Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

ABCs of Temporary Emergency Power

IS-815

Course Overview

The goal of this course is to acquaint members of various communities of practice (emergency management, public works, water/wastewater, healthcare, etc.) with requirements related to provision of temporary emergency power to their facilities following disruption of the commercial power grid.

Course Objectives:

Identify the the types of facilities local community personnel believe could be critical to response and recovery activities

  • Describe various mitigation and best practices related to facility generator requirements
  • Describe preparedness and best practice's to determine facility generator requirements
  • Describe the required activities related to the installation of a generator
  • Describe the required activities related to the sustainment of generator operations
  • Describe the required activities related to de-installation and demobilization of a generator
  • Describe the safety requirements and activities related to generator installation and operations

Primary Audience

Emergency management, public works, water/wastewater, healthcare, etc. involved with provision of temporary emergency power to their facilities following disruption of the commercial power grid

Course Date

12/27/2016

Prerequisites

None

CEUs:

0.2

Course Length:

2 hours

training.fema.gov

An official website of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security