EMERGENCY

ACTION PLAN

Pramod Narayan
Director, CWC
pramodnarayan-cwc@gov.in
+91-9958975921
WH
Y
CHAPTER VIII : EMERGENCY ACTION
PLAN & DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Provision in Dam Safety Act 2021
WHY
Jammu- Assam, 2016 Tiware Dam,
Kashimir, 2019
2014

Rishikesh, Chennai , Kerala, 2018

2013
36.000 Large Dams
300 Dam failures
 Rate of Failure = 1 %

Rate of Failure (last 60 years) = 0.25 %

ICOLD
 Survival Rate (Airplane
Crash) = 38 %
Rate of Failure (last 60
years) = 0.25 %
 Survival Rate (Airplane
Rate of Failure (last 60
Crash)= 38 %
years) = 0.25 %
Rate of Failure (last 60 Survival Rate
years) = 0.25 % (Airplane Crash)= 38
%
What is an Emergency Action Plan?
 Notification
Flowcharts

Consequences Inundation
Maps
Coordination Resources/
among contact details
Stakeholders
Roles &
Responsibilities

Response / Response & Operation

Evacuation Times Procedures/Protocols
 Machu II Dam
Failure.,1979
(Morbi District,
Gujarat)
EAP
Five-Step
Response
Process
Emergency Alert Levels
Tiered Inundation Mapping
How to succeed in prepare
an Effective/Functional
EAP ?
 Dam
Operations and
Maintenance
E mergency A ction
Manual P lan
Ho
Dam’s
Authority/Operator
WHO?
WHAT? Eff
Timeline WHEN?
HOW?

Disaster Management / Relief

Authorities
Timeline
Working your Step 5 – Clarity &

way up
Simplicity

Step 4 – Training & Drills

Step 3 – Trigger Levels

Step 2 – Roles & Responsibilities

Step 1 – Flood Hazard Understanding
 Flood Hazard
Understanding
Inundation Inundation Evacuation
Maps Maps Plan (Routes,
(Hazard) (severity, PAR, Shelters,
Probability) Evac. times)
H6 – Unsafe for people and vehicles. All buildings types considered
vulnerable to failure

H5 – Unsafe for people and vehicles. All buildings vulnerable to

structural damage.

H4 – Unsafe for people and vehicles

H3 – Unsafe for vehicles, children, and elderly

H2 – Unsafe for small vehicles

H1 – Generally safe for people, vehicles and people

Total Affected Area 1,547 Km2
H6 – Unsafe for people and
vehicles. All buildings types
considered vulnerable to failure

552 Km2
Total Affected Area 497 Km2
H6 – Unsafe for people and
vehicles. All buildings types
considered vulnerable to failure

333 Km2
Total Affected Area 342 Km2
H6 – Unsafe for people and
vehicles. All buildings types
considered vulnerable to failure

239 Km2
Total Affected Area 285 Km2
H6 – Unsafe for people and
vehicles. All buildings types
considered vulnerable to failure

204 Km2
Total Affected Area 917 Km2
H6 – Unsafe for people and
vehicles. All buildings types
considered vulnerable to failure

56 Km2
Total Affected Area 443 Km2
H6 – Unsafe for people and
vehicles. All buildings types
considered vulnerable to failure

3.5 Km2
Total Affected Area 183 Km2
H6 – Unsafe for people and
vehicles. All buildings types
considered vulnerable to failure

2.5 Km2
Total Affected Area 3.63 Km2
H6 – Unsafe for people and
vehicles. All buildings types
considered vulnerable to failure

0 Km2
 Flood Hazard
Understanding
Inunda Evacua
Inunda tion tion
tion Maps Plan
Maps (severit (Routes
(Hazar y, PAR, ,
d) Probab Shelter
ility) s, Evac.
imes)
Roles & Responsibilities
Flood Hazard
Understanding
Inundation Evacuation
Inundation Maps Plan
Maps (severity, (Routes,
(Hazard) PAR, Shelters,
Probability Evac.
) times)
 Roles &
Responsibilities
Stakeholders Types of
• Emergency Planning responsibilities
Manager Operationa
l
• Dam Owner’s Officials Notification
• Dam Safety officials
Evacuation
• Disaster Management
Termination
Authorities & follow-up
• Police/Fire departments
• Districts’
representatives
• Contractors & Suppliers
• Community
 Roles &
Responsibilities

Notification
Flowcharts
 Trigger levels
(Warning Process)

Technical Social
Organizationa
l
Hazard /
Emergency
Evaluation
Risk
Communication

Specialists
Administrato General
rs Public
Decision to warn
Protective
Actions
Precise Diffuse
 Testing & Training
Evaluate and validate the emergency
preparedness and response capabilities of
all organizations involved in the EAP

Tabletop
Exercises
(Mock
Drills) Stakeholders’
Consultation

Emergency
Response
Trainings
Simplicity
 Clarity &
Clarity Simplicity
Simplicity

Response
Readiness
• Suitable document to all the
stakeholders
• Use simple words where is required
• Summarize in few pages
Ambiguous Document
Mismatch between emergency
scenario and the emergency
response capabilities
 …”Those who fail to learn from the past
are doomed to repeat it”

Notification
Flowcharts

Consequences
Inundation Step 5 –
Maps Clarity &
Simplicity
Coordination among Step 4 – Training &test
Stakeholders
Resources/contact Step 3 – Trigger Levels
details Step 2 – Roles &
Responsibilities
Roles &
Responsibilities Step 1 – Flood Hazard
Understanding

Response &
Operation
Response / Procedures/Protocols
Evacuation Times