Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) For EOPs due for review on or after
September 1, 2020, ESDAs shall include in the EOP annexes addressing how the
political subdivision will perform each of the following functions:
1) Direction, Control and Coordination - The
means the political subdivision will use to establish and maintain a unified
and coordinated operational structure and process to direct and control
activities throughout response and recovery that integrates all critical
stakeholders and supports the execution of strategies, priorities and
functional roles and responsibilities.
2) Communications - The means, organizations
and processes by which the political subdivision will communicate among and
between affected communities and organizations involved in response and
recovery in support of situational awareness and operations.
3) Warning/Emergency Information - The means,
organizations and processes by which officials will coordinate the delivery of
alerts and warning that provide the public with life-saving information and
instructions on actions to be taken for potential or actual
emergencies.
4) Public Information
- The means, organizations and processes by which a political subdivision will
coordinate the delivery of prompt, reliable and actionable information to the
whole community through the use of clear, consistent, accessible and culturally
and linguistically appropriate methods to effectively relay information
regarding any threat or hazard, as well as the actions being taken and the
assistance being made available, as appropriate.
5) Disaster Intelligence/Damage Assessment -
The means the political subdivision will use to coordinate timely, accurate and
actionable information resulting from the identification, planning, collection,
processing, analysis, evaluation and dissemination of information among
government or private sector entities, as appropriate.
6) Evacuation and Population Protection - The
means the political subdivision will use to coordinate the evacuation and
movement of people to a safe area, or instruct the public to shelter-in-place,
when conditions require immediate protection for potential or actual
emergencies.
7) Mass Care or
Population Related Disaster Services - The means the political subdivision will
use to coordinate life-sustaining and human services to the affected
population, to include hydration, feeding, sheltering, temporary housing,
evacuee support, reunification, and distribution of emergency supplies and
other essential life support needs to people displaced from their homes because
of a disaster situation.
8) Health
and Medical - The means the political subdivision will use to coordinate
lifesaving medical treatment via Emergency Medical Services and related
operations and avoid additional disease and injury by providing targeted public
health, medical and behavioral health support and products to all affected
populations in emergencies and disasters.
9) Mortuary Services or Fatality Management -
The means the political subdivision will use to coordinate fatality management
services, including:
A) decedent remains
recovery and victim identification;
B) inventorying and protecting deceased's
personal effects;
C) working with
local, State and federal authorities to provide mortuary processes, temporary
storage or permanent internment solutions;
D) sharing information with mass care
services for the purpose of locating and notifying the next of kin and
reunifying family members and caregivers with missing persons/remains;
and
E) providing counseling to the
bereaved.
10) Resource
Management or Logistics - The process the political subdivision will use to
coordinate resources and material to satisfy the needs generated by a disaster
through the delivery of essential commodities, equipment, services and
personnel in support of impacted communities and survivors, to include
emergency power and fuel support, as well as the coordination of access to
community staples.
b)
Each functional annex required by subsection (a) shall individually address:
1) The annex's purpose and:
A) scope; or
B) goals and objectives;
2) Authority;
3) Situation and assumptions;
4) Identification of and functional roles and
responsibilities for internal and external agencies, organizations, departments
and positions;
5) Logistical
support and resource requirements necessary to implement the annex;
6) A description of situations that trigger
implementation of the annex;
7) A
description of assumptions that apply to the annex;
8) The concept of operations for the annex;
and
9) Assignment of responsibility
for annex maintenance, review and updating.
c) In addition to the above requirements of
subsections (a) and (b), each annex may include functional appendices, tabs,
check-lists and job aids.
d) The
ESDA may include additional annexes in the EOP as determined by the ESDA to be
necessary for the emergency management efforts of the political subdivision in
the event of a disaster. IEMA may require the ESDA to include additional
annexes in the EOP, if IEMA determines that those annexes are necessary
preparation for protection of the public peace, health and safety in the event
of a disaster.
e) The ESDA may use
traditional, functional, core capability or Emergency Support Function (ESF)
annexes in the EOP as determined by the ESDA to be necessary for the emergency
management efforts of the political subdivision in the event of a
disaster.