Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC)

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Introduction Michael Fagel and Stephen Krill Types of Disasters Phases of Disaster Levels of Severity Why Plans Fail Planning As a Blueprint A Brief History of Emergency Management Authorities and Directives Response Plans Assessing Vulnerabilities James Peerenboom and Ron Fisher Vulnerability Assessment Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) Methodological Approaches to Vulnerability Assessment Simple Rating Risk Matrix Risk Equation Required Expertise Developing a Planning Team Michael Fagel The Emergency Planning Team Who Should Be on the Planning Team? Getting the Team Together Team Operation Stages of Team Formation Team Roles Characteristics of an Effective Team Responder Health and Safety Michael Steinle Defining Essential Personnel Response Scenarios and Associated Hazards Protection Programs and Systems Medical Protective Practices Disaster Preparedness and the Law Thomas Schneid The Questions The Answers The Potentially Applicable Laws Negligence Emergency Management Phases Stress Management and Responders K. R. Juzwin Why Stress Management Is Important to Emergency Managers Stress-Related Disorders Understanding Stress along the Continuum Stress Reactions Acute Stress Manager Responsibilities in a Critical Event Planning: Helping Take Care of Your Responders in Advance Suggestions for Supporting Your Responders Psychological First Aid Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Briefing and Debriefing Suggestions and Considerations Developing an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Michael Fagel Why a Jurisdiction Needs an EOP The Emergency Planning Process Components of an Emergency Operations Plan The Emergency Planning Team Disaster Preparedness and the Law Developing an Exercise Program Michael Fagel Why Exercise? Regulatory Requirements Exercise Functions The Comprehensive Exercise Program Who Participates in the Exercise Program? Activities Included in the Exercise Program Building an Exercise Program The Exercise Process Reviewing the Current Plan Assessing Capability to Conduct an Exercise Addressing Liabilities and Costs Gaining Support Assembling a Design Team Exercise Documents Three Types of Exercises Michael Fagel The Functional Exercise The Full-Scale Exercise Exercise Evaluation Postexercise Briefings Enhancements EOC Management and Operations Lucien Canton and Nicholas Staikos Facility Management Operational Management Organizing for EOC Management Operations Room Design ICS/EOC Interface Michael Fagel| EOC Management and Operations: Responsibilities Foundations for Establishing the Emergency Operations Center Using the EOP and Hazard Analysis to Design an EOC Developing Policies and Procedures Continuity of Operations Planning Chad Bowers The Foundation: Continuity Planning and Program Management Continuity Program Management Cycle Essential Functions Human Capital Continuity Teams and Leadership Orders of Succession Delegations of Authority Primary Facilities Alternate Facilities Vital Records/Vital Resources Devolution Reconstitution Testing, Training, and Exercising The Role of Business Continuity Management Robert Coullahan Context and Challenge: Critical Infrastructure Protection National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Sector-Specific Plans Role of the Private Sector in Contemporary Emergency Operations Professional Practices of Business Continuity Management Enterprise Resilience Emergency Command Center: Mission, Roles, and Responsibilities Relationship with the Public Safety EOC Emerging Capabilities: State and Local Data Fusion Centers Public-Private Partnerships Appendices: Organizing for Homeland Security and Emergency Management Stephen Krill Managing Spontaneous Volunteers Michael Fagel Emergency Management and the Media Randall Duncan