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Lifelines and Critical
Emergency Facilities
5.5a
A. Critical Emergency Facilities
1. Medical facilities: hospitals, blood banks
2. Emergency response facilities: police stations, fire departments
3. Local office: emergency operations center
B. Lifeline Utility Systems
1. Transportation systems: highways, freeways, bridges, airports, railroads, docks and marinas
2. Communication systems: telephones, radio, television, newspapers
3. Water supply: dams and reservoirs, aqueducts, distribution lines
4. Waste water: treatment plants, holding tanks, collection lines, effluent lines
5. Electric power: transmission towers and lines, switching stations, power generating plants, local distribution
lines
6. Natural gas: holding tanks, pipeline distribution lines
7. Petroleum fuels: refineries, tank farms, pipelines
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