Internally, all your plans are written and exercised, your people are trained and aware of their roles and your messages are prepared. Maybe after your first exercise, you will appreciate that your organization can not respond or recover on its own. The following 10 tips will facilitate your coordination with external agencies.
Tip # 3 Examine local and regional Emergency Management Plans and procedures
Obtain a copy of your municipal, provincial and federal Emergency Management Plan. Also obtain a copy of and study the emergency operations procedures of local authorities. You may want to examine public authority policy and procedure manuals for:
- Fire
- Police
- Transportation department
- HAZMAT
Routinely check for up-dates.
Understand your provincial emergency management protocols. Basic ICS (Incident Command System) and IMS( Incident Management System) training can ensure that internal and external emergency responders are speaking the same language.
Vanguard EMC Inc. and other organizations offer free introductory courses on ICS/IMS.
(For more information on DRI’s professional practices please read Professional Practice Ten – Coordination with External Agencies DRII Professional Practices June 1, 2012 Version 1)
‘When planning for war, I have always found plans to be useless, but planning to be invaluable.’ General Eisenhower
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