Draft an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for a city of your choice as if preparing for a hurricane Katrina-type disaster.

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Draft am Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)

Draft an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for a city of your choice as if preparing for a hurricane Katrina-type disaster.

This EOP should:

  1. Identify all eight of the topics needed for a complete EOP.
  2. Illustrate how all eight of the topics needed for a complete EOP fits into the formats outlined in course readings.
  3. Determine if the template is tailored to the city jurisdiction’s geographic, political, and social environment.

Address the following concerns:

  • The resulting plan represents the jurisdiction’s unique hazard and threat situation by ensuring that the underlying facts and assumptions that drove the template to match those applicable to the jurisdiction.
  • The hazard and risk assessments match the jurisdiction’s demographics, infrastructure inventory, probability of hazard occurrence, etc.
  • The template identifies the resources needed to address the problems generated by an emergency or disaster only in a general way.
  • Using the template may stifle creativity and flexibility, thereby constraining the development of strategies and tactics needed to solve disaster problems.
  • Determine the benefits of both teamwork and using a template.
  • Evaluate the eight topics as they relate to the disaster, regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of the jurisdictions EOP.