How to Write an Emergency Plan by Alexander, David E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Contents 1 Introduction

Scope and objectives of this book Why write an emergency plan? Emergency planning and civil protection systems

2 What are emergencies?

Emergencies, disasters and crises Civil contingencies and resilience The relationship between planning and management

3 What is an emergency plan?

Definition Planning and preparedness Plans, procedures, protocols and improvisation Who should write an emergency plan? ‘Ownership’ of the plan

4 The emergency planning process

The context of the plan Actions required Elements of the plan

5 First step: background research

Assembling the elements Geography, demography and socio-economic factors Audit of emergency resources

6 Second step: scenario building

Why use scenarios? ‘lessons learned’ and the risk register Scenario methodology A scenario of what? How accurate does it need to be? How to construct planning scenarios

7 Third Step: from scenarios to actions

Connecting the scenarios to the resource audit Specifying actions Emergency response: the building blocks Planning for interoperability Planning to communicate in an emergency Communicating via social media Record-keeping and accounting

8 A note on the structure of the plan

9 Fourth step: using the plan

Making sure participants know and understand the plan Testing the plan with simulated emergencies The revision cycle Evaluating the plan in order to improve it The real emergency

10 Planning to maintain the continuity of normal activities

Business continuity planning and management Relationship between emergency planning and BCM

11 Specialized emergency planning

Health and emergency medical systems Pandemic response planning Veterinary emergency planning Critical infrastructure Heatwaves and cold snaps Snowfalls, snow accumulations and ice storms Planning for nuclear emergencies Counter-terrorism Industrial and commercial facilities Tourism and cultural heritage Mass gatherings People with disabilities Educational facilities Neighbourhood, parish and family emergency plans Disaster waste management planning Recovery and reconstruction planning Human mobility: refugees, migrants and asylum seekers Some notes on planning the co-ordination of humanitarian aid

12 Conclusion: the future of emergency planning

The sceptical emergency planner Sustainability of emergency planning Emergency planning and international frameworks Associations Afterword

Appendix 1: Glossary of working definitions by key terms Appendix 2: Bibliography of selected references Index Copyright