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RESPONSE
EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS PLAN/FOG’S/SOG’S:
The Emergency
Operations Plan provides the basis for response and
short-term recovery operations. The response activities take
place initially and are designed to save lives, reduce
suffering, protect property and the environment. The
short-term recovery activities follow the response
activities and are designed to stabilize the situation and
set the stage for re-entry and recovery. National Incident
Management System (NIMS) doctrine states that the Incident
Command System (ICS) is to be used to establish command and
control for the response at the scene of all incidents. The
EOP is the guide as to how the local response to an incident
will be managed. It is appropriate that an organization
utilize an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) or a
Multi-agency Coordination System depending on the size and
complexity of the event to manage the incident. The EOP
should pre-designate which organization is assigned which
responsibilities and what organization should provide
representatives to the EOC or the Multi-agency Coordination
System.
The EM Associates, NIMS compliant, EOP
methodology for EOP revision begins with complete compliance
of baseline federal/state/local guidance related to EOPs.
This guidance includes:
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The
National Response Framework, which provides the guiding principles that enable all response
partners to prepare for and provide a unified response
to disasters and emergencies – from the smallest
incident to the largest catastrophe. The
Framework
establishes a comprehensive, national, all-hazards
approach to incident response.
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The State Emergency Operations Plan that adheres to the format and structure of the National Response
Plan that contains Emergency Support Functional (ESF)
Annexes and Incident Specific Annexes.
The Incident Specific Annexes
describe the concept of operations that address specific
contingency or hazard situations or an element of an
incident requiring specialized application of the
Framework.
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The County’s Emergency Operations
Plan defines the policies and
guidelines for a County’s response and short-term
recovery and identifies the responsibilities to prepare
for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from
threats the jurisdiction faces. The EOP also identifies
the EOC, the concept of operations, and the NIMS/ICS
based command and control structure when the EOC is
activated as part of a Multi-agency Coordination System.
The EOC supports and coordinates the field operations
based on NIMS/ICS and the EOP describes how the ESF’s
support that system.
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Functional Annexes
in either Federal ESF format or the traditional SLG-101
format, identify concepts of operations, responsible
agencies, and describe missions or responsibilities that
apply to various areas of hazard response and recovery
(i.e., transportation, law enforcement, public warning,
mass care, etc.). When applicable, functional annexes
describe the role of various support agencies in support
of the lead agency representative(s) staffing the EOC.
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Hazard-specific Annexes
describe concepts of operation for specific hazards.
They identify strategies for detecting, assessing,
controlling the hazard, warning and protecting the
public and returning the jurisdiction to a state of
normalcy. Hazard-specific annexes identify mission
considerations that will require coordination through
the EOC and the functional disciplines involved. They
also identify potential State and Federal resources that
may be needed should the hazard exceed the local
capabilities.
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE (CRISIS) PLAN/SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN:
In the last
decade, disasters have affected university and college
campuses with disturbing frequency, sometimes causing death
and injury, but always imposing monetary losses and
disruption of the institution’s teaching, research, and
public service. Damage to buildings and infrastructure and
interruption to the institutional mission result in
significant losses that can be measured by faculty and
student departures, decreases in research funding, and
increases in insurance premiums. These losses could have
been substantially reduced or eliminated through
comprehensive pre-disaster planning and mitigation actions.
September 11, 2001 reminded everyone of the importance of
taking steps to mitigate the consequences of disasters. In
the immediate aftermath of the attacks, many higher
education institutions reviewed their disaster plans and
began to reconsider issues of safety and security. Natural
and man-made disasters represent a wide array of threats to
the instructional, research, and public service missions of
higher education institutions. This document provides
planning guidance to these institutions as they prepare to
identify their risks, assess their vulnerability to natural
and man-made hazards, and develop a hazard mitigation plan.
Its purposes are to encourage higher education institutions
to take hazard mitigation seriously and to illustrate a
course of action for implementing a mitigation program to
permanently reduce vulnerability to future disasters.
EM Associates
designs, develops and delivers a comprehensive School,
College, or University Emergency Response Plan based on the
FEMA “Disaster Resistant University Guide” and the FEMA “How
To” guides. The EM Associates methodology follows a state or county Emergency
Operations Plan development process and fully complies with
NFPA-1600/NIMS standards.
HOSPITAL COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS PLAN: Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
(JCAHO) requires each
Medical
Center and Community Based
Outpatient Clinic develop a comprehensive Emergency
Management Program (EMP) to minimize any disruptions to
patient care activities caused by threats and events. New
JCAHO Emergency Management Standards and the aftermath of
the attacks of September 11, 2001 require that we review and
ensure an "all-hazards" approach.
The EMP will
meet or exceed JCAHO mandated Emergency Management
Standards. These standards need to be incorporated into a
specific program suitable for each Medical Center.
As outlined below, it is possible that multiple failures
could occur, each requiring a different response. Internal
problems as well as concurrent external failures are
conceivable and require proactive and extensive planning and
preparation.
EM Associates
provides a proven process for a medical facility CEMP.
The development of the plan includes a comprehensive
analysis of community hazards and both the communities and
the medical facility’s risk and vulnerability to those
hazards. This process supports hospitals and other
healthcare organizations that are adopting National Incident
Management System (NIMS) throughout their organization.
Hospital and healthcare systems are required to implement
NIMS through a phased in approach outlined in the
cooperative agreement guidance issued by the National Bio-terrorism Hospital
Preparedness Program (NBHPP).
EM Associates provides a methodology
that closely follows the Emergency Operations Plan process
for states and counties. EM Associates delivers a fully
functional EMP that contains extensive examples of plans,
policies, contingencies and solutions for problems that
every Medical
Center may face. The plan
will be fully compliant with JCAHO and HICS standards.
NFPA-1600 and NIMS standards will be referenced and used to
complement JCAHO and HICS.
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