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GUIDE FOR ALL-HAZARD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANNING
by Federal Emergency Management Agency

"This Guide is meant to aid State and local emergency managers (also called
emergency management coordinators') in their efforts to develop and maintain a
viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. The Guide is a toolbox' of ideas and
advice, not a sample EOP. Each community's EOP must reflect what that community
will do to protect itself from its hazards with the resources it has or can obtain.
"This Guide is intended primarily for use by personnel responsible for EOP
and Scope development and maintenance in State and local emergency
management agencies. It is strictly a guide. It establishes no requirements, and its
recommendations may be used, adapted, or disregarded. Local governments should
use this Guide to supplement guidance frorn their States."

OVERVIEW:
Chapter 1 explains what an EOP is at the State and local levels, why the EOP
is a necessary part of a comprehensive approach to emergency management, and
how the EOP relates to other aspects of the comprehensive, risk-based, all-hazard
approach.
Chapter 2 describes the approach FEMA recommends for a step-by-step
process of risk-based, all-hazard emergency operations planning. Chapter 3 suggests
how to format the results of the planning process in a written EOP.
Chapters 4 and 5 list and discuss elements that, if applicable for a jurisdiction
should be addressed in its all-hazard EOP.
Chapter 6 notes unique aspects of certain hazards, including associated
regulatory requirements. It suggests how to address these unique aspects in the all-hazard
EOP rather than in stand-alone plans. The chapter is not meant to replace
hazard-specific planning guidance issued by the Radiological Emergency
Preparedness (REP) Program of FEMA and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC), the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP), or the
National Response Team (NRT).
Chapter 7 contains information on integrating State EOPs with the Federal
Response Plan, so that all levels of government can provide a coordinated response
to communities in need.
This Guide addresses animal care and control and gives extensive treatment
to resource management (including donations management)."

CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
Purpose
Applicability and Scope
Supersession
Authorities
Overview of Contents
Revision Process
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
CHAPTER 1 - PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
What an EOP is
General
Local EOPs
State EOPs
Why Your Jurisdiction Should Have an EOP
Government's Responsibility for Emergency Management
Comprehensive Emergency Management
Criticality of All-Hazard EOPs
What an EOP is Not
Other Types of Plans
Plans Versus Procedures
CHAPTER 2 - THE PLANNING PROCESS
Introduction
Principles
Don't Reinvent the Wheel
Don't Go It Alone
Don't Forget the Chief Executive Official ("CEO")
Steps
Research
Development
Validation
Maintenance
CHAPTER 3 - EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FORMAT
Introduction
A Functional Approach to the Overall Structure of the EOP
Concept
Components
Options
A Task-Based Approach to Each Section of the EOP
Concept
Components
Options
CHAPTER 4 - BASIC PLAN CONTENT
Introduction
Elements of the Basic Plan
Introductory Material
Purpose
Situation and Assuniptions
Concept of Operations
Organization and Assignment of Responsibilities
Administration and Logistics
Plan Development and Maintenance
Authorities and References
CHAPTER 5 - FUNCTIONAL ANNEX CONTENT
Content
Functions To Include as Annexes
Description of Core Functions
Attachment A - Direction and Control
Attachment B - Communications
Attachment C - Warning
Attachment D - Emergency Public Information
Attachment E - Evacuation
Attachment F - Mass Care
Attachment G - Health and Medical
Attachment H - Resource Management
CHAPTER 6 - HAZARD-UNIQUE PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
Introduction
Development of a Hazard-Specific Appendix
Content of A Hazard-Specific Appendix
Description of Unique and Regulatory Planning Considerations
Attachment A - Earthquake
Attachment B - Flood/Dam Failure
Attachment C - Hazardous Materials
Attachment D - Hurricane
Attachment E - Lethal Unitary Chemical Agents and Munitions
Attachment F - Radiological Hazards
Attachment G - Terrorism (to be developed)
Attachment H - Tornado
CHAPTER 7 - LINKING FEDERAL AND STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
OPERATIONS
Introduction
Relationship - Federal (National and Regional) Response Plans and the State EOP.
Glossary of Terms
List of Acronyms
Bibliography

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