Unit 14 Emergency Planning IS 235 L5 Plan Implementation & Maintenance

Bell Ringer What is the problem with how we classify hurricanes? https://youtu.be/awYq5Ys4jKw

Lesson Overview This lesson explains how an emergency plan is implemented and maintained, which is the final step of the planning process. After completing this lesson, you should be able to: Identify the benefits of training and exercising an EOP. Indicate why a plan should be continually reviewed and updated. Identify events that should trigger a review of the EOP. Outline a schedule for reviewing/updating your EOP

Emergency Planning Step 6: Implement and Maintain the Plan The final step in the planning process is to implement and maintain the plan. This step involves an ongoing process of: Training personnel to perform tasks identified in the plan. Exercising and evaluating plan effectiveness. Revising and maintaining the plan.

Training After the plan is finalized and disseminated, training should be provided to ensure that stakeholders—including organizations, personnel, senior officials, and response partners in other jurisdictions: Have the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the tasks identified in the plan. Are familiar with the organization-specific procedures necessary to support those tasks. Are prepared to communicate and coordinate with others involved in implementing the plan. What are some different types of training people can do???

Exercises Another key part of implementation is exercising. Exercises are a means of learning what works and what does not work as planned. They build on training by providing opportunities to practice and test: Policies and plans. Procedures and the use of equipment. Communication among organizations. Coordination of decision making. https://youtu.be/RxdshUG9Bmg

Exercise Types

Case Example: The Benefits of Exercising Plans When two improvised explosive devices detonated near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, the scale of the incident required local, State, and Federal partners to carry out a coordinated multi-agency response. Because these partners had worked together closely to develop, update, and exercise their emergency response plans, they were prepared to respond effectively and save lives in this extraordinary response effort. https://youtu.be/bqj51ZlVoqk

Evaluation and Improvement Planning Evaluating the effectiveness of the plan involves a combination of training events, exercises, and real-world incidents to determine whether the goals, objectives, decisions, actions, and timing outlined in the plan led to a successful response. A remedial action process can help correct any identified problems. Remedial actions may involve: Revising planning assumptions and operational concepts. Changing organizational tasks. Modifying organizational implementing instructions (e.g., the SOPs). Providing refresher training for personnel.

Guidance for Training and Exercising You can learn more about training, exercising, evaluation, and improvement planning from the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP). HSEEP provides: Guiding principles and a common approach for exercise programs. Training, technology systems, tools, and technical assistance to support exercise program development and management.

Plan Maintenance This step closes the loop in the planning process. It focuses on adding the information gained through plan implementation to the research done in Step 2 and starting the planning cycle over again. Plans should be reviewed on a regular review cycle (at least every 1 or 2 years). They should also be reviewed after key events, such as: Each plan activation. Major incident or exercise. Changes in operational resources, elected or appointed officials, demographics, or threat/hazard profile. New or amended laws, ordinances, or codes. Formal update of planning guidance or standards.

A Living Plan Remember, planning is a continuous process that does not stop when the plan is published. Your jurisdiction’s priorities may change over time as the makeup of the included communities changes, as resources expand or contract, and as capabilities evolve. Plans should evolve as lessons are learned, new information and insights are obtained, and priorities are updated.

Lesson Summary This lesson explained how an emergency plan is implemented and maintained through: Training and exercising. Evaluation and improvement planning. Plan review and updating.

Exit Ticket Why do you believe it is such a challenge for Americans to truly change or do things different after a disaster? Like rebuilding after a hurricane and what we saw in the 60 Minutes video about flooding. 1 Paragraph = 5 Sentences