Introduction
The Emergency Plan is central to the process of Emergency Management; without one, the Emergency Manager is left to react to each crisis as it occurs, often with poor results. I would explain why it is important to have a plan (beyond stating “poor results”) and the value of the planning process. Historically, Emergency Plans have been generic in nature, using what has been described as an “all-hazards” approach, with a generic response process and a generic set of response tools, which were modified to meet the needs of whatever adverse event happened to occur. Generally, the “all-hazards” plan is a base plan, which is typically supplemented by hazard or incident-specific plans. In this respect, ...
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