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Power Outages and Communications
Jack Brown,
Director, Arlington County
Office of Emergency Management
November 13, 2012
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June 29 Derecho: 60,000+ outages
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Major Events – Were We Prepared?– June 29 Derecho (2012)
• 60,000+ w/o power• Verizon Phone system failure• Power Restoration: almost a week
– Hurricane Sandy (2012)• 19,000+ w/o power• Power Restoration: 3-4 days
– Hurricane Irene (2011)• 14,000+ w/o power• Power Restoration: 2-3 days
– July Macroburst (2011)• 7,000 w/o power• Power Restoration: 2 days
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Lessons Learned– Power Restoration
• New County buildings (including schools) are designed with generators
• Generators added to buildings that are primary shelter options
• Critical facilities to include vulnerable populations
– Communications• Better field communications needed with Dominion• High-level communications are robust• Continue to sharpen public messaging
– Safety• Employee safety must come first
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– Be Informed, Make a Plan, Get Involved• Arlington Alert (Email, text, pages)• AM 1700• Arlington Preparedness App (for smartphones)• County Website• New OEM website (sites.arlingtonva.us/oem) • Weather Radio• Local Media (TV & Radio)• Social Media
– Arlington OEM is available to help groups understand and plan for disasters large & small
Personal Preparedness
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Questions?