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FEMA developed the preparedness guide, titled "Developing and Maintaining State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local Government Emergency Plans," to satisfy a requirement under Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 8 to provide a basis for public and private sector emergency response planning.
FEMA published the guide to extend the Integrated Planning System (IPS) to state and local emergency planning. The guide walks state and local emergency planners through the process of developing a plan--from forming a planning team at the beginning of the process, through writing and maintaining a plan, to executing a completed plan.
"Over the past five years, many communities developed multi-hazard mitigation plans, addressing many of the same hazards as their emergency operations plan," the guide read. "In fact, the hazard identification and risk assessment sections of these plans should be the same (while mitigation plans are only required to address natural hazards, communities are encouraged to address man-made and technological hazards as well). Communities are encouraged to coordinate their mitigation and emergency management planning efforts to reduce duplication of effort."
The guide ties together the concepts from the National Preparedness Guidelines, National Incident Management System, National Response Framework, National Strategy for Information Sharing, and National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). It also makes use of recommendations from a 2005 Nationwide Plan Review.
A team of officials from state, local and tribal governments from around the United States developed the guide working with FEMA, the agency said. It is the first in a series of publications from the FEMA National Preparedness Directive's Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) Initiative, which will produce future guides on special needs planning, emergency response for pets, interfacing fusion centers with emergency operations centers, and specific hazard situations.
Guide serves as resource for state, local govts. to create, enact plans
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Tuesday released a key comprehensive preparedness guide to fulfill a White House order to develop a national integrated planning system.FEMA developed the preparedness guide, titled "Developing and Maintaining State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local Government Emergency Plans," to satisfy a requirement under Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 8 to provide a basis for public and private sector emergency response planning.
FEMA published the guide to extend the Integrated Planning System (IPS) to state and local emergency planning. The guide walks state and local emergency planners through the process of developing a plan--from forming a planning team at the beginning of the process, through writing and maintaining a plan, to executing a completed plan.
"Over the past five years, many communities developed multi-hazard mitigation plans, addressing many of the same hazards as their emergency operations plan," the guide read. "In fact, the hazard identification and risk assessment sections of these plans should be the same (while mitigation plans are only required to address natural hazards, communities are encouraged to address man-made and technological hazards as well). Communities are encouraged to coordinate their mitigation and emergency management planning efforts to reduce duplication of effort."
The guide ties together the concepts from the National Preparedness Guidelines, National Incident Management System, National Response Framework, National Strategy for Information Sharing, and National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). It also makes use of recommendations from a 2005 Nationwide Plan Review.
A team of officials from state, local and tribal governments from around the United States developed the guide working with FEMA, the agency said. It is the first in a series of publications from the FEMA National Preparedness Directive's Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) Initiative, which will produce future guides on special needs planning, emergency response for pets, interfacing fusion centers with emergency operations centers, and specific hazard situations.
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