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erate without adequate emergency power supply, all electricalsystems should be connected to power back-ups, and emergencygenerators should be elevated and protected against floodwatersand wind-borne debris.Mechanical systems need to be located in a sheltered area, wherethey will not be damaged by wind and flooding. Plumbing systemsshould be equipped with backflow inhibitors to prevent sewagefrom entering the structure during a flood. Provisions should alsobe made to allow the isolation of the building’s water supply, sothat it is possible to feed water directly into the building’s waterlines until municipal water supplies are restored.Finally, the lines of communication between community commandcenters and individual facilities must remain functional atall times. <strong>The</strong> basic communications systems need to be protectedagainst the effects of flooding and high-winds as much as possible,but as this storm showed, system redundancy is still the bestpolicy. In the event of damage, the facilities should have alternativemeans of communication that do not depend on local systemsand networks that could be damaged in the storm.4-68 OBSERVATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CRITICAL FACILITIES

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