Description
Plan, develop, and maintain emergency operations, hazard mitigation, continuity, and recovery plans; coordinate preparedness training and exercises; ensure regulatory compliance; and integrate lessons learned for natural, technological, and human-caused incidents.
- • Maintain and version-control planning documents, maps, contact lists, and resource inventories.
- • Plan evacuation, sheltering, mass care, and access and functional needs strategies and associated checklists.
- • Facilitate interagency planning with municipalities, county departments, NGOs, private sector, and mutual-aid partners.
- • Ensure plans align with federal, state, and local requirements (e.g., NIMS/ICS, HSEEP, FEMA guidance, NFPA standards).
- • Produce planning status reports, briefings, and templates for situation and damage assessments.
- • Design and deliver emergency preparedness training aligned to plans and procedures.
- • Assess emergency operations center procedures, communications plans, and facility readiness to inform planning updates.
- • Monitor hazards, community changes, and emerging threats that affect risk, readiness, and plan implementation.
- • Develop, update, and integrate emergency operations plans (EOPs), annexes, hazard mitigation, recovery, and continuity of operations (COOP) plans for disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, CBRN events, and cyber incidents.
- • Recommend revisions to plans, SOPs, and checklists based on regulatory and technological changes and after-action findings.
- • Consult with local governments, schools, hospitals, and critical infrastructure owners to capture capabilities, gaps, and resource needs.
- • Plan, conduct, and evaluate drills and exercises per HSEEP; write after-action reports and improvement plans.
- • Participate in planning meetings, working groups, and conferences to share information and coordinate efforts.
- • Develop damage assessment, debris management, and recovery planning tools and support post-incident analysis.
- • Create public education materials and presentations on emergency plans, evacuation routes, and personal preparedness.
- • Guide local agencies and community groups in developing plans compatible with state and federal frameworks.
- • Review and provide technical assistance on partner agency and facility emergency plans for adequacy and compliance.
- • Conduct hazard identification, risk, vulnerability, and capability assessments and support others conducting such analyses.
- • Research best practices, model plans, and case studies to inform local planning.
- • Support grant applications and manage planning-related scopes, timelines, budgets, and reporting.
- • Develop planning guidance and training materials for radiological, chemical, biological, and nuclear protection, detection, and decontamination.
- • Maintain inventories and deployment plans for CBRN detection and decontamination assets and provide use and maintenance guidance.
- • Assist communities and departments in applying for funding for planning projects, equipment, and facilities.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
