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Type of Asset a Example a Typical Criteria that Can Be Applied to<br />

Determine Criticality b<br />

Senior Senior citizen centers, retirement communities Facilities requiring a State license to operate<br />

Social Service Homeless/transient shelters, missions and<br />

soup kitchens, youth, family, and battered<br />

Facilities that require regular municipal fire<br />

safety inspections<br />

person shelters, heating and cooling shelters<br />

Detention<br />

Centers<br />

Jails, youth detention centers<br />

All facilities<br />

Community<br />

Centers<br />

Public Assembly<br />

Libraries, civic centers, recreational facilities<br />

Sports stadiums, concert auditoriums, theaters,<br />

cinemas, religious facilities, shopping malls,<br />

conference centers, museums, art centers<br />

Facilities that require regular municipal fire<br />

safety inspections<br />

Facilities that require regular municipal fire<br />

safety inspections<br />

Hotels Hotels, motels, boarding houses Facilities required to register under tax laws<br />

High-rise<br />

Apartments, condos, office buildings<br />

Buildings seven stories or higher<br />

Buildings<br />

Food Service Restaurants, grocery stores, supermarkets,<br />

food processing facilities<br />

Facilities required to register under tax laws,<br />

facilities with significant food quantities stored<br />

on the premises<br />

Industry Hazardous material handling All facilities<br />

Notes:<br />

a. The types of assets and examples are illustrative rather than comprehensive.<br />

b. These specific criteria are illustrative. There is no universal agreement on the numbers or types of assets shown here. <strong>Local</strong><br />

governments must adjust these criteria to meet local needs.<br />

It is important to inventory key assets and any others that may be important to maintaining essential services that<br />

the local jurisdiction is responsible for, even if the local government does not own or operate them (as in the case<br />

of electricity generating power plants that may be miles away from the jurisdiction’s geographic border). The same<br />

should be done for any/all other non-city assets, such as regional hospitals, State/Federal government buildings,<br />

large commercial buildings, and industrial facilities. As part of the inventory, identify the entity having primary<br />

responsibility for providing energy to each asset, and the type of energy provided. Determine and log who has<br />

primacy for the entity—whether it is the local government or a different entity. This information is some of the most<br />

valuable that can be collected as part of the EAP.<br />

Mapping out key assets in a user-friendly graphic, as shown in Figure 6 (developed by the National Oceanic and<br />

Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] as part of its “community assessment tool”), is another effective element to<br />

consider during EAP development.<br />

58 | 3 – How to Develop or Enhance a <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Assurance</strong> Plan

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