves a mostly simulated or talked-through response
to a given emergency situation or scenario. Tabletops normally focus on planning, coordination, decisionmaking,
and plan implementation activities. No actual field responses take place and many other response
elements may be simulated so the exercise time-line can be compressed and/or expanded significantly
from what a “real-life” response would require. In general, Tabletops involve fairly low-stress, lowrealism
scenarios, but that can vary depending on the exercise objectives. The exercise designers and
facilitator can build in challenging time constraints if so desired and maps, charts, and interjected problem
messages can help add realism to the scenario.
FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE: A Functional Exercise involves a largely realistic response to a timepressured,
realistic emergency situation or scenario. No actual field responses take place but non-field
activities are handled as realistically as possible. Participants (Players) are forced to respond in real-time
Grand Strand Water & Sewer Authority 25 CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS
Emergency Management Plan SECURITY SENSITIVE
June 7, 2013 NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE