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Emergency Operations Plan

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Synonyms

Disaster operations plan; Disaster preparedness plan; Emergency management plan; Emergency plan; Disaster plan; Emergency preparedness plan; Emergency response plan

Definitions

Emergency operations plans are plans that define the scope of preparedness and emergency management activities necessary for an organization to respond to an emergency or disaster. The term is most frequently used to describe an operational level plan that coordinates the response activities of multiple agencies and departments within a jurisdiction.

Origin and Underlying Principles

The emergency operations plan is intended to address the two types of needs or demands generated by disasters. The first type consists of agent-generated needs, those needs that are created by the specific nature of the disaster itself. For example, the demands created by a flood differ from those generated by an earthquake. The second category consists of response-generated needs, those that are created by the...

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    Lucien G. Canton

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Canton, L.G. (2017). Emergency Operations Plan. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2887-1

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